1587 Khokharsan presidential election

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1587 Federal Republic of Khokharsa presidential election


The Federal Republic of Khokharsa is a presidential democratic republic which head of state is directly elected by universal suffrage via run-off voting.

You have TWO VOTES which would directly influence the first round and indirectly influence the result in the second round (this means that the candidate who receives more votes will not be necessarily elected president, while the number of votes obtained by third and fourth candidates may have some influence in the final result). The election will be happening IC on late 1587.

Everyone is invited to vote.

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Name	Gustav Black
Political party	Democratic Party
Age	66
Description:	Gustav Black is the incumbent president and main favourite for the 1587 elections. A veteran politician, he has been state legislator, senator, Governor of the state of Idajile (1562-1570), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1572-1580), before being elected President of the Federal Republic of Khokharsa in the 1582 election as the Democratic Party candidate, winning 59% of the vote. As president, Black mostly followed the policies of his predecessor, President Benedict Dacian, a combination of fiscal conservatism, liberalization of the public sector, administrative reform, and modernization and increasing investment in education and public works. Critics of the government argue that the policies of the Democratic Party -once a center-left urban party- have increased inequality and damaged Khokharsa's limited welfare state, along recent corruption scandals involving the Democratic Party (although neither Black nor other members of the federal government were personally involved so far). Notwithstanding, Black's supporters can easily point out to the steadily economic growth and political stability experienced in the last decade.

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Name	Chika Odbazor
Political party	People's Party
Age	41
Description:	Chika Odbazor was surprisingly elected in the Liberal Party primaries, without any political experience before her election as senator in 1581, being reelected five years later. Odbazor is of mixed race, belonging to an influencial family of the minority Zambawi ethnic group. Her father was an experienced diplomat, the first Khokharsan diplomat to serve in the consulate of the Grand-Duchy of Macharaviaya (today Khibland) where Chika was born, while two of her uncles served in both the Khokharsan Assembly and the Senate, and one of her grandfathers was Chairman of the Khokharsan Central Bank as well. Although nominally a center-left political party, the People's Party has shifted to the center in recent years, away from the party's populist past. Odbazor is running in a typically social democratic economic program, promising a moderate increase of taxes and social programs, and social-liberal on social issues.

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Name:	Benedikte Gammel
Political party	Liberal Party
Age	47
Description:	Benedikte Gammel is the candidate of the Liberal Party. The centrist Liberal Party, although the oldest existing political party, with 12 of 35 Khokharsan presidents, it became reduced decades ago to the largest third-party, with only a serious political influence in the northern states. The last Liberal president was elected in 1512, but Gammel hopes to become an alternative to Democrats and Populars with political platform combining social-liberal economic policy, the promise of fighting corruption, a centrist program on social issues, and a foreign policy focused on regional cooperation.

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Name	Adekunle Rasbund
Political party	Independent
Age	69
Description	Rasbund is a retired military officer, running as independent candidate. He retired from the Khokharsan Armed Forces in 1581, with the rank of general. He is running to president in a political platform which has been described as populist and nationalist, promising to increase spending on law and order and defense, ending corruption and restricting immigration, and an ambiguous economic program which combines reduction of taxes, rationalization of federal spending, and further funding and expanding of existing social programs. Analysts seem to agree that the election of Rasbund as president is highly unlikely, as he lacks any kind of previous political experience and institutional support. But Rasbund's aggressive rhetoric and direct style is proving popular with some voters, as showed in recent approval ratings in the polls. Since the proclamation of the 1382 Constitution presidents of military background have been rare, however, being President Gabriel Sakoa (1432-1447) the last one, more than a century ago, although he was elected as candidate of the Moderate Party. Even if elected, Rasbund would likely be forced to deal with an hostile parliament as the Movement for Khokharsa -as Rasbund's political movement is called- has no elected members in either the Khokharsan Assembly or the Senate.