Sedry Democratic League

The **Sedry Democratic League** is a large, moderate, centre-right political party in the Republic of Sedry. It was founded in 1953, and was first active in Communist Iljekya and later in Pionetska. Due to the harsh communist rule in the industrial region of Sedry stifling economic growth and free speech, most of the SDL was heavily anti-communist. However, unlike the ruling Aleurusian Christian Union in the Republic of Aleurusia for example, the SDL wasn't too far to the right either, and wished for Sedry to be a democratic, secular state with freedom of speech and religion- similar to the Federal Republic of Carosthania.

When the Republic of Sedry gained independence in early 1955 after the Pioneer's Republic collapsed due to heavy government infighting, the Sedry Democratic League led by Jasenko Kavka met with the right-wing Sedry Christian League and the centre-left Sedrian Social Democrats and together the three parties drafted a Constitution, which guaranteed the citizens of Sedry rights, government services, freedom of religion etc. The constitution drew inspiration from the Constitutions of several CETO nations like the Federal Republic of Carosthania and the Kingdom of Prithania.

## History

### Formation (1953)

In 1953, Iljekya had been cast out of Sedry. However, a communist government, in the form of the Respublika Pionetska, continued to rule the industrial region of Sedry. The industrial products of the region were funneled away from Sedry to fund the wars of Pionetska's dictator "Comrade Ulnev". Years of oppression had finally caused the Sedrians to snap- a group of Sedrian republicans, Social Democrats and Christian Conservatives gathered secretly in Cordul with the Anointed Church covering their movements.

Jasenko Kavka immediately assumed control of the Moderate Republicans, and organized them into the Sedry Democratic League with help from the descendant of the Sedrian Royal Family Radko Zhivkov and the young, charismatic republican leader Bogdan Wolinski. The SDL immediately formed a temporary alliance with the Sedrian Social Democrats and Sedry Christian League, and vowed that all three factions would work together to overthrow Pionetska and establish a Sedrian Republic based on the ideals of many CETO nations.

### Growing Support (1953-1955)

Early on, the prestige of Radko Zhivkov, the charisma of Bogdan Wolinski and Jasenko Kavka's coalition building between the SDL, SSD and SCL cemented the moderate republicans as the leading figures in the Sedrian independence movement with the SSD and SCL being fringe elements. The SCL leader Goran Topolski also received bad press when his son was involved in a communal attack on a Lashkeni owned shop.

In 1954, Radko Zhivkov and the Sedrian Social Democrat leader Milos Wolny travelled to the Kingdom of Prithania and the Montelan Federation, gaining support for the Sedrian Independence movement and obtaining several weapons for their fighters. In December 1954, the SDL assassinated the Pionetska communist General Secretary Leonid Timurev by successfully placing explosives on his car. Following this, many Sedrian Unions elected non communist leaders, many of whom had the backing of the SDL and SSD despite the two organizations technically being outlawed.