Jacobean Cildania (5321 - 5369)

[Wu Han]

14 August 5324
PK leader "f--king fuming' over Depares debacle
Constitutionalist leader Sigismondo Falzon denounced the Bandiera Waħda leader after he threatened to kill Constitutionalist lawmaker

➥ Sigismondo Falzon, Leader of the Constitutionalist Party

Qart Qildar: During a debate over legislation to legalize land mines, leader of the One Flag party (Bandiera Waħda; BW) Denzilee Depares threatened to kill PK Deputy Cabiria Ahummid after she raised her concerns. The fallout from Depares' comments has been massive within his party, with Depares being suspended as his party's leader, subject to a leadership election in which he may be ineligible to run.

Across the nation, protests attended by tens of thousands of Cildanian women have sprung up to denounce Depares, and to voice frustration with One Flag—the Prime Minister's party—for not removing its long-controversial leader sooner. Criticism of One Flag's leadership has been exacerbated by reports that Depares had previously instigated a 'fracas' with the husband of Defence Minister Margerita Giudice, reportedly over his inability to "correct" his wife. Progressive organizations and activists have mobilized, with some groups on the nation's universities raising the threat of an academic strike. Among the protesters at numerous events this week was Constitutionalist Party (Partit Kostituzzjonalista; PK) leader Sigismondo Falzon, who has remained far from silent in defence of his colleague and party member.

"You think you can f--king threaten one of my girls, you filthy c--ksucker?" said Mr. Falzon at one such rally in Qart Qildar, organized by the Feminist Students' Union, to a mixed reaction from the crowd:

"We can't go around treatin' women like f--kin' objects. That's not how a f--kin' boss conducts himself. Now, I ain't no professor or nothin', but that's some f--kin' toxic masculinity sh-t, and we need to f--kin' address it. No more degradin' comments or this objectifyin' yadda-yadda. And certainly no threatening to kill a f--kin' defenceless dame!"

Speaking to reporters shortly after his remarks, Mr. Falzon continued to demand accountability from the "f--king patriarchal old boys club" in Cildanian politics:

"I want to know where the f--king Prime Minister is, and why he hasn't said anything about this—it's his f--kin' goon letting this filth leak out his liquor-soaked lips!" shouted Mr. Falzon, before calling on the Prime Minister to issue an apology to Ms. Ahummid. "Look, women in politics—they gotta look and play twice as tough. But they're still sensitive, they still get emotional, and I know Cabiria has been p-ssed off and sad in her own way. This would go a long way to making things right."

Il-Ġurnal is a broadsheet daily newspaper in Cildania, owned by the Magro Family. The newspaper has a 'moderate' editorial bent.

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Originally posted by Wu Han on 30 Jun 2023.