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Song Yi Loses Confidence of Party, Leadership Campaign Begins
Greens rebrand, retool party

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(Top to bottom: Deng Jia, Xuan Shuren, Song Yi, Chen Ruogang)

Rural Shu Province: Silence filled the Agricultural Conference Centre in Shu Province as Song Yi lost a leadership review vote with 57% opposed and 43% supportive of her leadership. A leadership campaign has begun with four candidates throwing their names in the hat.

The first to declare their candidacy was Chen Ruogang, the outspoken Internal Affairs critic who claimed he would end Song Yi’s leadership “by any means necessary.” He enters this race with the support of the Agro-Alliance wing of the party who have called for Song Yi to resign since she passed her first bill. Mr. Chen has said he will outlaw nobles and purge Tian’an of all politicians who have “conspired with royal scum.” He also wants to make soliciting prostitution a crime punishable by death.

Immediately after, Song Yi came on to the stage and declared she would run to claim her positon as leader back. Talking about Chen Ruogang, she said that she will “pull down his pants so all the world can see what a little man he is.” She also wants to work with the Lotus and Nationalist parties on several issues, as opposed to Ruogang’s partisan approach. Song Yi demanded that the party modernize and focus on the issues that unite, rather than divide the party membership.

A new face to the Greens is Deng Jia, a lifelong orphan whose parents were victims of famine. She enters this race with a vision of progressive policies and government programs to relieve families of “the burden of capitalism.” Her campaign pitch included a ballet dance as well as numerous guest speakers from various non-profits and NGOs. Her only connection to the party is that her foster parents were dedicated rice farmers and friends of Song Yi’s mother and father.

The final candidate to enter the race is Xuan Shuren, the Justice critic for the Greens. He is a party loyalist with deep roots in the agricultural sector, as well as the justice department. Having served as a lawyer for the energy and agricultural industries, Mr. Shuren is an experienced champion for the private sector. He has proposed large cuts in government spending and wants to focus on maintaining the republic. He has made sure to reiterate his commitment to the environmentalist principles that founded the Greens, however he sees a new direction for the party that differs from the “soft” approach of Song Yi.



The other development from the Greens’ Convention is the vote that changed the identity of the party. Members voted overwhelmingly to refocus and rename the party in order to defend the republic. Along with rewriting their constitution, the Greens have decided to call themselves the “Republicans” which is a sure indicator of the political climate within Indrala. The Republicans have released their 10-point policy platform, as well as a new party logo. Republicans will vote for their new leader in Fall of 4275.

More to come…

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Originally posted by Treehugger on 20 September 2017.