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Magentina 1585 National Assembly Elections
The Republic of Magentina's 333-member National Assembly (Lower House) elects both the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic (the latter along the Senate), supervises the work of the government and passes all laws. It was a mixed electoral system, 150 MPs are elected through a winner-takes-all system, while the other 183 MPs are elected through a national proportional representation system of political parties.
You will elect those 183 MPs elected through a national list for the 1585-1589 term. You have 2 votes.
Background
Emiliano Lafuente, Liberal Party leader, has been Prime Minister since 1578, and the current national government, following the 1582 elections, is formed by a right-wing minority government formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, Action for the Republic, and the Conservative Party. In the last months, allegations of corruption and tax evasion have tainted the government and former officials, including several Lafuente's relatives. The opposition has demanded Lafuente resignation, and protests have called for stronger anti-corruption legislation and new elections.
The National Assembly failed to agree a new president -as the current president Clemente Aguafuertes ended his term in Alvan 1585- and therefore, as the constitution established, snap elections were called. As consequence, for first time since 1562, a new president and new Prime Minister could be elected at the same time - in case Emiliano Lafuente hasn't enough support to be reelected Prime Minister.
This election is taking place IC on late Alvan 1585, when the poll will be officially closed.
List of political parties:
Liberal Party (Partido Liberal)
The Liberal Party has been one of the most successful political parties in recent Magentinian history, with three presidents and and four prime ministers since 1506. Originally established as a centrist political party, the Liberal Party has shifted to the right since Emiliano Lafuente was elected leader in 1576. Today, the Liberal Party is considered a center-right political party, fiscal conservative while moderate on social issues.
The Liberal Party has been in government since 1562. Previously the party contended to the 1566, 1570, 1574, and 1578 as a leading member of the "National Democratic Union" (UDN) along the Reform Party. In the 1582 elections, however, the Liberal Party contended under the electoral coalition "Liberal Action for the Republic", after the UDN was dissolved shortly after the 1582 election, and Emiliano Lafuente elected Prime Minister with the support of the Action for the Republic party and the Conservatives.
Emiliano Lafuente will be the Liberal candidate again, looking for his third term as Prime Minister, despite allegations that relatives and former political allies were involved in tax avoidance.
Action for the Republic (Acción por la República)
Action for the Republic was founded by Mauricio Rojo, consider the founder of Magentina's Second Republic. Once the dominant political party in the country, its influence decreased in the 1520s, becoming a minor political party. It returned to power in 1558, under the leadership of Valentino Narváez, but it was unable to survive as consequence of poor management and a sudden financial crisis.
Once a liberal progressive center-left political party, Action for the Republic shifted to the right in the 1570s, and it is considered today a center-right political party. After the 1578 election, the Liberal Party and Action for the Republic agreed to form a coalition government, with the support of the Conservative Party, so Emiliano Lafuente was reelected as Prime Minister and two years later, Action for the Republic leader Clemente Aguafuertes was elected President of the Republic. In 1581, Liberal Party and Action for the Republic agreed to form a coalition for the 1582 election.
However, the coalition was unable to agree to reelect Aguafuertes as president or whom would replace him, and snap elections were called once no candidate was able to obtain enough votes as the constitution establishes. Action for the Republic decided to dissolve its electoral coalition with the Liberal Party and to contend the elections alone again.
The current leader of Action for the Republic is Valeriana Pastrana, former Minister of Education, who was elected President of Action for the Republic only a few months ago. While the party political platform is not very different from the current government policy, Pastrana has been rather ambiguous if she will try to join a coalition government with the Liberal Party again.
Democratic Reform Party (Partido Reformista Democrático)
Along the Liberal Party, the Reform Party -renamed as Democratic Reform Party in 1583- has been one of the two dominant political parties since 1518, when Santiago Loyola -Reform Party's founder- was elected Prime Minister. The Reform Party decided to run together with their former rivals the Liberal Party under a joint coalition -the UDN-, resulting in Reform and Liberal coalition governments from 1566 to 1582, when the coalition broke up shortly after the 1582 election, and the Reform Party returned to the opposition.
The PRD is considered a centrist social-liberal political party, with a free-market orientation on economic policy while more centrist or even center-left on social issues. On foreign policy, unlike the Liberal Party and Action for the Republic, the PRD has shifted from Magentina's traditional neutrality policy to a more moderately interventionist one, and it is considered more open to immigration than those two parties.
The Reform Party only obtained 12 MPs in the 1582 election, but it hopes to improve that result with a platform focused on education and administrative reforms and anti-corruption legislation. The PRD leader is Cecilia Montes who was already candidate in 1582. Montes has promised that she will not support Lafuente's reelection as Prime Minister, although declaring that the PRD will be willing to negotiate with any political party -excluding the ultra-nationalists.
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
The Social Democratic Party is a center-left political party, founded in 1547. The Social Democratic Party has never been in government and after entering in parliament in 1550 and 1554, it failed to do so four years later. They were able to return in 1558, however, and since then they have consistently increasing their share of the vote. They obtained 51 MPs in 1570, and in 1574 they became for first time the main opposition party, after ending only 2 seats behind the ruling UDN. In the 1578 elections, the Social Democratic Party was the largest political party in the parliament, but their leader Severino Albarracín failed to form a government. The Social Democrats hope to obtain a larger majority this time which could allow them to form a government for first time in their history.
Antonina Cabrera replaced Albarracín as leader, and the PSD was again the largest party in the parliament in the 1582 election, obtaining 119 MPs, eight more than four years ago, but it failed again to form an alternative government. This time, the PSD hopes to obtain enough MPs to come to power for first time.
As the main left-wing political party in Magentina, the PSD has a rather progressive stance on social and moral issues, although it tends to focus on economic policy. It defends a social democratic and reformist economic program, aimed to increase funding to education and healthcare and the creation of social welfare programs for the poor. On fiscal policy, the PSD believes the government should have a more important role in the economy, although it is opposed to nationalization of private companies. On foreign policy, the PSD defends a more active foreign policy, specially in cooperation with other liberal democracies and progressive government.
Social Justice Party (Partido por la Justicia Social)
The Social Justice Party is a left-libertarian political party, created in 1583 after the merger of the Progressive Democratic Party and other left-liberal organizations, which has remained in the parliament since 1574 under the Social Alliance coalition as a minor political party. In the 1582 election, the Social Alliance obtained 10 MPs, being the smallest parliamentary group.
The Social Justice Party has as its main proposal the introduction of an universal basic income for all Magentinian citizens older than 16 years old. At the same time, the party has promised to reduce bureaucracy and a more effective anti-corruption legislation. On social issues, the Social Justice Party is considered left-liberal and it propose to reduce the restriction on immigration introduced by the last government.
Conservative Party (Partido Conservador de Magentina, PCM)
The Conservative Party is the oldest political party in Magentina, founded almost two centuries ago, although it hadn't been in power since 1506. The Conservatives obtained their best result in decades in 1582, with 68 seats, becoming the third largest party in the parliament and entering Lafuente's government with four ministers.
Emiliano Martino, current Minister of Defense, remains the Conservative Party's leader since 1573. While the party has shifted to the center on economic policy, moving from a protectionist policy to a more fiscal conservative one, the Conservatives are often focused on cultural and moral issues, aligning with the most conservative currents in the Sentric Church, and opposed to immigration from non-Messanic countries.
The Conservatives hope to displace Lafuente's Liberal Party as the largest party of the coalition
National Movement for Magentina (Movimiento Nacional de Magentina, MSM)
The National Movement for Magentina (previously known as Nationalist Democratic Party of Magetina from 1556 and 1563) is a right-wing political party. On social and moral issues, it has moderate positions. On economic policy, it has rather protectionist policies, defending that "Magentina interests should come first than foreign ones". As a result, it has populist economic program, not opposed to a market economy, but aimed to defend the national economy. It is opposed to free trade and it has clearly anti-immigration positions.
Their leader is Augusto Maldonado, a 55-year old lawyer and a distant relative of both Ramiro Maldonado (Chief Minister from 1454 to 1463, and first President of Magetina after independence in 1463) and his nephew Luciano Maldonado (President of Magentina from 1480 to 1486), which made him a quite distinctive but controversial candidate. While Ramiro Maldonado is often considered "a Hero for Independence" and the "Father of Magentina", his nephew Luciano has been regarded historically as an autocratic ruler which would lead the country to its first and last civil war in 1486. Augusto Maldonado, however, has often claimed that he has been personally "inspired by both historical statesmen", but arguing that his political movement doesn't pretend to imitate the past.
It is often denounced as a far-right political party, and considered a marginal political party before 1578. On foreign policy, Augusto Maldonado has promised to end Magentina's neutrality and increasing spending in Defense as long as possible, while keeping "friendly relations" with Magentina's neighbor countries. Maldonado has also called to end the "open border policy" for refugees and political dissidents of other countries.
In 1578, the MSM entered in the National Assembly for first time. The party obtained 32 seats, and it has pushed Emiliano Lafuente's government toward more right-leaning positions, such as a more restrictive immigration law, a limited reform in the refugee legislation, and introducing subsidies for agriculture workers. It had, however, a disappointing result in 1582, losing four seats, but it has remained influential as the main support to Lafuente's coalition.
Alternative for Magentina (Alternative para Magentina)
Alternative for Magentina is a center-right political party, created only three months ago by former members of Action for the Republic, who were opposed to continue in the coalition government after different officials were accused of being involved in corruption and tax avoidance by recent leaks to the media.
Alternative for Magentina proposes a pragmatist platform, focused on anti-corruption reforms, and with a rather centrist orientation on social issues. The leader of the party is Laurentina Quejada, who was elected in 1582 as a candidate of the Liberal Action for the Republic coalition.
The Republic of Magentina's 333-member National Assembly (Lower House) elects both the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic (the latter along the Senate), supervises the work of the government and passes all laws. It was a mixed electoral system, 150 MPs are elected through a winner-takes-all system, while the other 183 MPs are elected through a national proportional representation system of political parties.
You will elect those 183 MPs elected through a national list for the 1585-1589 term. You have 2 votes.
Background
Emiliano Lafuente, Liberal Party leader, has been Prime Minister since 1578, and the current national government, following the 1582 elections, is formed by a right-wing minority government formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, Action for the Republic, and the Conservative Party. In the last months, allegations of corruption and tax evasion have tainted the government and former officials, including several Lafuente's relatives. The opposition has demanded Lafuente resignation, and protests have called for stronger anti-corruption legislation and new elections.
The National Assembly failed to agree a new president -as the current president Clemente Aguafuertes ended his term in Alvan 1585- and therefore, as the constitution established, snap elections were called. As consequence, for first time since 1562, a new president and new Prime Minister could be elected at the same time - in case Emiliano Lafuente hasn't enough support to be reelected Prime Minister.
This election is taking place IC on late Alvan 1585, when the poll will be officially closed.
List of political parties:
Liberal Party (Partido Liberal)
The Liberal Party has been one of the most successful political parties in recent Magentinian history, with three presidents and and four prime ministers since 1506. Originally established as a centrist political party, the Liberal Party has shifted to the right since Emiliano Lafuente was elected leader in 1576. Today, the Liberal Party is considered a center-right political party, fiscal conservative while moderate on social issues.
The Liberal Party has been in government since 1562. Previously the party contended to the 1566, 1570, 1574, and 1578 as a leading member of the "National Democratic Union" (UDN) along the Reform Party. In the 1582 elections, however, the Liberal Party contended under the electoral coalition "Liberal Action for the Republic", after the UDN was dissolved shortly after the 1582 election, and Emiliano Lafuente elected Prime Minister with the support of the Action for the Republic party and the Conservatives.
Emiliano Lafuente will be the Liberal candidate again, looking for his third term as Prime Minister, despite allegations that relatives and former political allies were involved in tax avoidance.
Action for the Republic (Acción por la República)
Action for the Republic was founded by Mauricio Rojo, consider the founder of Magentina's Second Republic. Once the dominant political party in the country, its influence decreased in the 1520s, becoming a minor political party. It returned to power in 1558, under the leadership of Valentino Narváez, but it was unable to survive as consequence of poor management and a sudden financial crisis.
Once a liberal progressive center-left political party, Action for the Republic shifted to the right in the 1570s, and it is considered today a center-right political party. After the 1578 election, the Liberal Party and Action for the Republic agreed to form a coalition government, with the support of the Conservative Party, so Emiliano Lafuente was reelected as Prime Minister and two years later, Action for the Republic leader Clemente Aguafuertes was elected President of the Republic. In 1581, Liberal Party and Action for the Republic agreed to form a coalition for the 1582 election.
However, the coalition was unable to agree to reelect Aguafuertes as president or whom would replace him, and snap elections were called once no candidate was able to obtain enough votes as the constitution establishes. Action for the Republic decided to dissolve its electoral coalition with the Liberal Party and to contend the elections alone again.
The current leader of Action for the Republic is Valeriana Pastrana, former Minister of Education, who was elected President of Action for the Republic only a few months ago. While the party political platform is not very different from the current government policy, Pastrana has been rather ambiguous if she will try to join a coalition government with the Liberal Party again.
Democratic Reform Party (Partido Reformista Democrático)
Along the Liberal Party, the Reform Party -renamed as Democratic Reform Party in 1583- has been one of the two dominant political parties since 1518, when Santiago Loyola -Reform Party's founder- was elected Prime Minister. The Reform Party decided to run together with their former rivals the Liberal Party under a joint coalition -the UDN-, resulting in Reform and Liberal coalition governments from 1566 to 1582, when the coalition broke up shortly after the 1582 election, and the Reform Party returned to the opposition.
The PRD is considered a centrist social-liberal political party, with a free-market orientation on economic policy while more centrist or even center-left on social issues. On foreign policy, unlike the Liberal Party and Action for the Republic, the PRD has shifted from Magentina's traditional neutrality policy to a more moderately interventionist one, and it is considered more open to immigration than those two parties.
The Reform Party only obtained 12 MPs in the 1582 election, but it hopes to improve that result with a platform focused on education and administrative reforms and anti-corruption legislation. The PRD leader is Cecilia Montes who was already candidate in 1582. Montes has promised that she will not support Lafuente's reelection as Prime Minister, although declaring that the PRD will be willing to negotiate with any political party -excluding the ultra-nationalists.
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
The Social Democratic Party is a center-left political party, founded in 1547. The Social Democratic Party has never been in government and after entering in parliament in 1550 and 1554, it failed to do so four years later. They were able to return in 1558, however, and since then they have consistently increasing their share of the vote. They obtained 51 MPs in 1570, and in 1574 they became for first time the main opposition party, after ending only 2 seats behind the ruling UDN. In the 1578 elections, the Social Democratic Party was the largest political party in the parliament, but their leader Severino Albarracín failed to form a government. The Social Democrats hope to obtain a larger majority this time which could allow them to form a government for first time in their history.
Antonina Cabrera replaced Albarracín as leader, and the PSD was again the largest party in the parliament in the 1582 election, obtaining 119 MPs, eight more than four years ago, but it failed again to form an alternative government. This time, the PSD hopes to obtain enough MPs to come to power for first time.
As the main left-wing political party in Magentina, the PSD has a rather progressive stance on social and moral issues, although it tends to focus on economic policy. It defends a social democratic and reformist economic program, aimed to increase funding to education and healthcare and the creation of social welfare programs for the poor. On fiscal policy, the PSD believes the government should have a more important role in the economy, although it is opposed to nationalization of private companies. On foreign policy, the PSD defends a more active foreign policy, specially in cooperation with other liberal democracies and progressive government.
Social Justice Party (Partido por la Justicia Social)
The Social Justice Party is a left-libertarian political party, created in 1583 after the merger of the Progressive Democratic Party and other left-liberal organizations, which has remained in the parliament since 1574 under the Social Alliance coalition as a minor political party. In the 1582 election, the Social Alliance obtained 10 MPs, being the smallest parliamentary group.
The Social Justice Party has as its main proposal the introduction of an universal basic income for all Magentinian citizens older than 16 years old. At the same time, the party has promised to reduce bureaucracy and a more effective anti-corruption legislation. On social issues, the Social Justice Party is considered left-liberal and it propose to reduce the restriction on immigration introduced by the last government.
Conservative Party (Partido Conservador de Magentina, PCM)
The Conservative Party is the oldest political party in Magentina, founded almost two centuries ago, although it hadn't been in power since 1506. The Conservatives obtained their best result in decades in 1582, with 68 seats, becoming the third largest party in the parliament and entering Lafuente's government with four ministers.
Emiliano Martino, current Minister of Defense, remains the Conservative Party's leader since 1573. While the party has shifted to the center on economic policy, moving from a protectionist policy to a more fiscal conservative one, the Conservatives are often focused on cultural and moral issues, aligning with the most conservative currents in the Sentric Church, and opposed to immigration from non-Messanic countries.
The Conservatives hope to displace Lafuente's Liberal Party as the largest party of the coalition
National Movement for Magentina (Movimiento Nacional de Magentina, MSM)
The National Movement for Magentina (previously known as Nationalist Democratic Party of Magetina from 1556 and 1563) is a right-wing political party. On social and moral issues, it has moderate positions. On economic policy, it has rather protectionist policies, defending that "Magentina interests should come first than foreign ones". As a result, it has populist economic program, not opposed to a market economy, but aimed to defend the national economy. It is opposed to free trade and it has clearly anti-immigration positions.
Their leader is Augusto Maldonado, a 55-year old lawyer and a distant relative of both Ramiro Maldonado (Chief Minister from 1454 to 1463, and first President of Magetina after independence in 1463) and his nephew Luciano Maldonado (President of Magentina from 1480 to 1486), which made him a quite distinctive but controversial candidate. While Ramiro Maldonado is often considered "a Hero for Independence" and the "Father of Magentina", his nephew Luciano has been regarded historically as an autocratic ruler which would lead the country to its first and last civil war in 1486. Augusto Maldonado, however, has often claimed that he has been personally "inspired by both historical statesmen", but arguing that his political movement doesn't pretend to imitate the past.
It is often denounced as a far-right political party, and considered a marginal political party before 1578. On foreign policy, Augusto Maldonado has promised to end Magentina's neutrality and increasing spending in Defense as long as possible, while keeping "friendly relations" with Magentina's neighbor countries. Maldonado has also called to end the "open border policy" for refugees and political dissidents of other countries.
In 1578, the MSM entered in the National Assembly for first time. The party obtained 32 seats, and it has pushed Emiliano Lafuente's government toward more right-leaning positions, such as a more restrictive immigration law, a limited reform in the refugee legislation, and introducing subsidies for agriculture workers. It had, however, a disappointing result in 1582, losing four seats, but it has remained influential as the main support to Lafuente's coalition.
Alternative for Magentina (Alternative para Magentina)
Alternative for Magentina is a center-right political party, created only three months ago by former members of Action for the Republic, who were opposed to continue in the coalition government after different officials were accused of being involved in corruption and tax avoidance by recent leaks to the media.
Alternative for Magentina proposes a pragmatist platform, focused on anti-corruption reforms, and with a rather centrist orientation on social issues. The leader of the party is Laurentina Quejada, who was elected in 1582 as a candidate of the Liberal Action for the Republic coalition.