Svobodna Dnevnik

[Hadash]

El Correo Internacional

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New Galasia: Council of National Unity appoints new Prime Minister
By: Asia Galianus
Published: Marth 1581


Perceval Oberonus, 52, is a retired general

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The Council of National Unity, the military leadership which took power in New Galasia on Elva 1580, has appointed Perceval Oberonus as Prime Minister.

Oberonus, a retired general, is expected to announce a new government in the coming hours. Althogh the constitution remains suspended and the parliament closed, the Council of National Unity will have a veto on the decisions of the new government. As Prime Minister, Oberonus, who has not previous political experience, will not have an easy task, as the country remains in a complicated political and economic situation, facing capital flight, and civil war in the eastern region of the country.

Oberonus has declared that he is aiming to "unity all the nation in order to solve the political crisis and restore order and prosperity". The first decision of the new government, he has declared, will be to abolish the Legion, the Conscriptus, and the Administrarion -the three main branches of the Royal Armed Forces of New Galasia, and rebrand them as the Galasian Armed Forces under an united leadership. He argues this decision was motivated in order to improve the efficiency and organization of the armed forces.

Pacify the eastern region, Eastmarch, will not be easy and a rather ambitious task, as most of the territory is under the control of a coalition of nationalist rebels and conservative Akhadists -known as the "Provisional Council for the National Resistance"-, local monarchist forces who rejected to recognize the Council of National Unity, and Akhadist insurgency. Oberonus has declared his will to cooperate with the international community in the fight against "terrorist forces". So far, most of the international community has remained neutral on the conflict in New Galasia.

Since the Council of National Unity took power in Elva 1580, the military leadership has supressed any political dissent, reestablishing censorship and military courts. As a result, thousands of people were detained and arrested, and there have been rumours of hundreds of summary executions by government forces. It is not clear if the appointment of Oberonus as Prime Minister could lead to a liberalization or return to civilian rule.

It has been rumoured that Lieutenant-Colonel Galahad Trojanus, one of the seven members of the Council of National Unity, may be appointed as Minister of Defense, while Safirus Urenius, a historian and former diplomat could be appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.