Martinson wins, Woshkal loses

It has been a long election, but finally, it is Dr. Benjamin Martinson who has become the Secretary General of the International Democratic Union Council. After there had been a tie between Martinson and Mr. Marlon Keegan, Kedalfax, at the end of the regular voting time, the Council delegations of Kedalfax and Saidercray came to an understanding with each other that a second ballot should decide the election. But then, an initiative from the Eisophcan delegation, favouring that a lately arrived vote for Martinson by Gnejs be counted, brought an unexpectedly quick solution, as Mr. Keegan accepted the plan and removed what stood between Dr. Martinson and the post of the Secretary General.
Dr. Martinson praised Keegan's "self-less and generous decision". In his first speech as Secretary General, he appointed Mr. Keegan as General Secretary.

Meanwhile, President Woshkal dropped plans for a plebiscite on the end of Saidercray's UN membership. Polls didn't promise much consent with the President's plans. Furthermore, the pro-UN socialists, the second member of Woshkal's PPJ-SPS-coalition, refused to support the plan. In how far this failure will weaken Woshkal's and the PPJ's position until the next National Election, is still incalculable.

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