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ooc: The RP on Nagaraku's assassination is still continuing in "An Era Ends." This is the political results of the assassination within Tejas, and any response from abroad.

IC: TEJANO STATE NEWS: JUNE 29, 2007

Last night, at approximately 10:05 PM, President of the People's Republic of H-Town Tejas, and Chairman of the Tejano Worker's Party Nagaraku Ryouta was assassinated by a sniper.

Our longtime leader was assassinated last night while acting as Music Coordinator for an El Guerilla concert in San Angelo, Estado Teraoka. It is unclear who engineered this attack, who committed it, and who they are affiliated with.

What is more unclear, however, is who will fill in for him as leader of the country and the TWP. Currently, Vice President Josefa Phạm and Vice Chairman Gustavo Juan Amador Zapata have taken over for him as President and Chairman, respectively, but they are only ruling in an interim capacity along with the Interim Council of the PRH-TT, sworn in at an emergency meeting in New Fukuoka early this morning. Comrade Phạm has no intention to continue ruling, saying, "If I am elected, I will immediately resign." Comrade Amador has said as much.

Two candidates for the Presidency, and possibly the Chairmanship, are Renato Vélez of Estado Paso and Tsuchii Miho of Estado Teraoka. Comrade Vélez has been one of the leading advocates for liberalization of Comrade Nagaraku's regime, and has stated his intentions to instate a multi-party system within the country.

Comrade Tsuchii, only 21 years old, who was with Comrade Nagaraku after his assassination, has been saying something different.

"My first memories are of 'multi-party democracy,'" she says, "I remember as party after party fought over city blocks in my hometown, looting, raping, killing. Every time 'multi-party democracy' has been tried in this country, it has fallen flat. Look at Alois Almstedt, Bùi Ánh, Du Dongliang...Look what happened to our beloved Comrade Fujita Ichirou when he tried a multi-party system. It has not worked here. We must instate democracy. But it must be a democracy that works for this country. And before we can do that, we must get rid of the counter-revolutionary fascists in this country, which remain, despite our efforts."

"We here act like the revolution is over. It isn't. The revolution does not end when the revolutionaries take power. The revolution continues. We must not forget that."

The Interim Council, in an undetermined amount of time, will be electing a new President and Chairman.

As updates come in, we will bring them to you.

Ikeda Mami, Tejano State News

Official Kampferian Statement
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We are deeply sorry for the loss of this fine man. Let it be known that we in Kampfers wish the new government all the best as they attempt to find their leaders killer.

Fuhrer Richtoff

"So to finish, Dale, our regular feature from the world of international politics - Assassination Watch!"

"And today, we have a big fish on the AW, Oliver! The Chairman of the Tejano Worker's Party of H-Town Tejas, Nagaraku Ryouta, bought his own personal farm when someone or something ventilated his face with a sniper rifle."

"Something, Dale?"

"Absolutely, Oliver. I heard that they can customise can openers to fire guns now."

"Well, isn't that a kicker? What odds that we did it after all?"

"The bookmakers have it at 8/1 we did it. 12/1 says we get blamed after all, so let's hope our boys get captured and give up the information pronto!"

"If there's any justice in the world, Dale, someone will hit you in the face with a manhole cover."

"I hate you too, Oliver. Now sports!"

The news broadcasters handd off to their ever-present sports reporter, but the old man sitting in the easy chair with the cigar and the cognac didn't get to see it because the television set had clicked itself off. Turning around angrily, the cognac slopped over the side of the highball glass and only prompted more profanities to be directed at the councilman sitting at the long table.

"Sir, are you with us now?"

"Fruit fucker, I wanted to hear how the Knights did!" came the shouted reply.

"Sir, please!" returned one of the other near-identical besuited men. "We have to ascertain what effect this is going to have on us!"

"Effect? What effect? Didn't we do it?"

"All indications say no, we didn't."

Stubbing out his cigar, the eldest man stood up and turned around to face the council. "We...didn't do it?"

"No, sir, I'm afraid not."

"Well...this is not good. Not good at all."

The council rolled their eyes in unison. "Yes, that's why we were called together," explained the first man to speak. "We need to work out our next course of action - what should we do to maintain our good reputation as political assassins?"

"Terrorist strike?" put in the only man to differ from the norm - he wore a red tie rather than the generic black. "We nail some officials and leak the appropriate information - bam, instant credibility."

"It won't work," said the old man, shaking his head regretfully. "It would be a good idea in any other state, but Tejas is a socialist state. No, I think we hav to wait on something here."

"On what?"

The old man threw what little cognac remained down his throat. "For their Interim Council to elect a new President of the Union. We know it can be done, and the chances are that these backwater sons of bitches don't even know how to spell security. No, we wait for a new President to rise and we put him straight back down."

Lighting up another cigar, he sat down heavily. "Meeting adjourned. The second they elect this bastard, we reconvene."

"So to finish, Dale, our regular feature from the world of international politics - Assassination Watch!"

"And today, we have a big fish on the AW, Oliver! The Chairman of the Tejano Worker's Party of H-Town Tejas, Nagaraku Ryouta, bought his own personal farm when someone or something ventilated his face with a sniper rifle."

"Something, Dale?"

"Absolutely, Oliver. I heard that they can customise can openers to fire guns now."

"Well, isn't that a kicker? What odds that we did it after all?"

"The bookmakers have it at 8/1 we did it. 12/1 says we get blamed after all, so let's hope our boys get captured and give up the information pronto!"

"If there's any justice in the world, Dale, someone will hit you in the face with a manhole cover."

"I hate you too, Oliver. Now sports!"

The news broadcasters handd off to their ever-present sports reporter, but the old man sitting in the easy chair with the cigar and the cognac didn't get to see it because the television set had clicked itself off. Turning around angrily, the cognac slopped over the side of the highball glass and only prompted more profanities to be directed at the councilman sitting at the long table.

"Sir, are you with us now?"

"Fruit fucker, I wanted to hear how the Knights did!" came the shouted reply.

"Sir, please!" returned one of the other near-identical besuited men. "We have to ascertain what effect this is going to have on us!"

"Effect? What effect? Didn't we do it?"

"All indications say no, we didn't."

Stubbing out his cigar, the eldest man stood up and turned around to face the council. "We...didn't do it?"

"No, sir, I'm afraid not."

"Well...this is not good. Not good at all."

The council rolled their eyes in unison. "Yes, that's why we were called together," explained the first man to speak. "We need to work out our next course of action - what should we do to maintain our good reputation as political assassins?"

"Terrorist strike?" put in the only man to differ from the norm - he wore a red tie rather than the generic black. "We nail some officials and leak the appropriate information - bam, instant credibility."

"It won't work," said the old man, shaking his head regretfully. "It would be a good idea in any other state, but Tejas is a socialist state. No, I think we hav to wait on something here."

"On what?"

The old man threw what little cognac remained down his throat. "For their Interim Council to elect a new President of the Union. We know it can be done, and the chances are that these backwater sons of bitches don't even know how to spell security. No, we wait for a new President to rise and we put him straight back down."

Lighting up another cigar, he sat down heavily. "Meeting adjourned. The second they elect this bastard, we reconvene."

ooc: Your guys can try to do what they want. But, either they will be picked up before they can try, or they'll fail. I'm just telling you ahead of time.

TEJANO STATE NEWS: JULY 2, 2007

DANIEL BASTO DOMINGUEZ: There has been a major break in the case on the assassination of Chairman Nagaraku Ryouta. William Robert Mahon, an arms dealer on the payroll of the fascist Tejano Integralist Front, has been captured. Mahon procured the sniper rifle for the assassins who killed the Chairman.

"It might be true, it might just be a shitty rumor," Mahon said when questioned about who the assassins were, "But they might have been from the Anti-Communist Army. I don't know, though. I just gave the sniper to a runner. He delivered the piece. I never saw the people he gave it to."

Mahon has been imprisoned for life in Bandera Roja military base in the Dallas Exclave.

Our own Ikeda Mami has also been given exclusive interviews with Presidential candidates Renato Vélez (http://www.grupoese.com.ni/2000/bn/12/05/images/EduardoMontealegre.jpg) and Tsuchii Miho (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/fukuoka_yakuza/tsuchiimiho.jpg). Following this is the interview with Comrade Vélez. The interview with Comrade Tsuchii will be aired on another night, hopefully tomorrow. These interviews will not be touched by the People's Security Bureau, so enjoy.

IKEDA MAMI: Hello, Comrade Vélez. We are glad you were available for this interview.

RENATO VÉLEZ CALDERÓN: Yes, yes. If we could get to this, please?

IKEDA: Ummm...okay. So, as we have said earlier, you are one of the major advocates of multiparty democracy within the Tejano Worker's Party. Yet, as Comrade Tsuchii has stated, multiparty democracy has not functioned very well in this nation. How do you respond to that?

VÉLEZ: It's rubbish. The argument that "it didn't work that time, it won't work this time," is rubbish.

IKEDA: So, you are just dismissing Comrade Tsuchii's argument as totally illegitimate?

VÉLEZ: Yes. It is the tripe of authoritarians like Nagaraku and Tsuchii herself. As is this concept of "one-party democracy" she speaks of. It is like "one-race diversity."

IKEDA: Some of the most democratic nations in the world only have one political party.

VÉLEZ: I am going to assume you speak of Ariddia. Once again, utter tripe. There is no law against forming another political party in Ariddia. Here, there is no effective opposition, and Nagaraku's draconian laws have completely precluded it. I of course believe in his social and economic policies; his dictatorial rule was something else entirely. He was more democratic than the Christensens, but that's all I will say for him.

IKEDA: So, if Nagaraku was such a dictator, why are you not only not in jail, but in his party and giving this interview right now?

VÉLEZ: That is quite simple; Nagaraku needed me to make it look like to the world he wasn't so iron-fisted. Either that, or he never got around to throwing me in Bandera Roja. But remember, I've only been in since 2006, like that little girl. He only began slightly loosening up in 2006, if you'll recall.

IKEDA: "That little girl." You are speaking of Comrade Tsuchii, are you not? You do not seem to have such a high view of her.

VÉLEZ: Because she is a puppet. People love her. She's cute, she's perky, and she's charismatic. But she's just like Nagaraku when it comes to her political line.The party needs a sock puppet that the people will like. Tsuchii Miho is loveable sock puppet incarnate.

IKEDA: If you dislike the party so much, then why are you in it, and how do you expect to win the Presidency?

VÉLEZ: I'm in it because it's the only way for me to make my views matter. Which I have done. I will win the Presidency because the party does not make up the entire Interim Council. And they cannot afford to continue with this draconian one-party system. The people will not allow it to go on.

IKEDA: One more question; in power, what changes would you make?

VÉLEZ: If it was up to me, I would democratize the country, but maintain the current social and economic systems. Maybe, I would loosen market restrictions slightly. I never said everything Nagaraku did was wrong. His social and economic policies were and still are awesome. My only problem was with his oppressive rule.

IKEDA: Thank you for seeing me, Comrade Vélez.

VÉLEZ: Yes, yes. Now, if you will excuse me, I have work to do.

TEJANO STATE NEWS: JULY 3, 2007

DANIEL BASTO DOMINGUEZ: Following up on our previous interview with Renato Vélez, today we have an interview with Comrade Tsuchii Miho, who is also attempting to secure succession to Chairman Nagaraku Ryouta.

IKEDA MAMI: Hello, Comrade Tsuchii. We are so glad that you could be here for this interview.

TSUCHII MIHO: No, no! The pleasure is all mine. I'm very glad to be here.

IKEDA: So, you have announced your candidacy to replace Nagaraku Ryouta as President of H-Town Tejas. Considering the fact that you are only 21, you would be one of the youngest leaders this country has ever had. Many say that you aren't old enough to run this nation. How do you respond to that?

TSUCHII: Well, it isn't like they don't have a valid point. Perhaps they believe that I don't have near enough experience in politics to do this job. Nevertheless, I believe they are wrong about me. Fujita Ichirou was 21 when he led us in our revolution against the fascists in 1988. Without him, where would we be? Still under Christensen, probably.
Also, I'm not inexperienced when it comes to leadership. That's a myth. I have only been in the party since 2006, but that doesn't make me an inexperienced leader.

IKEDA: You have stated that you advocate a "one-party democracy." Many of our viewers are not clear on what that is, exactly. Care to elaborate?

TSUCHII: I suppose the idea might sound confusing. Right now, the Tejano Worker's Party is an almighty organ which essentially governs this country and uses actual government positions as rubber stamps. If I become President, what I would have do is decrease the party's power in government. I would also institute more democratic elections, institute more freedom of the press, and the like. This, however, would be on the lines of a one-party socialist state, with the same social and economic policies of Nagaraku. My goal is to put power back in the hands of the people. The TWP has become increasingly isolated from the populace at large, and I want to stop that.

IKEDA: Comrade Vélez would call that "authoritarian tripe" most likely.

TSUCHII: Comrade Vélez likes to run his mouth. He calls me a "puppet" and a "little girl." I am neither. I believe the country needs reform just like he does. However, I do not believe it needs the same kind of reforms. How this makes me a "puppet" of anything mystifies me.
Comrade Vélez believes that the Presidency will come to him just "because." I know that things aren't just going to come to me because I believe that they will. If Comrade Vélez truly believed in change, he would have worked for it himself, instead of lying his way into the party so he could "work within the system to achieve change."

IKEDA: Is that not what you are doing?

TSUCHII: The TWP has known my beliefs since day one, and I have spoken out about them since day one. I have been advocating the reforms I spoke about earlier ever since I joined the Democratic Youth. Comrade Vélez didn't dare say a word contrary to party line until he believed Nagaraku wouldn't kick him out of the party or imprison him for what he said. He didn't have the guts to do what he thought was right then. What makes anybody think he will be able to do what's right now?

IKEDA: You have advocated smashing out all fascist resistance, vehemently opposed giving them any form of amnesty. Could you explain your hardline stance against the fascists despite the fact that they have been mostly suppressed on the mainland?

TSUCHII: They don't deserve our forgiveness. The revolution isn't over. It doesn't end. There will always be counter-revolutionary forces, and in this country, they take the form of the fascists. They still have the power to harm us, and if we sit there and let them, we might find ourselves in the chains of capitalism while they goose-step all over us. Chairman Nagaraku's assassination proves that they are still capable.

IKEDA: Do you expect to win the Presidency?

TSUCHII: I don't know the future. I hope to win, but I don't know if I will.

IKEDA: Thank you for your time, Comrade Tsuchii.

TSUCHII: Of course. Come back any time, Comrade Ikeda.