Mr Afton

Michael Afton, better known as Mr. Afton, was a politician and a former Prime Minister of the Second Cool Server Republic who has served in multiple positions in the Cool Server, most notably as Deputy PM and Minister of Truth under several ministers, as general of the Northern army and later General representative for the Armed Forces. He was one of the candidates that ran for presidency during the 2023 Cool Server general election. He was the leader of the Capitalist Democrat's Party and led the party in reforming from the CSGA into the CDP. 
== Political career ==
Afton participated in the 2023 election. During the 2023 election, due to several scandals involving public protest and clashes with The Don he eventually lost the race. 
After the election, however, Afton did not give up and joined forces with gerd. Afton's rallies are considered to have helped gerd win the final election and he became the Minister of Truth in the gerdist Ministry as a result.
=== Cool Server Civil War ===
Main article: First Cool Server Civil War
During the Cool Server Civil War he mostly made war propaganda trying to make young men join the army as well as slander The Don and his allies. As the war escalated he was sent to lead the Northern Army as a general, where his speeches rallied many more people to volunteer and was even a leading cause for a large push in the western occupied states, the biggest single offensive in the civil war, reportedly achieving more progress in a single day than the previous generals that had led the army had during the entire war.
During the 2023 Cool Server coup d'état, initiated by SadScotsman, he was promoted to be the new Deputy Prime Minister by gerd and ordered to crush the rebellion. Stuck between 2 fronts and a task he considered impossible, Afton struck a deal with SadScotsman and the NSCSWP; he would support the coup with the Northern Army if he was granted a position in the NSCSWP government and got to stay as Minister of Truth (a request that was approved). 
=== Cool Server Reich ===
After the January 2024 Parliamentary Election, and the breaking of the NSCSWP-CSGA coalition, Afton was again promoted to Deputy Prime Minister of the Cool Server Reich by SadScotsman and allowed to keep the role as Minister of Truth. However, on 13 January 2024, The Don would accuse him of having relations to TKP, and the Cool Server News Release would verify, causing for SadScotsman to order for his arrest, and causing him to be removed from Cabinet and the NSCSWP and jailed in the Cheem A.R.
=== Second Cool Server Civil War ===
Main article: Second Cool Server Civil War
Afton would be freed in Operation Truth by Pug Force One, after which he would rejoin their party and become gerd's Minister of Truth once again. During the war, beyond frequent radio broadcasts from undisclosed locations, Afton started Operation AZ where he rallied a number of northern army soldiers into supporting the SCSR, sneaking through the Cheem A.R. (now independent) and taking control of a number of key positions east of the Cheem-Reich border. The traitors were dubbed the Aftonian Army by Chief of the Armed Forces, TheCheesenPanzer, and the army was defeated in less than a day, leading Afton and the Aftonian Army to retreat.
Afton would later be caught again on 26 January 2024 after OscarEMN was sent to capture him with a team of covert soldiers, also leading to Oscar beginning the Red Dot Rebellion. He was then imprisoned in Mosillia, in The Cool Server Reich, for treason and piracy and, during his imprisonment, tortured for information by TheCheesenPanzer and SadScotsman, resulting in permanent damage to his legs and confining him to a wheelchair. 
=== After the war ===
After the surrender of The Reich, he was released and joined the CSGA shorty after the election, reportedly appearing weaker and talking "less optimistic" while urging others to join the party as well. After the February 2024 general Election, he was given back his role of General of the Northern Army by gerd. 
After the March 2024 general election, Mr Afton retrieved his position as the Minister of Truth under The Don, the new Prime Minister in the First Don Ministry. As The Don has delayed the appointment of Military staff, he has retained the role of General.
On 20 March 2024 in a surprising move, Afton rallied The Don's own Party against him, after his coalition with the BL fell apart, causing for the Don to be removed and Afton taking over as the new Party Leader. Afton ran in the Election with a wave of Propaganda campaigns and focusing on individual State Problems, However he miscalculated how much the Don's departure would affect the CSGA. During the 20 March Cool Server general election many voters were torn because of the sudden change in leadership and the party ended up losing most of its seats in parliament. 
During The Don Uprising after the Election and Mosley forming a new Coalition, William Howard Taft send out arrest warrants to for several political Figures including Mr Afton. Afton used his position in the Northern Army to flee to the State of Kasselstein and start a strike with the Army refusing to follow any Orders from the current Government. Shortly after these Events it was revealed that this was all a scheme from Taft to get Mosley to trust him so he can promptly imprison him. Despite this Afton has send a few small demands to Taft for the Army Mutiny to stop. Since these demands where ignored Afton would remain on strike as an general with those who are loyal to him joining.
After the April 2024 Cool Server general election, Afton would see a greater victory after reforming his party to the CDP, seeing 32/100 seats be his. He would then be reached out to by gerd, who would ask for both his party and the BL to join his coalition. Afton would accept, becoming Deputy Prime Minister once again and forming the largest majority Ministry in the history of the nation.
After OscarEMN's cabinet changes, he (CDP) and gerd (UGDP) together voted for impeachment against Oscar, passing parliament with a 2/3 majority. After being part of a brief transitional government under Biden III, a new election was held on 20 April, where the CDP came first in terms of seat count in parliament, forming a majority coalition with the UGDP. As a result, Afton became Prime Minister. During the days leading up to 1 May, he tried, with limited success, to pass numerous capitalistic reforms, being blocked by gerd and Joseph Ballin (Minister of Economy) on several different occasions. 
On April 28th Afton would announce the passing of the IOI Act, however the Constitutional Court would review the Act and would find it to violate the Constitution. Afton would therefore use this as a justification to storm the Court, attempting to use his supporters to overturn and abolish the system. Ballin would use this distraction to come and hunt him down, ending in Afton's eventual death.
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