Protest marches planned against Allegheny

[Kelssek]

Protest marches planned against Allegheny Communist raid
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 | NATIONAL | by Kayln Lowry

Up to 100,000 people in Kelssek are expected to take part in events this weekend in a nationwide demonstration against the military operation by the Allegenhy armed forces which destroyed the offices of country’s Communist Party on Tuesday.

A variety of groups have organised the protests, which are expected to include street marches and candlelight vigils. A spokesperson for the civil rights organisation World Action said the protests were aimed at “showing sympathy and solidarity with the victims’ families, and to show that this horrifying act cannot be condoned.”

“We intend to demonstrate not only to Allegheny’s government but to any government plotting such moves that ordinary people are disgusted by such acts of political repression and murder… this action amounts to genocide.”

State media in Allegheny reported that up to 300 people were “executed” in the military raid which destroyed the building housing the party’s headquarters. The government characterised the attack as a national security operation, and refused to comment further on the incident. Although surprising, the move has been generally popular among the population of the staunchly right-wing republic.

Protestors in the capital Neorvins are expected to present a petition to the Prime Minister’s Office calling for the government to publicly condemn the raid and to bar Alleghenian government officials from entering the country. Prime Minister Peter Coakson, who leads the Green Party, has seemed content to allow his junior coalition partners do the talking, with Minister of Labour and United Communist Party leader Anne Marsha Cressey having already called the action “unconscionable”.

The raid has created new difficulties for the Prime Minister’s regional foreign policy agenda, as engagement with Allegheny over cooperation to deal with weapons proliferation now seems tenuous as public sentiment is likely to imperil such plans.

[Allegheny]

Kelssek citizenry planning protest of government policy.
Reporting from ASMN HQ in Pittsburgh, John Price.

The people of Kelssek have begun planning protest marches against Alleghenian Governmental policy, specifically Tuesday’s destruction of Communist Party Headquarters. Many in the socialist commonwealth have expressed their outrage at what they call political oppression.

President Allen Gordon was asked what he thought of the situation as he came out of meeting with his cabinet. We were unable to get a comment from him however when he heard of the news he simply laughed and continued walking.

His press Secretary was more forthcoming:

“The people of Kelssek obviously have the right to protest any action that offends them, however I do not see the point in protesting something they have no ability to change. Their lectures and crocodile tears will have no effect on how this government conducts itself within it’s borders. The fact of the matter is that the raid was senate approved and if the Alleghenian people did not approve then we would have all been thrown out of office a long time ago. The President and myself take great offense to being called abnormal by this leader of the protest group, I think we can all agree that communism and in some cases socialism has destroyed more lives than it has improved. Eliminating these subversives was the right move and we saved more people from communist oppression then we killed. Political freedom in Allegheny only goes so far, evidence has been found pointing toward a structured set of assassinations that the communist party was planning which could have led to another civil war. This is all we have to say at the moment.”

Time and time again the Alleghenian government has expressed it’s uncaring attitude toward Alleghenian-Kelssekian relations, therefore analysts at ASMN do not see any significant changes coming in the future on this subject.

I am John Price of the Alleghenian State Media Network, signing off.

[Kelssek]

Demonstrators express fury over anti-communist remarks

NIALL BARMSBY
28 Feb 2010

A series of small demonstrations yesterday intended to protest a military raid by the Allegheny government which destroyed the headquarters of the country’s Communist Party, killing an estimated 300 people, mushroomed into a much larger protest following remarks by the media spokesperson of the country’s President.

Responding to questions by the domestic media on the organisation of the protests, the President’s press secretary said, “I think we can all agree that communism and in some cases socialism has destroyed more lives than it has improved.”

“Eliminating these subversives was the right move and we saved more people from communist oppression then we killed.”

Over 190,000 people, almost twice the number expected, marched in cities across the nation, with the largest turnouts in Kirkenes and Clayquot.

The attack on communist ideology provoked particular outrage and was fanned by the widespread misconception that the words had been uttered by the president of Allegheny, Allen Gordon.

In Neorvins, demonstrations were held outside the Prime Minister’s Office before marching to Parliament, where Minister of Labour Anne Marsha Cressey, the most senior federal government figure to comment on the controversy, made a brief speech to the crowd after accepting a petition calling on the government to condemn the raid.

“Clearly over there they have an ignorant view of communism. It’s their loss. In this country we’re proud of our progress towards a more just, more equitable, more democratic society.” said Cressey, who leads the United Communist Party, which is the junior member of the governing coalition.

She also struck a blow of her own, adding, “It is capitalism which starves people in a world of plenty, that values profit over people’s lives and freedoms, that charges onward towards a heartless, sterile, and selfish society while sucking worlds dry of resources at a rapacious rate.”

The silence from Prime Minister Peter Coakson and Foreign Minister Sinéad Jones, who are both from the Green Party, has prompted speculation that UCP ministers may be planning to resign from Cabinet.

The controversy could also affect federal politics with any discord in the coalition increasing the chance that Coakson could seek to call an early general election. With polls favouring the government, the Greens could stand to benefit from calling an election this year, while the opposition Liberals could face a challenge on the right wing of the spectrum from newly resurgent Conservatives, who have seen a 5-point bounce in the polls since electing Angela Swan as the new party leader. The next House of Commons election must be called before 16 December 2011.

[OOC: I’m not planning to take this any further, unless you’ve a more interesting idea.]