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Issue 31,
Volume 9, 23 December 302 AP The Story behind the news. |
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Zeitgeist of the year: Pedro Carmonte Runners up: Roven's President and Finance Minister Other key events this year Business Starlight's mistake Kyle Langley: pro-unions? Politics Gov. Hope tours the south "Pardon? There's a drought?" Are the Burovians a spent force? Law The bitter fight over Savante's millions International Gichadia: island paradise comes of age The Moun's Front legacy Pataki Communists refuse "dregs" Castronovia: recog- nition or bust Entertainment Samsarini games ICARA's Alphalpha 300 debacle |
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Who is Senator da Tenio?
The moderate voice amidst Lendosan conservatives that may yet lead the country. The Lendosan Administrator of Justice, Senator Reinaro da Tenio, is arguably one of the more powerful figures in the 150-member Lendosan Senate, the highest legislative body of the Confederation. More recently, he has been elected leader of the fifth most powerful party in the Senate, the Imperial Party.
Da Tenio is, in this way, arguably a true leader, as well as a master politician. While lessor political lights are only too happy to provide the unedited flashes of their insights and opinions, da Tenio is restrained, dignified and patient: the facts will be revealled, and then we shall act. Which is what makes da Tenio’s recent and unheard-of criticism of his predecessors, whom he blames for the Imperial Party’s failure to engage with voters in a new age, something to be taken seriously. He stands as a man dedicated to changing.
However, da Tenio is no ardent imperialist. While he remains committed to conservative causes, he is also the leader of the Imperial Party's reformist wing. Consequently, he now stands as leader of the party, and as Administrator of Justice, a position the party had long coveted. What makes this man even more important to Lendosan politics is that in the Confederation's April election, the Imperial Party was the only major party to increase its vote -- and of all parties only the tiny Fascists outpaced them almost tripling from 0.6% popular support. While the Socialists, Reform, Balance and Communists lost between 9% and 21% of their popular support, the Imperial Party more than doubled its share from 4.2% to 9.4%. Furthermore, it was one of only three parties to win more electoral Senate seats than party list seats, eleven to six (the Socialists did better winning thirteen
Not bad for a party reinventing itself after 150 years of almost single-party rule. What this means is that the left-centre dominated Lendosan Senate could yet again be dominated by the Imperial Party. And Senator da Tenio could be the most influential person in that Senate. |
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