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Lauchenoirian Guardian

Agramunt expels Chaher ministers from Communist Party
8th October 2019

Élia Agramunt, leader of the Communist Party, has expelled five former government ministers who served under the Chaher regime from the Communist Party, following a unanimous decision by the party’s National Executive Committee granting her permission to do so. The party says the move is intended to cut ties with the party’s “undemocratic” past and commit themselves to supporting democracy and due process in the future.

Among those expelled was former leader Javier Flynn, Agramunt’s predecessor, who served in Chaher’s cabinet as Health Minister. Flynn had been leader of the Communist Party before Suleman Chaher’s coup, and returned to the position after the signing of the Haven Accords when Charissa Clarke was revealed to be a Kerlian sleeper agent. When asked for comment on the phone, Flynn responded with “capitalist sell-outs.” It is unclear who he was referring to in this statement.

Critics of the Communist Party have claimed this is a “publicity stunt” aimed at distancing the party from the horrors of both the Chaher regime and the previous Communist regime which ended in 1993. Critics claim that nothing has really changed at the heart of the party, and that large-scale structural change is needed to change the party into one which is “at heart” democratic.

This includes not just pro-capitalist politicians, but also Left Alliance leader Damian Andrés, who claims his party is an alternative for those who support a communist or socialist system, but have become disillusioned with the Communist Party due to their authoritarian tendencies. Lauchenoiria First, in response to the decision, have called for “everyone” to be expelled from the party, and for the party to be disbanded.

The Communist Party in the last month have quietly dropped their official position that the 2017 capitalism referendum was only won as a result of foreign interference, and have instead accepted the legitimacy of the result. They have, however, called for a second referendum in light of the “significant changes” in Lauchenoiria’s government since the first referendum. An advertising campaign calling for a second referendum is set to begin next week.