Kadabadar
14-06-2005, 17:23
President-For-Life Alkranon Pelvadnir, the supreme authority in the Democratic States of Kadabadar, has resigned amidst furious protests in the capital, Dabad, demanding his ousting.
In a peaceful process, power has been transferred to Elkanor Pagnakin, former Minister of Justice, long regarded as one of the chief advocates of free elections in Kadabadar. He has declared that they will be held within a month.
President Pelvadnir said that he resigned to "avert violence" and to prevent a possible civil war.
Taking power after the death of former President Lopiron Vackran, Pelvadnir distanced himself from the human rights abuses of his predecessor, disbanding the secret police and re-organizing the leadership of the military. He also freed hundreds of imprisoned political dissidents and made government censorship of the media less stringent. But he has undergone criticism for his refusal to allow free elections.
Bolstered by the reduction of state repression, a number of pro-democracy organizations were founded under his regime, and they began programs of resistance that culminated in massive acts of protest and civil disobedience in the capital yesterday and today.
Most Kadabadarans seem to have welcomed this development, though some fear that it is merely an excuse for Pagnakin to seize power himself.
In a peaceful process, power has been transferred to Elkanor Pagnakin, former Minister of Justice, long regarded as one of the chief advocates of free elections in Kadabadar. He has declared that they will be held within a month.
President Pelvadnir said that he resigned to "avert violence" and to prevent a possible civil war.
Taking power after the death of former President Lopiron Vackran, Pelvadnir distanced himself from the human rights abuses of his predecessor, disbanding the secret police and re-organizing the leadership of the military. He also freed hundreds of imprisoned political dissidents and made government censorship of the media less stringent. But he has undergone criticism for his refusal to allow free elections.
Bolstered by the reduction of state repression, a number of pro-democracy organizations were founded under his regime, and they began programs of resistance that culminated in massive acts of protest and civil disobedience in the capital yesterday and today.
Most Kadabadarans seem to have welcomed this development, though some fear that it is merely an excuse for Pagnakin to seize power himself.