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The 2-0 ruling in Patriotic Coalition of Redmont v. Commonwealth of Redmont led to the removal of Representatives zLost and RylandW after the Supreme Court deemed their election as “miscounted”. They were, by order of the court, replaced by McBrittle147 and Bigpappa14. Bigpappa14 was subsequently appointed Secretary of Public Affairs and resigned their position as representative. Soon AsexualDinosaur, who was appointed Secretary of Education followed and did the same. As for MathTech, they faced removal on grounds of inactivity as a Representative, to which they resigned before the voting ended.
This meant three special elections for each seat. Kaiserin of the WPR was the victor of the first one, winning 30 votes. The runner-up on the PCR (now merged into Liberty for Redmont) ticket was Omegabiebel with 12 votes.
The second election brought RylandW to the House, running for GER and endorsed by the WPR. They received 24 votes, 10 more than the runner-up Bezzergeezer (LfR).
Finally, the last election, which finalized a working majority in the House for the 1950 (WPR) administration was won by zLost (GER) with 25 votes, 11 more than the LfR runner-up, Bezzergeezer.
PCR and RPP have merged into the Liberty! (or Liberty for Redmont, LfR) party to consolidate their power in face of the victories secured by the WPR and GER. LfR’s party president is CaseyLeFaye, with the party vice-president Senator Vernicia, who ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in the last cycle. As for the WPR and GER party, they consolidated power through an informal coalition.
Here is a list of members of the House of Representatives following the three special elections:
WPR-GER Coalition Representatives (6):
Speaker of the House MissAndrist (WPR)
Deputy Speaker YeetGlazer (GER)
Kaiserin_ (WPR)
zLost (GER)
RylandW (GER)
2theo (GER)
Opposition Representatives (5):
McBrittle419 (RRP)
BabySoga (RRP)
MrFluffy2U94 (RRP)
Chaos_Canadian (LfR)
CaseyLeFaye (LfR)
The WPR-GER coalition, which controls the presidency, now also controls the House. It will certainly ease their legislative initiatives, though, it will be hard for the coalition and the administration to progress in the Senate as they lack a majority, with only Goldendude15 (WPR) sitting in the upper chamber as an ally to the administration.
Despite the Senate legislating in opposition to the President, it seems that the latest political hegemon in Redmont is the WPR-GER left-wing coalition, winning every single election since the WPR’s founding. The Senate election, which is just around the corner will be a test of whether their momentum can last.
The Reveille Times will keep readers updated on the latest changes in the Capitol.
