Vanuku

[Kubrick]

LOFRKAD, TÁMNR, NRZILYK

Transitional period to end as nation readies itself for elections

Members of the monarchist temporary government present a new constitution, marking the end to a decade of doubt.

14 January 5678 (backdated)

Ten years of hardship are at an end. Not many believed the transitional regime when they claimed a new constitution would see a restoration of the long lost constitutional monarchy. Many expected the temporary government to turn into a permanent junta. The chairman of the temporary government, who has for the last decade signed his letters as 'Interim Prefect', announced today that the new constitution was finished. The final draft will be presented to journalists, experts, representatives of local communities, governors, mayors, and other institutions. Not much resistance is expected on that front, the real test will come with another referendum in four weeks time. After the population has given their approval Wrnuke will enter a period of another four weeks which will function as the campaign tour for the new political parties, which are expected to register in the four weeks before the referendum.

Many were already expecting this announcement and have as such already registered. So far four parties have come forward and have already started making their presence known on online circles. A distant cousin of King Temrkai VII has started a far-right reactionary movement calling for an absolute monarchy. Prince Kezkai has not received an endorsement from the King, and rumours state the royal family will distance themselves from the party before the elections. The party seems to be a fringe movement, which cannot be said for the Jelbic liberals that have both formed two parties: a social liberal centrist movement Wrntu Jelb'koékai (Jelbics Forward) under Duchess Jarga Anzlék-Zahr and the liberal-conservative Lofrkadé Péashro (Liberal Vanguard) under former RSB junior director Dwít Z'nstro. The other known party is the Aked Prta (Red Party) which will carry on the torch of Worldburnerism in a more democratic sense, Mri Hilleskedrsme Ehwre seeks to campaign on a platform of equality and pacifism.

The Grak Sháhazi (Black Lion) is a periodic news magazine that was once founded by leftist Wrnukaék journalists in exile, it attracts mostly centre-left readers with academic backgrounds.