Questers
19-03-2008, 01:38
[OOC: I lost my post 3 times, so its only short. Plus I have a more detailed post to write for another thread :P]
Ten years after seizing power to prevent a Communist revolution, pro-democracy groups amongst the middle and working classes, despite levels of support for the monarchy raising to about 97% at their lowest, began to rally for elections to be restored. In June of 1961, the pro-democracy group Liberty Action ended negotiations positively; elections would be held freely and fairly as of June 1st 1962 and the old Commons and Lords restored. The Boer farmers in the midlands and the east and the Kadazan landowners to the south assumed their old priveleges to be returned, and the continuation of the "no blacks, no women" policy.
They were shocked when they discovered that the only limit placed on voting was that "The citizen of sane mind must own property of any form."
Canvassing and political recruiting began the month after, with the old main parties returning; the conservative-liberal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_liberalism) Market Liberal Party [MLP], the socially conservative Conservative Party [CON], and the left of centre United Democratic Front [UDP]. Finally in the east, the fascist National Party [NAP] gained support amongst Boers and in the south the authoritarian Paternalist Party [PAP] gained support amongst the rich Kadazan and Sino populations.
With elections set for a year, and for the first time in history with blacks and women who owned property (or whos husband's did) allowed to vote, it appeared as if the future of Questers would be changed forever. The Monarch would still retain powers of veto and would be an important part of the Government, but he would no longer decide the absolute fate of the country. That business lay now to the people.
Ten years after seizing power to prevent a Communist revolution, pro-democracy groups amongst the middle and working classes, despite levels of support for the monarchy raising to about 97% at their lowest, began to rally for elections to be restored. In June of 1961, the pro-democracy group Liberty Action ended negotiations positively; elections would be held freely and fairly as of June 1st 1962 and the old Commons and Lords restored. The Boer farmers in the midlands and the east and the Kadazan landowners to the south assumed their old priveleges to be returned, and the continuation of the "no blacks, no women" policy.
They were shocked when they discovered that the only limit placed on voting was that "The citizen of sane mind must own property of any form."
Canvassing and political recruiting began the month after, with the old main parties returning; the conservative-liberal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_liberalism) Market Liberal Party [MLP], the socially conservative Conservative Party [CON], and the left of centre United Democratic Front [UDP]. Finally in the east, the fascist National Party [NAP] gained support amongst Boers and in the south the authoritarian Paternalist Party [PAP] gained support amongst the rich Kadazan and Sino populations.
With elections set for a year, and for the first time in history with blacks and women who owned property (or whos husband's did) allowed to vote, it appeared as if the future of Questers would be changed forever. The Monarch would still retain powers of veto and would be an important part of the Government, but he would no longer decide the absolute fate of the country. That business lay now to the people.