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The JSU Becomes the KBP
October 5653

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Anders Roth, the Minister-President of Julstoch, and the new Leader of the KBP

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Lutzenkamp, Julstoch - The JSU (Julstochian Social Union) completed its first Special Party Congress, held at the Friedrich Pohl Auditorium in Lutzenkamp, and called by the leadership of the party last July in order to elect a new Leader. But more importantly, the Congress was held to decide finally whether or not to 'federalize' the party, which means transforming the Julstoch-only party into a national party, contesting all five states in the next Federal Election. The Congress was open to JSU members of the Bundestag and the Landtag and the party vote was open to every JSU member, for the first time, observers from the other four states were allowed and they were given speaking slots at the convention.

The convention saw a majority of speakers in favor of the party 'federalization', including the top three candidates for Leader: Annika Leisinger, Anders Roth and Paul von Kahl. Their main differences are about the ideological direction of the party: Mr. Roth doesn't want to change, and keep JSU conservative in nature, Ms. Leisinger wants to pivot to the center while Mr. von Kahl proposes to transform the party in a catch-all populist movement. Heinz Andersson, considered a minor candidate, and the current Mayor of Raderath-am-Hof, stood with the 'anti-federalization' side saying that "the nature of the JSU is to be a party to represent Julstochian voices in Dunburg, if we become a national party, Julstochian voices will be less prominent". The Minister-President of Julstoch, Anders Roth, defended his position: "right now Julstochian voices account for a marginal share of the Bundestag, and they are always ignored when it comes to coalition-building, if we have a national federalist party, led by a strong Julstochian like me, I can guarantee you that in five years, we'll make Lutzenkamp as the Capital of Dundorf!".

Mr. Roth went on to win the leadership election (results below) and to win the party Referendum on 'federalization', which effectively created a new Party on the Dundorfian scene: the Konservative Bundespartei (Conservative Federal Party), which plans to sit on the right of the NDZP but using state affairs and regionalism as an issue to gain cross-ideological support. Members who opposed the 'federalization' remained in the party but requested the creation of state chapters of the party which will contest state elections: a request that was welcomed by Leader Roth as a way to keep the base united. As per the data of the Federal Electoral Commission, the national party, KBP, is composed by the union of five state parties, among them, the JSU.

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Results - 100% votes in

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Leadership election:

• Minister-President Anders Roth: 392.881 (56,2%)
  
• Member of the Bundestag Annika Leisinger: 133.604 (19,1%)
  
• Member of the Julstochian Landtag, Paul von Kahl: 90.912 (13%)
  
• Mayor of Raderath-am-Hof (Julstoch), Heinz Andersson: 81.923 (11,7%)
  

"Federalization" Referendum:

• Ja: 545.812 (86,3%)
  
• Nein: 86.728 (13,7%)
  

Blank ballots not counted