Kalistani Major History

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Griffin leaves his resignation notice alongside Portman and Shark
The Folksparty is divided - Leadership elections to follow
Kaliburg, Ananto
March 27, 5078


Minister Griffin announcing his resignation

The expected resignations of ministers Portman, Shark and Griffin have been officialised today, leaving the cabinet with 3 empty seats. It is to be expected that there will be some new additions and changes to the current cabinet, but negotiations might prove hard considering the divided status of the Folksparty. The party is split between Griffin and his supporters, and the current party leader Sam Martin, who has been put under some criticism because of this resignation scandal.

Current Folksparty leader Sam Martin called an election to decide the future scope of the party

Mr. Martin has announced that following this sudden division of the party, there will be elections for the leadership in the next months, to see which way the party wants to go towards, Martin's current plans of cooperation and compromises, or Griffin's ideas of separation of the two parties, and focusing more on FP's values and ideas. The votes are expected to be quite even due to Griffin's high ranking position in the party despite the fact that the current leader is immensely popular within Folksparty members. Regardless of the outcome, the Folksparty will surely go through change in membership and structure. Martin stated "The matter is of course to be decided by a fair vote, and although I am saddened to hear that many of our members wish to not support my any further, I'm for democracy, and I will hear the will of the party, and if it so requires, I will step down as party leader."