17-02-2025, 06:26 PM
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October 20th, 5617
Our Homeland! to push extensive constitutional reforms
As politics had entered an era of stagnation in the Deltarian Republic, voices within the ruling party, in power for over a decade, began to call for change. Sparked by a resurgence of the Konzervativna Demokratska Unija (KDU) in recent poling, the ruling "Naša Domovina!" has been struggling to find renewed momentum to maintain power. A "new course", already discussed in the party for years, has now gained footing within its establishment. The new course advocates for a return to full parliamentarism, combined with a federal structure of government under a renewed constitutional monarchy. Our Homeland!, at its founding, had already been a proponent of a return to monarchy but never pushed for it as other concerns took priority. Now prominent members of the party are using the issue of monarchy to rally right-leaning voters to the government's side. Under the proposed course, the Grand Empire is to be reinstated with a purely symbolic monarch as head of state. The Prime Minister's office will be retained and become the highest political office in the country, also gaining extensive powers of appointment. A strong Prime Minister is seen by many within Our Homeland! as a need in order to stem the tide of "revolutionary and anti-Deltarian ideals."
Parliament would also be reformed, with a Imperial Senate as upper chamber and a Chamber of Deputies as the lower one. Parliament would retain its current powers, but would be less powerfull then the executive, while currently they have about equall powers. Returning to monarchy, allbeit a symbolic one, is seen as a way for Our Homeland! to claim the mantle of the "traditionalist" party, trying to prevent the growing KDU from usurping their position on the political right.
The oppossition "Socijalistička Partija Deltarije" or SPD has denounced the "unprecedented powergrab" by Our Homeland!, citing the increased power in the prime minister's office could "errode checks and balances that keep the executive branch in check." The KDU has so far been lukewarm to the proposed New Course, supporting a return of monarchy but wishing a bigger role for the monarch in said return. The government is now pushing the new constitution at unprecedented speed, seeking to adopt it before the next election scheduled in two years. Any new election "should be under the new constitution" said ND spokesperson Duje Pavković.
October 20th, 5617
Our Homeland! to push extensive constitutional reforms
As politics had entered an era of stagnation in the Deltarian Republic, voices within the ruling party, in power for over a decade, began to call for change. Sparked by a resurgence of the Konzervativna Demokratska Unija (KDU) in recent poling, the ruling "Naša Domovina!" has been struggling to find renewed momentum to maintain power. A "new course", already discussed in the party for years, has now gained footing within its establishment. The new course advocates for a return to full parliamentarism, combined with a federal structure of government under a renewed constitutional monarchy. Our Homeland!, at its founding, had already been a proponent of a return to monarchy but never pushed for it as other concerns took priority. Now prominent members of the party are using the issue of monarchy to rally right-leaning voters to the government's side. Under the proposed course, the Grand Empire is to be reinstated with a purely symbolic monarch as head of state. The Prime Minister's office will be retained and become the highest political office in the country, also gaining extensive powers of appointment. A strong Prime Minister is seen by many within Our Homeland! as a need in order to stem the tide of "revolutionary and anti-Deltarian ideals."
Parliament would also be reformed, with a Imperial Senate as upper chamber and a Chamber of Deputies as the lower one. Parliament would retain its current powers, but would be less powerfull then the executive, while currently they have about equall powers. Returning to monarchy, allbeit a symbolic one, is seen as a way for Our Homeland! to claim the mantle of the "traditionalist" party, trying to prevent the growing KDU from usurping their position on the political right.
The oppossition "Socijalistička Partija Deltarije" or SPD has denounced the "unprecedented powergrab" by Our Homeland!, citing the increased power in the prime minister's office could "errode checks and balances that keep the executive branch in check." The KDU has so far been lukewarm to the proposed New Course, supporting a return of monarchy but wishing a bigger role for the monarch in said return. The government is now pushing the new constitution at unprecedented speed, seeking to adopt it before the next election scheduled in two years. Any new election "should be under the new constitution" said ND spokesperson Duje Pavković.