Ewout Jonsie

Ewout Jonsie is a politician in Sheaman who was originally from the Netherlands until his family moved to Sheaman in 2010 for financial reasons eventually being granted citizenship in 2013. He was elected as MP for Haverton & Skene in the 2017 general election being one of 12 SGLR MPs to be elected. His continued on to win the 2021 general election and began to give himself a name in his party and even went on to be one of four SGLR MPs to be elected in the 2022 general election. He was then elected leader of SGLR in the 2023 leadership election held on the 25th of March 2023 leading to SGLR rising slightly in the polls and a new manifesto set out of for the next election. He is also the youngest MP ever to be elected in Sheaman being elected at the age of 17.

## Early Life

Ewout Was born on the 16th of August 2000 to Thomas Jonsie and Alida Jonsie in Maastricht, Netherlands. He has an older brother called Dwight Jonsie who was born in 1998 and they were very supportive and loving siblings in their youth. Ewout attended De Spiegel elementary school from the ages of 4 to 10 until his family moved to Sheaman due to Ewout's father losing his job and failing to pay bills. His family moved to Sheaman in 2010 where Ewout would continue his education in Middle School but was frequently bullied for being unable to speak English well. He could only hold a simple conversation so his father paid for him to learn English with the little money he had and soon he could hold a conversation well after only a year of learning. His family would then all be granted citizenship in 2013 after three years of living in Sheaman.

In Ewout's teenage years he would frequently overhear arguments between his parents about politics. On one side his father was a moderate conservative who voted for the C&U party in 2014 but on the one hand his mother was a leftist and voted for SGLR in the 2014 general election. These political arguments were draining for Ewout but also sparked curiosity in the subject. He would go on to join the Debate Club and Politics Club in his Secondary which he recently started to attend and became a "nerd" for the subject as he described it. However upon his classmates learning that he was a part of these clubs he was bullied and called a "nerd" and a "dork" for his interest in politics. Ewout also remarked as a teenager that after seeing the film Star Wars: A New Hope he became enthusiastic with the subject and collected as much as he could that was related to Star Wars.

As his teens came to an end and he turned 16 he decided to focus on politics but did not want to leave school knowing his parents would be disappointed so he joined SGLR and put his name up as a candidate for MP of Haverton & Skene. He did not expect to be picked by the party but because of his young age and enthusiasm the party decided he was a good and progressive candidate to become MP. This led to him talking with his parents at the age of 17 and expressing his desire to leave school and focus on his political life. His parents were not supportive at first but agreed after he continued to show enthusiasm for the subject.

## Political Career: 2017 - Present

### Member of Parliament for Haverton & Skene: 2017 - Present

He campaigned a lot to become MP as he knew that SGLR was a highly unpopular party nowadays and was not expecting to win but on the 2nd of October 2023 Ewout won the election for his seat winning with 35% of votes, P&D next with 33%, C&U with 22% and 10% from other parties. His parents and himself were surprised but happy about winning the seat and becoming MP and he officially became the youngest MP ever elected in Sheaman. He was praised by SGLR leader Kate Forne who called Ewout's win as "a win for young people and progress for the future."

In the 2019 SGLR leadership election Ewout endorsed Raida Kora saying that she was a great moderate candidate who was also progressive and advocated largely for women's and trans rights. Raida Kora came last in the 2019 SGLR leadership election and instead old-school Tyler Wright won the election and became leader of SGLR. Tyler Wright was a quite left-wing candidate who moderately progressive, quite different from Kate Forne, the previous leader of SGLR and Ewout despised his leadership but did not bother run against him in the 2020 leadership election.

In 2021 Ewout would win the election in his seat this time winning 39% compared to 35% last election even though SGLR went from 12 to 5 seats in this election and would go on to win his seat in the 2022 general election again with 48% of votes this time. Ewout Jonsie would support the Elections Act 2022 believing i would help strengthen Sheaman's democracy and allow the voters more chances to pick the right government/party. Ewout came out against the Tedesusian Date of Independence Act 2022 believing that if Tedesu isto get independence they should get it on the 1st of January rather than 6 months later.

#### Leader of SGLR: 2023 - Present

In early March after it had been three years since the last SGLR leadership election it was time for another and this time Ewout Jonsie decided to enter himself in as a candidate for the election. He had gained a decent chunk of popularity in his party and hoped that he could achieve at most, second place and take the position and deputy leader of the party whoever in the first round of voting he came 1st place realizing it was possible that he could win the election. He would then win the 2nd round of voting with 36% and then the 3rd round with 43% but was hot hopeful about the final round. He campaigned very hard and spent day and night trying to convince members of SGLR to vote for him in the 4th round. When the final round came he won the 4th round with 58% of votes and became leader of SGLR on the 25th of March 2023 and reportedly had a small party with friends and family that night.

On the 3rd of April 2023 he and his party would release an early/demo manifesto that outlined a massive change to SGLR. After Lethabo Doema resigned as leader of SGLR in 2007 the party divided itself up between factions such as: Progressive Left-Wingers, Moderate Left-Wingers, both progressive and not so progressive and moderates who tended to be the older generation of thee party (80s & 90s). The early manifesto wanted to completely revise the divided and instead destroyed any remnants of the left in the party by sacking some members and introducing a much more moderate and progressive manifesto that intended to "bring the progress of the 90s and early 2000s back into the 2020s." The Manifesto was taken very well by senior members of the party, young folk in general and those who were voters of SGLR both old and young were very supportive of this manifesto and direction the party was taking. As well as that only two days later after Luthando Kuran said he wanted to introduce anti-trans legislation Ewout Jonsie came out against Kuran saying that the legislation would only worsen trans peoples' lives and lead down a road of anti-trans legislation saying that if SGLR were in government he'd oppose this legislation and instead offer up pro-trans legislation that has been seen in Scotland.

On the 15th of April 2023 the Greater Shriel Teachers Union strikes for a pay rise and the following day Kuran offered the teachers a 2.5% pay rise which was rejected by the union and Ewout came out in defense for the Union saying that they deserve a better pay, one that is fair and equal and that P&D as a left-wing party should know better than to offer a disturbingly low number.

Jonsie votes for the vote of no confidence in the government on the 25th of April 2023 and celebrates the end of the government with statement saying; "This government has done nothing but well, nothing, and we've finally come together to see that and vote them out. This is a day to remember, thank you."

On the 29th of April 15 P&D MPs change parties with 3 of those 15 choosing to join SGLR with Jonsie accepting them into the party as SGLR MPs.

On the 16th of May the Transgender & Sex bill is struck down the chamber of congress by 203 - 199 with Jonsie crying out in supoport for the blocking of the bill saying; "This is a day that we will all remember as the day that we struck down transphobic people and even changed some minds."