Deltaria

[Rogue]

Tsargrad - Longtime KDU party president Serafim Avramescu has announced that the party will not select a leader for the upcoming general election and will leave the position vacant. The news comes after months of good polling for the party, which has benefitted from the work of individual lawmakers and local/provincial KDU officials. Without a single leader, the party has managed to put the spotlight on its electoral platform which has, for many Deltarians, been attractive. The party has managed to attract a wave of new voters, largely from the middle class, who have been left behind by many of the social programs enacted by the Lazarescu government. The KDU program, a classic hosian democratic and conservative program, was revealed last week and includes promises for major tax reform to grant cuts to the middle class, an end to many of the Social Security 2.0 programs and a strengthened defense as the KDU believes the SSD government has lacked in this field. 

Avramescu says that he made the decision not to appoint a new leader "after consulting with senior party members and coming to the conclusion that our party is strongest when it is diverse and not centered around a person." In the election debates, the party will select a rotating cast of three lawmakers from the parliamentary faction to participate in the 10 debates currently being planned. While the strategy is unorthodox, our own political correspondent Monika Atlan notes that it might be a rewarding strategy:

The KDU knows that it is risky, but they are willing to take that risk. While the lack of a leader could cause confusion for the average voter, the polls in recent months seem to reward the party for not picking a leader and leadership, including Avramescu, seems to hope that this trend will continue all the way up to election day.

With elections now just four months away the result of this strategy is soon to be revealed. 

Published in June 5693
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