[President Kuzmitsky]

Abu Dhabi, Kingdom of New Sahrani (SNN) -- Unable to form a new government, Sahranian King Joseph III dissolved parliament in the morning, paving the way for new elections that could see a return to power by former Sahranian-Hispanic center-left reformist Prime Minister Augusto Da Silva.

Trying to avoid new elections, Joseph III called on Royal Senate Speaker - whom he appointed - to form an interim government, but he was unable to do so. The Cabinet later set the election date for June 5-6. Da Silva's challenger will be Khalid Al Fulani, the current Director of General Services of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. By Sahranian standards, at 43, he is a young politician.

"Al Fulani and Da Silva share the ability to speak directly to the people, avoiding complicated political lingo that often bores voters and supporters. He will put up a formidable challenge against Da Silva, but still he is unlikely to win". A reason for this is Sahrani's election law, which King Joseph III has been trying to reform and many blame for the continual breakdown of the nation's governments.

"One of the reasons for political instability is the current electoral law, which is highly proportional and allows small parties with minimal representation to become king makers in any coalition government," Joseph III says. The election law allows for proportional representation in the Senate, giving even the smallest parties potentially the same power as Sahrani's largest parties. "Sanchez needed four political parties to muster enough support to run a government. They often squabbled, bickered and struggled to remain united," Joseph III says.

However Da Silva will lead a center-left coalition, so even if Khalid Al Fulani and Sarah Sanchez (who formed a new coalution with Al Fulani's House of Peace) receives more votes than Da Silva they will still have less votes than his opponent, who is running together with allies of his former government from the Bahamas Archipelago.

[Lord Frost]

assuming the Left-centered government wins, will you, the Kingdom of Sarahani, be moving nations again like the last time your political left won the election

[President Kuzmitsky]

With a difference: this time we have allies, nobody will threat us. There will be no raids in the senate, no civil wars, no despots who want to command everyone and everything, this time voters choice will be respected.

This post has been edited by King Joseph III: 30 June 2008 - 07:47 AM

[Subtleknifewielder]

King Joseph III, on Jun 30 2008, 06:45 AM, said:

With a difference: this time we have allies, nobody will threat us. There will be no raids in the senate, no civil wars, no despots who want to command everyone and everything, this time voters choice will be respected.

While we are mildly relieved to hear this, we are also somewhat skeptical. You have not proven to be a stable nation in the past. If you ever need armed forces to help enforce stability, you know you can call on us any time.

[Justinian the Mighty]

The Slavorussian government hopes for the best possible outcome. Don't dwell on the difficult times, instead look forward to the future.

[President Kuzmitsky]

Subtleknifewielder, on Jun 30 2008, 08:49 PM, said:

While we are mildly relieved to hear this, we are also somewhat skeptical. You have not proven to be a stable nation in the past. If you ever need armed forces to help enforce stability, you know you can call on us any time.

We appreciate it but we learnt from our past mistakes, using the force will only anger our citizens, who desire a democratic government.

[Subtleknifewielder]

As you wish, though we would like to point out that without the peacekeeping forces last time, you would not exist as a nation right now.

These troops would be completely neutral toward any government you elect.