Bianjie

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Socialist-Communist coalition returns to power after 10 years in the opposition
21 April 5688



It didn't take long for the exit polls and first preliminary results to announce the winner of this election night. Obviously, it was the left-wing opposition coalition of two traditional allies: the Socialist People's Party and the Progressive Communist Party. However, it is the parties' standing that became the real surprise for many. A referendum on the midterm local elections, where communists surged to their best national election result ever, with 16% and 10 out of the 60 county mayoralities.

After two and a half years in charge of one-sixth of the nation's counties, it was a test of the people's support for PCP's actions and governance. And while obviously, the national politics are substantially different from the local ones, it seems like the communists have won that referendum, receiving their best electoral showing in the party's 200-year history. A whole 14,4% of the vote and 34 years in the nation's supreme legislative body, the Khanate Yuan.

Now that this is settled, the other question is whether the left-wing coalition, dubbed as the "Magenta coalition" by the nationwide media recently, a term coined by the BHK's political pundit Batu Dohing, will have enough seats on its own to form a government, as Yuan's smallest parties, Horizon and Shindoto have managed to stay afloat, and not fall below the 3% threshold. The short answer: yes. The long answer is, despite losing votes to the PCP, the socialists have kept their 5683 numbers, allowing them to re-elect 88 members of the Yuan for the next five years. Now, the magentas will have 122 seats out of 115 required, with the socialist leader, Heshen Asuke, projected to lead the next government.

However, with PCP's representation little more than doubling in comparison to the current parliamentary group composition, the communists will have a bigger say and influence in the new government's decisions, policies, foreign policy and so on. For the SPP, which has been the dominant party in both Bianjie's national politics and left-wing circles, it will be a serious hit and a test of their flexibility, and whether they will moderate their arrogance for the coalition to work. Socialist secretary-general and former Gemun mayor, Tulišen Keben, dismisses any attempts to portray his party as uncooperative: "We had a constructive friendship with our colleagues at the Progressive Communist Party, and obviously, we will make sure that the coalition works as intended, allowing all partners to be heard and take part in the formation of our agenda".



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