1990 Donystyry National Elections

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Lyvy, Donystyry - As election day nears, the competition between the National Liberal Party (PLS) and the Socialist-Progressive Coalition (CHS) ramps up. The 1990 election is a national election, with seats in the Kyil (Upper House) and Radu (Lower House) as well as the Presidency being up for grabs. The election is also the second national election since the establishment of the Republic in 1984 and the first election where the Liberals have had any major competition. With the Presidency within reach, CHS party-leader Dymetru Cecaescu has spent the final two days leading up to the election going town to town stirring up the last bits of support from his rural base. Meanwhile incumbent Liberal candidate, Iyon Ghyorghe, has continued his limited campaign, hoping to win the election off the remaining support from his previous term. 

In the National Assembly it is expected that the majority of seats are going to be split between the Liberals and Socialists, with several other smaller parties such as the Conservatives, Communists, Green Party and Populists getting a few representatives in the Radu and potentially a seat or two in the Kyil.

The election day comes and goes without any big controversies or issues. Two days later when the votes are tallied for the presidential election it is announced that incumbent Iyon Ghyorghe has won a second (and final) term as President by a sizable 9% margin. Almost immediately after the results are announced there are accusations of electoral fraud, with CHS candidate Dymetru Cecaescu publicly calling for a transparent recount. Soon protesters had taken to the streets in cities like Khyel and Lyvy, though small the protests marked the first time protests had broken out since the days leading up to the June Revolution in 1982. 

In the National Assembly things went similarly, the Liberals got a narrow majority in both houses, enabling them to pass legislation freely without the need to form coalitions or write bi-partisan bills. These results confirmed, in the minds of the Socialists and Communists, that there was indeed electoral fraud. 

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((OOC Note: I meant to post this awhile ago but forgot)
Lyvy, Donystyry - Following two weeks of protesting and a growing call for a strike to demand a recount, President Iyon Ghyorghe has made an official public statement on the matter, declaring that his government would not cave to the demands of the "socialist agitators." Following this statement, the mayor of Lyvy as well as several other major cities where protests were taking place enacted a citywide curfew and refused to permit further protests, with the exception of one city, Khyel, who's mayor refused to pass curfew and declared all protests lawful, siding with the protesters. 

Unsurprisingly, the measures taken by the government to restrict protests only lead to more anger, causing protests to swell in size, leading to the deployment of police clad in riot gear. For the next several days protesters and police would clash in cities across Donystyry, the clashes gradually shifted the tone of the protests away from their original intent and more towards violent, anti-government riots. Fearing a communist take over as inferred by several of the President's comments, nationalist groups would begin to organize in major cities racked by violence, arriving in support of police and acting as counter-protesters. It was these nationalist groups who first fired on a crowd in Lyvy, killing three and injuring sixteen and causing nationwide protesting and rioting.