Urranese Aid to Federation Despite Protests, Political Turmoil
It was announced that aid to the Federation of Sishai, including the sales of military hardware, would be continuing despite protests and attempts by opponents to kill a bill that would allow the Prime Minister's Office to allocate up to five billion dollars in infrastructure funding to be sent to the Federation under the Sishai Development Program.
The bill, supported by the Prime Minister but abhorred by her own Urran First Party, was rammed through the Senate by a coalition of the Green Party, People's Democratic Party, and the Urran Humanitarian Party. It was strongly opposed by the Urran First Party and People's Republican Party.
Federal Police were forced to remove several members of the Urran Right Coalition as they attempted to block opposing politicians from entering the Diet Building to vote on the issue.
Several fist fights broke out between Members of Parliament as the announcement of the bill's passing was officially announced. Federal Police detained eleven total MPs, though the names of the offending MPs and party allegiances have yet to be released.
Finance Minister Yoshio Ifukube, People's Republican Party member and one time supporter of the Prime Minister spoke out at a joint press conference held by members of the URC. "Urran has lost enough dabbling in the affairs of second class nations. The Prime Minister is a traitor and her policies are a detriment to our nation. The URC is committed to ensuring that hard earned tax dollars are not used as poker chips at the UN casino." This was in reference to the former Azen state defaulting on loans it took from the Urranese government.
Tempers flared outside as 10,000 demonstrators moved on Parliament Hill to show opposition to the bill. They were confronted by counter protestors, though police managed to keep the two groups separated, six were arrested for burning the flag of Urran.
A survey conducted by the College of Political Science at Sakura City University found that 45% of Urranese are in objection to any aid to the Federation with 40% being unsure and 15% being in approval.
Opponents of the PMs policies accuse Hanajima of failing to represent the people she was elected to serve.
While it seems certain that the PM will sign the bill, the URC has already introduced a bill that would officially condemn the Federation and place tariffs on Federation goods. The bill intends to recover money lost when the Federation defaulted on Urranese loans. Similar bills have been introduced, though all have been killed before reaching the PM.
We will keep you updated as the situation develops.
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