Manchuria/Current events/Dongbei Jintian

 The following is a summary of news from Manchuria as provided by the Dongbei Jintian (Chinese: 東北今天) from December 2015.

December

 * 22nd: Source

2015 election - shock result as the Manchu Revolutionary National Congress loses majority  by Fu Bingbing The results for the 2015 election for the Supreme National Assembly have been announced by the Electoral Orgburo, with the result being that no party commands an overall majority in the Assembly. The biggest losers of the election were the Manchu Revolutionary National Congress who went from a comfortable majority of 388 seats to that of 285, whereas the populist Progressive Alliance for Manchuria (led by the New Progressive Party) went from 115 seats to 233. Smaller parties (such as the National Liberals, Qinglonghui and United People’s Party) also lost seats whilst the Communist Party received a small boost in terms of votes.

The election has seen the worst result for a majority voting bloc since the 1990 elections when the MRNC ousted the communists, whereas the NPP have attained the largest number of seats an opposition party has ever received beating the Communists 211 seats in 1995.

MRNC party chairman Liu Zhengming has stated that the MRNC will “push to form a coalition as soon as possible” highlighting the fact that the MRNC still retains a plurality of seats. He has also stated that any coalition with the MRNC will provide the “best governance for Manchuria”.

NPP leader Feng Huiyin has stated that the election shows “a clear desire by the Manchurian people to change the stagnant, corrupt politics that has plagued the nation for decades”. She has stated that the Progressive Alliance is committed to “negotiating a coalition that will bring real change to Manchuria”. The results are as follows - {{legend|#FCFC0A|Manchu Revolutionary National Congress: 285 seats}} {{legend|#0087DB|New Progressive Party: 212 seats (Progressive Alliance)}} {{legend|#38FC08|Green Party: 11 seats (Progressive Alliance) }} {{legend|#FC00E3|Democratic Union of Change: 10 seats (Progressive Alliance)}} {{legend|#FF0000|Communist Party of Manchuria: 103 seats}} {{legend|#041A35|Qinglonghui: 23 seats}} {{legend|#FFAA00|National Liberal Party: 21 seats}} {{legend|#48BD17|United People’s Party: 20 seats}}