Dododom
02-09-2004, 23:52
Dodod Times
In an emergency session, the Dododomian National Assembly passed a measure stopping the President from moving against protesters without either "large-scale violence" resulting in "five or more people severely wounded or one or more people killed" or National Assembly approval. Immediately, no longer afraid of reprisals, hundreds of thousands of angry people set forth from their homes and protested the presidency of Hagrufian Jenulis. Both elves and humans crowded streets in every major city of Dododom, marching against what Democratic Socialist NAM (National Assembly Member) Andrew Lokia called "brutal repression" on the part of the President.
"The inexcusable and reprehensible attack on peaceful protests by our President deserves universal condemnation," Democratic Socialist chairman Yarnai Radflin said to the crowds of protesters in Dodod, the capital. Thunderous applause followed this statement.
While formerly in opposition to protests, advocating giving "our new President some time before protesting him", the center-left Democratic Socialist Party changed its position after the police assault on the protests yesterday. An official statement from party headquarters granted their endorsement to "peaceful, legal protest" of the President "in opposition to his disgusting assault on demonstrations."
While earlier protests generally contained a disproportionate number of elves, the protests today, along with being far larger (estimates range from a half million to as high as eight hundred thousand), appear to have the typical proportion of humans to elves - three to one. Revulsion at the new President seems to be far less partisan than it was before the assault; among the hundreds of thousands of protesters were many from the ruling Conservative Alliance Party, marching against their own party's president. One such person, James Lingard, had this to say about the matter.
"I did not vote Conservative for fascist repression," he stated angrily. "I voted Conservative so that our nation's economy can be kept from socialist influence and so that our moral values are not compromised by radical secularists. Attacking and beating peaceful protesters does neither of those things." He added that he would "almost certainly" vote for the Democratic Socialist Party if the election were to be held the next day.
Several NAMs are advocating the removal of President Jinulis, a move that would require the support of six hundred NAMS out of nine hundred. This idea has so far been endorsed by several political parties, including the Democratic Socialist Party, the Libertarian Capitalist Party, the Equality Party, the Progressive Coalition, the Universal Freedom Party, the Green Coalition, the National Communist Party, and the Independence Party. More are expected to join the anti-Jinulis coalition soon.
In an emergency session, the Dododomian National Assembly passed a measure stopping the President from moving against protesters without either "large-scale violence" resulting in "five or more people severely wounded or one or more people killed" or National Assembly approval. Immediately, no longer afraid of reprisals, hundreds of thousands of angry people set forth from their homes and protested the presidency of Hagrufian Jenulis. Both elves and humans crowded streets in every major city of Dododom, marching against what Democratic Socialist NAM (National Assembly Member) Andrew Lokia called "brutal repression" on the part of the President.
"The inexcusable and reprehensible attack on peaceful protests by our President deserves universal condemnation," Democratic Socialist chairman Yarnai Radflin said to the crowds of protesters in Dodod, the capital. Thunderous applause followed this statement.
While formerly in opposition to protests, advocating giving "our new President some time before protesting him", the center-left Democratic Socialist Party changed its position after the police assault on the protests yesterday. An official statement from party headquarters granted their endorsement to "peaceful, legal protest" of the President "in opposition to his disgusting assault on demonstrations."
While earlier protests generally contained a disproportionate number of elves, the protests today, along with being far larger (estimates range from a half million to as high as eight hundred thousand), appear to have the typical proportion of humans to elves - three to one. Revulsion at the new President seems to be far less partisan than it was before the assault; among the hundreds of thousands of protesters were many from the ruling Conservative Alliance Party, marching against their own party's president. One such person, James Lingard, had this to say about the matter.
"I did not vote Conservative for fascist repression," he stated angrily. "I voted Conservative so that our nation's economy can be kept from socialist influence and so that our moral values are not compromised by radical secularists. Attacking and beating peaceful protesters does neither of those things." He added that he would "almost certainly" vote for the Democratic Socialist Party if the election were to be held the next day.
Several NAMs are advocating the removal of President Jinulis, a move that would require the support of six hundred NAMS out of nine hundred. This idea has so far been endorsed by several political parties, including the Democratic Socialist Party, the Libertarian Capitalist Party, the Equality Party, the Progressive Coalition, the Universal Freedom Party, the Green Coalition, the National Communist Party, and the Independence Party. More are expected to join the anti-Jinulis coalition soon.