PRE-ELECTION SCANDALS, ELECTION DAY ARRIVES [I-PAN]

[IEC 229]

[!] As the elections arrive, an urgent issue of the Imperial public newspaper is published.

 

2^nd of Tobias’ Bounty, 1687

Brought to you by the Imperial Election Commission

 

 

        The Imperial-Parliamentary Affairs Network, otherwise abbreviated to I-PAN, has been established as a journalistic outlet to inform the Empire’s constituents of the public affairs occurring from within the Imperial Parliament, and other important political topics within the realm. I-PAN shall be a nonpartisan, neutral news outlet which covers a variety of political affairs and happenings in the Empire. I-PAN was established under the supervision of the Imperial Election Commission in 1687, as a method to combat a disturbingly low amount of journalistic news outlets in the Empire. I-PAN shall be very strict in our core principle of prohibiting biased articles. An Imperial outlet, funded by the constituents, do not deserve slanted news or unfair coverage of individuals. We are wed to facts, and facts alone.

       If you are an aspiring journalist tempted by the allure of this newly established outlet, feel free to contact Fabius Bracchus, Election Commissioner ((Liam#7649)) to become a Parliamentary journalist. Trusted and worthy journalists shall be given press credentials to Parliamentary sessions, in order to cover current affairs. In addition, we encourage journalists to also establish private news outlets, to expand the journalistic integrity and ability to publicize information. They, too, may receive press credentials, and are not subject to the same standards as public journalists are. However, as far as I-PAN is concerned, we shall provide the utmost neutral coverage.

 

Without further ado, the news.

POLLS OPEN IN CAROLUSTADT, MARKEV, BELVITZ

[!] The Theodosian Municipal Library, located in Markev, Haense, to be the polling location for residents of Markev; 1687

       Election day is today, and polls are officially open. Voters will have a series of candidates to elect, ranging from the hyper nationalist Priorists to the fiscally conservative Common Civic Party. The polling locations are listed below;

• 2 Horen Circle; Carolustadt, Carolustadt Courthouse
• 1 Marius’ Court; Markev, Theodosian Municipal Library
• 6 Soothsayer’s Circle; Belvitz, Belvitz Town Hall

 

       The candidates are as follows;

CAROLUSTADT

Victoria IV Oxenstierna-Mühlen

Priorist Party of Renatus

 

Cesare di Lucio Accorsi

Common Civic Party

 

MARKEV

Robert Sigismund Barbanov

Common Civic Party

 

BELVITZ

John Hugh Sarkozic

Common Civic Party

 

Ostrobor Carrion

Priorist Party of Renatus

 

       The vast majority of registered voters – over 100,000 ((100)) in total – have already received their voting identification cards needed to vote. If you’re one of the individuals who haven’t yet picked up their card but has already applied for such, you may pick up your card today at 6 Godfrey Sq., in the Imperial Election Commission’s office, by contacting either Fabius Bracchus, Owen Gromach, Theodoric de Ruyter, or Alexander Frederick.

We urge you to vote today, as it is your civic duty!

((Voting is operational from 9am EST – 12am EST, midnight))

 

BREAKING: PRIORIST RIOT LEADS TO SCANDAL

[!] Members of the Priorist Party’s “Blackshirt” faction draws arms upon both the Imperial Legion and Robert Sigismund’s personal detail; 1687

 

       On the 17^th of Godfrey’s Triump, 1687, only last Saint’s night, Palatine Robert Sigismund and Markevian prefect candidate arrived to the Imperial capital of Carolustadt to deliver a stump speech, as apart of the Common Civic Party’s last ditch effort to campaign in Carolustadt for their nominee, Cesare di Lucio Accorsi. He arrived accompanied by about five Haense bodymen on his detail, and another fifteen or so Renatian legionaries. The speech delivered by Palatine Sigismund is detailed below;

 

Spoiler

 

       “Greetings great people of Carolustadt and my fellow man. I arrive here in our great capital on the eve of the general election where so much is at stake as you, the people, decide what kind of a government we ‘ought to have. This election represents the vision of an Empire that is poised to maintain our strength and might as humanity grows ever fuller in its bountiful success.

       This is quite precisely what the Common Civic Party stands for in this election: an Empire that cultivates an economy that is equally prosperous for the Renatian, the Haeseni, the Curonian, the Illatian, the Belvitzian, and so forth. Wealthy and prosperity begins in the hearths of the many homes across our realm and it is the role of the government to protect these aspirations. We believe in integration and vassal success so that everyone in the Empire is afforded the equal share in the benefit of the Realm. This is why we support expanding voting rights to more places across the the Empire. The Common Civic Party believes in incentivizing our vassals and our capital alike, ensuring that their success is the success of the whole. Loyalty to the Emperor is a gesture not just of formality but a true reality that yields harmony.

       We believe in securing our future, guided by the Canon, to stifle material pleasures by ending the drug trade that inflicts harm on so many morals and lives. We strongly support smaller taxes to lessen the burden on the majority of the people and allowing for the full growth of business and marketplaces to flourish. We support free trade and the movement of goods and labor to create an economy accessible to all merchants and commerce. Laws need to reflect the safety of our people. The roads are dangerous and not everyone has the luxury of armed guards to travel with them. This is why we support safety legislation that provides secure checkpoints along our roads. We need not worry about the superiority of our culture for we know that GOD sustains the upright. The challenge facing our time is the unity we must preserve so that our cultural might can grow for the many generations after. We must make allies and integrate all to an industrious society, promoting the civilization given to us by the Creator to fully appreciation and creation around us.

       And so my friends, your cause is our cause. With your help, this vision can become our reality. VOTE for Cesare di Lucio Accorsi to the Parliament of the Empire. The time is now to act and seize upon what lies ahead of us! Thank you all and may GOD bless our Empire!”

 

 

       “Of course, those who break the law should face justice.” Those were the words of Priorist Chairman Hans Rovin, responding to allegations of the “mob mentality” of the Priorist Party, stating that although the organization itself was nonviolent, dissenters and rioters should be prosecuted for transgressions. A simple day later, during the Palatine’s speech, seven members of the Priorist Party’s “Blackshirt” wing, the paramilitary soldiers endorsing the party’s platform, rallied in front of the politician’s stand and made an attempted assault on the line of Renatian legionaries. Ultimately, being outnumbered three to one, the Renatian armed forces were able to quell the rioters and slay the majority of the traitors. Palatine Robert Sigismund escaped with multiple cuts and bruises, protected by his security detail.

       This has led the Imperial administration to banish the paramilitary wing of the Priorist Party, only one day before the elections. Although the party itself would remain in tact, the self proclaimed “Blackshirts” would no longer be permitted within the Empire, being labeled as a domestic terrorist organization. Priorist Party banners were then ordered to be taken down from around the city. “Let it be known that the Priorists attacked first,” proclaimed legionary Thorley Fitch.

       The attacks on the Palatine are the third instance of violence from Priorist Party members, and is expected to have a negative effect on their chances in the elections. However, will it be enough to defeat their chances of victory? Their candidate, Victoria Oxenstierna, has remained a respectable figure in local politics thus far, and has refrained from any of the aforementioned violence in the capital. Thus far, as has her opponent, CCP candidate Cesare di Lucio Accorsi, who was a victim of an aforementioned assault by Priorist Party members.

       The real question is if this will sway the minds of voters before they go to the ballot boxes, or if they’ll place aside the recent scandal to vote for the candidate herself.

 

       If you are an aspiring journalist tempted by the allure of this newly established outlet, feel free to contact Fabius Bracchus, Election Commissioner ((Liam#7649)) to become a Parliamentary journalist. Trusted and worthy journalists shall be given press credentials to Parliamentary sessions, in order to cover current affairs. In addition, we encourage journalists to also establish private news outlets, to expand the journalistic integrity and ability to publicize information. They, too, may receive press credentials, and are not subject to the same standards as public journalists are. However, as far as I-PAN is concerned, we shall provide the utmost neutral coverage.

[LithiumSedai 5750]

"We do not fear your arms! One People, One Nation, One Faith - MARTYRDOM!"

~ RENNA TALRAEN, Lady of Adelburg (1586 - 1687)

[Sultan 3953]

“Someone is using my words liberally, no one was declared a traitor nor do I recall having anyone banished they died and we commended the rest of them be disbanded. Moreover We do not use the word traitor in such a way a traitor is one who attacks or betrays the Crown, not some one that assaults someone in the streets.” he would state reading the paper. He looks at the Dragon Knights, “Ser Jan throw this journalist in the cells for a day perhaps this might teach him to quote the Emperor correctly next time.” 

[seannie 7443]

5 hours ago, Sultan said:

“Someone is using my words liberally, no one was declared a traitor nor do I recall having anyone banished they died and we commended the rest of them be disbanded. Moreover We do not use the word traitor in such a way a traitor is one who attacks or betrays the Crown, not some one that assaults someone in the streets.” he would state reading the paper. He looks at the Dragon Knights, “Ser Jan throw this journalist in the cells for a day perhaps this might teach him to quote the Emperor correctly next time.” 

“I’d assume that attacking the Emperor’s Own Legion would be traitorous, no?” retorted Ilya to his fellow compatriots once the Emperor’s Will was made public upon this situation. “The Priorists folk are the ultra-aggressive organization here, bent on speaking with sword and violence instead of debate and speech.”

[osumanduas 1442]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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