11th Twitcord Assembly general election

The **11th Twitcord Assembly general election** electing the 12th Parliament took place on 14 December 2020 mainly between Interim Prime Minister Komeada of the Progressive Frogs, and Former Prime Minister Isshin Ashina of the Libertarians, who both lead the outgoing Government of National Unity.

This was the first election after the end of the Theocratic Era. Isshin Ashina won with a comfortable margin, while the Progressive Frogs became Official Opposition for the first time and increased their support eightfold

## Background

The Christian Values Union (CVU) won the 10th election back in 2 November 2020, and Sendix was re-elected as PM.

On 8 November, the CVU tried passing legislation forcing the abdication of Emperor 216thinker for alleged biases in favor of the Libertarian Coalition, although it was voted down in Parliament, alleging the CVU was trying to install a tyrant on the throne. On 9 November, Sendix led a military coup against Parliament and the Monarchy, while CVU MP StarkHorizon suicide bombed Parliament, killing over half of MPs. Soon afterwards, the Emperor set up an emergency session, installing a Government of National Unity between the Libertarian and Progressive Frog parties. Isshin Ashina was soon installed as Interim PM.

A civil war followed the attempted coup. The radical militant wing of the Christian Theocratic Party split from the party, and formed the Order of Christ (or The Order), and started an active rebellion in the Eastern provinces of the Empire. Sendix was proclaimed "the rightful Emperor of Twitcord" by The Order, and called for the abdication of 216thinker, dissolution of Parliament, and establishing an absolute monarchy and catholic order.

The governing GNU government, led by Ashina, promised to crush the rebellion, and called The Order "fascist terrorists that should never been allowed in government". During the war, Parliament repealed many theocratic laws, and made many reforms to the system.

In early December, The Order lost the war, and was forcefully disbanded, and their leaders were convicted of treason, marking the end of the Theocratic Era. Soon after, Parliament was dissolved and a new election was called

## Campaign

The campaign leading up to the 11th election focused on many issues, some that were related to the recently-ended war. Komeada of the Progressive Frogs assended to the Prime Minister-ship shortly before the end of the war, and was opposed to dissolving the GNU coalition "until the nation has time to heal and recover" and accused Ashina and the Libertarians of taking advantage of the situation for political gain. Ashina claimed that an election would give the government confidence from the war-torn public

The Anarchy Party was the only non-GNU party contesting the election. The remints of the Christian Theocrats, now led by FFC Secretary Lunar Echlipse, tried to re-invent and distant themselves from their militant past, but much of the Right turned against them at this point. They didn't qualify for ballot access for the first time ever.

There was a Overton Window shift toward the Left after the war. The Progressive Frogs rapidly increased in size and support, mostly from disenfranchised leftists who supported the LP/LC during the Theocratic era

Isshin Ashina, previously considered to represent the "right-wing" of the LP, soaked up most of the votes from the Right. The LP had a noticeable right-shift on most cultural issues, even officially stating the party is now "Libertarian Right". Komeada claimed the LP "are abandoning their social liberalism to favor cons and fascists for political gain", but Ashina denied this, saying "we haven't changed any of our policies, just our strategy". It was also criticized by Former PM Ephrom Josine, who called the party shift toward the right a "mistake".