Valruzia

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Szymon Nowik set for a third term: KPW or continuation of the current coalition?

There is no parliamentary alternative to the current Chancellor: Nowik or chaos

January 5640

Chancellor Nowik visiting one of the memorial sites of the Valruzian Revolution

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No party seems to be able to withstand the political onslaught of the charismatic chancellor of Valruzia. This time not even the KPW, hitherto considered practically immune to the policy deployed by Nowik, has been able to maintain its numbers. My name is Fryderyk Janos, and for another year I am with you all to carry out the electoral analysis of tonight's parliamentary elections, from which we are already receiving the final results. I am joined by Dariusz Kosub, Katarzyna Donica and Edyta Zakrzewska. How are the results going, Edyta?

EDYTA ZAKRZEWSKA:
Thank you very much Fryderyk, as we can see on the screen we are already 99.95% counted, this is already practically impossible to change. And what do we see? That the turnout has gone up by almost one percentage point, back to the 80% figure. I believe that this shows that after 15 years, the citizens of our country continue to be committed to the democracy that we have managed to create among all of us. But what is important and what all citizens are eager to know are the results, which are as follows:

-First position for Sovereign Valruzia and the current Chancellor, Szymon Nowik, who as the polls pointed out, soars and achieves the best historical results for his party with more than 29 million votes, 37%, and passing the barrier of 200 seats, up to the impressive figure of 230.
-The second place is retained by the KPW, which for the first time suffers attrition and loses seats, with 119, falling below the 20% barrier by just half a point.

-Third place goes to National Renewal, the junior partner of the coalition, which, as was the case with Dignity and Progress, is the party that suffers the erosion of the government and falls below 100 seats, reaching 15.5% of the votes.

-In fourth position also remains Valruzian Alliance, which for the first time since its formation also falls in votes and seats and despite getting the same exact percentage of votes as in its first appearance - 9.97% - gets 2 seats less, down to 59.

-The fifth place goes to the social democrats of Dignity and Progress, who under the leadership of their new general secretary Ernest Greger climbs one position and obtains 6.20% and 36 seats, far from their best results but a result that may indicate the beginning of their improvement.

-The sixth place goes to National Salvation, another party that seems to resurge and breathe a little air after these elections by overcoming the psychological barrier of 5% and obtaining 34 seats, 23 more than in the last elections.

-The seventh and last place goes to Agrarian Voice, which is suffering the wear and tear of the opposition and the initiatives of the Nowik government during this legislature, losing 5 seats and dropping to 4.5%.

FRYDERYK JANOS
Did I hear correctly, Edyta? Did you say “seventh and last”?

E.Z.
That's right Fryderyk, we can already confirm the debacle of Liberal Alliance, which for the first time since the first elections LOSES ALL THE SCORES AND IS OUT OF PARLIAMENT by getting barely 0.95% of the votes. Chynberg is the only region where the Liberal party has surpassed the 1% barrier, but even so it has not been enough to win any seats, given that it is precisely the region that distributes the fewest seats, only 55, due to its small population.

F.J
Okay so let's see! Katarzyna, what's your opinion about these results?

KATARZYNA DONICA
Well what should be clear by now to everyone is that, barring any major scandal, Chancellor Szymon Nowik is simply unbeatable. For better or worse, no other party is figuring out how to counter him, and we see that the loss of seats is evenly distributed among both members supporting the government and those in the opposition. There's only one common denominator: the "alternative parties" are growing, and Sovereign Valruzia is always growing. And that's the real headache for all campaign managers right now. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes.

F.J.
We see how two parties that were practically written off, Dignity and Progress and National Salvation, have experienced significant growth in these elections, while Agrarian Voice, which was supposed to represent a large portion of Valruzia's population, sees its founding dream slipping further and further away, and Liberal Alliance has simply disappeared from the map.

DARIUSZ KOSUB
I think that's precisely what Katarzyna is referring to with "alternative parties." They are still strictly democratic parties, but they are not involved in one way or another in day-to-day government, and that may be why we've now seen some voters of the KPW—which is not formally in the government but is considered by many to be a sort of "shadow" ally of Sovereign Valruzia—and of National Renewal seeking these alternatives because they are dissatisfied with the current direction.

F.J.
And yet, this never affects Sovereign Valruzia, as we can see.

E.Z.
Well, objectively, Sovereign Valruzia and especially Nowik are showing great solvency in government. After ten years in office, not a single major scandal has emerged, the economy is growing at huge steps, and the plans announced by Nowik are helping large segments of the population in one way or another. I think it's a clear example of a "rally around the flag."

F.J.
And what can we expect now, or what should we expect?

D.K.
It's obvious that Szymon Nowik is going to try to form a government again. He's already said that as long as the population allows it, he wants to continue governing Valruzia. And from what we're seeing, the citizens are clearly in favor of continuing that way. Now, what pact will he reach? I think we've already seen that when it comes to pacts, Szymon Nowik is inscrutable. First, he reached a minority government with Dignity and Progress, supported by the PKW, and then he changed course and governed in coalition with the Hosian democracy of National Renewal. So what do I think will happen now? Well, I'd lean toward a formal pact with the PKW.

K.D.
I agree with Dariusz. National Renewal entered the government with Sovereign Valruzia to try to demonstrate that they were a reliable alternative to what they considered a government "too left-leaning," and now they've seen that, as happened with Dignity and Progress during the previous term, they've been the ones to pay the price. I'm not sure they want to repeat the experience, although if they did, they'd have more than enough numbers to do so. However, I think this time, and since it's the only possible alternative, Nowik will approach the KPW to formally ask for its support. Whether they want to join the government or not, I'm not sure, especially since it will depend not only on the opinion of Tobiasz Bernas, who has been re-elected as Marshal of Kampania and has consolidated his leadership at the head of the party, but also on Karolina Pietrzyk, who has gone more unnoticed this term but who remains, as President of Valruzia, the most important figure in the Communist Party at the moment.

F.J.
Well, thank you all for your insights and sharing with us and our viewers your analysis and opinions! We'll make sure to keep everyone informed about the developments in the political arena, and to see whether you were right or Szymon Nowik surprises us once more. Thank you everyone for watching, and good night!