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Forces loyal to Nazim al-Qutayni overthrow Aboud.
Nazim al-Qutayni addressed the nation from Adunis,
swearing himself in as interim President as he prepares the country for elections.
At around 11:47 this morning, minor skirmishes broke out in the city as riot police clashed with forces loyal to al-Aboud. The police have long be speculated and thought of to have loyalty to the former minister, and several officers were seen storming a military suppression of protesters to the aid of the civilians. Several of the officers were seen with PID insignia on their riot shields or vehicles at this time and one officer in particular said that "Aboud was a corrupt pig with no honour. Al-Qutayni and the PID are the only hope for this country to prosper."
Numerous elements of the army and navy were involved in the coup, with armoured brigades driving down the old city's roads for the first time in over forty years. Despite being supposed forces of liberation, many have expressed online the 'horrors' such imagery displays. One commentator wrote that "look how far the nation has fallen". Others have said that "democracy has died in Tsabara." However, supporters of the PID have said this is the army's right as per "the constitution of Tsabara."
General Elyounoussi, a supporter of Nazim al-Qutayni, who was instrumental in the overthrowing of the Aboud regime this morning, addressed the nation in a televised address: "The Constitution of Tsabara was illegally suspended. It is the duty of the army, the vanguard of democracy in this country, to defend it against tyranny and injustice. We have facilitated a return to democracy in this nation and have reverted it from a tyrannical dictatorial oligarchy of Aboud and his wings of the National Irfanic Party to a representative democracy. We have done our part. This is not a coup. Aboud's government was not legitimate. Now the fate of our nation rests in the hands of the people, as acting-President al-Qutayni prepares the nation for elections. Rejoice; for there is no war in Adunis."
By 13:19 the House of Representatives was stormed by combined elements of the police and the military. 23 members of Aboud's National Irfanic Party were injured whilst resisting arrest whilst the fate of Yayha al-Aboud is currently unknown. He was last heard delivering a live-streamed message across the nation at around 13:30, before a combination of small and large arms fire was heard near his vicinity and the stream was cut off.
Whilst numerous engagements continued in the city, including sieges of several military outposts and police stations, the forces loyal to Nazim and the PID declared 'incontestable victory' at 14:03. By 17:00, the fighting in the city was reported to have ended with many of Aboud's forces either having fled or surrendering under promises of amnesty by Nazim's troops.
Nazim al-Qutayni was declared acting president by the military, in accordance with several aspects of the duties of the 'secular vanguard of democracy' that the military upholds. His temporary inauguration was televised, live-streamed and radio'd across the nation. In it, the former Minister of the Interior called on the nation:
"The tyrant and his usurpers have been deposed. There is no longer a suspension of the constitution. Order shall be restored and the cosocial state shall be saved and upheld. There shall no longer be a suppression of protests or a banning of sensible parties that support the Federation. The APP is absolved of the false sins subscribed to it by Yayha al-Aboud. I call on the APP to no longer talk this threat of secession; there is nothing to gain. The strength of the cosocial state rests in our unity. Brother shall no longer spill the blood of brother under the guise of a tyrant aiming to elevate one ethnicity over the other. I call on the nation to lay down its arms. Our Federation is not under threat from within. It is the radicals in Zorasan who wish to destabilise this nation, who have direct benefit in claiming long lost territory in the south. Rally to the Constitution in this time of crisis. Do not let the temptation of those telling you that the grass is greener taint your perceptions, don't let the hate of the 'villain of a different creed' deter you."
The final line of his address was a call for unity and patriotism, as the nation would "go to the polls in a presidential election in due time."
Protests and insurrections have continued across the country however, especially as forces loyal to the Aboud regime rally to his ousting. Some are burning pictures or straw statues of Nazim, calling him an "Atudite lapdog" whilst several Atudite extremists are criticising him as an "Aboud in the shadows." Some have demanded to see "proof of Aboud's life", claiming he was "killed in a power ploy" as several of his ministers have been arrested themselves. Others fled the capital including the deputy premier and minister of defence, who are suspected to have travelled to Zorasan to form a government in exile. Members of the military loyal to Aboud such as General Dajini have retreated due east, to territories with high Badawiyan population and loyalty to the NIR and the firebrand cleric Salah.
Even with the change in government, many of members of the House of Representatives have yet to return. Representatives from the APP, P&E and numerous other parties have expressed their "immense concern" with the "instability of Adunis". Kahlon has stated that "The APP wont sit unti lwe are assured of the legitimacy of the words of Nazim al-Qutayni." Despite this apparent distrust, it is known that several Atudite units of the Tsabaran Army did assist Nazim's loyalists in ousting Yayha al-Aboud.
BREAKING: The Acting President has confirmed in a late night address that his predecessor was indeed killed. "Mr. Aboud did not comply with the surrender demand put forward by the police and soldiers who took control of this city back from him and is reported to have fired back at the troops with his loyalists. From his body two small pistols were recovered. The soldiers, however, were under explicit orders from all of the hierarchy and Generals present to ensure his survival. Due to their failure, they shall be reprimanded. Mr. Aboud's refusal to surrender was not just cause for his death as we intended on giving him a fair trial in compliance with the constitution."
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