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IZQUIERDA-  The Voice of the Kalistani LeftSocialists win Slim Majority, Lose Presidency
Socialists control Premiership for the first time in 20 years
Kaliburg, Ananto
December 15, 3935


Socialist Party Leader and soon to be Premier of Kalistan, Hillary Clark-Reid welcomes the New President of the Republic at SP HQ in Kaliburg

Votes are in, and the Socialist Party has achieved a legislative majority in the National Assembly.  Majority Leader Hillary Clark-Reid is expected to become the next Prime Minister of Kalistan, and as a result will set the agenda for the next three years in the Assembly.  Clark has long on the sidelines for a decade as the SP has controlled the Presidency, and under active leadership of former President Benito and a series of Foreign Minister, Clark has taken a back seat in Party and governing affairs.  With the expected promotion under the Principle of Separation of Powers, Clark will now become the spokesperson for the Government. 

Clark, in her role as Front woman for the Socialist Party, announced her agenda for the coming session:

We hope to return to our unfinished business in the legislature.  When our governing partners began to experience organizational problems, we had started rewriting our Cultural Guidelines and working toward the adoption of a formal constitution.  Now that the RFP are reorganized and are competing successfully in elections, we hope to resume that work.  Additionally, we are watching developments in Cildania.  They are partners in ODEN, and their country is currently experiencing major unrest.  Kalistan will work to be of assistance to the legitimate government of Cildania in protecting ODEN assets and interests, to include, should they need it, offering them the services of a portion of the Kalistani Auxiliary Navy.  Furthermore, we would like to acknowledge the growth, over the last decade and a half of the Society of Brethren in Kalistan.  Kalistan is now home to more than 2 million members of the Society, and consequently, we will keep attempting to build connections with other communities across the globe in association with the BGC HQ in Kaliburg.  And finally, we would like to announce the formation of the new Kalistan Republican Security Bureau.  To date, foreign intelligence has been collected by individual agents, either working alone or in small teams, under the direction of the Kalistani Foreign Ministry.  With the formation of the KRSB, Kalistan will finally have a modern, accountable, and most importantly, professional intelligence gathering apparatus which will put our nation on par with the most powerful states on the Planet.

We look forward to the changes to come in a Socialist Administration.  And we welcome incoming President if the Republic, from the Revolutionary Freedom Party, Jean-Allian Toussainte-Ananto.  We will be happy to work closely with the President of the Republic in promoting the interests of the Kalistani Republic. 

We also wish to take a moment to thank President Benito-Gonzales for his years of service as President of the Republic.  Given his retirement from National office, we furthermore name former President Benito as Governor of Ananto District, and name Helen Bennots as Governor of of Neveras District. 

Kalistanis know Olgar's resume, but Helen Bennots is a relative newcomer in Socialist Party politics.  Bennots is the daughter of former SP Leader and early promoter of the Society of Bretheren movement in Kalistan, Jonas Bennots-Plum and Elise Plum.  Helen completed her fifth year at Doceus Rex University in Neveras last year and since has been an organizer for the Party in Neveras.  Bennots is a member of the well-known Bennots political dynasty in Neveras.  Changes in Government will occur when the President of the Republic submits a new Government bill to the Assembly.