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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 Averts Trouble
October 4374, Tianan

As the Civic Forum reaches its 2-year anniversary, the party has called its first Party Congress, scheduled to be held one year after each general election of the Assembly. Held in a Conference Centre in Tian'an, the party hosted over one thousand members to the meet-up. In the Congress, meetings were convened to revise the party platform, create a 'Republican Manifesto', and continue the build-up of party organization and bodies across the nation. However, the most exciting part of all was the Leadership Election, held on the last day of the Congress. Here are some information on the candidates.

Jiang Zongren is the current leader of the Civic Forum. As the founder of the party, he was criticised of leading the campaign that landed the CF the last place in the election with a mere 42 seats. As many younger members opposed him, more establishment party leaders supported him, citing the party's second-place finish in Anle. His tenure in the previous two years is surely one of mixed legacy, as the party was underdeveloped in a majority of the nation. In his first time facing leadership challenge, Jiang's poster cited an ancient poem.

The flowers on the tower broke my heart,
As many challenges are coming our way.
Yet I believe that we (the Civic Forum) will not change,
So the thieves will not be able to attack us.

Promotional Poster for Jiang Zongren

Xie Huiming is the current leader of the Women's division. Despite her relative anonymity to the public, she was greatly praised by inner party circles as a unifier of the Civic Forum. She is not critical of Jiang, but stated in an interview that, believed that she could do a better job to attract the support of non-voters. As the only female candidate in the contest, she was not shy of using gender as a card, frequently proposing gender equality platforms in and out of the party. For example, she called for making the Central Committee up of an equal proportion of female and male. She may be the black horse in this race.

Promotional Poster for Xie Huiming
Slogan: Citizens Shall Regain the Future.

Zhang Wei is the current shadow Environment and Tourism Minister for the Civic Forum. He is well-known in the Civic Forum as the leader of the Reformists. He has repeatedly criticised Jiang for his inaction in reaching out to voters in provinces such as Min, and pushed the blame of the party's defeat fully onto Jiang. However, it is notable that he headed the campaign in the Han province in the 4373 election. His main platforms include a revision of the rightist anti-regulation interpretation of the Three People's Principle, and the consideration of pulling closer relations with anti-Establishment parties.

Promotional Poster for Zhang Wei
Slogan: Choice.

With thousands of voters in the Centre, and five thousand more mail-in ballots from all around Indrala, the results are as follow:

Election Result

The narrow victory of Jiang was truly a crisis averted for Civic Forum. Yet it shows that Jiang has to be cautious, as the party may easily break into pieces. Sources inside the party are already saying that members opposing Jiang are already planning a hijack on future events. Nonetheless, this Party Congress truly show that Civic Forum is in troubled waters, and will take a great swimmer to rescue them out of it.

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Originally posted by lihokan2 on 7 April 2018.