Naku O'nys

Naku O'nys (born 22nd February 1972) is a politician and humanitarian in Nokari who served as president of Nokari from 2015 to 2021. O'nys fought for democracy in Nokari in the 90s and the 2000s, joining the League for Democracy in Nokari (LDN) in 1993 and engaged in many peaceful and violent protests. O'nys was imprisoned in 1999 by the government and sentenced to life in prison but the UN negotiated his release and he was finally released in 2005. O'nys continued to protest and became one of the leading figures in the 1st Nokari Civil War in 2006 to 2009 and the instalment of democracy between 2009 to 2011. O'nys was elected president in 2015 and enforced an anti-corruption and socialist agenda, which proved to be popular.
O'nys was born on the 22nd of February 1972 to Yakim O'nys and Nula O'nys in Nhyas, Nokari. O'nys grew up under the dictatorship and was influenced politically by his parents who were strongly against the government, risking their lives in peaceful protests for democracy, leading to his father's death in 1982 when O'nys was 10. O'nys' mother failed to raise O'nys on her own and ended up dying from stress-related issues in 1986. O'nys was unofficially adopted by one of his friend's parents after his mother's death.
In 1993, O'nys joined the LDN as a way to avenge his parents death and topple the dictatorial government. O'nys engaged in an insurrection in 1995 in the capital city of Nhyas. O'nys was arrested by the police but was later released days later, deciding to continue his work with LDN. O'nys became a powerful political figure against the government in the late 90s, becoming well-renowned for his efforts to topple the government, leading to his arrest in 1999 by the government on the command of the somewhat new supreme leader, Atta M'ackna. Many fought for O'nys' release and in 2005 the UN managed to negotiate his release, allowing him to leave in mid 2005. O'nys participated in the Nokari Civil War as a member of the Democracy Council of a Democratic Nokari and the leader of the DFM. O'nys escaped two failed assassination attempts in 2006 and 2008, leading to O'nys becoming more vocal against the government and in 2009, the government was topple and Supreme Leader M'ackna was replaced President Yakum T'orris. O'nys was heavily involved in the transition to democracy, enabling of free elections, and the writing of the constitution.
O'nys ran in the 2011 Presidential Election a part of the Democratic Socialist Party but stepped down from the election against Vettis M'eckas, who was elected as president. O'nys decided to run as president again in the 2015 Presidential Election and managed to win the election by a small margin, assuming office on the 1st of May 2015. O'nys appointed Marcus N'ori as prime minister from the Democratic Socialist Party, enacted many anti-corruption measures in the country to ensure that the president couldn't obtain power so easily, nationalised many key industries, introduced new forms of welfare, legalised same-sex relations, and opened up political discourse with democratic nations. O'nys garnered a major following and his popularity in polls skyrocketed. O'nys was reelected with flying colours in the 2019 Presidential Election and so was his government in the parliamentary elections. O'nys reformed the judicial system in his second term as president, making the appointment of members of the supreme court down to an independent body people and that MSCs would be fully politically unaffiliated.
O'nys government was then struck down by a military coup from July 2020 to February 2021. O'nys was sent into hiding by loyalists of his cause and a military dictatorship rose with Ankas Y'acku as president. O'nys has since been heavily unactive and mostly unseen even at the start of the 2nd Nokari Civil War in July 2023.
== Early Life: 1972 - 1993 ==
O'nys was born on the 22nd of February 1972 to Yakim O'nys and Nula O'nys. O'nys' family was a relatively poor family and was plagued with lots of economic depravity, leading to the family unable to afford a proper education for O'nys. O'nys' education relied on the parents of his friends and local townspeople.
=== Life in the Nhazhavi Region: 1975 - 1993 ===
After the birth of O'nys' sister, Yidas O'nys, the family moved outside of the city to a farmland region in the south of the country to make it easier to raise their children. The O'nys' started up a farm with the help of their neighbours and people in the nearby town. O'nys' family was raided many times by local militias that plagued certain areas of the country, mostly rural regions, and led the family suffering from the death of friends and the loss of crops. Many families in the region called on the government to help end their suffering by the government did nothing to help, leading to the O'nys' parents losing trust in the government and joining the League for Democracy in Nokari in the late 70s. The O'nys' and other families came together with armed aid from the LDN to end the local militia raids in 1980. The families were successful and led to the militia leaving the Nhazhavi Region by early 1981.
By the age of 10, O'nys was influenced by his parents into believing that the government was out to harm the people even letting O'nys attend protests against the government in the surrounding regions and cities. O'nys' father left the family for a few months to protest against the government and help supply militias in the capital but he was shot by a police officer in a protest in August 1982. O'nys' body was taken back to the family and he was buried soon after arriving. O'nys' mother fell into a long depression after her husband's death, making her unable to care for O'nys most days. O'nys relied on friends to help him and his parent's farm fell into disarray by 1983. O'nys' mother eventually died in 1986 due to stress-related issues and O'nys was unofficially adopted by one of his friend's parents. O'nys received a "wisdom-led" education by his foster parents according O'nys in 2015, and he learned many practical skills such as working on a farm, hunting, and using a variety of tools.
== League for Democracy in Nokari: 1993 - 2006 ==
O'nys left his foster parents in 1993, however, moving to the capital, Nhyas, and joining the LDN. After joining the LDN, O'nys joined many protests and even saw some of his first violent protests and shootings in 1994. O'nys was falsely accused of having shot two police officers during an insurrection in July 1995, leading to his arrest, but O'nys was released days later after the killer confessed to his murders. O'nys continued protesting and became more and more involved with senior officials in the organisation by the late 90s, plotting attacks, bombings, murders, and protests. O'nys became very respected in the nation, gaining himself a name but his work led to his arrest in 1999 whilst shopping in a market in Nhyas. 
O'nys remarked his time in prison as a time of "reflection," believing that it allowed him to progress and make changes to himself. O'nys did also remark that the conditions in prison were "brutal" and he "hated every bit of it." The UN negotiated with the Nokari government to allow the release of O'nys in 2001, and after many conversations, a deal was agreed upon that allowed O'nys to be released. O'nys thanked the UN for his release, and promised the people to end the suffering in the country. 
O'nys returned to his activities in the LDN after his release from prison, but the activities of the LDN in the early 2000s became less prevalent. Fewer and fewer protests and violent measures were taken to topple the government due to the government increasing the power of the military and attempts to arrest anti-government political figures. The LDN's demise did not come to be, however, as many local militias in the country who had previously benefited from the government being relaxed on their existence no longer benefitted from the government and turned against them. This was because the government started to crackdown on local militias and eliminate leaders of the militias. Many militias banded together and formed the United Front of Freedom (UFF) and, in 2006, they declared war against the government, beginning the 1st Nokari Civil War. 
== 1st Nokari Civil War: 2006 - 2009 ==
Main Article: 1st Nokari Civil War
After the breakout of the 1st Nokari Civil War, the leader of LDN, Mashrik B'ultan, rushed to form a deal with the UFF. B'ultan and O'nys held different views on how they should deal with the UFF as B'ultan believed that, in order to move forward, the LDN had to work with the UFF whereas O'nys believed that the UFF were still authoritarians and would only install a military dictatorship if they toppled the government. B'ultan manged to secure a deal of military partnership with the UFF against O'nys' wishes and so O'nys decided to split off of the LDN and form the Democratic Freedom Movement (DFM).
B'ultan believed that this was a sign of hostility against him and was disillusioned when around two thirds of the members in the LDN decided to back O'nys and join the DFM instead. O'nys and the DFM declared war on the government, joining the civil war as a fourth party in the war. O'nys and B'ultan eventually came to an agreement by early 2007 to not attack each other's forces but not formulate any sort of alliance. O'nys' military efforts were more successful than the LDN and the UFF, leading great attacks against the government, especially in the southern regions. O'nys' forces occasionally engaged in conflicts with UFF forces but the two parties mostly avoided each other due to having a common enemy.
O'nys was almost assassinated in 2006 by two men from the UFF whilst he was driving through his hometown in the Nhazhavi Region. O'nys' bodyguards shot the two men who both died on sight. O'nys was shot in the arm in 2008 whilst making a speech after the successful occupation of Nhyas. The shooter was a sniper who resided in building nearby who failed to shoot O'nys in the heart when O'nys turned sideways to make his signature freedom pose with his arm, instead hitting his arm and nearly hitting his head instead. The sniper was caught and later killed for his actions, but even though O'nys had been shot, he wrapped up his speech and staggered off stage.
The government was toppled on the 7th of June 2009 and O'nys, B'ultan, and Zhabi L'ami from the UFF, agreed to end the conflict. L'ami believed that he should be instated as president for the time being until elections were held, but O'nys and B'ultan both agreed that L'ami would only use his position to gain power and install a military junta. This led to O'nys and B'ultan agreeing to align themselves with each other once again after L'ami restarted the war in late June 2009. L'ami's army did poorly to combat O'nys' and B'ultan's, and with foreign aid O'nys and B'ultan, it became impossible for L'ami to continue the war, coming to an agreement to end the war in August 2009 and install a member of the LDN as interim president under the close watch of the UN and other organisations. 
=== Transition to Democracy: 2009 - 2011 ===
B'ultan died in January 2010 and the LDN agreed to disband, leaving most of their forces to the DFM and most members of the LDN joined the DFM as well. The transition to democracy was mostly led by the UN and O'nys. O'nys was one of the only trusted figures in Nokari and the UN showed full support in O'nys' involvement in the transition. 2010 was filled with the writing and approval of the the new constitution of Nokari. The constitution included the freedom of people, the allowing of women and white people to vote in elections, end anti-white laws, treat all people as equals, allowed 18, 19, and 20 year olds to vote in elections, and ban militias in the country. The constitution was accepted by 57% of voters (including women and whites) in a referendum in August 2010. The UN formed a formal government in Nokari and established a date for presidential and parliamentary elections to be the 17th of April 2011. Presidential elections would continue using the two round system, with the second round being held on the 24th of April, gibing the president a week until they enter office.
== 2011 Presidential Election ==
Main Article: 2011 Nokari Presidential Election
After the calling of the 2011 Presidential Election in late 2010, O'nys announced his candidacy for president, promising to "inspire change" and "restore hope" to the country. O'nys announced changes to local militias and their controlled grip on the country, introduction of a new welfare system, nationalisation of industries, opening up relations with democratic foreign powers, and joining the United Nations. O'nys was soon challenged by other candidates but the his main opponent was Vettis M'eckas of the Conservative Union Party. 
O'nys organised rallies across the country in an effort to push his campaign, interacting with the public by helping the poor, interacting with those with major problems that need fixing, and organising events for people to attend. O'nys gained an even greater public support from his campaign with some opinion polls saying he would with the election outright in the 1st round with as high as 58% of the vote. O'nys asked M'eckas to have a debate in late January 2010 but the debate never came to be. 
=== Sickness & Stepping Down from the Election ===
O'nys was diagnosed with skin cancer in July 2010 and depression in February 2011 a month after his wife died. O'nys believed he could push on but the death of his wife and his spiralling depression led to him dropping out of the race on the 7th of February 2011. O'nys thanked his supporters and endorsed his vice-president candidate, Zhoni A'bam, to become president. O'nys' skin cancer continued develop during the campaign and thus became unable to attend many events, leaving A'bam to control the direction of the party and the campaign. A'bam failed to muster up enough enough support and his campaign fell flat, leading to A'bam losing the election and his party losing in the parliamentary election as well. A'bam received 45.3% in the 2nd round of the election compared to M'eckas' 54.7%. O'nys congratulated M'eckas on his victory in a brief public appearance in April 2010 during M'eckas' inauguration.
After M'eckas' inauguration, O'nys' depressive state worsened and, in May 2011, the skin cancer began to spread and O'nys was given a much lower 5-year survival rate. O'nys was not seen in public after the inauguration until July 2012, months after he was cured of his depression. O'nys began making public appearances after he was cured of depression and his skin cancer had stopped spreading, even becoming dormant, allowing him to return to the public eye.
== 2015 Presidential Election ==
Main Article: 2015 Nokari Presidential Election
=== Background to Candidacy & Announcement ===
Ever since O'nys stepped down from the presidential race on the 7th of February 2011, he vowed to stand again for a political office someday. O'nys' cancer diagnosis and depression diagnosis threw him off course and made him completely unable to continue. O'nys' supporters were immensely disappointed by his decision to stand down and O'nys influence in the country slowly became dormant because of his exit from the race and his one-year disappearance from the public eye. O'nys' influence and power never faded during the presidency of M'eckas, giving him an ample oppertunity to reemerge as a candidate for the 2015 Presidential Election.
O'nys expressed his candidacy explicitly during an interview in September 2014 and then officially entered the race on the 15th of October 2014. O'nys announcement was celebrated by many people, organisations, and political officials, and political leaders around the world. President of the United States, Barack Obama, announced his support for O'nys' candidacy four days after his announcement on the 19th of October, hoping that he would win the election. President, Obama, met with O'nys' on the 1st of November 2014 to discuss O'nys' plans if he were to win the election. Obama's presence in Nokari was widely celebrated due to the country's passionate support of Obama. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, supported and endorsed O'nys' candidacy, calling President M'eckas' corruption build up in the government as "worrying for the nation." Other foreign leaders such as the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and others, especially in Africa, endorsed O'nys candidacy. 
=== Election Campaign & Results ===
O'nys campaigning officially started a week after New Year's with his Tyrant President Speech where O'nys historically condemned the presidency of President M'eckas, calling him a "corrupt tyrant" who was "attempting to return the country to chaos." His speech was considered to be an outright "brutal attack against the president" according to Senator, Zhino J'akus. Polling showed that the country generally agreed with his speech and believed that M'eckas was corrupt. President M'eckas replied to the speech a few days later on the 11th of January by calling O'nys a "biggot." The Tyrant President Speech become a big part of the campaign, sparking controversy and building a feud between O'nys and M'eckas.
O'nys picked his vice president candidate on the 20th of January 2015. O'nys spent a lot of time deciding on a candidate, going through candidates such as Senator, Eres L'emat, ex-Senator, Zhavdi Silles, and popular political activist, Adna A'sak. O'nys decided that he wanted to show his progressive agenda by picking a women to be his vice president nominee, selecting Adna A'sak to be his vice president candidate. A'sak welcomed the invitation but many political pudents criticized the pick because she had never served in a political office before, and others were outright sexist against the selection. O'nys defended his selection of A'sak, praising her during an interview on the 10th of February to Liberation News.
O'nys asked to debate M'eckas in early February, setting a debate for sometime later February or early March. M'eckas accepted a debate, proposing having another debate in early April, closer to election day as well. O'nys and M'eckas came to an agreement, setting two dates for two debates, one on the 27th of February and one on the 4th of April. The first debate, on the 27th of February, saw O'nys display his argument against M'eckas' corruption, calling his government a failure to combat social issues and economic inequality in the country, and posing M'eckas' fondness of local militias. M'eckas' arguments against O'nys were considered "illegitimate" by many political commentators and public opinion and many people believed that he was flaunting his power too much. The 1st debate was seen as a massive success for O'nys and opinion polling for O'nys surged after the debate. The 2nd debate was less of success for O'nys mainly due to O'nys stance on economics and social policy. O'nys was a big socialist and the country was largely capitalistic and voters were too. O'nys also wanted to legalise same-sex relations, and according to polls, support for the legalisation of same-sex couples ranged between 15 - 27%. O'nys' support for the legalisation of abortion also caused some problems with voters, with around 29% of male voters agreeing with the legalisation of abortion and 58% of female voters agreeing with the legalisation of abortion.
The first round of voting happened on the 17th of April 2014. President M'eckas received 34.8% in the first round of voting compared to 30.3% for O'nys in the first round. O'nys received a higher vote than expected due to many left-wing voters voting for M'eckas instead of their preferred party in the parliamentary elections whereas Homeland voters weren't as keen on voting for M'eckas in the 1st round. Voters anticipated the second round of voting and results for it as O'nys was expected to win in the second round of voting. Voting happened on the 24th of April 2024 and results were announced a full day later, showing that O'nys had won with 52.8% of the vote compared to M'eckas' 47.2% of the vote. O'nys' victory was celebrated by many world leaders including Barack Obama, David Cameron, Shinzo Abe, Angela Merkel, and others.
== Presidency: 2015 - 2021 ==
Main Article: Presidency of Naku O'nys
=== Entering Government & Cabinet ===
O'nys wanted to a have a much more diverse cabinet compared to the previous president, Vettis M'eckas, appointing 80% more women to government offices compared to M'eckas, and appointing the first Muslim to his cabinet. O'nys' cabinet mostly did not change during his six years in power except from Mahtzi Y'eaga resigning in 2018 as secretary of law and being replaced with Ruslan I'dabi, Makob J'unis being replaced with Dina Lewis in 2020, and Kihani N'aruk being replaced by Lola K'anga in 2016 and then Mobutu S'angu in 2018. 
O'nys was inaugurated as president of Nokari on the 1st of May 2015 surrounded by his friends, family, and colleagues. O'nys was the first president to host a televised inauguration and addressed his inauguration speech to the viewers on TV. Access to television was small among the overall population of Nokari so O'nys made it available on radios and allowed many random people attend the inauguration. 
=== Anti-Corruption Programs ===
==== Executive Powers ====
O'nys believed that the president should not have as much power as they had in 2015, believing that former president, Vettis M'eckas, gave the president too many powers during his presidency, promising the people to reverse that. 
==== Reformation of the Judicial System ====
=== Crackdown on Local Militias ===
=== Industry Nationalisation ===
=== Welfare ===
=== Social Policy ===
==== Same-Sex Relations ====
==== Abortion ====
=== Foreign Policy ===
=== 2019 Presidential Election ===
Main Article: 2019 Nokari Presidential Election
=== Military Takeover: 2020 - 2021 ===
Main Article: 2020 - 2021 Nokari Military Coup
== Post-Presidency: 2021 - Present ==