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Concerning Change in Politics? | New Directives Reported

13 September 5641 | Kivonia, Davostag

 

 
The Riksdag and government district in Kivonia.

 

Worrisome Stage in Davostager Politics

 
Three years have passed since the end of the Second Kundrati War, otherwise known as Frändernas Befrielsekrig ("The War of Liberation of the Brethren") in Davostag. During this time, a lot of time and focus has been put on the Davostager zone of occupation in Northern Kundrati, aiding the ethnic Davostagers inhabiting the region. Now, as peace and security has at last been restored to the region, many wonder on the direction Davostag is to go in regards to the policies enacted in the recent decades. The militarization program, initiated by the previous rikspresident Gustav Dahler and continued by incumbent Karl Manner, was pushed through with the Kundrati Legion as a reference to regional insecurity, and despite the regime having been completely decimated there has been no sign of Kivonia's militarist policies waning. Rather instead the Central Military Commission is soon to release a report on the continued pace of military production.
 
There is also another issue. The last legislative Riksdag election was held eight years ago in November 5633. Due to the outbreak of the war and the government's suspension of elections, the scheduled one in November 5638 was postponed. However, as the war ended in January 5638, some officials carefully suggested that the elections still be held that year, something which was essentially ignored entirely by the government, who instead pointed to the danger of remnant legionaries threatening national security. And now, three years later, there is still no sign of legislative elections to be held. On top of the fact that rikspresident Manner, who assumed office in 5634, still has retained the office of premier for himself, has shown a blatant disregard for the constitution. Since the Supreme Court verdict in 5634 in response to that year's deadly protests, several of the main opposition parties were forced to dissolve or suspend activities for a set period, with all of them now having passed that period, some have begun to actively involve themselves in politics again in hopes of participating in the next elections. Some of these parties are the National Liberal Party, the Change Party and the Centre Party, with the latter of these said to be in the works of forming a new party with the remnants of the forcibly dissolved Radical Party and the new minor Democratic Party. Whether any of these groupings will have a chance for an electoral performance is to be seen.

Article written by Liam Tureman.
 
Rikspresident Signs New Reorganization Directives
 
The State Council shared this week an internal report regarding several new legislative directives signed by the rikspresident in the past month, and which the government departments have been completely busy with implementing. First of these is the establishment of Statliga Nätbolaget ("State Grid Company"), which is intended to spearhead the reorganization of Davostag's electrical power grid sector. The government had passed the Elkraftsförstatlighetslagen ("Electrical Power Nationalization Law") in 5632, where the old and large private electric utility company Kovmark Industrin AB, better known as Kovstrin AB, was completely nationalized and together with Kvarleveannekteringslagen ("Remnant Annexation Law") would forcibly acquire or merge the remaining private actors in the chemical, electrical and infrastructure sector into it. Now, Kovstrin AB is said to be placed under Statliga Nätbolaget as a subdivision with a specialty in electrical and nuclear power research and production.
 
Another directive is the merger of the highly ineffective municipal-managed public transportation companies into a larger nationwide organization known as Dovriges Folktrafik ("Davostag People's Transport"), otherwise known as DF, which is currently in the process of providing a plan for a more effective public transportation infrastructure across the country. It is obviously the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure which is to be managing this organization. Though some dissent among local officials had been raised as this was made public, but has otherwise been fully accepted. There is also a directive outlining a plan to form in the coming year an organization known as Riksjärnvägar ("National Railways"), which is to assume the infrastructure of the four private railway companies currently managing the railway system in the country, thus completely nationalizing the sector into another massive state-run organization and yet again under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure's oversight.
 
A third directive concerns the state-owned VGAB, that is Västmakoniska Gruvindustrin AB ("West Maconic Mining Industry AB"), which controls the entire mining sector in Davostag. While nothing substantial is said concerning the domestic industry, it is concerned more of its subsidiary known as Kurakon, VGAB's Kundrati division, established a few hundred years ago prior to the Kirlawan Crisis and later reactivated recently to restart its uranium operations in Legionary Kundrati. As Davostag broke ties with the Legion, the latter seized the assets on sight, removing critical infrastructure for Kurakon. This directive outlines a plan to begin rebuilding the company in preparation for the ongoing reconstruction of post-war Kundrati. Some company officials have stated their hopes for a reconciliation and resuming of the uranium agreement signed during the latter half of the 5400s.
 
As the government continues its quest to acquire more and more sectors in the country under its complete control, some business leaders have expressed concerns on the direction the country is heading in. While in the meantime, state officials wave the concerns off, and as Secretary of Industrial Research Tobias Viker stated "... at the end of the day it is the State that governs the nation, not businesses [...] would a father allow his toddlers to manage the house?"
 
News report written by Håkan Oliversson.