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In the eventful aftermath of the new decade, upcoming Lunar New Year festivities, this winter The Taisuist Republic of Kirishima prepares to vote for its newest Dirigeant after Arata Kasuga announced he would not be running for re-election. Kasuga who was never a career politician felt that he accomplished his main goals and did not want to stay in office just for the sake of it. It was both unsurprising considering his temperament but the time was a bit odd. Nonetheless, there will be a new leader to start the decade.
Two of the biggest stories since the last national elections were the disbanding of the H.E.S.L Coalition Party that produced Springfield, Kiryuin, and Kasuga. The party emerged as a Traditionalist Party rooted in making Kirishima true to itself regardless of what others abroad thought. It was branded the Jeontongdang Party. The other major event was a split in the Kirishinan right as the new Prosperity Party formed as a response to the Liberty Party's defeat in the last election. Members of the Prosperity Part felt the Liberty's Party stance against Prostitution and other aspects of Kirishinan sexuality allowed Kasuga to take the Traditionalist stance into victory. The Prosperity Party seeks to be an actual reflection of what the Kirishinan right should be.
Not to be outdone KiriProg seeks to rebrand themselves after their dismal campaign during the last Dirigeant campaign. Kenji Ishida was relentlessly attacked by the Liberty Party for its ties to the Philippine Bayan. Rather than return as the Progressive Party, KiriProg seeks to keep its name and serve as not only a progressive option but be a more effective party of the left than the Liberal Union.
Speaking of the Liberal Union they finished a close second in the past two elections and arguably lost not due to the winning H.E.S.L Coalition Party, but rather as a result of meddling from other parties. When Kasuga became interim Dirigeant after Kiryuin walked away, it was due to the emergence of the Convist Party which sought to gradually transition Kirishima into communism. While people were familiar with the Coalition, voters did not know Kasuga and as a result, the Convist Party was gaining. Last-minute ads online urged voters to vote for the opposition with the best shot at beating the Convist leading into a drastic plateau for Myeong Yi's Liberals and a spike for Kasuga. The second time came when the Liberty Party had plans that targeted sexuality and the majority religion. Once the Coalition painted themselves as the defenders of Kirishinan culture certain key prefectures saw large turnouts for the Coalition. The Liberal union hasn't had a Dirigeant in Office since Drake when he defected from the Conservative Party in the mid-2000s and haven't had an elected leader since Dirigeant Morita from 1996-2000 who was not only seen as a coward in dealing with regional disputes but was unlucky to be the leader during the Asian Financial Crisis. The Liberal Union will not only seek to win this time around but avoid being overtaken by KiriProg.
That leaves the Liberty Party which emerged in the last election as a mix of a variety of right-wing parties such as the Conservative Party, Nationalist Party, and the Kirishinan Renaissance Party (KRP). They came in hard and organized but they were also controversial as they walked a fine line of norms not only in regards to Kirishinan society but also in terms of civility of the campaign. They drew in supporters who were a fan of the Liberty's Party stance on taxes and foreign policy but struggled with domestic policy. The question is whether the party will change its tone or will the split of the Prosperity Party lead to a doubling down with less internal moderate voices?
The party platforms are as follows:
