11-29-2024, 11:41 PM
Ousmane approached the Koldan Immigration Minister after the meeting, he was a older man with glasses named Fatou-Ba.
“I don’t think you had to apologize earlier, the Brissican Minister was ignoring our delegation”
Fatou-Ba looked up, in his hands he was holding a checkbook.
“Youths…You don’t understand what’s at stake here”
“Yes, I do, a key meeting with your counterpart, which we had no input on”
Fatou-Ba handed a check off to a nearby assistant
“Don’t tug against the breast which feeds you,” the Minister said as he walked towards the nearby elevator.
The assistant, a young woman with short braids, carried the check down the hallway and opened a door to a small stairwell. Ousmane considered the oddity of this for a moment and what Fatou-Ba had said. Ousmane excused himself from the group, began walking towards the bathroom, and waited inside until all of those from the meeting had cleared. Ousmane then sprinted down the stairwell careful to move quickly yet tread quickly in case the assistant was still nearby.
Behind the hotel in Saint-Paul, a group of Brissican men were gathered, shaded from the street by the outline of the building.
“Minister Ba sends his apologies for earlier,” the assistant said bowing to a Brissiac man in a grey suit
“As long as he keeps his word to speak with Senghor about our proposal,” he said as he turned towards his associates.
At that moment, Ousmane burst out of the stairs, looking halfway between ready to fight and ready to arrest someone. Not as if he could do much of either.
“I will deal with the interloper,” the assistant said, pulling a silver knife out of her skirt.
Ousmane rolled up his sleeves “Tell me what you are delivering, we don’t have to fight here”
“You have betrayed our ancestors, you shall die for it” she said, dropping her knife.
"At least you fight with honor, but yet you betray our country for money?" Ousmane asked.
"God's plan for the Koldan people is greater than you could ever imagine"
The women attacked first, attempting to strike Ousmane off his standing with a flying kick. However, Ousmane was not a total amateur, his father was friends with many traditional wrestlers who were still popular in the Koldan countryside.
"Watch this men, and learn son. Maybe they will make you less of a weakling"
Those words of his father came to him now, and so did the fighting skills these men taught Ousmane.
Ousmane remained defensive, as the assistant who was trained in some form of martial arts attacked with ferocity.
The Brissicans who had originally been intent on leaving remained, as if entertained by the two Koldans fighting each other.
“2 minutes to live” shouted a voice from beyond the curtain.
Jissel Baoul, the Democratic Action-Party candidate, steadied himself for one of the most important debates of his political career. Baoul had been around danger his whole life, from age 14 he had worked in the state-run agricultural farm system, his labor being rewarded with membership in an extremely corrupt union. Eventually, he rose to the top and helped organize several surrounding farms into an independent union. Company thugs eventually came for him, giving him permanent scars on his arms and legs. Yet still he pushed forward, and eventually received a law degree from the San Fernando University in Slokais Islands. When he returned, came a new vision and calling, politics.
The KLF-U always came for him. When he was elected in 2014 as the first DAP senator, he was arrested for a traffic violation and kept in jail for several weeks. When he criticized DeChamps, a lifestyle brand for child labor violations his house was shot at by gunmen. Of course not directly from the KLF-U, their allies had connections across Koldan society, and speaking up against them was always a risk. God willing, the people of Kolda would be able to hear him speak another day.
“Good evening, Kolda. Tonight is the first Presidential Debate, you will see 4 candidates, each receiving over 10% in polling” said the host, a KBC reporter.
Jissel had been placed in second, and thus followed President Senghor onto the stage. In front of him, the President was getting last-minute hair and make-up from reporters. A KBC staff member walked by handing a piece of paper to the President. He was then motioned to enter the stage, to the wild applause of the audience. Per KBC rules, the audience was meant to be reporters and undecided voters, but it was common knowledge the KLF-U sent in party loyalists with specific instructions. This is how they won, they controlled the board making the game unfair even before the election tampering. Jissel walked onto the stage and went for the handshake as he stood at his podium, however, the President didn’t respond as he set the piece of paper given to him in front of his lectern.
"He must have had the questions," Jissel thought as the debate opened. It was obvious President Senghor was ready to respond while Jissel, the Brissican Union Party, and the KLF puppet candidate were left in a worse place. During a TV break, Jissel leaned over to the President.
“I know about the notecard, let your policy speak for itself for once”
“Is that a threat” President Senghor responded
“No, but at least try and make it at least look fair”
“How dare you to question our election workers, in my term, they have been consistently ranked as fair”
“Fine, let’s see what the people say”
After the break, when Jissel was asked a biased question about his military response to the threat of Islamists, he began by saying.
“First of all, this is not a fair debate, President Senghor knows all of your questions”
“Let me respond to this outrage,” the President said
“No, let it be known this election is not fair, people of Kolda stand strong against this injustice”
At that moment, Jissel’s mic was cut
“Senator, that statement is out of order, President Senghor you have 30 seconds to respond”
“As part of the New Dawn program, electoral irregularities have been reduced and in the past two elections, irregularities have been at an all-time low, you sir are part of the problem by convincing the Koldan people there is an issue here”
When the debate ended, Jissel went way while Senghor went the other way. As he made his way to his dressing room, Jissel was stopped by a Koldan Intelligence Bureau agent who put his arm out.
“What you said, could be considered treason,” he said
“I have broken no laws, I won’t let your campaign of terror win”
“Just keep that in mind, you are treading on wet planks,” the agent said, turning away.
“Then I will bring down the whole bridge,” Jissel said as his assistant opened the dressing room door from the inside.
“I don’t think you had to apologize earlier, the Brissican Minister was ignoring our delegation”
Fatou-Ba looked up, in his hands he was holding a checkbook.
“Youths…You don’t understand what’s at stake here”
“Yes, I do, a key meeting with your counterpart, which we had no input on”
Fatou-Ba handed a check off to a nearby assistant
“Don’t tug against the breast which feeds you,” the Minister said as he walked towards the nearby elevator.
The assistant, a young woman with short braids, carried the check down the hallway and opened a door to a small stairwell. Ousmane considered the oddity of this for a moment and what Fatou-Ba had said. Ousmane excused himself from the group, began walking towards the bathroom, and waited inside until all of those from the meeting had cleared. Ousmane then sprinted down the stairwell careful to move quickly yet tread quickly in case the assistant was still nearby.
Behind the hotel in Saint-Paul, a group of Brissican men were gathered, shaded from the street by the outline of the building.
“Minister Ba sends his apologies for earlier,” the assistant said bowing to a Brissiac man in a grey suit
“As long as he keeps his word to speak with Senghor about our proposal,” he said as he turned towards his associates.
At that moment, Ousmane burst out of the stairs, looking halfway between ready to fight and ready to arrest someone. Not as if he could do much of either.
“I will deal with the interloper,” the assistant said, pulling a silver knife out of her skirt.
Ousmane rolled up his sleeves “Tell me what you are delivering, we don’t have to fight here”
“You have betrayed our ancestors, you shall die for it” she said, dropping her knife.
"At least you fight with honor, but yet you betray our country for money?" Ousmane asked.
"God's plan for the Koldan people is greater than you could ever imagine"
The women attacked first, attempting to strike Ousmane off his standing with a flying kick. However, Ousmane was not a total amateur, his father was friends with many traditional wrestlers who were still popular in the Koldan countryside.
"Watch this men, and learn son. Maybe they will make you less of a weakling"
Those words of his father came to him now, and so did the fighting skills these men taught Ousmane.
Ousmane remained defensive, as the assistant who was trained in some form of martial arts attacked with ferocity.
The Brissicans who had originally been intent on leaving remained, as if entertained by the two Koldans fighting each other.
“2 minutes to live” shouted a voice from beyond the curtain.
Jissel Baoul, the Democratic Action-Party candidate, steadied himself for one of the most important debates of his political career. Baoul had been around danger his whole life, from age 14 he had worked in the state-run agricultural farm system, his labor being rewarded with membership in an extremely corrupt union. Eventually, he rose to the top and helped organize several surrounding farms into an independent union. Company thugs eventually came for him, giving him permanent scars on his arms and legs. Yet still he pushed forward, and eventually received a law degree from the San Fernando University in Slokais Islands. When he returned, came a new vision and calling, politics.
The KLF-U always came for him. When he was elected in 2014 as the first DAP senator, he was arrested for a traffic violation and kept in jail for several weeks. When he criticized DeChamps, a lifestyle brand for child labor violations his house was shot at by gunmen. Of course not directly from the KLF-U, their allies had connections across Koldan society, and speaking up against them was always a risk. God willing, the people of Kolda would be able to hear him speak another day.
“Good evening, Kolda. Tonight is the first Presidential Debate, you will see 4 candidates, each receiving over 10% in polling” said the host, a KBC reporter.
Jissel had been placed in second, and thus followed President Senghor onto the stage. In front of him, the President was getting last-minute hair and make-up from reporters. A KBC staff member walked by handing a piece of paper to the President. He was then motioned to enter the stage, to the wild applause of the audience. Per KBC rules, the audience was meant to be reporters and undecided voters, but it was common knowledge the KLF-U sent in party loyalists with specific instructions. This is how they won, they controlled the board making the game unfair even before the election tampering. Jissel walked onto the stage and went for the handshake as he stood at his podium, however, the President didn’t respond as he set the piece of paper given to him in front of his lectern.
"He must have had the questions," Jissel thought as the debate opened. It was obvious President Senghor was ready to respond while Jissel, the Brissican Union Party, and the KLF puppet candidate were left in a worse place. During a TV break, Jissel leaned over to the President.
“I know about the notecard, let your policy speak for itself for once”
“Is that a threat” President Senghor responded
“No, but at least try and make it at least look fair”
“How dare you to question our election workers, in my term, they have been consistently ranked as fair”
“Fine, let’s see what the people say”
After the break, when Jissel was asked a biased question about his military response to the threat of Islamists, he began by saying.
“First of all, this is not a fair debate, President Senghor knows all of your questions”
“Let me respond to this outrage,” the President said
“No, let it be known this election is not fair, people of Kolda stand strong against this injustice”
At that moment, Jissel’s mic was cut
“Senator, that statement is out of order, President Senghor you have 30 seconds to respond”
“As part of the New Dawn program, electoral irregularities have been reduced and in the past two elections, irregularities have been at an all-time low, you sir are part of the problem by convincing the Koldan people there is an issue here”
When the debate ended, Jissel went way while Senghor went the other way. As he made his way to his dressing room, Jissel was stopped by a Koldan Intelligence Bureau agent who put his arm out.
“What you said, could be considered treason,” he said
“I have broken no laws, I won’t let your campaign of terror win”
“Just keep that in mind, you are treading on wet planks,” the agent said, turning away.
“Then I will bring down the whole bridge,” Jissel said as his assistant opened the dressing room door from the inside.
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