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GONGMING RIBAO
The Gongming Ribao International Version has been a long-established newspaper for moderate republicans in Indrala. Lately, the newspaper has been observed to be getting closer with the new political organisation Civic Forum, becoming a de facto tool for party propaganda.

Civic Forum Founded In Response To Communist Violence
October 4372, Tianan

As armed revolts in Anle and Han continues, the Communist now seem ever more determined to plunge our state into complete chaos. However, there may be a silver lining after all, as the nation's sensible moderates have finally took a stand against the radical and hostile political atmosphere of Indrala.

Yesterday night, the Civic Forum hosted hundreds of intellectuals and famous social movement leaders across Indrala to the Party's Founding Ceremony. However, for all the efforts the party has put in before the ceremony, attendance was far short of expected. The Stadium booked for the event, originally intended for a great showcase of the 'Silent Majority' was only attended by a few. Seeing the empty stands across the stadium, some guests have even started to leave the event ten minutes into the grand Ceremony. Nonetheless, the Civic Forum completed all its steps, including a press conference, landing them a seat at the political table of Indrala. Its electoral performance, however, will have to be seen.

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The Civic Forum's Founding Ceremony leaves empty seats all over the stadium

In the press conference, the party's leader Chiang Zongren restated their party's stance on the current political circumstances, condemning the Communists' violent revolution across provinces where a sizeable majority did not vote for them, and asks the party to immediately halt forcibly collectivising properties of the people without a clear consensus. He also announced that the party will soon begin their first ever electoral campaign, a whole two years before the actual election, with upholding democratic principles and safeguarding peaceful politics as their main themes. On the future of the party, Chiang was mainly confident, reassuring the press that the Silent Majority will in the end come out to vote for the Civic Forum when they are given the chance.

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Originally posted by lihokan2 on 3 April 2018.