Mirfak
09-05-2005, 02:19
The Daiho of Mirfak ruled today on Issikin v. Private Interest Party of Mirfak, the lawsuit that has been making headlines for over a month in Mirfak for its vast implications. In his complaint, Omar Issikin charged that the Private Interest Party of Mirfak violated his equal opportunity as a candidate by accepting massive corporate contributions to fund their campaign. Issikin, who lost to PIP candidate Gregers Kilsik in the 2915 Kattik Province District 3 Council election, was himself an independent candidate.
The Daiho agreed 7-2 that unequal division of campaign funds weights elections unfairly, and communized election funds in a radical ruling that has brought PIP member Alphin Horation Reanix and most of the Council to arms with protests across party lines. Chief Justice Cody Dirl wrote the majority opinion, which ordered that "all funds for use in any election shall be equally divided among all candidates seeking the position in question for the sole purpose of their individual campaigns."
A large faction of councilors has vowed to propose a constitutional amendment overriding the decision, Councilor Hoshiyo Motoori calling it "a blatant application of communism by a body sworn to uphold economic freedoms for all." Despite almost-unanimous opposition from larger conservative parties, strong support for the court's decision from minor party, Party Internationale, and independent Councilors, as well as scattered support from the Xanthalian Socialist Party, will likely block any amendments overturning the ruling.
Party Internationale leader Kunimatsu Nozara praised the Daiho for its "willingness to stand against the continued gowth of corporate influence in the Mirfakan government," and recent polls of the general population have shown support for communization of election funds between fifty and eighty percent. "It is clear," Nozara said in an official party meeting last week, "that the people of Mirfak know of the injustice of corporate funding of politics."
The Daiho refused to remove Gregers Kilsik, who won a second term in Kattik Province District 3 last year, from office in its ruling, instead setting the 2925 elections as the first that will be conducted under the new campaign rules.
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This article is made available by the Mirfakan Ministry of Information and distributed to the international community by the Galactic News Network. Originally printed 02/03/2921.
The Daiho agreed 7-2 that unequal division of campaign funds weights elections unfairly, and communized election funds in a radical ruling that has brought PIP member Alphin Horation Reanix and most of the Council to arms with protests across party lines. Chief Justice Cody Dirl wrote the majority opinion, which ordered that "all funds for use in any election shall be equally divided among all candidates seeking the position in question for the sole purpose of their individual campaigns."
A large faction of councilors has vowed to propose a constitutional amendment overriding the decision, Councilor Hoshiyo Motoori calling it "a blatant application of communism by a body sworn to uphold economic freedoms for all." Despite almost-unanimous opposition from larger conservative parties, strong support for the court's decision from minor party, Party Internationale, and independent Councilors, as well as scattered support from the Xanthalian Socialist Party, will likely block any amendments overturning the ruling.
Party Internationale leader Kunimatsu Nozara praised the Daiho for its "willingness to stand against the continued gowth of corporate influence in the Mirfakan government," and recent polls of the general population have shown support for communization of election funds between fifty and eighty percent. "It is clear," Nozara said in an official party meeting last week, "that the people of Mirfak know of the injustice of corporate funding of politics."
The Daiho refused to remove Gregers Kilsik, who won a second term in Kattik Province District 3 last year, from office in its ruling, instead setting the 2925 elections as the first that will be conducted under the new campaign rules.
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This article is made available by the Mirfakan Ministry of Information and distributed to the international community by the Galactic News Network. Originally printed 02/03/2921.