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Folksstaat Boganhem
People's State of Boganhem
Folksrad
People's Council
ERKLARING AN HOETES FOLKISHE AUPSTANDING AND DE KONGS ENDLETSING
Declaration on Today's Popular Uprising and the King's Abdication
The last two days have been extremely tense in Boganhem. After the electoral victory of the Social-National Union in the elections for the main legislative body, the Undergamot, many popular movements expressed their will to end the monarchical regime in Boganhem and establish a republican regime, i.e., with elected heads of state and government. This will is expressed through the 52% votes in the SNU, an anti-monarchical party plus 8% in another anti-monarchical party, the Free Liberal Party. Though collective decision-making is not made through mere electoral results, it was evident that a majority of the Bogan population wanted the end of the monarchy. Still, the designated Chancellor, Erik Strakman, respected political procedure and accepted the former King's nomination as Chancellor.
However, in all of the major cities of Boganhem (namely Malachor, Seeshloss, Kongsberg, Ziost, etc.) spontaneous anti-monarchical representations, nearing 100,000 demonstrators in most of them and even 300,000 in Malachor, demanded the King's resignation and the establishment of 'popular government' (understood as republican government). After a long night of deliberation between King Robert IV, Chancellor Erik Strakman and other advisors, the former Monarch of Boganhem decided to abdicate and renounce to the throne of Boganhem, further declaring he felt 'he did not have the legitimacy to call himself monarch of Boganhem' and that 'the Constitution' he drafted by himself 'had not been popularly legitimated', and that, in order to pursue his 'democratic ideals', he had no choice but to recognize that, in fact, absolute power is 'vested in the People', and annuled the Constitutional Charter, as a 'null and void juridical document'. The King is safely guarded at the moment and is in no physical danger.
The designated Chancellor Erik Strakman, the High Commander of the Armed Forces General Albert Stëner, the leader of the Party of Workers and Peasants Ildephonz Bakker, the Under-Secretaries-General of the Social-Nationalist Union Rëner Rëder and Broomhilda Hammershmit, the Vice-President of the Free Liberal Party Manfred Krakker and the vice-president of the Independent Social-Democratic Party, Gregor Fogle, have created a provisional organ, the People's Council, in order to ensure order is restored as soon as possible and the Undergamot can draft a new Constitution in a timely manner, meanwhile declaring Boganhem a People's State, as opposed to a Kingdom, as it has no King and cannot be properly called a 'Kingdom', having no further political implications than those of recognizing the people's sovereignty, a fundamental principle of democracy, and that of fighting the privileges of the nobility.
The former Royal Army, now People's Army, is with the People's Army, ensuring no civil war will occur. We send a message of reassurance to our neighbours and to all nations in Europe - Boganhem is orderly and is only transversing a period of natural political transition, from a flawed democracy to a true democracy. In the People's Council people from varied ideological backgrounds are present in order to ensure no political force takes advantage of the chaos.
The borders with Saamiland will be closed temporarily, in order to better keep the order in our Nation and all commercial flights and ships will be suspended until further notice, which should not take longer than two days. People are urged to stay in their homes until the People's Army and the People's Council announce it is safe to resume their normal lives. We hope our relations with other Nations will not be affected by this popular uprising.
Proud Salutations to the Now Free Bogan People,
Best Regards to the Nations of Europe,
The President of the People's Council,
Erik Strakman
The Councilors,
General Albert Stëner
Rëner Rëder
Broomhilda Hammershmit
Ildephonz Bakker
Manfred Krakker
Gregor Fogle
Erik Strakman
The Councilors,
General Albert Stëner
Rëner Rëder
Broomhilda Hammershmit
Ildephonz Bakker
Manfred Krakker
Gregor Fogle