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By <a href="" rel="nofollow">Efraim Martí</a>
Septem 1587</span>
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Farid Reza Ahmadi making his address to the assembled members of the Majlis, the A'sirian parliament, shortly after his election.
A'BEHZ, A'SIR - In a four-round electoral brawl, Farid Reza Ahmadi overcame his Conservative rival Sattar Kashkouli in a 54% to 45% vote to be named the ninth president of the Akhadic Republic, and give the Reformist-bloc its first presidential win in the country's history. Voter turnout was a record-breaking 77% and charged-up by both candidates, with surprisingly relatively low and "disorganized" accounts of voter fraud and manipulation reported by international election observation agencies; indeed, the sheer variety of agencies allowed to observe the elections was a far cry from just two elections ago, where only a couple select groups were allowed access to observe.
In what could only be called a rematch of 1582, Ahmadi and Kashkouli were immediately pegged as the front-runners of the election season. While neither candidate came out with anything striking or unexpected - Kashkouli toed the usual conservative line of protecting A'sir from the anti-Akhadic West while Ahmadi emphasized the poor economic and social opportunities that were keeping the country from prospering - both characters loomed large over the rest of the field, and with good reason. Battling it out in the Majlis, the A'sirian assembly, the two politicians had long been rivals as they held leading positions in their respective political blocs. Kashkouli, himself once a member of the Revolutionary guard and well-connected, often "won" their ideological clashes due to his connections, and eventually reached the presidency in 1582 by defeating Ahmadi in a hotly contested and controversial third-round victory.
However, Ahmadi himself wasn't without influence, as he'd been a long-serving clergyman before and during his tenure in the assembly, as well as a military officer after the revolution. Before even 1582 he'd served as a deputy-speaker of the Majlis, and served as a member of the "National Security Council" and the "Assembly of Experts." Even while under house arrest during President Kashkouli's reign, he'd still managed to send his votes and disseminate his speeches to the public until the supreme leadership of A'sir eventually stepped in and forced his release in a rare move against the military-political conservative bloc.
For the past four election cycles, despite repeated suppression by the government and Revolutionary Guards, Reformist candidates have slowly clawed their way into a sizable portion of the assembly. This year, the powers that be were suspiciously absent in this showdown between conservatives and reformists, though not without some incidences. In spite of some voter intimidation and open fraud, turnout remained high.
For his part, President Ahmadi promised sweeping changes to the economic and social structure of the country, broadening and diversifying the economy to provide new opportunities for work and schooling for youth and slowing the country's rampant "brain drain." He also promised to open all facets of work, politics, and society to women; according to Ahmadi, the only way for A'sir to prosper is for it to move past its reliance on natural resources and modernize the workplace, and to to do either "requires the full, equal, and valued contribution of every single woman and man."
In the firld of foreign relations, President Ahmadi has already shown an intent to shore up the strength of NETO against "belligerent neighbors," while seeking to reconcile and build closer ties with the international community. In regards to the long-standing rivalry between A'sir and Kyrzbekistan, the new President has expressed a keen interest in ending the cold standoff "for the sake of peace and strength against those who would with all of NETO harm."
"Those who started this foolish conflict have fathered sons, and those sons again have themselves become fathers. It is time to let the past stay in the past, look to our future, and end this charade."
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<span style="display: block; border-bottom: 1px solid; padding: 0 1em 2px; margin-bottom: 4px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 16px;"> Local | World | Politics | Business | Technology | Health | Entertainment | Environment | Travel | Sports | Video | Opinion | Other</span><div style="display: inline-flex;"><div style="display: inline-block; border-right: 1px solid; padding-right: 4px; min-height: 450px;"><span style="display: block; border-bottom: 1px solid; padding: 1em 0;"><span style="font-size: 21px;">Farid Reza Ahmadi elected as 9th President of A'sir</span>
By <a href="" rel="nofollow">Efraim Martí</a>
Septem 1587</span>
Farid Reza Ahmadi making his address to the assembled members of the Majlis, the A'sirian parliament, shortly after his election.
A'BEHZ, A'SIR - In a four-round electoral brawl, Farid Reza Ahmadi overcame his Conservative rival Sattar Kashkouli in a 54% to 45% vote to be named the ninth president of the Akhadic Republic, and give the Reformist-bloc its first presidential win in the country's history. Voter turnout was a record-breaking 77% and charged-up by both candidates, with surprisingly relatively low and "disorganized" accounts of voter fraud and manipulation reported by international election observation agencies; indeed, the sheer variety of agencies allowed to observe the elections was a far cry from just two elections ago, where only a couple select groups were allowed access to observe.
In what could only be called a rematch of 1582, Ahmadi and Kashkouli were immediately pegged as the front-runners of the election season. While neither candidate came out with anything striking or unexpected - Kashkouli toed the usual conservative line of protecting A'sir from the anti-Akhadic West while Ahmadi emphasized the poor economic and social opportunities that were keeping the country from prospering - both characters loomed large over the rest of the field, and with good reason. Battling it out in the Majlis, the A'sirian assembly, the two politicians had long been rivals as they held leading positions in their respective political blocs. Kashkouli, himself once a member of the Revolutionary guard and well-connected, often "won" their ideological clashes due to his connections, and eventually reached the presidency in 1582 by defeating Ahmadi in a hotly contested and controversial third-round victory.
However, Ahmadi himself wasn't without influence, as he'd been a long-serving clergyman before and during his tenure in the assembly, as well as a military officer after the revolution. Before even 1582 he'd served as a deputy-speaker of the Majlis, and served as a member of the "National Security Council" and the "Assembly of Experts." Even while under house arrest during President Kashkouli's reign, he'd still managed to send his votes and disseminate his speeches to the public until the supreme leadership of A'sir eventually stepped in and forced his release in a rare move against the military-political conservative bloc.
For the past four election cycles, despite repeated suppression by the government and Revolutionary Guards, Reformist candidates have slowly clawed their way into a sizable portion of the assembly. This year, the powers that be were suspiciously absent in this showdown between conservatives and reformists, though not without some incidences. In spite of some voter intimidation and open fraud, turnout remained high.
For his part, President Ahmadi promised sweeping changes to the economic and social structure of the country, broadening and diversifying the economy to provide new opportunities for work and schooling for youth and slowing the country's rampant "brain drain." He also promised to open all facets of work, politics, and society to women; according to Ahmadi, the only way for A'sir to prosper is for it to move past its reliance on natural resources and modernize the workplace, and to to do either "requires the full, equal, and valued contribution of every single woman and man."
In the firld of foreign relations, President Ahmadi has already shown an intent to shore up the strength of NETO against "belligerent neighbors," while seeking to reconcile and build closer ties with the international community. In regards to the long-standing rivalry between A'sir and Kyrzbekistan, the new President has expressed a keen interest in ending the cold standoff "for the sake of peace and strength against those who would with all of NETO harm."
"Those who started this foolish conflict have fathered sons, and those sons again have themselves become fathers. It is time to let the past stay in the past, look to our future, and end this charade."
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