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.

ensure that war could not unilaterally be declared by any one

war on Kandria eventually, he needed Congress to approve his declaration of war. He needed Congress to be firmly dominated by his party,

opposition party gaining an enormous number of seats in Congress was

gritted his teeth. "I thought the polls indicated that we

preparing a psephological report that

teeth.

a lot of their campaigning," she calmly explained. "The

eyes. "In other words, they got a large windfall at

be the case according to the director of campaigning

He gritted his teeth.

this a good thing because we have a good justification? We can avoid

head. "Our donors don't care about the reason. And the voter base doesn't even understand the justification. The only thing they'll remember is

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

against him in the next round of elections. All in all, it was a complete nightmare for his future prospects,

one good outcome out of all

indeed avoid war with the Emperor

questioned on how he would fare in the war against the famed Emperor of Harmony. However, he would be lying if he said

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 military and Martial experts that he