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Senate Drama: Hosian Democrats within VVP side with GRP on tax-reform bill

December 5714 (backdated)


Bannerhafen, Senate in session

While conservative pundits and senior VVP officials – mostly neutral to the ongoing factional conflicts – have hoped for harmony and peace shortly before the Conference of Merenbürg as to start the new year with a political victory for the conservative party, it seems like their hopes have been destroyed.

A very vocal – and sizable – minority within the VVP Senate faction have recently sided with the social-democrats and some nationalist outliers at a bill-vote regarding a populist tax reform bill mostly meant to strengthen the social-democratic profile of the GRP, which has recently seen gains in both Senate and Presidential polling. While the VVP and its junior partner the LRP as well as the monarchist MTP have squashed the bill, it was a close vote with only 10 votes more Nay’s than aye’s; which is for all intents and purposes a very embarrassing political event for a sitting first-term president who theoretically holds a comfortable coalition-majority. Eimann has declined to comment on the activites on the Senate floor, simply responding. “I’m confident that the Members of the Senate are voting considering what is best for the Dual Republic.”

Only a few days later President Eimann apparently failed to maintain his decorum and took to the social-media platform Xittler where he went on a tirade against prominent members of the hosian-democratic faction of his party, going as far as threatening them with sanctions at the next party conference.