Pacitalia
28-04-2005, 06:55
Election apparently near as SCLBR report released
TIMIOCATO (PNN) - With the wrapup of the Special Committee on Legislative Body Reform and the subsequent 214-page report, Prime Minister Ell is recommending to the people another general election, something when universal would be less costly to the taxpayers and government, than to hold 120 byelections for the new seats in the Caza della Legislatorio Parlemento and 20 in the Senatoro.
The SCLBR concluded in its report that the CLP should double its size from 120 to 240 to better represent all regions of the country, and do so with smaller constituency sizes so the MPPs could better connect to the people they were personifying. As a result, to keep proportion up the SCLBR also recommended a twenty-chair increase in the Senatoro, the upper legislative chamber in Pacitalia.
With the rising support for the Green party, whose surprisingly non-radical pro-environment and sociality policies are attracting many Pacitalians and as a result negatively reflecting on the membership numbers of the second oldest party in Pacitalia, the Social Coalition. Regardless, Ell seems to be untouchable heading to a possible election, with his Federation of Progressive Democrats fluctuating between 51 and 53 percent of the total voting public.
The Greens follow the FPD at 22% support and the most likely Official Opposition; the Social Coalition is moving between 15 and 17 percent in phone-home surveys. The Partia di Traditionale, Pacitalia's "Christian Democrat" neo-conservative party, has jumped in front of the Communist Party for the first time in months, registering six percent of public support, with the aforementioned extreme-leftists carrying the remaining four percent of eligible voting public support.
Green party leader Neros Constantakis plans to make numerous campaign-like stops around central and western Pacitalia, supposed hot spots of socially-minded citizens, especially in the inner city subdivisions of Nortopalazzo and Lucifora. Constantakis says his main goal is to try to "attract more socialists in Pacitalia to [his] libertarian, balanced platform", which basically means taking more support from the SCP and Communists. After that, Sgre Constantakis plans to take support away from the capitalist libertarian minded FPD, who are led, as mentioned, by the Prime Minister.
It looks like another majority government for Prime Minister Ell, his fourth in nine years - this third term, of course, cut short by the SCLBR findings. However, it looks like Ell's Federation of Progressive Democrats may slip a little in the CLP, but a little more in the Senatoro, and may even lose majority status in the Senate and have a relegation to power share with the Greens. It looks like a majority ride in the CLP though, with the FPD capturing at least 125-130 of the now 240 seats. The Greens would receive around 50-60 seats if an election were held today, the Social Coalition around 25-30. The Partia di Traditionale and Communists would follow with around 12 and 8 seats, respectively, barring any independent candidacy winners. That, as a total means that right-wing parties - the FPD and PdT - would get around 59% of the seats. The three left-wing parties - the Greens, Communists and Social Coalition - would get the remaining 41%. That looks even with the current wing poll results of 58 and 42 percent for right and left.
In the Senatoro, the FPD are expected to barely scrape over the majority of 70, with the Greens picking up anywhere from a low of 30 to a high of 48. The remaining three parties would split the leftover 10-20 seats among them. Senatoro leader Massimo Verdamenti Brauta, a Progressive Democrat, is aging but expected to pull another election victory and remain as the high Senatore in the upper chamber.
Platforms begin to take shape
Even though an election hasn't officially been called, just expected, the five party leaders are apparently calculating their options, their support bases and, most importantly, their platforms for this possible act of democratic process.
Prime Minister Ell and the FPD plan a minimal campaign, focusing on the benefits and successes of the government during their nine years in power, and also promoting the achievements of the Pacitalian people at home and abroad thanks to the mix of economic freedom and social liberty brought by Ell's party.
Meanwhile, the opposition, the Social Coalition, led by Fernando Chiovitti, seems to crumbling itself to death, not only on their own inaction but because of the vibrant, exciting Green party which is luring away many SCP members who feel their old party is not libertarian enough to be considered a truly socially-minded party. The SCP and Chiovitti plan to challenge Ell by showing the bad things that the government has done (since nothing really negative has been brought out of this administration), which basically entails the SCP complaining about Pacitalia's diplomatic ties with Roach-Busters and Parthia. However, it is notable that Roach-Busters seems to be back on a democratic swing, their people apparently desiring redemocratisation.
The Greens, of course, will show how business can still survive in Pacitalia prevalently without ridiculous environmentally-responsible restrictions; instead, Constantakis' party will make the promotion of green-friendly attitudes the centrepiece of the economic section of their platform. Their social policy will include increased liberties, to fit their super-libertarian policy. Of course, their platform includes environmental responsibility; they plan to finance over D50billion of funding for new parks, maintenance of parks and natural historic and beauty sites, and increased compliance with the Kyoto accord.
The Communists have no real platform yet, as Lemvi Megescu recovers from a curable bout of prostate cancer. He is the oldest leader at 72 and is near to retirement, say his aides in the Communist Party. The Party is receiving funding from the the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the party here at home plans to use some of the founding principles of the CPSU and the USSR, one of Pacitalia's most steadfast allies, to attract more voter support and get out of last place.
The only real reason the Partia di Traditionale has climbed out of last place is the possible removal of Roberta Santo Paraggia from the leadership of this extreme-right party. Sgra Santo Paraggia has not done much in the past three years of her leadership to revitalise this party, which has seen memberships drop and party MPPs and senatoremu leave just to declare themselves 'conservative independents'. In fact, many party members and MPPs are quick to label her 'incompetent', 'unfit to lead' and 'not in line with party belief and policy'. The possible replacement for her would, without a doubt, be a male, something that also helps the party's chances to return to their old support levels of low to mid 10%. Unfortunately, it is that sexism that helps it win votes among middle-aged males.
This is shaping up to be an unmistakably tight and exciting race, even without an election called yet. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
I'm Niles Parker for PNN.
TIMIOCATO (PNN) - With the wrapup of the Special Committee on Legislative Body Reform and the subsequent 214-page report, Prime Minister Ell is recommending to the people another general election, something when universal would be less costly to the taxpayers and government, than to hold 120 byelections for the new seats in the Caza della Legislatorio Parlemento and 20 in the Senatoro.
The SCLBR concluded in its report that the CLP should double its size from 120 to 240 to better represent all regions of the country, and do so with smaller constituency sizes so the MPPs could better connect to the people they were personifying. As a result, to keep proportion up the SCLBR also recommended a twenty-chair increase in the Senatoro, the upper legislative chamber in Pacitalia.
With the rising support for the Green party, whose surprisingly non-radical pro-environment and sociality policies are attracting many Pacitalians and as a result negatively reflecting on the membership numbers of the second oldest party in Pacitalia, the Social Coalition. Regardless, Ell seems to be untouchable heading to a possible election, with his Federation of Progressive Democrats fluctuating between 51 and 53 percent of the total voting public.
The Greens follow the FPD at 22% support and the most likely Official Opposition; the Social Coalition is moving between 15 and 17 percent in phone-home surveys. The Partia di Traditionale, Pacitalia's "Christian Democrat" neo-conservative party, has jumped in front of the Communist Party for the first time in months, registering six percent of public support, with the aforementioned extreme-leftists carrying the remaining four percent of eligible voting public support.
Green party leader Neros Constantakis plans to make numerous campaign-like stops around central and western Pacitalia, supposed hot spots of socially-minded citizens, especially in the inner city subdivisions of Nortopalazzo and Lucifora. Constantakis says his main goal is to try to "attract more socialists in Pacitalia to [his] libertarian, balanced platform", which basically means taking more support from the SCP and Communists. After that, Sgre Constantakis plans to take support away from the capitalist libertarian minded FPD, who are led, as mentioned, by the Prime Minister.
It looks like another majority government for Prime Minister Ell, his fourth in nine years - this third term, of course, cut short by the SCLBR findings. However, it looks like Ell's Federation of Progressive Democrats may slip a little in the CLP, but a little more in the Senatoro, and may even lose majority status in the Senate and have a relegation to power share with the Greens. It looks like a majority ride in the CLP though, with the FPD capturing at least 125-130 of the now 240 seats. The Greens would receive around 50-60 seats if an election were held today, the Social Coalition around 25-30. The Partia di Traditionale and Communists would follow with around 12 and 8 seats, respectively, barring any independent candidacy winners. That, as a total means that right-wing parties - the FPD and PdT - would get around 59% of the seats. The three left-wing parties - the Greens, Communists and Social Coalition - would get the remaining 41%. That looks even with the current wing poll results of 58 and 42 percent for right and left.
In the Senatoro, the FPD are expected to barely scrape over the majority of 70, with the Greens picking up anywhere from a low of 30 to a high of 48. The remaining three parties would split the leftover 10-20 seats among them. Senatoro leader Massimo Verdamenti Brauta, a Progressive Democrat, is aging but expected to pull another election victory and remain as the high Senatore in the upper chamber.
Platforms begin to take shape
Even though an election hasn't officially been called, just expected, the five party leaders are apparently calculating their options, their support bases and, most importantly, their platforms for this possible act of democratic process.
Prime Minister Ell and the FPD plan a minimal campaign, focusing on the benefits and successes of the government during their nine years in power, and also promoting the achievements of the Pacitalian people at home and abroad thanks to the mix of economic freedom and social liberty brought by Ell's party.
Meanwhile, the opposition, the Social Coalition, led by Fernando Chiovitti, seems to crumbling itself to death, not only on their own inaction but because of the vibrant, exciting Green party which is luring away many SCP members who feel their old party is not libertarian enough to be considered a truly socially-minded party. The SCP and Chiovitti plan to challenge Ell by showing the bad things that the government has done (since nothing really negative has been brought out of this administration), which basically entails the SCP complaining about Pacitalia's diplomatic ties with Roach-Busters and Parthia. However, it is notable that Roach-Busters seems to be back on a democratic swing, their people apparently desiring redemocratisation.
The Greens, of course, will show how business can still survive in Pacitalia prevalently without ridiculous environmentally-responsible restrictions; instead, Constantakis' party will make the promotion of green-friendly attitudes the centrepiece of the economic section of their platform. Their social policy will include increased liberties, to fit their super-libertarian policy. Of course, their platform includes environmental responsibility; they plan to finance over D50billion of funding for new parks, maintenance of parks and natural historic and beauty sites, and increased compliance with the Kyoto accord.
The Communists have no real platform yet, as Lemvi Megescu recovers from a curable bout of prostate cancer. He is the oldest leader at 72 and is near to retirement, say his aides in the Communist Party. The Party is receiving funding from the the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the party here at home plans to use some of the founding principles of the CPSU and the USSR, one of Pacitalia's most steadfast allies, to attract more voter support and get out of last place.
The only real reason the Partia di Traditionale has climbed out of last place is the possible removal of Roberta Santo Paraggia from the leadership of this extreme-right party. Sgra Santo Paraggia has not done much in the past three years of her leadership to revitalise this party, which has seen memberships drop and party MPPs and senatoremu leave just to declare themselves 'conservative independents'. In fact, many party members and MPPs are quick to label her 'incompetent', 'unfit to lead' and 'not in line with party belief and policy'. The possible replacement for her would, without a doubt, be a male, something that also helps the party's chances to return to their old support levels of low to mid 10%. Unfortunately, it is that sexism that helps it win votes among middle-aged males.
This is shaping up to be an unmistakably tight and exciting race, even without an election called yet. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
I'm Niles Parker for PNN.