Jacobean Cildania (5321 - 5369)

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EXCLUSIVE: PLR deputies express frustration at right-wing leanings of their governing coalition partners

Qart Qildar, Cildania - According to sources close to Il-Gazzetta Radikali, backbench deputies of the Radical Labour Party have privately expressed their frustrations over the right-wing leanings, both economically and socially, of their governing coalition partners, in particular the Constitutionalist Party. There are some murmurings that this could threaten to bring down the leadership of Franġisku Namur.

The passing of the recent Protection of Life Act has triggered a widespread anger among the Radical Labour Party's members & its delegation in the Council of Deputies with members calling it a "slap in the face of the hard work the Cildanian women's rights movement, which the PLR has strongly supported, has put in over recent years". The law was proposed and passed with the support of members of the Constitutionalist Party, a fellow member of the governing coalition, leading to some members of the PLR feeling that the party should re-think its position within the cabinet.

The Protection of Life Act was the latest in a series of laws that have restricted women's rights in Cildania with the rather ironically named Ending the Exploitation of Women Act, also proposed by the Constitutionalist Party and even supported by the Alagona Faction, ending the nationwide legalisation of prostitution and making surrogacy illegal, taking away women's autonomy over their own bodies. Furthermore, the passing of the Bandit-Free Streets Act with the support of 3 governing parties has been seen by many in the party as a move towards the forming of a police state in Cildania.

At a meeting of the Radical Labour Party's delegation to the Council of Deputies many asked why the party's leader, Franġisku Namur, hasn't done more to oppose the passing of these laws. Mikela Azzilla, one of the PLR's more outspoken deputies, even accused the leader of "totally betraying everything this party has ever stood for for the sake of being involved in the governing coalition" and branded her colleagues serving in the cabinet as a "complete disgrace". She has been viewed as a major potential challenger to Namur and there are some sources suggesting that she may have the backing of a large enough portion of her colleagues to do so.

Il-Gazzetta Radikali is property of Grupp Gazzetta, a private limited company.

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Originally posted by RadicalGeo on 05 Jul 2023.