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10-10-2019, 01:52 PM
Ayduramazan, Democratic Republic of Kyrzbekistan | Septem, 1601
The 1601 parliamentary election came only months after Toktamish Narimanur was forced to resign by the Armed Forces, and with increasing rumours than President Damir Kazbekur may resign. General Tuguz Almasur, Chief of the General Staff since 1598, was said to be increasing his influence, as military officials close to him were appointed to important national security positions. He was said to be in contact with both the president and the govenment, and the creation of the Commission for Constitutional Reform, formed by both members of the parliament and legal experts appointed by the executive, was aimed to ease the passing of constitutional reforms promoted by the new federal government. As several opposition political parties decided to boycott the 1600 election to the Upper House, a controversial electoral reform was passed without much opposition.
However, the new government did not imply a radical shift in policy compared to the previous government. The political battle rather started in the legal field, as a large investigation was started regarding alleged links between terror cells and the main Akhadist parties. Dozens of members from the two largest Akhadist parties were arrested, including several regional deputies and former MPs, which they labelled as "political persecution" by Ilshat Kulmiyur's government.
The Socialist People's Party, which had been Kyrzbekistan's ruling political party since 1568, found itself at the same time in a complicated situation. For the first time without a member in the federal government, and increasingly divided, they had an uneasy relation with Ilshat Kulmiyur's government, which had to rely in them to pass any legislation. The creation of the National Republican Party, which several ministers and former Socialist People's Party members joined, was said to be covertly funded by the Armed Forces, although the government denied such claim.
The 1601 legislative election had the lowest turnout since the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Kyrzbekistan. The Socialist People's Party was, once gain, the largest political party in the Congress of People's Deputies (Kyrzbekistan's Lower House) with 153 of 399 MPs, although with the lowest share of the vote ever, with barely 29% of the vote. The Kyrzbek National Party, the main Akhadist political party, was second with 18% of the vote, only losing seven MPs compared to 1597, despite a complicated electoral campaign, and rumours that the party may be banned by the government. The recently founded National People's Party was third with 15% although only 51 MPs, as the political party performed poorly in the recently created uninominal electoral districts.
The other main Akhadist political party, the Akhadic National Renaissance was fourth, while the "Democratic Party / Democracy for Kyrzbekistan" coalition, led by the Democratic Social Forum, an Arberian minority political party, and former members of Toktamish Narimanur's Kyrzbek Democrats, only obtained 10% of the vote and 23 MPs, a considerably loss from the 26% that they had obtained in 1597. The Solidarity Coalition, another Arberian minority which was accused to be founded by pro-government sources, and the Party of Social Justice, a left-wing Akhadist political party, among a small number of independent candidates, completed the parliament.
Negotiations started to form a new government, with Irek Timerur, candidate of the Socialist People's Party, expected to become Chairman of the People's Council, with the support of the National Republican Party, as other possible coalition government seemed unlikely.
The 1601 parliamentary election came only months after Toktamish Narimanur was forced to resign by the Armed Forces, and with increasing rumours than President Damir Kazbekur may resign. General Tuguz Almasur, Chief of the General Staff since 1598, was said to be increasing his influence, as military officials close to him were appointed to important national security positions. He was said to be in contact with both the president and the govenment, and the creation of the Commission for Constitutional Reform, formed by both members of the parliament and legal experts appointed by the executive, was aimed to ease the passing of constitutional reforms promoted by the new federal government. As several opposition political parties decided to boycott the 1600 election to the Upper House, a controversial electoral reform was passed without much opposition.
However, the new government did not imply a radical shift in policy compared to the previous government. The political battle rather started in the legal field, as a large investigation was started regarding alleged links between terror cells and the main Akhadist parties. Dozens of members from the two largest Akhadist parties were arrested, including several regional deputies and former MPs, which they labelled as "political persecution" by Ilshat Kulmiyur's government.
The Socialist People's Party, which had been Kyrzbekistan's ruling political party since 1568, found itself at the same time in a complicated situation. For the first time without a member in the federal government, and increasingly divided, they had an uneasy relation with Ilshat Kulmiyur's government, which had to rely in them to pass any legislation. The creation of the National Republican Party, which several ministers and former Socialist People's Party members joined, was said to be covertly funded by the Armed Forces, although the government denied such claim.
The 1601 legislative election had the lowest turnout since the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Kyrzbekistan. The Socialist People's Party was, once gain, the largest political party in the Congress of People's Deputies (Kyrzbekistan's Lower House) with 153 of 399 MPs, although with the lowest share of the vote ever, with barely 29% of the vote. The Kyrzbek National Party, the main Akhadist political party, was second with 18% of the vote, only losing seven MPs compared to 1597, despite a complicated electoral campaign, and rumours that the party may be banned by the government. The recently founded National People's Party was third with 15% although only 51 MPs, as the political party performed poorly in the recently created uninominal electoral districts.
The other main Akhadist political party, the Akhadic National Renaissance was fourth, while the "Democratic Party / Democracy for Kyrzbekistan" coalition, led by the Democratic Social Forum, an Arberian minority political party, and former members of Toktamish Narimanur's Kyrzbek Democrats, only obtained 10% of the vote and 23 MPs, a considerably loss from the 26% that they had obtained in 1597. The Solidarity Coalition, another Arberian minority which was accused to be founded by pro-government sources, and the Party of Social Justice, a left-wing Akhadist political party, among a small number of independent candidates, completed the parliament.
Negotiations started to form a new government, with Irek Timerur, candidate of the Socialist People's Party, expected to become Chairman of the People's Council, with the support of the National Republican Party, as other possible coalition government seemed unlikely.