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Čahtica Novosti
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Last protests brutally cracked down on, Emperor consolidates power
February, 5622
In a unprecedented crackdown of civil dissent, the Federal police together with the Imperial Guard and local police forces across the country have "sweeped away" over 200.000 people still protesting the Emperor and his emergency powers. Using over 50.000 law enforcement officials, the protestors were driven apart and nearly 4.000 arrests were made after an order by Emperor Slavko to "end the dissent". It follows a unprecedented consolidation of power by the Emperor, who has signed nearly 20 imperial decrees under his power as Executive-regent, curtailing the freedom of press, banning political oppossition and strengthening his own power. The latest of such decrees formally dissolved both chambers of parliament and, in the absence of parliamentary oversight, gave the Emperor himself the power to legislate through decree. Former members of the ruling "Union" have mostly sided with the Emperor, serving in his cabinet, with only some liberal minded members of the ruling party oppossing the power grab.
The oppossition "Socialist Party" was banned last month, with its high ranking officials now sitting behind bars awaiting a trial. They organized the first protests against the emperor, which has been marked by authorities as "crimes against the state." Remnants of their protests lingered on, but as thousands of people slowly flocked back home, the remaining 200.000 were to be dispersed. At least 42 people have been killed in clashes with authorities, with another 402 injured. Calm has now largely returned to the streets, not through the pen or diplomacy, but through brute force. We ourselves have moved to neighbouring Kalopia, pledging ourselves to the free press ideals we hold dear. One thing is for sure, Deltarian democracy is at its end and has been replaced by a absolutist monarch that does not hold back in oppressing its people.