NationStates Jolt Archive

The seven parties running for Questarian Government began election campaigning yesterday, and Quenews is dedicated to bringing you up to date information on the elections, the first to be held in ten years. We have some very brief information on the parties here for you to take part in our international opinion poll...

Party: Market Liberal Party [MLP]
Type: Conservative Liberal
Economy: Maintenance of low taxes, low regulation, monetary policy, anti-union
Trade: Maintenance of total free trade
Military: Increased military (deficit) spending, pro-APOC, supporting Empire nations
Foreign Policy: Imperialism and Interventionism
Immigration Policy: Open borders for skilled individuals with a degree
Domestic Policy: Pro-gun, pro-life, anti-segregationist
Environmental Policy: None

Party: Conservative Party [CON]
Type: Social Conservative
Economy: Slight tax raise, anti-union
Trade: Return of small tariffs, preferential Empire trade
Military: Massively increased military spending
Foreign Policy: Heavily Imperialist and Interventionist
Immigration Policy: Closed borders
Domestic Policy: Pro-gun, pro-life, pro-segregationist
Environmental Policy: None

Party: United Democratic Front [UDF]
Type: Social Liberal
Economy: Raising taxes, pro-union, pro-workers
Trade: General protectionist policy
Military: Maintain military spending
Foreign Policy: Isolationist
Immigration Policy: Open borders
Domestic Policy: Anti gun, anti-life, anti-segregationist
Environmental Policy: Subsidised public transport and some environmental law

Party: National Party [NAP]
Type: Fascist
Economy: Raising taxes, pro-union, fiscal policy, Keynesian
Trade: Protectionism
Military: Massively increased military spending
Foreign Policy: Heavily Imperialist and Interventionist
Immigration Policy: Closed borders
Domestic Policy: Pro-gun, pro-life, pro-segregationist, pro-apartheid
Environmental Policy: Subsidised public transport

Party: Paternalist Party [PAP]
Type: Authoritarian
Economy: Slight tax raise, anti-union
Trade: Return of small tariffs, preferential Empire trade
Military: Maintain military spending
Foreign Policy: Isolationist
Immigration Policy: Closed borders
Domestic Policy: Pro-gun, pro-life, pro-segregationist, pro-apartheid, pro-landed and anti-democratic
Environmental Policy: None

Party: Green Party [GRP]
Type: Social Democratic
Economy: Raising taxes, pro-union, fiscal policy, mixed-economy
Trade: Pro-environmental trade
Military: Reduce military spending
Foreign Policy: Isolationist
Immigration Policy: Open borders
Domestic Policy: Anti gun, anti-life, anti-segregationist, wealth redistribution
Environmental Policy: Environmentalist!

Party: Socialist Liberal Party [SLP]
Type: Democratic Socialist
Economy: Raising taxes, pro-union, fiscal policy, mixed-economy, command economics
Trade: Massive protectionism
Military: Reduce military spending
Foreign Policy: Isolationist
Immigration Policy: Open borders, internationalists
Domestic Policy: Anti gun, anti-life, anti-segregationist, massive wealth redistribution
Environmental Policy: None

The Market Liberal Party is currently polled ahead of the Conservative Party by a fairly large margin and looks set to win the next election, though it is by no means sure. Conservative efforts to create a coalition with the Paternalist and National Parties, which would guarantee it victory, have come to nothing as the three differ on foreign and trade policy, with PAP wanting total isolation and protectionist and NAP heavily interventionist and protectionist, with the Conservatives unable to mediate between the pair.

The United Democratic Front is achieving success in some areas, but surprisingly not amongst workers who have benefitted the most from the free market reforms made by the King. The highly competitive nature of Questarian industry is a sharp contrast to the rather uncompetitive insurance, banking, and general service industries which have been fighting a losing war against foreign business and are now turning to protectionist parties for support.

Smaller parties like Greens and Socialist Labour have won little support over the country and are not expected to win any seats in the first past the post Westminster system.

"What are the parties' stances on Magdhan-Questarian relations?"

Dr. Joe M. Rothman
Commissioner of External Affairs and International Relations

"Questers has elections?"
- Random person on the streets of Eeobroht

"What are the parties' stances on Magdhan-Questarian relations?"

Dr. Joe M. Rothman
Commissioner of External Affairs and International Relations

MLP: Advocates strong, unilateral, relations.
CON: Advocates strong, bilateral, relations.
UDF: Trade restrictions until democracy is achieved in Maghda (OOC: You are a dictatorship right? XD)
NAP: Strong relations.
PAP: No relations necessary.
GRP: Trade restrictions until democracy is introduced and domestic issues are solved.
SLP: Negative relations.

In a nutshell. :P

"...and one may wonder; what are the positions of these Questarian parties regarding Yafo-Questarian relations? What do they think about us? What would their policies be regarding us? Until those questions are answered, I, for one, cannot feel at all comfortable judging the outcomes of these elections or comparing these parties..."

- An excerpt from an editorial in The Times of Chelmar

(OOC: Damn! I didn't notice the UDP is anti-guns, and... suffice to say, you can buy an assault rifle in a supermarket in Third Spanish States, yes... supermarket... but owned by the workers cooperatively who also manage it, so it's not capitalist but there is a free market there. So discount one vote for the UDP politically correct anti-gun liberals because never a bunch of gun-totting anarchists will support them)

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Third Spanish States E-Government
Electronic Direct Democracy Network
EDDNet
Diplomatic Sub-Network

Statement


To interested parties in Questers:

We admire that such step forward in social progress was given by a nation of such territorial dimensions, and commend the transition to a republic. However we have a long time ago mutually agreed into a principle which has been accidentally broken. For it seems that for some reason, probably a preemptive decision, one of us decided to claim that we support the United Democratic Front campaign. However, let it be noticed that in fact neither of the existing ideological forces in Third Spanish States, be them anarcho-socialists or anarcho-capitalists, have ever had any interest in supporting any of the existing parties, and that neither of them offer a sufficiently compatible set of proposals to those any of the primary ideological forces in the Confederacy stand for. There is no point into allowing abortion while people are removed from their legitimate right of bearing arms, sometimes the last bastion a people can have against totalitarianism. For Stalin stood for gun control to make the people defenseless, Hitler have stood for gun control to make the ethnic minorities defenses and many examples of despotism were preceded by the removal of the civilian liberty of owning firearms. With this in mind, none of us will ever support a party which stands for gun control.

For if we had such laws in place, we would not be under severe criminality, but instead have a criminal boss as a dictator in our nation while the people were completely defenseless due to foolish laws created by what some of the more vocal among us stereotype as "weed-smoking liberals and hippies who think that guns alone kill people and that saying "peace and love" will stop a criminal from killing you". It saddens us to see people who can't have the sense of understanding that gun control is not leftism, gun control is authoritarianism. However, despite of the shared opinions of the people, and rulers of Third Spanish States on having no party they would personally support, most of us, like previously mentioned consider such small step an excellent step forward for Questers and wish your political freedoms to extend beyond the basic republican right of voting on representatives.

Official Beatusian Government Statement

The Theocratic Republic of the Beatus wishes to throw it's full support behind the Market Liberal Party. We also hope that after the election, our leaders may meet, and we may discuss the strengthening of Beatusian, Questarian relations.

Signed,
Jim Lange
President
The Theocratic Republic of the Beatus

{OOC: Yes, I am. :p}

"I would like to ask a few question. What are the parties stance's on the Mekugian Commonwealth, Northern Concordant of Haven Nations [N-CON], and Skyian-Questarian Relations?

-Random Government Letter to Elections Commission/Party Headquarters

FINEGALL PRESS

"Our readers would be interested on the stances the various Parties hold with regards to the Mekugian Commonwealth?

Questarian and Irsyh-Finegall(Skibereenian) relations, especially given that in a few short months Skibereen will be holding its first national elections in over a century? Can we expect to see some effort by Questarian Parties to sway Skibereenian elections?

What are the Parties stances with regard to Skibereen opting to contract BNI and ADEN as full time arms manufacturers with full Skibereenian Corporate rights?"

commend the transition to a republic

[OOC: I'm a Constitutional Monarchy. Nevertheless, thanks for the post :P]

Mekwealth:
MLP: Advocates strong and close relations.
CON: Advocates strong and close relations.
UDF: No particular relations past trade partnerships.
NAP: No particular relations past military-export/import partnerships.
PAP: No relations necessary.
GRP: No particular relations past trade partnerships.
SLP: Negative relations.

The Silver Sky:
MLP: Advocates strong and close allied relations.
CON: Advocates strong and close allied relations.
UDF: No particular relations past trade partnerships.
NAP: No particular relations past military-export/import partnerships.
PAP: No relations necessary.
GRP: Negative relations.
SLP: Super-Negative relations.

Skibereen Elections:
MLP: Will support democracy in Skibereen to the fullest and will back the most capitalist or conservative party.
CON: Will support democracy in Skibereen to the fullest and will back the most capitalist or conservative party.
UDF: Will support democracy in Skibereen to the fullest and will back the most moderate party.
NAP: NAP suggests that Skibereen is perhaps better off under a more authoritarian system but will support any fascist parties.
PAP: No comment.
GRP: Will support democracy in Skibereen to the fullest and will back the most left wing party.
SLP: Will support democracy in Skibereen to the fullest and will back the most left wing party.

Skibereen Arms Deal
MLP: Will be very glad to work closely with Skibereen in securing arms export deals.
CON: Will be very glad to work closely with Skibereen in securing arms export deals.
UDF: Will be very glad to work closely with Skibereen in securing arms export deals.
NAP: Will be very glad to work closely with Skibereen in securing arms export deals, depending on the party that wins the elections.
PAP: Will be very glad to work closely with Skibereen in securing arms export deals.
GRP: The arms export business will fall under tighter regulations in the GRP.
SLP: Will be very glad to work closely with Skibereen in securing arms export deals, depending on the party that wins the elections.