Kalistani Major History

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DEMOCRATS CELEBRATE MASSIVE VICTORY AND SET OUT TO FORM THE CABINET.
Kaliburg/San Marteen, April 4387


Results of Tuesday's General Elections in Kalistan.

KALIBURG/SAN MARTEEN - The general elections in the United Republic of Kalistan are over, Kalistani people elected 750 new legislators and a new President. The elections caused a great joy within the ranks of the Democratic Party, as the freshly founded popular move, established just 1.5 years ago managed to secure a majority of seats in the 750-seat Chamber of Deputies winning 54.01% of all votes, which gave Democrats a safe majority of 394 seats, the Liberal Party won 25.86% and 200 seats and the National Conservative Party won 20.10% of all votes and 156 seats. it seems like the Kalistan Democratic Party has managed to break through the duopoly of the LURK and NCP. Critics say that it is mainly the liberal and progressive values the party represent and that the movement has managed to present a series of comprehensive bills to the Chamber of Deputies which were supported by thousands of people and the legislators unilaterally, without even debating the civic proposals turned them down. According to political analysts affiliated with the Kalistan Today, the lack of a proper debate and firm opposition of LURK and NCP cause a dramatic drop in their popular support with the support for KADEM rising. A week before the elections polls gave the Decmorats around 33%.


Distribution of seats in the Chamber of Deputies after 4387 elections.

Another surprise during the recent elections was the victory of the Democratic candidate Frederick Arbor in the presidential election. In the polls prior to the elections, Arbor was given little chance of passing to the second term and in both scenarios (one against Zhou, and one against Ramford) Arbor was given around 5 percent less than his competitors. But the election for the highest office left everyone speechless and officials of the Democratic Party excited, as Frederick Arbor won the race for the Presidential office in the first round with 53.23% of votes (Zhou (LURK) - 25.74%, Ramford (NCP) - 21.02%). It all seems like for the upcoming three years the Kalistani politics will see a splendid cooperation between KADEM-run President's office, and KADEM-run cabinet. It is almost certain that the KADEM government will now set to implement all those reforms presented prior to the elections to fulfill its electoral promises. One of the first decision of the new government will be to drastically cut the income and sales tax alongside significant cuts made to the government's expenditures. The proposal presented by KADEM proposed cutting the government's budget from the level of 2.7 trillion to 1.7 trillion combined with drastic cuts in the income tax system (the highest tax bracket lowered to 40%).