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The first Bajoran General election under the Third Republic took place on February 2, 2376. The 676 seats in the Bajoran Parliament were selected based on proportional representation, with voters for parties below the 5 seat threshold having their votes redistributed to other parties of their choice. Shown are all the parties that gained seats, with their adjusted vote totals.

The Progress Faction was able to gain a plurality but not a majority of seats, and had to form a coalition to rule. The Peace Faction refused to provide the necessary seats, and as such the Progress Faction was forced to form an alliance with the Pagh Vedeka faction.

Progress Faction [40.9% of the vote, 277 seats]

Platform: To promote the material conditions of the people of Bajor, via economic development and intersystemic cooperation.

Scientific Universalist Party [15.5% of the vote, 106 seats]

Platform: To promote the ideals of scientific rationality and its application to the wellbeing of the Bajoran People.

Voter base: educated elites, many of whom are Alienists (people who believe the Prophets to be time-controlling aliens rather than Gods)

Prophetic Democracy Party [13.2% of the vote, 89 seats]

Platform: To strengthen the Pagh of the Bajoran people.

Voter base: rural professional middle class. Almost entirely Prophetists (people who believe the Prophets to be Gods)

Social Democratic Party [5.8% of the vote, 39 seats]

Platform: To promote the general welfare.

Voter base: urban professional middle class and some of the working class. Mix of Prophetists and Alienists.

Communist Party (Marxist) [3.3% of the vote, 22 seats]

Platform: Workers of the World unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains! [In Federation Standard]

Voter base: mostly urban former hardline revolutionaries, largely ones who disagreed with the dehumanization policies the Communist Party tried to engage in following the Federation withdrawal from DS9.

Democratic Socialist Party [2.2% of the vote, 15 seats]

Platform: To promote the welfare of the working people of Bajor.

Voter base: urban educated elite and some of the urban working class.

Pluralist Party [0.9% of the vote, 6 seats]

Platform: to promote the rights and values of minority species on Bajor.

Voter base: almost entirely humans settled on Bajor, and some non-humans who live in human districts.

Peace Faction [28.2% of the vote, 190 seats]

Platform: To promote a free and truly independent Republic of Bajor.

Independence Party [17.2% of the vote, 116 seats]

Platform: To free Bajor by resisting the intrigues of intergalactic empires.

Voter base: rural liberals of many stripes. The Independence Party was the political wing of the Bajoran resistance and ruling party during the provisional government, but lost much of its base due to attrition in that time period.

Prophetic Liberation Party [5.3% of the vote, 36 seats]

Platform: To liberate the Bajoran working class via the will of the Prophets.

Voter base: left-wing Prophetists.

People's Party [2.5% of the vote, 17 seats]

Platform: To oppose the machinations of politicians and produce a government that truly works for the people.

Voter base: low social trust voters.

Communist Party [1.7% of the vote, 11 seats]

Platform: Workers of the World unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains! [in Bajoran Standard]

Voter base: former hardline revolutionaries. The Communist Party was the political wing of the hardline Bajoran resistance fighters and the opposition during the provisional government. Lost power in several schisms over the species character of Communism.

Communist Party (Nalist) [1.5% of the vote, 10 seats]

Platform: D'jarra ga, Tessipa ga, Pagh'ten ga Pagh. [Traditional Nalist slogan, roughly translates to No Caste, No Lords, No Prophets But The Soul]

Voter base: former hardline revolutionaries who split from the Communist Party when it refused to fully carry through on dehumanization policies following the Abandonment of DS9.

Pagh Vedeka Faction [24.5% of the vote, 166 seats]

Platform: To restore the dignity of Bajor through strength; for only in strength is there dignity.

Prophetist Party [11.2% of the vote, 76 seats]

Platform: To glorify the prophets and create a new Bajor in the image of their plan.

Voter base: hardline Prophetist conservatives, many members of higher D’jarras. Most older Bajorans who remembered the pre-occupation status quo.

Bajoranist Party [5.2% of the vote, 35 seats]

Platform: To promote the unique interests of Bajoran people against alien interests.

Voter base: rural conservatives who are less focused on religious issues. Mostly still Prophetists.

Reparationist Party [3.6% of the vote, 24 seats]

Platform: To extract reparations from the Former Cardassian Oppressors, and bring justice to the victims of the Cardassian Occupation.

Voter base: hardliner anti-Cardassians, often in areas more heavily affected by the Cardassian Occupation.

Revanchist Party [2.6% of the vote, 18 seats]

Platform: To restore Classical Bajor to its True and Original Borders.

Voter base: hardliner anti-Cardassians, generally from urban provinces.

Bajoran Independence Party [1.2% of the vote, 8 seats]

Platform: To free Bajor by resisting the intrigues of intergalactic empires, by force if necessary.

Voter base: former Independence Party members who disagreed with the isolationist and pacifist stances of the party.

Communist Party (Surakist-Cesarist-Khanist) [0.7% of the vote, 5 seats]

Platform: To liberate the proletarian mass of Bajor against the bourgeois decadence of the ruling class.

Voter base: former members of the Communist Party who followed the teachings of Vedek Li, who sought inspiration from major “communist” figures throughout history.

Unaffiliated [6.4% of the vote, 43 seats]

Jeraddoist Party [4.2% of the vote, 28 seats]

Platform: To preserve the natural beauty of Bajor against industrial exploitation.

Voter base: educated elites disgusted with the energy plant on the moon Jeraddo and other similar development projects

Libertarian Party [1.3% of the vote, 9 seats]

Platform: To challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.

Voter base: educated elites who dislike the main political parties

Communist Party (Maoist) [0.9% of the vote, 8 seats]

Platform: To serve the people, never benefiting oneself, always benefit others.

Voter base: former Communist Party (Marxist) voters who agreed with the fundamental interspecies nature of Communism in the speciescharacterism schism, but disagreed with the Marxists for participating in bourgeois coalitional thinking.

My fellow free peoples,

There is an ancient Terran story, about a city called Rome. It reigned over it's subjects with an iron fist. When it was defied, it turned it's enemies lands into a desert, and called it peace. It's watchword, "woe to the conquered."

But every sun must set, and one day a tribal army sacked Rome. The citizens negotiated a peace tribute, to be paid in 5 kilos of gold, and the tribe agreed. But the tribal leader weighed the scales, so the Romans cried out that this was unfair.

And to that, the leader threw his sword upon the scales, and declared "woe to the conquered."

Was he wrong?

[Crowd: NO!]

How dare they demand fairness!

How dare they demand grace!

How dare they demand nuance!

[Crowd chants: How Dare They! How Dare They!]

Cardassia now demands fairness, demands grace, demands nuance. And our friends across the aisle, latinum tower Liberals sitting on Terra

[Crowd boos]

on Vulcan,

[Louder boos]

on Risa

[Deafening boos]

are too caught up in performing their misplaced sympathy to see this for the act it is.

There's an ancient parable about a scorpion and a frog

[Crowd groans, chuckles]

Oh [smirks], you've heard this one before, have you?

[Crowd laughs]

[Face darkens] Well it's time to crush that scorpion under our feet.

[Crowd cheers]

Full Coachella: woe to the conquered!

[Deafening cheers]

Thank you, and may you walk as free peoples today and tomorrow!

[Loud cheers]

"""

- Ralph Emerson (FP-Cuellar), leader of the maquish Free Peoples Party, at the January 15 2379 emergency meeting of the party to discuss the invocation of the Treaty of Coachella by the Bajoran foreign ministry.

Hello, this is Weizhu Sh'roeder, and this is Newslog, Stardate 74040 [January 15 2379]. Today's stories:

- The Bell City Voles win the Universal Cup in racketball for the first time in 4 decades

- 3 break ins logged on Andor in the last calendar year: sign of an impending crime wave?

- Save the Targs scores major victory as the Klingon high council bans dishonorable Targ hunts

But first, our lead story, out of Bajor.

The Bajoran National Heritage Society has announced the discovery of a Classical Bajoran settlement on Cardassia IV. Fe Ch'ati, director of the Society, had this to say: "Vedekic tradition has long held that Classical Bajorans were not only explorers but settlers. Now, we have secular proof. Independent reviewers from the Daystrom Institute have confirmed via both analysis of records recovered from the site and isotopic analysis that the settlement lasted 58 years and predates any Cardassian presence on the world."

For analysis of the legal and political ramifications, let's go to our legal analyst, Dr Corey. Corey, what do you make of this?

Well Weizhu, this is probably the most impactful archaeological find in history. The Treaty of Coachella signed 8 months ago explicitly states that any planet with at least 50 years of pre Cardassian occupation is deemed a Settler Colonized Planet and must be returned to the Indigenous Occupants, in this case the Bajorans.

But surely there's no way this actually is enforced right? The current population of Cardassia IV is 1.2 billion people, with an estimated 500 million expelled Cardassian settlers to be resettled there.

Unfortunately for them, it does appear the Bajoran Ministry of Alien Affairs, headed by the notoriously nationalist Vedek Larani, has officially lodged a claim under the treaty. I have no doubt that Detapa will appeal but the 8 Inyo appointees on the SCOF are all fairly strict textualists, so I think they're looking at a 8-7 ruling at best, probably 10-4-1 in practice.

What does the Federation council have to say about all this? Where is Inyo?

Inyo has responded with a short statement praying for peace. Probably not going to help him on the "General Usefulness" approval category he's been struggling in, though frankly I think that might be baked in at this point.

And the Council? Surely the Coalition for Stability has something to say about this?

Coalition members Luxwana Troi (Liberal-Betazed) and Sation (Kirsharist-Vulcan) have put out a statement announcing a bill officially withdraw from the Treaty of Coachella, but this is expected to fail. A treaty withdrawal would require 75% to pass, and you can expect the Opposition to whip against due to the central role of the maquish parties. The leader of the opposition, Ralph Emerson (Free Peoples-Cuellar) has released a statement mocking what he sees as misplaced concern for Cardassia and vowing to uphold "full Coachella."

What does the new provisional government on Cardassia have to say?

Well, Exarch Garak is understandabry furious, calling this an attempt to kneecap attempts at Cardassian reconstructdon. Unfortunately, as the Exarchate is directly under Federation and Bajoran joint control, there's not much that can be done.

Well, I think that's about time! Thanks for joining us, Corey!

Thanks, Weizhu! Hope next time we meet under better circumstances.

Now onto lighter news, in a stunning 6-3 victory, the Bell City...

"""

State for the record your name, family, and prior occupation

Elim Garak, None, Tailor.

You have been nominated by the Detapa Council to the position of Archlegate of Cardassia Prime. Do you accept this nomination?

I have been nominated by the Detapa Council to the position of Archlegate of Cardassia Prime. I accept this nomination.

The qualification for this role is that you must be a Cardassian citizen in good standing. Do you attest that you meet the qualification?

The qualification for this role is that I must be a Cardassian citizen in good standing. I attest that I meet the qualification.

In serving as Archlegate, you must pledge your word and your deed to the Detapa Council. Do you pledge your word and your deed?

In serving as Archlegate, I must pledge my word and my deed to the Detapa Council. I pledge my word and my deed to the Detapa Council, and to the people of Cardassia. [murmurs from audience]

You are now Archlegate of Cardassia Prime. May your service be loyal. May your service be short.

I am now Archlegate of Cardassia Prime. May my service be loyal. May my service be short.

I stand here before you as the 23rd Archlegate of Cardassia Prime. This role is an unhappy one, one that is created by Detapa in times of turmoil. Four exarchs left office leaving Cardassia strong enough to no longer need the role. I strive to be the fifth, but I can offer no promises. I promise nothing but my word and my deed.

I stand here before you as the fourth Exarch of Cardassia Prime. [murmurs] The role is an unhappy one, one that is created by an occupier of a conquered people. [pause, louder murmurs] And, it is important [louder murmurs continue], it is important [murmurs die down] for us to understand, that is who we are. A conquered people. [silence] Conquered then by the Ketracel White. Conquered now by the Root Beer. [silence from crowd]

I cannot promise, would not presume to promise, the greatness of Damar the Faithful, but I can promise this: I am nobody's puppet.

May we all serve Cardassia!

[Crowd: May we all serve Cardassia!]

"""

-Exarch Elim Garak, at the Archlegatal ceremony, Hall of the Councillors, Detapan City, June 3, 2378

On behalf of the great Kendra Province, The Land of the Rolling Valleys, let me express my solemn gratitude for your votes and for the honor of addressing this convention.

Bajor is at a crossroads today. The next few years will be more decisive for our future than any since the days of the resistance. Bajor stands today poised to either join the Federation or become an Empire in our own right.

Many of us are hopeful. Many of us are tired. And many of us are terrified.

Some of my comrades today have discussed the spiritual consequences of joining the alien's power games. I [gestures to vedecic robes] agree with them wholeheartedly. But to be honest, I am not terrified for the spiritual damage; I do not fear the prophets love. I am terrified for what this will do to our Culture.

The Terrans, in their most common language, English, have a phrase: state of war. As is traditional in their languages, it is a pun, meaning it has two distinct but profoundly related meanings. The first is the condition of being at war: for example one might say Breen state of war Romulus. The second is a nation whose foundation is war: for example one might say Romulus be state of war.

The Federation embodies this. In the last 260 years it has been at peace for only 58. It has been in a state of war. And as a result, it has become a state of war.

Look around you. Look at the "scientific and diplomatic organization" of Starfleet. Do the scientists at the University of Dahkur carry guns?

[crowd: no!]

Do the delegates at the Chamber of Ministers carry military rank?

[crowd, louder: no!!]

Do we want to live in a world where the only thing in the way of a coup is a military captain saying no?

[crowd, even louder: NO!]

So I say: for the sake of the prophets of Bajor, for the sake of the culture of Bajor, and for the sake of the people of Bajor, choose Peace!

[Crowd Cheers]

Thank you, and may the prophets smile on you, and may the prophets smile on a free and truly independent Republic of Bajor.

"""

- Koral Patina, in acceptance speech for the nomination, at the Peace Party's first Convention, October 2375

You think of the Celestial Fleet as an instrument of war; and well you may; for the record of its soldiers in the Great Liberation and the Dominion War will live as long as history is written.

But the Fleet has tasks of peace no less heroic -- tasks that mean a safer, and a better universe.

It is for those tasks that the Fleet asks seven years of the lives of Bajor’s best young people.

To those people the Fleet promises an education -- an asset for their life in all the years to come.

It gives them good food, good clothes, and good care. It trains them to responsibility, - it develops character and pagh.

It promises them travel, and the knowledge of other lands, that will make them citizens of the quadrant.

The Celestial Fleet seeks no inferior applicants. It wants citizens of whom it can be proud, during their service, and in all the years to come.

To Interview with the Fleet, contact us at [email protected]/bajor. A personal interview involves no obligation. Must be at least 16 years old to apply. No other qualifications required.

“””

-Bajoran Recruitment Ad, June 24, 2376. These ads were distributed across Bajor in order to recruit people into the new Celestial Fleet, currently composed mostly of former Bajoran Militia Members

Endorsement: Anyone But Liberals in the 2381 election

Opinion by UnjoinedLib

I know, I know. Before you ask, the headline isn't clickbait. This isn't about the downballot, and I'm not being unironic. My official endorsement is to vote against the Liberals in the 2381 Federation Election for the Federation Council.

Ok so now you don't think I'm clickbait, but you think I've gone insane. So let's put that to rest. I'm still the same UnjoinedLib you've always known. I still think Troi has the best platform of any of the major parties. And I'm not going to insult your intelligence by telling you to vote for the warfreaks at Alpha Defense or the weirdo blood and soil types over at Free Peoples.

But like,, even I have to admit, Liberal Administration has been a complete disaster. The "Coalition For Stability" will go down as one of the worst ideas in 23rd century political history. Weakening the Federation Council via a big tent coalition to prevent strife got us (1) the ludicrously ineffectual Inyo administration (or should I say the Leyton administration), (2) the cartoonishly evil Zife administration (frankly, would we have been any worse off if Leyton had pulled it off?), and (3) somehow Jaresh Inyo AGAIN (honestly I hope like Necheyev or whatever tries to do a coup just for the poetic symmetry).

The Liberals simply refuse to learn the lesson that the options are a strong council or a defacto dictatorship of whoever happens to be around.

I'm done, I'm out.

I'm not going to endorse a single party here but I think some good options are the New Socialists, the Productivists, the Th'Korani-Jacobites, and the Federation United Party. Yes, these will all get like 6 seats each, but as the Libs in San Francisco keep telling us, every party matters, and all are members of the coalition.

Let's just hope we can get a coalition whose sights are set a bit higher than "Stability".

UnjoinedLib is an Editorial Board Member and Head Writer at the Europa office of the Red Planet. The views in this article are UnjoinedLib's alone, and do not constitute an official statement of Red Planet, or parent organization Federation Vanguard.

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- Published December 7, 2377, in Red Planet, following the non consecutive reelection of Jaresh Inyo