NationStates Jolt Archive

ooc Disclaimer: Since I have lately seen people complaining about election results which differ from the polls, I'm just going to tell you right now. The elections very likely will come out differently from the polls.

IC: TEJANO STATE NEWS, JULY 30, 2007

After a month of deliberation, the Interim Council has yet to elect a President. with a two-thirds majority. The interim council has declared itself "hung," and has decided to send the elections down to the people.

The two candidates for the election, as you know, are the two following people:

RENATO FIDEL VÉLEZ CALDERÓN: A General People's Assembly representative from Estado Paso. On his agenda is enacting presidential decree powers to rework the Tejano political system into a multi-party democracy very quickly. He has no announced goals beyond this.

TSUCHII MIHO: A GPA representative from Estado Teraoka. A mere 21 years old, Tsuchii has advocated a "one-party democracy," which would involve reducing the Tejano Worker's Party in government, institution of more popular referendums and freedom of the press on the format of a one-party socialist state. She also advocates cracking down hard on the remaining fascist rebels in the country.

All foreign donations to either campaign are strictly forbidden. Anybody found receiving such donations will be disqualified from the election.

ooc: This gets one more bump for any international opinion/votes. I'm announcing the results sometime next week.

If any reporters from abroad want to ask the candidates questions, they may do so.

ooc: Yeah...I totally forgot about this...just pretend that I actually announced the results when I was supposed to...:p

IC: TEJANO STATE NEWS, AUGUST 6, 2007

The election results have come in. The votes are clearly in favor of Comrade Tsuchii Miho, who won the elections with 64.28 percent of the popular vote. Pre-vote polls showed her to be far more popular with the general public than her opponent, Comrade Renato Vélez, who was seen as cold and detached from the general public. Comrade Tsuchii, meanwhile, toured most of the country, including the civil war-wracked Dallas Exclave, speaking to the people and doing public service.

Comrade Vélez has declared "blatant electoral fraud" on the part of Comrade Tsuchii's supporters, although neutral observers have declared the elections fair. He and many of his supporters have refused to participate in "any government headed by the ruling TWP clique's Playboy Bunny."

"He sounds like a baby, honestly," Comrade Tsuchii commented on the reaction of the Paso representative, "He lost. Maybe he shouldn't have acted so uptight during the campaign."

Current Interim President Comrade Josefa Phạm will remain in office until December 31, 2007, when she will officially hand power over to Comrade Tsuchii.

Secretariat for External Affairs
Ariddian Isles
Official statement

On behalf of the people of the Ariddian Isles, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to Comrade Tsuchii Miho on her democratic election, and wish the new President our very best in the tasks she will now be facing.


Sébastien Chaussée,
Secretary for External Affairs

ooc: One more bump for any other international reactions to the results.