Bloca Parliament

The Parliament of Bloca is the the deliberative assembly of the Bloca Legislature for the Province of Bloca, Doggerland,and is seated at the Bloca Legislative Building in the provincial capital of Raitho (Deutschmind). The House of Councillors is a unicameral assembly of 150 members, elected Mixed Member Proportionally from single-member electoral districts. Members are elected from an equal amount of constituencies around the Province. Each electoral district has an average population of 2,272 residents. They are elected to two-year terms and are limited to 20 years cumulative in the Parliament. Bills passed by the legislature are ratified by Lotte Baker, Premier of Bloca.

Bloc A
Bloc A is a movement that gained traction in the 2021 Legislative Elections. The current leader of the Bloc is Gil Van Aitzema, who is a businessman. It split from the Bloca Civic Union and was not expected to gain such traction during the election due to it’s weak base. It scored especially well with the rural population, along with the Doggish majority constituencies. The success of the party is attributed to Van Aitzema’s ability to benefit from the national government and the establishments in the Civic Union and Liberal Party. He also ran a pro-oil and business friendly campaign that saw Northern Independence the only way to revitalize jobs within the Province. It was formerly known as the Bloca National People’s Party.

Bloca Civic Union
The Bloca Civic Union is led by Premier Lotte Baker. It is a center-right to right-wing party with an indifference to the Northern Independence movement. Former leader Gen. Peter Spiegel was the leader of the party and led the government from 2005 to 2020. Spiegel balanced the moderate and populist wings of the Civic Union. He resigned on June 5, 2021 when the 2020 Bloca Civic Union Leadership election was triggered leading to the election of Lotte Baker as the new Premier.As mentioned, the party has two main factions: the moderates, who support liberal-conservative ideas and are generally in urban areas. The populists on the other hand advocate for further right wing principles, along with populism of course, and are located in rural areas. To achieve a victory in most elections, it is typical for leaders of the party to cater to both wings.

John Lounsbrough, a CU Provincial MP-elect, has confirmed that he will contest the leadership due to Baker not focusing on the Northern Independence Movement enough.

Bloca Liberal Party
A party in a dynasty of sorts, the Liberal Party continues to elect members of the Akkerman Political Family to be leaders into power. This contributes to some of the outrage against the establishment parties, reminiscent of the Indian National Congress. It is led by Zoe Akkerman, who stressed the importance of unionism, that is the unity between the north and the south. However, Akkerman didn’t really give an argument for the ideology, simply putting it into her manifesto. The party also is very centrist in nature, sticking with classical liberal values as well.

Apology to Danni0li
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