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Congratulations El presidente on your victory. I wish you the best in your term. I would hope that there would be the same bipartisanship as Senor Gogolow extended. In this I would therefore put myself forward for command of one of the Armies at your discretion.
Captain Rios
Captain Rios
"I ask of Rivera only that he uphold the promises he has made, and also that he ensures a stable Chile."
Severiano Miramontes
Severiano Miramontes
The 1891 Presidential Election: The Hammer Falls
The 1891 Election was a mirror image of 1886, or so many would have liked to believe. Renin, Gogołów, and Rivera had returned as candidates for the Presidency any observers cynically commented that they expected to see the same major victory for Gogołów that they had in previous years. They were sorely mistaken. Socialist land restribution policies under Gogołów had proved massively unpopular among the landowners (to the surprise of virtually no one) and the result was a mobilized Conservative and Reactionary base intent on the end to the redistribution policies. Many also claimed that the radical expansion of the military under Gogołów turned many of his own supporters against him, who had assumed that his anti-war stance would also mean cuts in defense spending.
One of Gogołów's main campaign platforms of 1891 was his success in reducing unemployment and his announcement that he would adopt a more radical state capitalism policy to further bring the Chilean economy under governmental control. While the incumbent president's major initiatives to reduce unemployment had been by all accounts successful, it also seemed that the more moderate Chilean voter was unwilling to back the more extreme socialist form of capitalism. Pedro Rivera made a major point of this in his own campaign, his allies and advocates often espousing his own commitment to a more autonomous Chilean economy. Of course, there were others who believed that Gogołów did not go far enough - and Renin and his communist ideals of a completely centralized planned economy attracted a fair share of supporters.
The election campaign was fiercely fought amongst spring showers and summer heat towards the end of 1890. The incumbent Gogołów made stop after stop in the nation's major industrial centers and factories in Santiago, Rio Negro, Los Rios, and Patagonia. Rivera, a favorite of the church, was backed by virtually every priest and preacher in the nation, many of whom decried the atheist and secular policies of Renin and Gogołów from the pulpit. Renin himself was often seen before hastily assembled mobs of the downtrodden in a whistlestop tour of Chile's urban and suburban slums, flanked by the politburo's representatives and the red guard. In the end, both Comunista and FNT voter rolls dropped, despite the ferocity of the campaign, while Rivera's electorate swelled.
Turnout was hardly record-breaking on election night except in Santiago, where the lines were said to stretch three blocks long before some polling stations. In the end, Rivera broke into a clear lead but fell just short of an absolute majority by the first ballot. Renin was dropped and the entirety of his support fell to FNT, who the Comunistas felt were much more palatable than Rivera. With several abstentions and missing electors, the ballot continued for the better part of the night. The final ballot stood as the morning sun dawned: 144 votes for Gogołów against 161 votes for Rivera, a very narrow majority for the challenger. Rivera became the president elect and the first man to defeat an incumbent president in a general election in the history of Chilean democracy.
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Rivera ((atomicsoda)) is the President, and I still need his policies and appointments. Guerrero ((rogov)) is the Chief of Staff.
As a reminder there is still time to declare an election night coup should any of the remaining incumbent ministers or generals wish to declare one.
EDIT: And of course, those individuals disenfranchised in the last coup are now enfranchised (re-enfranchised)?
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I wish to offer myself as a possible general if it pleases President-Elect Rivera or Chief of Staff-Elect Guerrero.
It was a close campaign, but in the end the Congresso could only choose one of us. Congratulations Senor Guerrero, I wish you the best of luck in depolitizing our Army. Hopefuly we may see experienced and nonpartisan Generals in command of our armies and men.
- Christiano Ferarri
- Christiano Ferarri
Members of the FNT!
I hereby announce a Vote of Confidence against myself over the position of FNT Chairman. If the majority is in favour of my departure as head of the FNT, I will comply, after organising elections for a new Chairman.
- FNT Chairman Sérgio Gogołów
I hereby announce a Vote of Confidence against myself over the position of FNT Chairman. If the majority is in favour of my departure as head of the FNT, I will comply, after organising elections for a new Chairman.
- FNT Chairman Sérgio Gogołów
I wish to thank the Chilean people for putting their faith in me as their President Elect. My cabinet will be announced shortly and my proposed Generals are being reviewed by the new Chief of Staff. As soon as I am sworn in I will stop all land confiscations. I also wish to set up a compensation program for those whose land was seized.
Land Seizure Compensation Act
1. This Act is enacted for the purpose of giving fair compensation to those whose land was seized pursuant to the Land Redistribution Act.
2. Any person or entity whose land was seized shall be entitled to the fair market value of their land at the time of seizure. The Interior Ministry will determine these values.
3. The funds to compensate will be raised from those who received the seized land. A portion of their earnings from the received land will be collected and used to compensate those whose land was seized. These collections will continue until such debt is paid in full. The Interior Ministry will determine the amount to be collected.
4. Those who received the seized land also have the option of leaving the land and having it restored to the previous owner if they do not wish to participate in the repayment program.
Land Seizure Compensation Act
1. This Act is enacted for the purpose of giving fair compensation to those whose land was seized pursuant to the Land Redistribution Act.
2. Any person or entity whose land was seized shall be entitled to the fair market value of their land at the time of seizure. The Interior Ministry will determine these values.
3. The funds to compensate will be raised from those who received the seized land. A portion of their earnings from the received land will be collected and used to compensate those whose land was seized. These collections will continue until such debt is paid in full. The Interior Ministry will determine the amount to be collected.
4. Those who received the seized land also have the option of leaving the land and having it restored to the previous owner if they do not wish to participate in the repayment program.
It seems as though all the good the Left did under Gogolow shall soon be destroyed by the reactionary's,
Something must be done.....
I whole-heartidly aupport this bill. It is obvious that the people are not pleased with the aweful actions and policies implemeted by Gogolow and the Left, and so we must do what we can to appease them as their duly elected Congressmen.
- Christiano Ferarri
- Christiano Ferarri
Rivera's idea of compensating the landowners is sound, we should have done that in the first place. But surely that's the government's responsibility, not the poor peasants. As the act stand now I can't back it.
What a fair and just way to compensate those Chileans whose land and wealth was seized during the reign of the left. I support this bill because it is a return to economic normalcy.
---Caitan Crazzio---
My comrades.....I weep for Chile I mourn for her. It has become apparent that the forces of socialism have died this day, as Gogolow's inperfect but just government was tossed out in favor of the reactionary's....well I say NO MORE The communista's will not go quietly into the night. The worker's will not be crushed under your tyranical heel! I reject Free enterprise so once again the left shall rise! I Declare a Coup against this reactionary government of Chile to create a greater government for the Prolterariat
((OOC: I am couping to install myself as dictator of the proletariat))
((OOC: I am couping to install myself as dictator of the proletariat))
This is despicable! One can not unlawfully seize power from a democratically-elected government no matter how much you disagree with it. I will stand with Chile, no matter how much I disagree with the current administration. I am for the Third Republic.
- Sérgio Gogołów
- Sérgio Gogołów
And once again, we are called to arms! First we struck down the liberale elite, now we will strike down the comunistas! Muerte a los comunistas!
Proving that the key in world in "we sometimes don't have a coup following an election" is "sometimes", it seems that Mario Juarez has declared a coup!
Many of you are generals or ministers and I need your declarations For the Republic or For the Revolution!
Traitorous, me? No, it is you who are traitorous who abandon your duty as a general of Chile. One can not seize power by the force of arms. That will never work. It only leads to needless bloodshed.
- Incumbent President of Chile and FNT Chairman Sérgio Gogołów
"Traitorous to what? Freedom? Justice? The People? The Republic? Chile? The only traitor here is you, Juarez. It is people like you who are the bane of the common people. I knew you were trouble right from the start. For the Republic!"
Severiano Miramontes
Minister for Defence
Severiano Miramontes
Minister for Defence