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Depares leadership in question after poor poll streak
18 February 5321
Hardline leader of the Bandiera Waħda, Denzilee Depares, is at risk of a leadership review over a string of poor polling results.
Polling in last place of four parties for the next general election, Bandiera Waħda leader Denzilee Depares could face a leadership review within the next 12 months according to sources within the party. The BW is consistently coming last in opinion polls for the 5323 election, prompting friction with the movement. Sources suggest local party heads are encouraging party members to call for the review, though none have yet made this position public. Depares, who was one of the founding members of the party, has been blamed for making the BW less electable through his combative populist style and hardline views on women's rights and LGBT+ rights. He has also been blamed for not creating sufficient daylight between the BW and the Constitutionalist Party (PK-AgK), who share some of Depares' conservative viewpoints. Depares is consistently ranked as the least popular national party leader, especially among female voters, but has up-til-now maintained a loyal following among grassroots members for his outspoken manner.
Under BW party rules, a leadership review can be called if a petition of members reaches 30% of the total membership - or if a majority of the party's elected representatives vote that they have no confidence in the leadership. With no members yet elected to the legislature, only the former option is viable. Women represent around 18% of the total membership and are seen as particularly distateful of Depares' anti-feminist stances. Hebilean Cildanians - who are a key part of the BW's electoral coalition - are also distrustful of the non-Hebilean, Qart Qildar-born party leader.
If Depares was toppled in a leadership review, his longtime associates Alec Benaglia (party deputy leader) and Yan Despott (party foreign affairs spokesperson) would be the favourites to take over. Former party defence spokeswoman Margerita Giudice has been speculated as a more moderate and media-friendly candidate, but her gender makes it less likely that the highly conservative and deeply religious party membership would vote for her. A wild card in the leadership race could be Lażżru Alessi, who is an ethnic Hebilean with a history of controversial statements about Yeudis.
Il Bandiera Indipendenti is a political and current affairs newspaper aligned with the Bandiera Waħda movement in Cildania. It has a religious, conservative and pro-Hebilean editorial stance.
Originally posted by Pragma on 22 Jun 2023.
18 February 5321
Hardline leader of the Bandiera Waħda, Denzilee Depares, is at risk of a leadership review over a string of poor polling results.
Polling in last place of four parties for the next general election, Bandiera Waħda leader Denzilee Depares could face a leadership review within the next 12 months according to sources within the party. The BW is consistently coming last in opinion polls for the 5323 election, prompting friction with the movement. Sources suggest local party heads are encouraging party members to call for the review, though none have yet made this position public. Depares, who was one of the founding members of the party, has been blamed for making the BW less electable through his combative populist style and hardline views on women's rights and LGBT+ rights. He has also been blamed for not creating sufficient daylight between the BW and the Constitutionalist Party (PK-AgK), who share some of Depares' conservative viewpoints. Depares is consistently ranked as the least popular national party leader, especially among female voters, but has up-til-now maintained a loyal following among grassroots members for his outspoken manner.
Under BW party rules, a leadership review can be called if a petition of members reaches 30% of the total membership - or if a majority of the party's elected representatives vote that they have no confidence in the leadership. With no members yet elected to the legislature, only the former option is viable. Women represent around 18% of the total membership and are seen as particularly distateful of Depares' anti-feminist stances. Hebilean Cildanians - who are a key part of the BW's electoral coalition - are also distrustful of the non-Hebilean, Qart Qildar-born party leader.
If Depares was toppled in a leadership review, his longtime associates Alec Benaglia (party deputy leader) and Yan Despott (party foreign affairs spokesperson) would be the favourites to take over. Former party defence spokeswoman Margerita Giudice has been speculated as a more moderate and media-friendly candidate, but her gender makes it less likely that the highly conservative and deeply religious party membership would vote for her. A wild card in the leadership race could be Lażżru Alessi, who is an ethnic Hebilean with a history of controversial statements about Yeudis.
Il Bandiera Indipendenti is a political and current affairs newspaper aligned with the Bandiera Waħda movement in Cildania. It has a religious, conservative and pro-Hebilean editorial stance.
Originally posted by Pragma on 22 Jun 2023.
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