((He supported the revolution. Its over,and done with. This shouldn't even be a discussion.))
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(ThunderHawk brought it up that he initially supported the government, and he did indeed initially support the government. He then switched. I am not saying it makes his character any less guilty in AAR sake, I am just showing what actually happened.)
((Hard to keep up with all the action here))
if ít not tô late to declare
I support the government
No to all reforms
Yes to Military Supply Act
General Pedro Rivera - Army of the South
if ít not tô late to declare
I support the government
No to all reforms
Yes to Military Supply Act
General Pedro Rivera - Army of the South
((Whellp, I tried. Even though I didn't really have a say in this and was just kind of thrown into the cauldron.))
((This is all very confusing. And when I make my next character, Cesar, you really won't like him.))
OOC: In my opinion it doesn't matter that he first backed the government. It didn't even take him 5 minutes to edit his post and switch allegiance to the Rebels. He probably broke the game rules by doing so.
((Well, he did break the game rules by changing. So he should still be backing the government, unless you are allowed to change who you're backing. And if you are, he changed it again, so he's still backing the government. So he should be backing the government, whether changing is allowed or not.))
OOC: If that's the case he should be punished for breaking the game rules. Either he backed the revolution, or he broke the game rules. Punishment either way.
On the 28th of November 1873, Anselmo Galante, founder of the FNT and prominent agitator for workers rights, died at the age of 46 from a fatal stroke at his house in Valparaiso. His final words were "No more brandy for me." His former position as Senator for Valparaiso will be put to election in the new year.
New Character
Name: Brigadier Severiano Miramontes
Born: 1838
Party: Currently unaligned
Background: Born to a shipping magnate, Miramontes joined the military in 1856, where he was influenced by Rosenist thinking. He fought with distinction in the Civil war, having joined his army in defecting to the republican cause. He was promoted to brigadier in 1871, and has come to Santiago to make his mark and get a promotion beyond a generalship.
New Character
Name: Brigadier Severiano Miramontes
Born: 1838
Party: Currently unaligned
Background: Born to a shipping magnate, Miramontes joined the military in 1856, where he was influenced by Rosenist thinking. He fought with distinction in the Civil war, having joined his army in defecting to the republican cause. He was promoted to brigadier in 1871, and has come to Santiago to make his mark and get a promotion beyond a generalship.
The 1873 Uprising: As Our Fathers Were
The Citizen Guard under Símon Germán was a relatively small organization of radicals and anarchists who came together under their common perceived oppression by the government of the 3rd Republic. When the call came down from Germán, the Citizen Guard proved capable of mobilizing some 24,000 loosely organized and poorly supplied local militiamen. Many observers familiar with the Chilean military knew that the Chilean Army, even after the defections to the citizen guard, numbered approximately 128,000 men under arms (not including the navy) and that any one army of Chile should be larger than and more than capable of defeating Germán's Citizen Guard at its peak. For this reason, most observers thought it was impossible for the radical agitator Símon Germán to bring down the government.
They were wrong. Dead wrong, as it so happened.
The 1873 Uprising - smaller and shorter than any of the previous Chilean Civil Wars - should have been a footnote in Chilean history by most accounts. Despite the radical-conservative coalition government, Germán and his cause found little sympathy in Santiago - except in the highest office in the land. President Mario Zepeda, an old friend of Germán's, made a series of remarks before his cabinet expressing his sympathies for the cause of the revolution among many more ambiguous statements. The ministers interpreted this to mean that they should support Germán's uprising which, after all, had the objective of overthrowing the government - and a shocked and confused cabinet left La Moneda Palace wondering not what to do about Germán, but rather what to do about Zepeda. The Minister of War, Augusto Weissmuller, began drafting his resignation immediately. The Minister of the Interior, Alejandro Cortez, took the remarks rather more seriously and - after consulting with Justice Department - returned to La Moneda and arrested Mario Zepeda on charges of treason.
A shocked and confused public initially heard that Zepeda had been arrested for treason because he had supported Germán's insurrection, and many believed that Zepeda - like his father before him - would hang for the crime of plotting the overthrow of the Republic. However, subsequent investigation by the Supreme Court of Chile, acting as the grand jury in the case of a President's trial, dismissed the charge against him. Under pressure, their considerations were eventually made public and their deliberations revealed. The justices had concluded that while interviews with present parties certainly showed Zepeda's sympathies for the radical cause, at no time had he actually advocated military support for Germán or the overthrow of the Republic, instead suggesting that they might find a way to reconcile with Germán. He had never proposed any illegal action. They therefore dismissed the charges against Germán on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
The Supreme Court's decision massively overshadowed the rebellion itself, which was handily defeated by general Roseno in the north and Arraya in the south. Germán himself, however, once again eluded justice and escaped into the night. The trial-related headlines also overshadowed the attempts of the Congreso to implement secret ballots nation-wide (an effort defeated at the last minute by conservative opposition) and the passage of the landmark Military Supply Act.
Zepeda, though cleared of all charges, was compelled to resign the office of the Presidency. This left the man who had arrested him - Alejandro Cortez - as the Acting President of the Republic. Many in Congress rebelled against this unelected leader, and the new president faced an immediate confidence vote from the Congreso.
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Player Actions Needed:
Vote Confidence or No Confidence in Cortez. If he wins, he will retain the Presidency until the end of this term of office. If he loses, a caretaker government will take over.
Sample Ballot:
Confidence/No Confidence
Cortez ((Zzzzz...)), you also ought to state any changes you want to make to the cabinet/general appointments and you ought to promote a new Minister of the Interior.
"I call for a vote of No Confidence in General Cortez. We cannot have a reactionary run this nation! I furthermore am pleased this revolution came to a halt, with minimal bloodshed..Chile has lost enough blood already."
-Senator Carlos Carnal
((NOOOO! Socialist down! Call the Marxmobile!))
-Senator Carlos Carnal
((NOOOO! Socialist down! Call the Marxmobile!))
(Im just gonna guess I cant vote?)
I am pleased to see the exoneration of President Zepeda, but do believe it is appropriate for his step down from politics. Perhaps the honorable Zepeda has a younger twin brother lying around.
I am pleased to see the exoneration of President Zepeda, but do believe it is appropriate for his step down from politics. Perhaps the honorable Zepeda has a younger twin brother lying around.
My vote is one of Confidence in our great hero Cortez. I will only work for a government lead by him, since I can't trust the Liberals after Zepeda's treachery. If the Liberals oust Cortez I hope for a filed commission.
I pledge a vote of confidence in favour of the Acting President and his interim government. I cannot understand why people would consider Alejandro Cortez - the former presidential frontrunner and candidate for the Partido Republicano prior to the compromise - as unsuited for the task, excepting political opportunism. The Constitution of the Third Republic explicitly states that the Minister of the Interior will assume the functions of President in such a crisis. Senor Cortez not only loyally supported the government and the Republic in its hour of need, placing the nation above his personal interests, but has remained faithful to the constitutional order. It is not so long ago that such a major uprising would have prompted martial law, or military intervention. Yet Senor Cortez has stayed the course, steering Chile through the rough waters of discord to the tranquil sea of stability.
This is not the time for a snap election, when the Republic is reeling from insurrection and the rebels are still amongst us. Bring down the government in such troubled times, and you bring down the Republic. The interim government must attend to the aftermath of the rebellion. Only then can business resume as normal.
- V. Severino
This is not the time for a snap election, when the Republic is reeling from insurrection and the rebels are still amongst us. Bring down the government in such troubled times, and you bring down the Republic. The interim government must attend to the aftermath of the rebellion. Only then can business resume as normal.
- V. Severino
Should Cortez maintain the compromise agreement that made him Minister, I will continue to back him... until I hear from him, I will refrain from voting.
((I also have to say this was the most awkward, confused uprising in this AAR; not even the first one, where I and several others switched, was this... ill-fated and poorly thought out...))
((I also have to say this was the most awkward, confused uprising in this AAR; not even the first one, where I and several others switched, was this... ill-fated and poorly thought out...))
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I cast a vote of confidence in Señor Cortez. He is the Minister if the Interior, and thus the logical successor should the President resign or be removed from his position in anyway.
-Sebastian Roseno, Generale of the Army if Bolivia-Peru
-Sebastian Roseno, Generale of the Army if Bolivia-Peru
