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The Drakos International

The Drakos International, or just The International was originally founded by the Communist Party out of Qastari's capital. It was used to communicate their perspective of the events transpiring in the country to working class people. Many of the topics covered in The International were also completely absent from mainstream news due to previous law, or simply establishment bias by media corporations. It wasn't always a newspaper in a literal form; it was often pamphlets, books, and essays to be passed out to union members and the like. Often, illegal material, essentially a form of political campaigning on their part. At the end of the revolution, the workers at The International changed course to covering every day news and international happenings. The International is also the of the few newspapers in the country available to foreign entities online, therefor revealing to the world a bit of the Qastari people's views on what is going on in the world.

This thread will, therefore, be for posting here and there a few of the major news stories from The International. All of the stories posted here will probably be regarding events taking place within Qastari.

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Excerpt from The Drakos International, July 22nd, 2017

Last night, both soldiers and firefighters of Qastari rushed to the scene of a residential tenement district in the outskirts of Southern Drakos, where explosives were reportedly set off in an apartment building. Security and tensions were high as tenants were rushed out of the building. The scene took place late, around 10pm, until 2:20am when the tower was confirmed to be cleared. Still, until the area can be determined to be secured, tenants are being temporarily transferred to a different building.

As of the time of this reporting, three bombs were confirmed to have been set off in the building. One each in the lobby, a west wing elevator, and the floor 2B parking lot. It has not been confirmed whether or not there are any more explosives remaining not detonated. Incredibly, no deaths have been reported, while three who were in the lobby have been hospitalized. Judging by the placement of the later two explosives, a bomb squad that arrived later in the morning speculated that the saboteur intended to collapse the building, but over-estimated the strength of the evidently homemade bombs.

Several witnesses have been collected for questioning, however none of them are according to Drakos officials none of them are currently considered suspects, and none have been currently arrested or identified. The apartment complex will receive extra security and is expected to be operational once again within a few weeks, all things going according to plan.

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Article from The Drakos International, September 25th, 2017

The third quarterly Congress of the People's Asssembly is set to take place next Monday, October 2nd. For the unfamiliar reader, quarterly congresses generally serve as a period for the People's Assembly, along with unions and various ministries, to assess yearly plan progress, national statistics, and make any necessary policy changes as needed. Although generally uneventful, 2017 has seen exceptionally significant policy advancements such as an accelerated move to solar energy earlier this year.

In preparation for the 2018 Congress, it seems the October 2017 Congress brings the possibility of yet another uncommon and notable change. It has been announced today that the first week will include a national referendum on the position of premier. This comes with the likelihood of a special election week if the motion passes. The announcement stated that such a special election would take place starting the following week, October 9th. The referendum, proposed by the Qastari Communist Party, would introduce new rules for political parties in relation to the office of Premier. It also introduces changes to the role of the Premier of Qastari along with new positions which would share and/or assume some of the Premier's current responsibilities.

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Article from the Drakos International, October 4th, 2017

Workers in Qastari, as of Tuesday, are back to work after the referendum that took place the previous day. This Monday was a burning, cle3ar day throughout most of the country that brought with it an above expected voter turnout. Initial reports suggest about 80% of eligible voters turned out between mail, online systems, and traditional ballots, with the events of the day proceeding with relatively little incident.

While the people were on about their business, People's Assemblies across the country began with the initial stages of the October Congress in whatever capacities were currently possible. While national reviews have reported little out of the ordinary, thus far, int he last two days the People's Assembly has moved forward several previously planned initiatives. Among these include subjects from final approvals for the Qastari International Sports Ministry, which plans to begin several first time events this month, to minor workplace regulation improvements hashed out Tuesday in conjunction with Internal Trade Ministry and Union officials.

Meanwhile, the counting of referendum voted started this morning and is expected to last the remainder of the day in order to ascertain at the least a clear voter plurality. While initial exist polling suggested a high chance for the Premier Referendum to pass, several local issues were periodically voted on ass well, mostly speaking of the usual recalls and replacements of local Assembly members. While pure speculation, it is expected that among yes referendum voters, local People's Assembly recalls may be done along the lines of who they would favor should there be a Premier reelection and vote for the newly created President of the Presidium next week in the National People's Assembly.




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