98th Adorian Election

## Electoral System

*Further information:* AES explanatory doc*,* PMA explanatory doc

The National Assembly elects all of her 85 seats in a Simulated and Popular Vote hybrid in which the election schedule uses a 4:1 ratio of AES to Popular Vote. This election will use AES with the next 1 also using AES.

The main component of the AES is the popular vote which comprises 40% or more while the other 60% or less is simulated based on other factors such as propaganda, party activity, Party member notability, bills proposed, etc composing the rest of the electorate. At the very most AES accounts for 60% of seats which serves as a bonus system for activity but if these AES seats were not earned due to inactivity throughout the term then they are reimbursed to be popular vote seats. The AES is overseen by Matthew V. Independent Candidates function outside of the AES and only require 1/85th (1.18%) of the Popular Vote.

## Background

On April 10th 2023, the 97th government formed consisting of the KAB, APM, Lich, and SadBroccoli, with Arjona as Chancellor. They would soon face harsh cohabitation with the Von Oldrich Presidency. The 97th term would see a further rise in activity with a total of 23 bills proposed.

### The 3 Vetoes

The first bill of the 97th Assembly would be the Treaty Concerning Accession of Adoria to the European Union which would make Adoria join both the EU and eurozone. It would narrowly fail with only **48.33%** (29-31) in favor. Opposition to the SDP's treaty would be mainly focused on how a referendum should be held first. The KAB and APM would ad hominem the SDP as being scared of the people and even anti-democracy if they feared a referendum result would be contrary to the SDP's agenda. On April 11th 2023, the KAB would propose the *Economic Union Referendum Act* which called for a referendum giving the people the option either the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, or none. The SDP would lambast it as being contrary to democratic values and Adoria's position in the free world. The referendum bill would pass the next day with **57.14%** in favor but would be **vetoed** by President Von Oldrich who would also remove King Adoria as foreign secretary leaving the position vacant for the remainder of the term as Chancellor Arjona would not allow it to be filled by anyone else. He would also call for protests against President Von Oldrich's actions.

While the coalition's agenda was considered extreme by some, the Fertilizer and Farming Act would be an exception passing 100% of the vote. It would create pro-farmer regulations on fertilizer creating different rules for urban and rural areas. On April 12th 2023, the KAB would propose the Campaign Finance and Collusion Law which banned election collusion and financiering that was connected to Russia and Ukraine. The SDP would oppose it for unfairly targeting a western aligned country like Ukraine while the ruling coalition would publicly question the SDP for opposing Ukrainian corruption while the KAB and APM was doing their part to end Russian corruption. It would pass the next day with **69.57%** in favor, President Von Oldrich would attempt to **veto** it but would be unable to as it passed with over 2/3rds. Despite vetoes, the KAB would make large strives in their agenda for the term:

* *Economic Union Referendum Act* - proposed holding a referendum on joining the EU, EEU, or none. Vetoed by the President.
* Fertilizer and Farming Act - Created pro-farmer regulations on fertilizer and nitrogen.
* Campaign Finance and Collusion Law - banned financiering and collusion that originates from Russia and Ukraine. Vetoed by the President.
* *Easter Act* - made Easter a national holiday.
* Golan Heights Act of 2Ø23 - recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli. Vetoed by the President.
* 97th Federal Budget - was the first passed federal budget in several weeks. The SDP had whipped against it due to it being a balanced budget.
* *Restoration of the Balanced Budget Amendment* - required all budgets to be balanced again.
* Term Limits Äct - restricted the President to 2 consecutive terms at a time. Did not apply to Von Oldrich as he was the incumbent.
* *Restoration of the Nonpartisan Act* - would require Chief Justices to be independent again.

President Von Oldrich would increasingly be compared to a dictator with the KAB even inventing the term ''Ottocrat'' to brand him with. His vast use of vetoes and his power would be attacked as democratic backsliding. Despite this the SDP would also be active providing a competent opposition to the governing coalition. The SDP would pass the *Amendment to establish the non-partisanship of the office of President of the Adorian Republic* which would ban the President from being in a political party it would pass with **86.36%** in favor but despite this President Von Oldrich would be allowed to stay in the SDP due to ex post facto law which none challenged.

## Results

On February 18th 2023, the 98th Adorian election would go live and concluded the next day. After a 63-hour wait results would be released on April 22nd 2023. Turnout would be **13.79%**.

## Government Formation

With the release of the results negotiations would be quicker than expected. Within 3 hours, parties would begin publicly consenting to a KAB-APM-CSM-Berus-Lich-Johannes-Zanium coalition holding 45/85 seats while retaining Arjona as Chancellor. At the same time The SDP and ACI would agree to a minority coalition holding only 38 seats. Within 7 hours of results President Von Oldrich would appoint the SDP-ACI coalition as the 98th government but this would be put on hold by the Staff Team due to its untested interpretation of the Constitution that proved too problematic to immeditaltly confirm. Instead the Staff would order the Supreme Court to open a review into Article 31 which dealt with government formations.

The SC's review into government formations would rest on interpreting “command a majority” as whether a method of passing a VOC proving a majority of votes or consenting messages proving a majority of seats. With the President has 48 hours to approve a coalition it was a contentious issue on whether he could appoint a minority coalition especially if a majority coalition exists. President Von Oldrich who had drafted the Stabilization of Our Democracy Act claimed his intentions of the author were to allow the President to appoint any coalition he wants within the first 48 hours and it shall be official if it passes a VOC. Opposition to this view would draw attention that under this system the past few governments had formed without a VOC and that VOCs were not mentioned in the constitution until after the 48 hours when a majority gov fails to form which would then be followed by a VOC happening for the largest coalition which would be Arjona's not Lady Alice's.

On April 23rd 2023, the Supreme Court would deliver Verdict 62 siding with the President's interpretation. Chief Justice Zedong, along with Justices Hyort and MarcZucc would form the majority with none dissenting. The KAB would draft their own dissent on Verdict 62 explaining their opposition with the Court's interpretation. With the verdict decided, the VOC would go to Alice not Arjona. On April 25th 2023, the Alice VOC would begin and conclude the next day in a **37-36** result of 50.68% in favor. This would make the SDP-ACI government officially the 98th government.

## See Also

* 97th Adorian Election
* 99th Adorian Election
* Voter Turnout
* Verdict 62
* Verdict 62 dissent