The Future of the Nation: CPR Gen-Sec Elections

[South Reinkalistan]

People's Federation of Reinkalistan
Election to the General Secretariat for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Reinkalistan

Should the occupant of the General Secretariat resign their office or pass away during their tenure, an election for the next General-Secretary will be scheduled for two weeks from the moment the title is abandoned. The Chairman of the Central Committee will occupy, during this period, the position of acting-General Secretary.

- Communist Party of Reinkalistan Constitution, Article VIII Section II.

The unthinkable has happened. The iron-clad grip on the Communist Party enjoyed by the country's first Paramount Leader - or "Premier" - has been swept aside like the dust into which it crumbled. Mozhkin Kaszaraczki Turaniski now enjoys leadership of the country in name only, as the country's President. But political power in Reinkalistan has always found its home in the General Secretariat and the Communist Party, constitutionally enshrined as the nation's foremost political force. Now, two men stand off against each other amidst myriad other candidates, all put forward by the factions of the National Congress of the Reinkalistani People. The two-week campaign is the only seriously contested election since 1970, which culminated in the "New Year's Coup" which propelled Kaszar Turaniski to supreme authority.

Factions participating:

Reformists (REF), Lakersk Turnov.

Conservatives (CON), Vekten Hayasal

Devaskites (DEV), Anatoly Verikal

Hardliners (HDL), Mihal Koronoski

Neo-Vanguardists (NVA), No candidate, endorses Hayasal.

Centralists (CEN), Malatu Khuvashchev.

Turnov and Hayasal are largely considered the only serious candidates, with Koronoski as a viable "third choice". The Devaskites, Neo-Vanguardists, and Centralists all lack the political capital and popularity in the Party ranks, and are mostly using this as a campaign by which to advance their popularity.

Current Office-Holder



Lakersk Valenticzki Turnov
(REFORM)

Chairperson of the Central Committee
Acting-General Secretary of the Communist Party

Updates will be forthcoming in this thread over the next two weeks -- feel free to reply with international reactions etc.

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (5TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 41.23% (-)

Hayasal (CON) 34.65% (-)

Verikal (DEV) 2.31% (-)

Koronoski (HDL) 12.24% (-)

Khuvashchev (CEN) 9.57% (-)

[South Reinkalistan]

THE DEBATE:
IS "SOCIALIST MARKETEERING" REVISIONISM OR IS IT THE FUTURE?

Lakersk Turnov
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Vanguardism doesn't work because it is "right". Vanguardism is right because it works where liberalism has floundered and failed. When liberals set up markets, they turn into exploitative institutions which serve as an avenue for class-warfare on behalf of the bourgeoisie against the working masses. But let us look at experience. When the KTPC set up their limited marketeering initiative, the company itself was directly owned by the workers on equal shares, with the standards of workers' rights overseen by the EOIA -- Vozhroczkiy was in control in name only. And the KTPC's initiative was compatible with both our socialist economy and the capitalist economies of foreign nations. That is to say, we could tap into foreign capitalist economies in order to consolidate our socialist economy here. And this is something we need: the Reinkalistani economy is stagnating and agricultural production is suffering. We have the economic and infrastructural potential to re-ignite the fires of our economy and become the world's workshop. After all, the final analysis of socialism is a quantitative one: the state of the development of the productive forces and the degree to which the division of labour has advanced. The guiding principle of Kaszar Turaniski Thought is plenty and abundance, and so we must step into the future with limited socialist marketeering as not just an appendage to our economy, but rather a central fundament of our understanding of the Reinkalistani economic policy. The Communist Party of Reinkalistan should thus move to make this a reality.



Vekten Hayasal
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The planned economy is a titanic victory for working people, and thus any assault upon it is an assault on the working class itself -- the very political foundation of the Reinkalistani state. The plan Comrade Turnov devises, which I am sure is well-intentioned, nevertheless would place the Party in the hands of nefarious capitalist roaders and start to steadily unravel the proletarian dictatorship. Of course, there are problems in the Reinkalistani economy which should be addressed, but this comes down to a matter of labour discipline, hard work, and also restructuring the economic syndicates and production coalitions. The system does not need to be reconstituted, but rather cleaned out. There is a lot of bloat in the coalitions and the syndicates. Luckily, the workers' state is very strong. We must remind the planners, the syndicate heads, and the coalition partners that they work for the people and that the people are not there to line their pockets. The bloat must be cleaned out and the corrupt officials must be eliminated with extreme prejudice. Comrade Turnov's proposed reforms would hand the new fat-cats a new set of bourgeois tools to continue to grow fatter and fatter. We will implement anti-corruption initiatives, and just like the 2003 re-invigoration, we will promote young yet experienced planners to continue managing a model that's broadly working for the majority of Reinkalistani workers.

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (6TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 36.10% (↓)

Hayasal (CON) 39.77% (↑)

Verikal (DEV) 2.36% (↑)

Koronoski (HDL) 17.49% (↑)

Khuvashchev (CEN) 4.28% (↓)

[Hintuwan]

The Communist Party of Hintuwan (CPH) published in an online article this evening their official endorsement of the Neo-Vanguardist wing's support for Vekten Hayasal. Not only has the CPH expressed support for Hayasal's hardline defense of South Reinkalistan's planned economy, it has also declared that "anything less than a victory for Hayasal would mean a victory for fundamentally incorrect metaphysical analyses of communism." The CPH remains a banned political organization in Hintuwan and a listed terrorist organization in most countries.

MOTS polls conducted by the HBS-PEC reveal that the average Hintuwani feels unenthusiastic about the prospect of elections in South Reinkalistan, or simply does not have an opinion regarding the entire situation at all. An agro-entrepreneur from Van Hoorn by the name of Belupid Caloobalay commented that he felt that the elections were "the bread and circuses of the Communist Party of Reinkalistan" while MP Artemio Manzon of Kemarak's 3rd district offhandedly remarked in an interview with the press that "democratic freedom in [South] Reinkalistan is not the end goal of, but rather the means of oppression, utilized by Vanguardists to remain in power."

Neither the president nor the government of Hintuwan have officially released a statement regarding the elections.

[South Reinkalistan]

BREAKING NEWS:
KORONOSKI-KHUVASHCHEV ELECTORAL ALLIANCE ANNOUNCED

Malatu Khuvashchev has, early in the electoral race, declared that he will be withdrawing his Presidential bid and has instead endorsed Koronoski, hard-line candidate. "Comrade Koronoski is a man unlike the traitorous Turnov or dithering Hayasal; he has the mettle by which to bring Reinkalistan into a new and glorious era." He told RCN in a brief press conference.

Already, pollsters are showing a decisive uptick in Koronoski's chances, bringing him from a potential third choice to potentially serious competition. The news is also disaster for Hayasal as Hardliners once tactically voting for him are now seeing a chance to actualise their beliefs, splitting the anti-reform vote. Khuvashchev's withdrawal, furthermore, is looking much less like a concession and more like an alliance; sources say that Koronoski would replace Turnov with Khuvashchev as the Chairman of the Central Committee should he be victorious.

This is good news for Turnov, who, after trailing in the polls, has now seen his opposition somewhat split between two candidates.

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (7TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 38.22% (↑)

Hayasal (CON) 33.45% (↓)

Verikal (DEV) 1.92% (↓)

Koronoski (HDL) 26.41% (↑)

[Nationalist Northumbria]

Alvin Ashleigh endorses Vekten Hayasal.

[South Reinkalistan]

BREAKING NEWS:
TURANISKI ENDORSES KHUVASHCHEV/KORONOSKI TICKET

Despite people believing that President Turaniski would maintain neutrality during the race, this was shattered when the still immensely popular President made a short statement earlier today:

The only possible candidate capable of building socialism in Reinkalistan is Mihal Koronoski.

The polls have already swung wildly to reflect this change as pundits and politicians react to this unprecedented development -- Koronoski is, for now, in the lead.

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (8TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 35.08% (↓)

Hayasal (CON) 28.74% (↓)

Verikal (DEV) 0.85% (↓)

Koronoski (HDL) 35.33% (↑)

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (9TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 38.19% (↑)

Hayasal (CON) 21.22% (↓)

Verikal (DEV) 0.91% (↑)

Koronoski (HDL) 39.68% (↑)

[Hintuwan]

-snip-

"President Turaniski, does this mean you are appointing a successor for the office of General-Secretary? Is this not a dictatorial overreach of the constitutional democratic process established in South Reinkalistan?"

— Epifanio Amorin, broadcast journalist from WMA News

[South Reinkalistan]

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"President Turaniski, does this mean you are appointing a successor for the office of General-Secretary? Is this not a dictatorial overreach of the constitutional democratic process established in South Reinkalistan?"

— Epifanio Amorin, broadcast journalist from WMA News

"Comrade Turaniski has not appointed a 'successor'. He has used the liberty endowed upon him to voice support for a preferred candidate of his. The fact that his word is enough to improve the support of one candidate is testament to how much the proletarian masses value and cherish him and his revolutionary experience."

- Marov Kladikoski, Official CPR Spokesperson

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (10TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 29.54% (↓)

Hayasal (CON) 27.41% (↑)

Verikal (DEV) 1.16% (↑)

Koronoski (HDL) 41.89% (↑)

[South Reinkalistan]

BREAKING:
KORONOSKI HOLDS LARGE PARTY RALLY FOLLOWING UNEXPECTED SOAR IN POPULARITY

It is most likely that Mihal Koronoski did not enter the race expecting to win. But now, catapulted to the lead by intelligent political manoeuvring and, crucially, President Turaniski's personal endorsement, the fringe hard-leftist is now a mainstream candidate. Already, the Neo-Vanguardist wing of the CPR has switched their endorsement from Hayasal to Koronoski, and he delivered a speech today to a crowd of thousands of his supporters. Now that Koronoski's message is out there, many radicals are flocking to him.

EXCERPT OF SPEECH TRANSCRIPT

Politicians are not popular people in Reinkalistan. We are encouraged not to say this, yet nevertheless this remains the truth. Why? To put it simply: what Comrade President Turaniski did nearly twenty years ago eliminated a problem which has returned to us. Geriatrics are creeping back into our institutions. The vigour of youth and the supersessive willpower of the working masses yet again have been threatened with suffocation at the hands of a nefarious clique of apparatchiks. I say that Reinkalistan and her people do not deserve this. They never deserved this.

You see, there is something terribly wrong with this country. We are being betrayed by the influences of rootless elites who hate communism and the Reinkalistani people. These people who would sell us out to the Dhoerish, sell us out to the Aureumterrans, to the Asians, to the Nifonese, to the Cassadians. We need change and we need it now. We will beat the reactionaries black and blue.

[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (11TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 39.61% (↑)

Hayasal (CON) 19.11% (↓)

Verikal (DEV) 1.16% (-)

Koronoski (HDL) 40.12% (↓)

[TURTLESHROOM II]

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In any normal situation, we would directly back any market reformist that seeks to usher the uplifting social mobility and abundance of capitalism. In capitalistic societies, the bread lines up for you, rather than you lining up for the bread.

While the Great Bountiful Empire condemns the existence of any Marxist state, we, in the greatest of ironies, actually back Koronski, the hardliner. Hell has frozen over!

Why?

This is because Reinkalistan is the only Marxist theocracy that we know of on Nationstates. Their Article XIV almost completely mirrors TurtleShroomian law on the same subjects. Reinkalistan understands that a good work ethic and a healthy proletarian upbringing starts at home, and recognizes that children deserve a mother AND a father.

Acting on one's homosexual temptations, let alone something so disgusting as engaging in a romantic relationship with the same sex,  is an abomination, and Reinkalistan knows this. Reinkalistan condemns adultery, fornication, homosexuality, and even abortion. Reinkalistan understands, despite its dictatorship, the intrisic value of every sapient lifeform and recognizes the invaluable asset that sapient labor brings. Men fill the factories, raised on sound discipline and love in their homes. Love that not even Marxism can stamp out.

While a rogue vassal of the theocracy has exercised a constitutional loophole to dodge Article XIV, their influence on the country and their attempt to turn Reinkalistan into an Atheist heck hole like any other Marxist is becoming dangerously close.

Reinkalistan is a powerhouse in the Marxist scourge of Nationstates and, in spite of their zeal and even their goal to do a little Trotskyism on the side,  their sound moral footing means that they have a vested interest in driving out the likes of Homofront and sodomites of every stripe.

Koronski has our full support.

This message will not be broadcast to Reinkalistan.


[South Reinkalistan]

CURRENT POLLING NUMBERS (DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY, 18TH APRIL):

Turnov (REF) 40.11% (↓)

Hayasal (CON) 18.22% (↓)

Verikal (DEV) 1.58% (↑)

Koronoski (HDL) 40.09% (↓)

[South Reinkalistan]

THE RESULTS

FIRST ROUND:

Turnov (REF) 41.87%

Hayasal (CON) 19.29%

Verikal (DEV) 0.73%

Koronoski (HDL) 38.11%

Result: Hayasal and Verikal eliminated. Second-preference votes redirected from eliminated candidates to Koronoski or Turnov.

SECOND ROUND:

Turnov (RED) 48.96%

Koronoski (HDL) 51.04%

Result: Koronoski victorious. Victory and concession speeches pending.

[South Reinkalistan]

CONCESSION SPEECH
TURNOV GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTS DEFEAT

It was a hard-fought campaign. At times like these, when the Party desperately needs unity, I will submit to the principle of democratic centralism -- the Party has chosen a direction, and so I shall wholeheartedly throw my support behind this supersessively-determined outcome.

I wish Comrades Koronoski and Khuvashchev the best in their leadership of the Party.