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Lauchenoirian Guardian

Alvarez accuses Doberman of ‘hypocrisy’ after Kerlile comments
6th August 2019

Prime Minister Josephine Alvarez has accused controversial far-right leader Paul Doberman of ‘hypocrisy’ after he claimed she had been influenced by Councillor Jennifer Hale of Kerlile into changing Lauchenoirian extradition law. Doberman had previously expressed support for the extradition of Jasmine Eddington, the case which sparked the change.

Jasmine Eddington, a notorious Kerlian serial killer, escaped Kerlian custody during a routine prison transfer and fled across the border to Lauchenoiria. She was found guilty in 2009 of the murder of 13 adolescent boys and one kidnapping. She believes she was ‘punishing’ the male gender for their ‘sins’, and that she would be rewarded by the Goddess, a deity worshipped in Kerlile. She has been in Lauchenoirian custody since then.

Parliament passed a bill on the 1st August which allows Lauchenoiria to extradite individuals to Kerlile in certain circumstances, ending the blanket ban on extraditions to Kerlile and other countries which use the death penalty. Following passage of the bill, President Marwick announced that Lauchenoiria intended to extradite Eddington. She is currently in the process of appealing this decision. The bill passed only a day after a phone call between Alvarez and Councillor Hale.

Alvarez and Hale are still legally married, though it is expected that Alvarez will soon seek a divorce. The two were married when Hale was using the identity Sonja Viratnen and living in Lauchenoiria. Her true identity was revealed almost exactly a year ago, during the Kerlian attack on the city of Usera during the civil war. Alvarez has insisted that she did not know Hale’s true identity until this point.

In a speech in Parliament, Doberman, a Lauchenoiria First MP, said: “we all hear from Alvarez no, we will never extradite to Kerlile, then suddenly she’s on the phone with Hale and the next morning she’s saying something different. Alvarez is as much a puppet of Kerlile as Clarke was. We have to do something to end the Kerlian influence in this nation – we can no longer allow this to happen or soon we’ll end up as oppressed as Kerlians.”

Doberman continued, accusing Alvarez of setting Lauchenoiria down a ‘slippery slope’: “What next? First up it’s a Kerlian serial killer, and then suddenly we’re doing everything any crackpot dictator asks of us. Those Xiomeran journalists should be worried – soon Alvarez and her Kerlian chums will be sending them to their deaths. Kerlile has invaded us by stealth – again. I’m surprised the Sanctarians haven’t done anything about it, cause this is surely a threat to the peace!”

Alvarez responded to the accusations, saying: “Councillor Jennifer Hale and I are no longer in a relationship, we haven’t been for a year. She holds no influence on me, and the extradition bill had nothing to do with her. I find it ironic that Mr Doberman is now claiming that the extradition changes are a Kerlian plot, given that previously he spoke in support of the extradition of Eddington, calling her a danger to the Lauchenoirian people.”