On December 30th, 2017 the people of the Republic of Puani will head to the polls to elect the 3rd Parliament of Puani, after the Prime Minister of Puani, Matvey Şatovaya, dissolved Parliament on December 23rd and called for new elections. The Prime Minister had been facing mass protests against him and his governing National People's Alliance coalition (left wing) between the People's Party and his party, the Puanian Socialist Party. The people were demanding economic reform, as the economy has grown slightly under the NPA coalition government, but has been largely stagnant over the past year and wages have not been increasing. They also cited government control of the economy and an absurd tax rate of 70%. Puani's closest neighbor, Ounteler, has been experiencing rapid economic growth and overtook Puani's economy this year, the people cited the Ounteleri President's policies to be enforced in Puani. The Prime Minister of Puani said that since he is against the policies of the Ounteleri President and are against his beliefs he shall call for a snap election to allow the people to decide who they want to govern the country and who represents the policies they demand.
List of political parties and coalitions that are participating in the election,
Coalition: National People's Alliance.
Political Parties:
1. People's Party, Centre-left. Maintain gay marriage and abortion legal. Maintain drugs legal but seeks to implement a 40% tax on them to discourage people from using them. Continue to expand welfare for the lower class. Decrease taxes on the middle class to 20%, on the lower class to 1% and increase taxes on the upper class to 45%. Increase education funding and revitalize the agricultural sector. Maintain current military funding.
2. Puanian Socialist Party, Left-wing. Maintain gay marriage and abortion legal. Maintain drugs legal and continue to provide rehab for drug addicts. Continue to provide tax exemptions for the lower class, decrease taxes on the middle class to 35% and on the upper class to 45% and make religious institutions pay taxes at the upper class level. Maintain current military funding.
Coalition: United Puani Alliance.
Political Parties:
1. Conservative Party, Centre-right. Hold a referendum on gay marriage and abortion to see if people want to continue with them as legal, the people's choice is the final word. Re-criminalize drugs, but continue rehabilitation programs for drug addicts . Increase education funding so that all Puanians can get a high-paying job, instead of living off of government aid. Lowers taxes to 15% for middle and lower class Puanians and lower taxes to 25% for upper class Puanians. Expand military funding, only for defense purposes. Revive the economy by eliminating crippling government regulations and allow the free market to form and flourish.
2. Progressive Puani Alliance, Right-wing. Repeal gay marriage and abortion legalization. Repeal drug legalization and re-impose 2 year prison sentences on people caught with drugs. Increase education funding so that all Puanians can get a high-paying job, instead of living off of government aid. Lower taxes on the lower class to 5%, lower taxes for the middle class to 20% and lower taxes for the upper class to 25%. Keep the government out of the economy with a strict free-market and trickle-down economic system, which in turn, would promote job growth in every aspect of society. Increase military funding.
3. Puanians for Puani Party, Right-wing. Repeal gay marriage and abortion legalization. Repeal drug legalization and re-impose 2 year prison sentences on people caught with drugs. Increase education funding so that all Puanians can get a high-paying job, instead of living off of government aid. Lower taxes on the lower class to 5%, lower taxes for the middle class to 20% and lower taxes for the upper class to 25%. Keep the government out of the economy with a strict free-market and trickle-down economic system, which in turn, would promote job growth in every aspect of society. Increase military funding. Deport all illegal immigrants back to their countries of origin.
