The People's Will

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The People's Will
For Humanity Against Neoliberalism



Ulrick Brandt re-elected to NPA leadership by Congress

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Ulrick Brandt was re-elected to the leadership of the NPA by the Congress of the NPA. Despite his overwhelming victory, he needed to regain the confidence of the Congress and party members due to the disappointing election results so far. One of the criticisms by the party members is that the NPA has been invisible in recent years, and that Brandt isn't showing enough zeal to stand up for the interests of the marginalized classes of Nyland. ''Neoliberalism dominates Nyland now unchallenged'', one member complained.

Ulrick Brandt accepted the criticism, but defended himself he was confronted with the task of reorganizing and building the party from the base in the past few years. He shared the concerns about the growing dominance of neoliberalism in Nyland, a plague which he considered ''a crime against humanity''. ''The Nyland Liberals have dominated Nylander politics for decades. The other parties take turns in facillitating their destructive economic agenda, ever aimed at growth rates to satisfy the boardrooms of International Greed. I have very well understood the message of the members: Take off the gloves, and fight the criminals that dominate this political system.''

The Marxist Caucus within the NPA officially proposed to put the expulsion of the Nylander finance industry on top of the Party's agenda, but a majority rejected the proposal. The party was sympathetic however to advocate for special prosecution committees to be set up in the future to specialize in financial crime and corruption and to focus entirely on the white-collar crimes of the banking elite in Nyland, and to implement heavy punishments. ''In Nyland one has to work for his money. Hard work is to be rewarded. Swindlers and con-men are to be locked up!'' shouted Brandt, one of the advocates of this proposal.

The Congress ended with thousands of members chanting ''Down with Kohout. Down with the Oligarchy!''