Imperial Tribune

Awakening From Slumber 11/04/2011

GENEVA- The Empire of the Alexandrians, after having suffered one of the worst activity slumps on recent memory, finally appears to be returning to life. The reason for the revival? The decision by the Imperial Consulate to amend the constitution that was adopted in June of this year and reinstate the legislature, in the form of an all-citizen National Assembly. The new draft of the amended constitution was released yesterday (Thursday, November 3rd) by the Emperor, and there has been an overwhelming outpouring of support from the citizenry. People have been showing up since the announcement who have been absent from the forums for weeks.
And the political parties are already gearing up for the coming reforms, preparing for the election of a new First Consul and for the election of the Speaker of the National Assembly. It seems the old familiar parties of the Empire, The Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, are no more, replaced by new movements. Founded on August 21st by newcomer Sebastian Dev, the Movement Democrate (MoDem) is a self proclaimed center-right party, and on the opposite side of the spectrum is the People’s Democratic Party, founded only yesterday by Alexandria’s newest citizen, Karl Hoffmann.
And out in the provinces, Luthoria made history today by adopting that province’s first constitution since it joined the Empire in May of 2009. Luthoria will now be headed by an elected Prime Consul, who shall serve a four month term, and will also have an all-citizen legislature, the Luthorian Grand Assembly. Alejandro Castillo, who has been serving as Luthoria’s Governor-General, is now the Acting Prime Consul, and will hold that office until the first Prime Consular Elections, which have been set for December 6. In addition, Castillo announced that the first Grand Assembly of Luthoria would convene on November 9th, and be in session for at least one month.