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PM resigns and New Democrats form their first cabinet.

In a turnaround after weeks of being pressured, Henrique Sãens leaves power.


After two weeks of parliamentary voting, Prime Minister Henrique Sãens and his cabinet resigned. The fall of the moderators from power began, according to political analysts, well before the elections, which were postponed, which gave the now ex-Prime Minister his second term. This movement reached its peak with the vote of no confidence moved by the opposition against the moderate cabinet, which only passed due to an abstention from the government's allied base, on the 20th of November. The theme was debated and voted on in subsequent sessions on 27 November and 4 December and, with 8 votes in favor and 7 against, with the end of 1 year, 2 months and 26 days of government of the Moderate Party.


The turning point, however, came because this change of government was only possible because of what moderates called the "betrayal" of a member of their allied base, The Most Dignified Mr. Eric de Pádua, of the Worker's Party, Member of the House of Councillors by Schawzberg, who voted in favor of removing the moderates from power. The trained political analyst and also Member of the House of Councillors for New Switzerland, Mr. Francisco Arrais, commented on the possibility that the change in Eric's vote was a signal to the new government. Francisco, who is a member of the Conservative Party, explained in an interview that his party allied itself with the New Democratic Party, in opposition to the Moderates and Workers', in the hope of having space in a government headed by the New Democrats, foreseeing its coming to power due to its rapid rise. The politician told Altenburg Express journalists that the main objective of his party in a new government is to guarantee greater autonomy to New Switzerland, a traditionally conservative province that faced setbacks in the government of Henrique Sãens, and explained that it is possible that Eric's nod to the new government is to achieve the same for Schwarzberg, whose former ruling Princely Family not only dominates the provincial political scene, but complains of its loss of status. Immediately after the resignation of the Moderates, opposition and acting government with the same amount of seats in the House of Councillors, His Majesty The King was called upon to decide between the leaders of each group to form a new government. The opposition, however, did not nominate its leader in the lower house to run for office, but the deputy leader of the New Democratic Party (after refusal by the party president), member of the upper house, The Most Dignified Mr. Rupert Silves, 1st Duke of Ambarino, who became Prime Minister effective on 5 December. The new government is composed of the New Democratic Party, which has 4 seats in the Councillors, and the Conservative Party, which has 3. The stability of the new government, however, was soon questioned due to the fact that, on the bigger picture, the Conservatives have 9 seats in parliament, while the New Democrats have 7. The President of the Conservative Party, Prince Fernando of Schwarzberg, however, declared that the government is stable and that the seats that his party has more in the Aristocrats will not influence government decisions . The costs, however, of the Conservatives' support for the New Democrats with fewer seats will be paid in ministerial portfolios. The new government has not yet announced the formation of the new cabinet, which should be done during the week.

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