The Martial Unity

Chapter 2107 Searching For Reasons

The mere return of the Emperor of Harmony had sent waves across East Panama.

His actions, however, did more than just that.

In an office in the presidential headquarters of the Republic of Gorteau, President Raymond sat in his office, frozen with shock. Original

"What…?" A whisper escaped him. "What did you say?"

His administrative head stood before him with a grave expression.

"The Democratic Socialist Party has won over two hundred and eighty-three seats, sir."

He shuddered at her words.

The general elections of the Republic of Gorteau had just ended. These were elections conducted for the state government, the legislators of which would go on to form the Congress, the legislative body for the entire nation.

President Raymond's ambitious campaign promises required him to not only be re-elected in the presidential elections of the Republic of Gorteau but also needed his party, the National Libertarian Party, to gain an overwhelming majority in Congress.

This was because the governmental system of the Republic of Gorteau was such that the authority to levy war was divided equally between the Congress and the President. While the President was the sole overseer of war, the authority to formally approve his declaration of war rested solely in the hands of Congress, barring times of emergency or breach of national security, as specified by the Constitution.

to ensure that war could not

to approve his declaration of war. He needed Congress to be firmly dominated by his party, or else

opposition party gaining an enormous number

thought the polls indicated that we would get at

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teeth. "What

large surplus of campaign donations to fund a lot of their campaigning," she calmly explained. "The states that they won correspond with their largest campaigning ventures. The estimated cost of their campaigning

Raymond narrowed his eyes. "In other words, they got a large windfall at the final moment, breathing life in their campaign in swing

to be the case according to the director

He gritted his teeth.

thing because we have a good justification? We can avoid war with

reason. And the voter base doesn't even understand the justification. The only thing they'll remember is

The former understood the reason that they didn't care about. The latter didn't understand the reasons and still didn't care. Regardless, this was a major upset that threw all his plans out the window entirely. If he couldn't get Congress to approve his declaration of war, then everything he had worked towards in the past five years would be in

initiatives as much as possible. The less he accomplished, the more it would be used against him in the

was one good outcome out of

war with the

would fare in the war against the famed Emperor of Harmony. However, he would be lying if he said he was confident or had

man who had brought Kandria victorious outcomes, if not outright victory, in every major war that the Kandrian Empire had ever partaken in. It wasn't even a question of whether he was qualified, considering he had a team of