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Social Democrats Announce Early Party Conference; Party Leader Defends Against Lotus Party Remarks
The Social Democratic Party, after facing disappointing losses, have announced that their Party Conference will be scheduled for 4339, along with the customary conference 6 months ahead of the election.
14 January 4338

TIAN'AN, Han: After what was quite the disappointing election for the Social Democratic Party, in which they dropped into the spot of Indrala's smallest party, the party's governance came out with a message. Delivered by Party Leader Fa Rong, the statement basically announced a new Party Conference, to take place in Taixi. Here's an exceprt of her speech:

"Hello, everyone! I know that the past few days have proven to be quite the disappoint to our party. We once held 57 seats, now we're at 29; we once were 5th largest in the legislature, now were last. Now, I'm not here to lecture you on how we've fallen, but instead to tell you to take strength in the fact that we can come back! We can still make great strides forward in the future. Due to what has occurred in the past few days; however, the Social Democratic Party will continue to hold a Party Conference in 4339, although it will now occur in Taixi. This will allow us as a party to come together and figure out how we will run in the coming years."

A Party Conference in next year could in fact lead to a unseating of the Social Democratic leadership and chancellorship, both of which are up for reelection in the party this coming Conference. It is; however, expected by many that Fa Rong will remain the Party Leader, as she continues to hold a high rating and large amounts of support. On the other hand, Zi Liang might not be so lucky. The failures in the Grand Assembly have actually been pinned mostly on him, as many say that the party has only decreased in status since his rise to the Party Chancellorship.

This wasn't the only thing Party Leader Fa Rong had to say, as the politician also made sure to lash back at what she called "untruthful slander" from the Lotus Party's Dai Jinhao.

"I also have few words for the Lotus Party. I find the remarks uttered by Dai Jinhao to be untruthful slander against the Social Democratic Party, and urge him to renounce his words. We (the Social Democrats) are not Metzists! Although both of our ideologies do in some form call for greater equality among our nation's peoples, the Social Democratic Party would never go in such a radical direction. Social Democracy, our core ideology, is about building a better society and a better country. Furthermore, I'd like to remind my Lotus Party colleague that our two parties have voted the same on 82% of the proposal that have gone through this legislature, so if we are Metzists, then they too are the same!"

Fa Rong also reaffirmed the Social Democrats' promise to keep on fight for the people of Indrala, despite the party's small size.

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Originally posted by pandowlpaws on 24 January 2018.