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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Aug 23, 2021 2:24:28 GMT
Not yet, although I would have to cover that in a future update.
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Post by astrorangerbeans on Aug 29, 2021 11:16:02 GMT
I am thinking of a darker Chris-chan TL where Chris-chan migrates to the Philippines with his parents who might help fix the Philippine electricity grid, and enrolls in a Tadiar school for those who are autistic (Maybe Tadiar would encourage schooling of people with disabilities, if only for propaganda purposes "We are not bad as you think and we don't treat people with disabilities like crap"), only for them to be indocrtinated. What?
If I was born in this TL, it would be worse for me because propaganda can soon drains my focus as well as false indoctrination and manipulating lies. I hate that dystopic setting that induces ableism.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Aug 29, 2021 16:54:49 GMT
I am thinking of a darker Chris-chan TL where Chris-chan migrates to the Philippines with his parents who might help fix the Philippine electricity grid, and enrolls in a Tadiar school for those who are autistic (Maybe Tadiar would encourage schooling of people with disabilities, if only for propaganda purposes "We are not bad as you think and we don't treat people with disabilities like crap"), only for them to be indocrtinated. What?
If I was born in this TL, it would be worse for me because propaganda can soon drains my focus as well as false indoctrination and manipulating lies. I hate that dystopic setting that induces ableism.
Not exactly sure what kind of abuse would people with disabilities suffered under the OTL Marcos regime, but I can guarantee you that ableism would have been extremely rampant ITTL. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Aug 31, 2021 5:04:38 GMT
Chapter Seventy-Four: The Ghosts of the Past War/Mga Multong ang Digmaan
FILIPINOS WORLDWIDE LAUNCH GLOBAL COUNTER-DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST TADIAR REGIME'S PLAN TO REHABILITATE WWII FILIPINO COLLABORATORS WHO WORKED FOR JAPAN
Vancouver Sun
December 7, 1999
(Vancouver) - Adding to the Tadiar regime's continued pro-Japanese policies and actions, the leader of the Council for National Sovereignty and military dictator, Artemio Tadiar, has announced the beginning of the process to rehabilitate some of the more controversial former collaborators who worked for the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. Among the possible candidates who worked for the Japanese during the war was the only president who presided over the government of the Japanese-backed puppet Second Philippine Republic, Jose P. Laurel, as well as the only general who refused to pledge his allegiance to the United States after the Philippine-American War ended with the official recognition of American rule over the Philippines, Tadiar's namesake Artemio Ricarte. The rehabilitation process comes at a time when Filipino-Japanese relations started to improve, with Japan poised to replace the United States as the primary ally of the Tadiar regime. However, no such information on the international trade that the Philippines are involved in due to UN sanctions imposed on the nation as a result of the Tadiar regime's human rights abuses.
"The regime of Artemio Tadiar, in their desperate attempt to reinforce their anti-Chinese and anti-communist hatred, has gone too far. They are now trying to rehabilitate some of the worst collaborators who sold their countrymen out to the Japanese during the war," says local activist Elisa Bautista, who led a procession throughout downtown Vancouver. "We have always known that General Tadiar was a fascist in the making, but we never thought he'd resort to praising the Makapili as an example of a patriot. My uncles and cousins were massacred by the Japanese during the Manila Massacre."
The Manila Massacre was one of the worst atrocities that was committed by the retreating Imperial Japanese Army during the last years of World War Two, and much of the legacy from the war is still fresh in the Philippines. Just last year, the ambitious political reforms launched by the Tadiar regime included the adoption of an anthem not sung since the Second Philippine Republic, albeit with modified lyrics. Moreover, the Tadiar regime's closer ties with Japan, combined with the Japanese government's attempts to repeal the controversial Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution that forbade them from having a formal military, has caused outrage throughout Asia, whose memories of Japanese militarism are still fresh. Political experts in the West, and among the Filipino exile community have theorized the reasons behind the Tadiar regime's honeymoon with Tokyo.
"Japan was the only nation that actively helped the Philippines during the Chinese bombing, and thanks to former President Jackson's refusal to activate the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty, the Tadiar regime felt that they were running out of options. Moreover, the Tadiar regime also approved not only Japanese immigration to the Philippines, but also allowed the Yakuza to establish its base of operations in the Philippines," says prominent Vice President of the Philippine Government-in-exile Aquilino Pimentel Jr., from their base in Whistler, BC. "This, despite the sanctions that were placed on the Philippines due to its human rights violations, has nearly incurred the wrath of the international community."
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"We congratulate the exiles who have seen the light, and have realized the errors of their ways. Their experiences abroad has shocked them out of their stupor and has dimmed their starry eyes to the harsh reality of life in exile. We should not punish those who chose to come to our side, but rather to console and comfort them, as their parents have made the decision to flee while they were still young. At the same time, we have started to improve ties with the wider Latin American community to revive our Hispanic heritage that have been suppressed by the American imperialists during their war against our nation in the early 1900s. To our never ending shame and pain, the Americans still have the Balangiga Bells, and thanks to successive administrations, they have no intention to give the bells back to us. Those bells have a special significance, in that they were used as warning signs whenever the enemy would arrive at the village. Now that the American imperialists have been replaced with Chinese communists, we remain on guard against the threat from Beijing. It is in our interest to maintain our diplomatic isolation, as to continue our secret war against the Chinese communist, and we shall not rest until we have regained the islands that are rightfully ours. Of course, we shall share the Spratly Islands with those other claimants that have a legitimate interest in them, so long as they do not allow the People's Liberation Army Navy to build its presence there. It is also in our national interest, that the amendments to our 1998 Constitution should also include the re-establishment of Spanish as the official language of the Philippines, while Japanese shall be declared as the language of diplomacy. However, I myself in my old age, could no longer be able to learn Japanese, and thus I leave it to the new generation of nationalists and patriots to serve our country, to the best of their linguistic abilities." Artemio Tadiar, commenting on the recent repatriation of the children from exile families back to the Philippines, December 8, 1999.
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VIETNAM CONDEMNS TADIAR GOVERNMENT FOR REHABILITATION OF WARTIME COLLABORATORS, THREATENS TO SUSPEND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Sydney Herald
December 11, 1999
(Hanoi) - The Vietnamese communist government today, had issued a strong worded criticism of neighboring Philippines's proposal to rehabilitate most of its wartime collaborators who worked for the occupying Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong had also issued a warning to Philippine dictator Artemio Tadiar to backtrack on his plans, or Vietnam will temporarily suspend its crucial strategic partnership with its ideologically opposed neighbor. The entire ASEAN bloc had become alarmed at what they are seeing as an attempt by the increasingly assertive Japanese government to re-establish some of its lost political clout, and combined with Japan's call to re-examine Article 9 of their constitution that banned them from having a formal military, they are at a loss as to what to do next.
"The attempt by the Tadiar government to bring back the fascist ghosts of the previous war is not only foolhardy, but would only invite the Chinese government to a renewed military conflict in SE Asia," warns President Tran, during a session in the Vietnamese National Assembly. "As a fellow nation that suffered from Chinese military aggression, I call upon General Tadiar to at least slow down, or backtrack on his promise to rehabilitate some of the worst collaborators who worked with the Japanese imperialists."
Neighboring China, which shares a land border with Vietnam and has recently fought a conflict against it, is using the Tadiar dictatorship's plan of rehabilitation of its wartime collaborators, to drive a wedge between Hanoi and Manila. In addition, it has also launced a charm offensive against the remaining members of the ASEAN bloc, mainly by negotiating a trade agreement with them. However, its only sole issue with Vietnam lies with the continued Vietnamese occupation of much of Cambodian territory, including the capital of Phnom Penh, forcing the Cambodian government to relocate its functions to the second largest city in the country, Siem Reap. Another troubling issue within ASEAN is the title of Secretary General, which the Philippines has more or less possessed, despite its perceived diplomatic isolation. Angelito Banayo, who was a minor official during the Filipino Civil War, had originally been Tadiar's choice to succeed Arturo Tolentino as Foreign Minister, before being set aside for Abul Khayr Alonto. Banayo succeeded Brigadier General Manuel Oxales as interim Foreign Minister, who only took up the post on an interim basis and had to resign, due to him being reassigned by Tadiar as the new Governor of Kasiguran Prefecture. Alonto, who is one of the few Filipino Muslims to serve in the Tadiar regime, was recommended by Nur Misuari as a key figure in the regime. As a result, Banayo is instead appointed as Philippine Representative to ASEAN, who now also holds the position of Secretary General.
"While we will take the Vietnamese government's advice on our General's plan to rehabilitate those Filipinos who worked for Japan, we must also take into account Japan's soft power and their influence in the Philippines. Of course, there are those in our country whose grandparents, parents, and relatives had actively fought against the Japanese during the war, so we need to pay attention to their sensibilities," says Banayo from his residence in Kabankalan, which is fast becoming an attractive alternative location for its diplomatic stronghold. "I wil relay the Vietnamese government's concerns to General Tadiar. No doubt that he will have to pay attention to it, or we would lose Vietnam's support in engaging irregular warfare with China."
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INDONESIA SIGNS OPEN MOBILITY TREATY WITH JAPAN, PAVES THE WAY FOR JAPANESE IMMIGRATION INTO THE COUNTRY
Jakarta Post
December 14, 1999
(Jakarta) - Indonesia became the second nation in Asia to sign an open mobility treaty with Japan that allows both nations to settle in each other's territory through a more simplified process, after the Philippines. President Megawati Sukarnoputri has also announced that it has also launched an inquiry on how to integrate its economy into that of Japan's, at a time when the Japanese economy is facing a series of challenges, particularly its ageing workforce. In addition, the open mobility treaty with Japan also gives Japanese companies ample opportunities to invest in the Indonesian economy, which is in a dire need of a massive investment after years of mismanagement by the Suharto dictatorship, albeit it has stabilized under the previous administration of Prabowo Subianto. The emerging Japanese immigrant community in Indonesia has also taken advantage of the open mobility treaty to help stimulate cross-cultural marriages between the two nationals, with Japanese women marrying Indonesian men being the norm.
"Our commercial and financial opportunities have been enhanced through the signing of the Open Mobility Treaty with the Japanese government. We hope to spearhead the efforts to turn our treaty into a wider call for closer integration between Japan and SE Asia, in order to counter China's ambitions," President Sukarnoputri announced, during the session in the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly. "We also hope that by initiating the ambitious project for economic and diplomatic integration with Japan, we would also help coax the Philippines out of its self-imposed diplomatic isolation."
Indonesia remains one of the few nations in the world to maintain a diplomatic channel with the Tadiar regime, and has played a key role in the delivery of humanitarian supplies to the Filipinos who were affected by the Chinese bombing campaign against them during the Spratlys conflict. Yet, even with their low profile, the international community has constantly pressured the Indonesian government to stop giving aid to the Philippines, lest they be slapped with economic sanctions. However, Indonesian Ambassador to the UN Makarim Wibisono has defended his country's decision to keep the diplomatic channels with the Philippines open.
"At some point, there will be a time when the Tadiar regime will be incentivized to re-establish its diplomatic presence to the world. We must become the nation that will guide the Philippines out of its self-imposed diplomatic isolation, and let us not forget, they took the brunt of the Chinese attack that would have easily been aimed at us instead. We also condemned the Chinese government for its brutal attack on Brunei that was later resolved, but the Malaysian government is keen on integrating Brunei into Malaysia," says Wibisono after the UN session on what to do when the planned reunification of Russia with the Union State of Ukraine and Belarus is officially recognized. "As a result, the Tadiar government has repaid us with various intelligence on Islamist groups that have operated in our shared territory, as well as helped us with some other things."
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Portions from the Interview with Benigno Simeon Aquino
60 Minutes Interview, February 16, 2016
Discussing the Exposure of the Hidden Split within the Tadiar Camp
Interviewer: Some say that the year 1999 was the start of Tadiar's descent into madness, but you've painted it as some sort of a second transition period, in which the Tadiar regime's political experiment with tricameralism has started to bear some unpredictable fruit, namely the bureaucratic nightmare it has created. What was your opinion on the Tadiarean tricameralist experiment?
Aquino: I'm not sure if I've addressed it already, but I will once again. The problem with Tadiar's tricameralism was not only the bureaucratic nightmare, but that the Prefectural Assembly had consisted of people who were appointed based on their Civil Service Exams' final marks. Keep in mind that the Examination System that the Tadiar regime had imposed on the Philippines is an ironic legacy, since it was a system borrowed from the Chinese. Yet, at the same time, Tadiar was not above using the tools and weapons of his enemies to his own advantage.
Interviewer: Many of the former Prefectural Representatives whom I've interviewed had expressed their genuine appreciation to the tricameralist system that Tadiar had built, since it allowed them to enter politics without having to rely on family connections. Yet, Tadiar's fears of a political dynasty re-emerging is not without its merits, as many people who served in the Whistler-based Government-in-Exile are often connected to well established political families. It is for this reason that he sought to stack the lowest level of the Philippine legislative system with those he could mold into his perfect little warlords. Of course, all of the candidates for the spots in the Prefectural Assembly had to complete their military service, which made it harder for those Filipinos who were unable to serve to enter politics. What did you think of the primitive meritocratic experiment that the Tadiar regime carried out?
Aquino: To be honest, that was one of the few things that Tadiar had actually addressed and corrected. I don't like to admit it, but before the Tadiar dictatorship, political appointments were done on a connections basis. Former President Marcos had installed his cronies into certain positions, and while my late mother would have had a chance to clean up the mess Marcos created, ultimately it was Tadiar who finished my mother's work, even though it took an additional millions of dead Filipinos.
Interviewer: All right. Let us move on. (pauses) The second issue I wanted to address is the whole attempt by the Tadiar regime to rehabilitate the collaborators who worked with Japan during the Second World War. That attempt was met with condemnation by almost the entire Asian continent, which is understandable, given their experiences during the occupation. I'm sure it must have struck a nerve when one of the collaborators Tadiar wanted to rehabilitate was none other than your grandfather, Benigno Aquino Sr. What was the reaction from your mother and the rest of your family?
Aquino: My uncle Paul, who was still alive at that time, was confused. He thought that when my grandfather was released from prison on bail, he would have his charges of collaboration cleared. To our shock, it was not cleared, and he was stigmatized for it. Tadiar attempting to rehabilitate my grandfather caused a split within my dad's side of the family. When Tadiar finally enacted the Rehabilitation Act, which opened the way for the possible rehabilitation of the collaborators who worked with Japan during WWII. The only ones who were not approved for rehabilitation by Tadiar were Mariano Marcos, the father of the former dictator, and Vicente Madrigal, due to the illegitimacy scandal that occurred when Marcos was still alive.
Interviewer: How did Tadiar's attempt to rehabilitate the notorious collaborators who worked with Japan affect the entire junta? Many of the junta officers would have questioned his integrity, since they grew up in the Cold War era, and would have seen the importance of keeping its military alliance with the United States.
Aquino: That is what I wanted to talk about the most. Nicanor Faeldon was already into reviving the Spanish colonial heritage that was lost when the Americans took over from the Spaniards, while Elly Pamatong was neutral in this issue. However, some of the junior officers who recently joined the junta were concerned that his pro-Japanese attitude might endanger what's left of our diplomatic relations with the rest of Asia. It also didn't help when China broadcasted its garbage propaganda called the Japanese-European Roots of Modern Sinophobia, and the video was actually exported to the world, where the reaction was harsh, especially in SE Asia.
Interviewer: So the Chinese communist government was making a propaganda video that mixed in historical facts with jingoism?
Aquino: Yes.
Interviewer: Given that China's latest activities included additional attempts to improve their ties with Russia and Iran, plus helping Central Asia rebuild itself after the 2000 Russian military intervention in Kazakhstan, it seemed to us that China was keeping a low profile, except for the part where it sent volunteers during the Second Korean War.
Aquino. True, and the Second Korean War was the only time that Tadiar had been open to participating in what was seen as an international effort to depose the former North Korean dictatorship. Keep in mind that the Second Korean War was a huge carrot that the late President Kemp had dangled in front of Tadiar as a means of ending its diplomatic isolation and initiating a series of democratic reforms that eventually ended Tadiar's dictatorship.
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Post by gillan1220 on Aug 31, 2021 6:25:32 GMT
Asia gets more confusing. Tadiar courting to Tokyo and causing a wedge within ASEAN. Though it would benefit Beijing, it also will resound fears of Japanese militarism once more especially for the Chinese and Korean peoples.
I do hope the Balangiga Bells are returned in this timeline though.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Sept 1, 2021 3:31:46 GMT
Asia gets more confusing. Tadiar courting to Tokyo and causing a wedge within ASEAN. Though it would benefit Beijing, it also will resound fears of Japanese militarism once more especially for the Chinese and Korean peoples. I do hope the Balangiga Bells are returned in this timeline though. It could be returned though, don't worry about it. The question is, how will it be returned this time. At this point, ASEAN might become split between those who favor Beijing, and those who favor Tokyo. The only ones that are pro-Beijing at the moment would be Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos. The ones that are pro-Tokyo would be the Philippines and Indonesia right now, and there are those who favor the middle approach, and they are Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Singapore. Although initially Myanmar is aligned with China, they would eventually become anti-China, once Tadiar whips the remnants of the old Burmese junta. |
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Sept 1, 2021 4:12:08 GMT
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Sept 1, 2021 4:19:49 GMT
Only problem is, he's an American national. Although look for him to make a debut as part of the Corsairs. CIA Corsairs always have their door open to new recruits, though those who are into conspiracy theories would be one of the most dangerous recruits. |
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 1, 2021 6:50:10 GMT
Only problem is, he's an American national. Although look for him to make a debut as part of the Corsairs. CIA Corsairs always have their door open to new recruits, though those who are into conspiracy theories would be one of the most dangerous recruits. He'd probably be like Timothy McVeigh, who in TTL took part in the bombing of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Sept 2, 2021 2:22:28 GMT
Only problem is, he's an American national. Although look for him to make a debut as part of the Corsairs. CIA Corsairs always have their door open to new recruits, though those who are into conspiracy theories would be one of the most dangerous recruits. He'd probably be like Timothy McVeigh, who in TTL took part in the bombing of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower. True. He might also be one of those weird Americans who found a niche in Tadiar's Philippines. As long as he doesn't end up getting himself blown to bits with imported IEDs. Given his OTL bio, he would actually fit in with the likes of the Corsairs and the more nuttier of Tadiar's followers. |
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Sept 2, 2021 2:26:33 GMT
He'd probably be like Timothy McVeigh, who in TTL took part in the bombing of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower. True. He might also be one of those weird Americans who found a niche in Tadiar's Philippines. As long as he doesn't end up getting himself blown to bits with imported IEDs. Given his OTL bio, he would actually fit in with the likes of the Corsairs and the more nuttier of Tadiar's followers. Given he had a Filipino father, he might go to the Philippines on the guise of finding out more about his father's family, but also to become a Corsair. Maybe he might create bombs for the Orient Pearl Tower. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Sept 2, 2021 3:04:20 GMT
True. He might also be one of those weird Americans who found a niche in Tadiar's Philippines. As long as he doesn't end up getting himself blown to bits with imported IEDs. Given his OTL bio, he would actually fit in with the likes of the Corsairs and the more nuttier of Tadiar's followers. Given he had a Filipino father, he might go to the Philippines on the guise of finding out more about his father's family, but also to become a Corsair. Maybe he might create bombs for the Orient Pearl Tower. Unfortunately, that Filipino father abandoned him and his mother when he was a child, so it might be impossible for him to find out what happened to him. However, an alternate counterpart of Sayoc may also end up appearing. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Sept 5, 2021 7:26:28 GMT
Chapter Seventy-Five: A Reunion Seen Around the World
TENSIONS RISE WITHIN THREE EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS AS REUNIFICATION LOOMS AFTER REFERENDUM ENDS WITH A VICTORY IN ITS FAVOR
Moscow Times
August 30, 1999
 Union State President Mykola Azarov addresses the Verkhovna Rada on the ongoing referendum campaign.(Kharkov, UKRAINE) - Amidst the frenzy that has gripped the three former Soviet republics as the referendum on whether or not that the reunification between Russia and the Union State of Ukraine and Belarus will be approved by both parties in question. Although there is more support for reunification on the Russian side, there's also opposition to reunification from the Ukrainian and Belarusian side. Even as protests erupted in the cities throughout the three ex-Soviet republic, there were also a mass movement of support for the reunification process. Chiefly leading the procession in favor of reunification were several Russian nationalist groups within Russia, as well as pan-Slavic movements within Ukraine and Belarus. The referendum, which was launched on the initiative by Russian President Gennady Burbulis and Union State President Mykola Azarov (who is also expected to run as a candidate in the upcoming 2000 Russian Presidential Election on March 26), is seen as an attempt to jumpstart the reintegration of the post-Soviet space. Buoyed by the massive reconstruction efforts led by Minister for Reconstruction Boris Yeltsin, most Russian cities damaged by the battles waged during the Second Russian Civil War are now being rebuilt, often with materials supplied by Yeltsin's network of companies.
"With the upcoming referendum on September 21, we're excited to have future projects being launched by various companies based in each of the three ex-Soviet republics," says Yeltsin, during a speech in the Duma on the current state of the reconstruction process. "We look forward to collaborating with our colleagues in Ukraine and Belarus as well."
Although the anti-reunification protests continued to persist, there is also one other thing that the reunification will also address: the borders between each of the three ex-Soviet republics. For instance, Russia agreed to cede half of Smolensk Oblast to Belarus, with the other half of the Oblast being renamed to Vyazma Oblast, with Vyazma as its provincial capital, in exchange for several minor border adjustments. In addition, it has also agreed to cede most of Voronezh Oblast, as well as bits of Belgorod Oblast, to align with the border that the short lived Russian Republic had shared with the Ukrainian People's Republic, in exchange for the two cities of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbass region. Most important of all, Crimea will remain an autonomous entity under Ukrainian control, while the Russian Black Sea Fleet will create a Joint Naval Command with its Ukrainian Navy counterpart. Additionally, Transnistria would also become an autonomous entity within Ukraine as well. The predominantly Russian population of Transnistria had by now, moved to the Free States that the former Russian rebel forces had carved out of Northern and Western Kazakhstan.
"Whoever thought that reunification with our former overlords was a good idea, has obviously no brains," said Ukrainian anti-reunification activist Petro Hromenko, during a national rally in Ivano-Frankivsk. "While we are happy to at least maintain cordial relations with the Russians, we would prefer to integrate ourselves a lot more with the emerging European Continental Association. Europe is where our future lies."
The anti-reunification protests were not only strong in Ukraine and Belarus, but other parts of Russia had also erupted in anti-reunification protests. In Isetgrad, where the Second Russian Civil War had started, both the pro-reunification supporters and former Soviet loyalist veterans and their own supporters had engaged in a mass brawl. The newly emerged Slavic National Assembly, a radical nationalist organization now led by Aleksander Ivanov-Sukharevsky, had denounced the opponents of reunification in a fiery speech that electrified most of its spectators.
"It is shameful for Mother Russia to see some of its loyal children who chose to not reunite with its Ukrainian and Belarusian brethren. The very same people who would reject our Ukrainian brethren are the ones who would be willingly open their doors to immigration from the unstable parts of Central Asia, or from China and even the Philippines. Why should we tolerate such rabble within our midst?" Ivanov-Sukharevsky shouted in front of his supporters, who flew the old black-yellow-white flag of the old Tsarist Empire, alongside the current white-blue-red tricolor and many other nationalist banners. "Only through unity, can we keep our own people a majority in our homelands, and not be swamped by alien peoples!"
--- PROMINENT NATIONAL BOLSHEVIK MOVEMENT LEADER PELTED WITH ORANGE JUICE BY RADICAL NATIONALISTS DURING RALLY IN MOSCOW
Moscow Times
September 12, 1999
 National Bolshevik Movement leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky confronts a heckler during his anti-reunification campaign that started badly.(Moscow) - In a heated political climate that threatens to turn deadly, prominent National Bolshevik Movement leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky was sprayed with several cups of orange juice by angry radical nationalists from the Slavic National Assembly. The incident occurred during a Soviet nostalgist rally when Zhirinovsky was giving a speech on the dangers of the reunification process, and that should he run for President and win, the first thing he will do is to turn Russia away from Europe, and anchor itself in the Eurasian heartland. After several jeers and boos from the nationalist hecklers, Zhirinovsky moved towards the hecklers and threatened them with physical assault, before being hosed down with orange juice that was apparently bought by none other than Aleksander Ivanov-Sukharevsky.
"In a so-called free society, we find that our right to defend our Soviet legacy has come under fire from these thugs who call themselves nationalists!" Zhirinovsky shouted at the hecklers themselves before being restrained by his own supporters, including a minor activist named Eduard Limonov. "Don't they know that their own grandparents would have spat on them, had they been alive today?"
Zhirinovsky's rants however, did not impress the far-right leader, as he grew more unimpressed with what he was saying.
"This fat clown claims that they're under attack just because they're defending a legacy that continues to drip its poison wherever it goes. Such a behavior only fits a foolish huckster like Vladimir Edelstein," Ivanov-Sukharevsky sneered, while using the surname of Zhirinovsky's father. "The reunification will happen, and when it does, we will cooperate with our brethren in Ukraine and Belarus to ensure that scumbags like Edelstein are to be kicked out of our Motherland!"
The confrontation between supporters of Zhirinovsky's National Bolshevik Movement and radical far-right nationalists had been expected, but the sheer violence of the fight between these two groups had garnered national coverage when Russian President Gennady Burbulis was forced to deploy the OMON Riot Police groups to suppress the fights between the two groups. The scenes of injured rioters on both sides being carried into ambulances had also shocked the nation, and was notorious enough for it to be featured into major media outlets around the world. Such a thing is a testament to how divided the post-Soviet society really is in Russia.
"As long as there is instability inside Russia, that alone will undermine the current order. As much as I don't like to admit it, we need Russia's help in containing the dangers of Islamist terrorism, and given their positions in Central Asia, we might have to get involved in their conflicts, or we will be next in the target of various Al-Qaeda groups," American conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said during an interview with Linda Tripp. "And we don't need a reminder of how China will exploit the Russian instability to its advantage, with its desire of regaining its territories in the Russian Far East, and their hunger for more Siberian territory. The last thing we need is an America that shares a maritime border with those communist barbarians from the East."
--- BACK IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE! REFERENDUM PASSES IN FAVOR OF REUNIFICATION, AS MYKOLA AZAROV FORMALLY ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY IN UPCOMING RUSSIAN ELECTION
Moscow Times
October 1, 1999
(Chernobyl, UKRAINE-BELARUS) - After four days of ballot counting and several delays, the referendum on whether or not Russia and the Union State of Ukraine and Belarus will reunite has been passed in favor of reunification. The final tally as of September 30 at 11:50 PM, local time, stated that the pro-reunification vote was at 55.3%, while the anti-reunification vote was at 44.7%. Though international observers who were invited to monitor the referendum had been satisfied with how it went, there were some attempts at stuffing the ballots from both sides, only to end in failure, as OMON police were deployed to arrest anyone attempting to sabotage the ballot counting. In Tver, 7 people were arrested by OMON police for purposefully destroying the ballots that were marked with the checkmark on the YES column. It is expected that the arrested persons would be sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of Electoral Mischief.
"Above all else, we wanted a clean referendum. Those who tried to manipulate the results in their favor had not only failed, but were exposed by the full force of the law," announces Russian President Gennady Burbulis over a televised speech in Moscow. "We commend our police force for cracking down on such illegalities."
The referendum was carried out using paper ballots, which made it susceptible to acts of voter fraud. However, seeing as the Burbulis government is aware of any planned irregularities, they took measures to make sure that the referendum was carried out in an orderly manner. In addition to OMON units who patrolled every voting booth throughout Russia, the Berkut police force (the Union State's counterpart to OMON) also patrolled the voting booths within Ukraine and Belarus, to ensure that no additional acts of terrorism were carried out. In nationalist hotspots like Galicia, Grodno, and Bukovina, nationalist groups issued death threats to those voters who voted in favor of reunification, while in Rivne, several armed gunmen attempted to shoot referendum volunteers, only to be driven back by the local Berkut police force.
"We know that the referendum has touched the nerves of our patriots who don't want to reunite with our former oppressors. However, we have a chance at making sure that the Muscovites who occupy the Kremlin will dance to our tune, for we will have seduced the Kremlin Mandarins with benefits of closer partnership and blackmailing them with secession if we do not get our way," Mykola Azarov says during the campaign in Dubno. "Moreover, there are millions of our countrymen living in Russia, who are afraid of declaring their Ukrainian identity due to the traumatic events of the Holodomor. We need to ensure that we can encourage those people living in the Kuban to rediscover their Ukrainian heritage."
--- "The short sighted fools will be the death of us someday! They do not realize the significance of this merger, for they remain reactionary to what they see right now. We occupy the capital of our former overlords who trampled on our identity with impunity, and we have created a lobby that will become powerful enough to sway future Russian leaders to our way of thinking. We have established a kind of democratic traditions that will hopefully survive any kind of autocratic tendencies, including the tendency to resort to certain kinds of rhetoric that can only be seen as authoritarian by the West. With the practices retained by our ancestors in the steppes, especially the Zaporizhian Sich, and the democratic traditions that the Novgorodians retained before their brutal conquest by the nascent Muscovite state, we will slowly strangle the neck of Muscovite autocracy to the point where they will no longer behave like the Turco-Mongol overlords they once bent the knee to. We, the Ukrainians and Belarusians who experienced Western learning, will have our turn in molding our culturally backwards cousins into the European way of thinking. Yes, we must also respect the minorities that live within our territories, but we can also assimilate them politically into our system. Of course, our religion is important, and while we will always have room for our national friends who belong to the minority ethnic groups, we cannot tolerate the influence of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism within our lands. For a united Rus' nation-state, free of oppression, exploitation, and corruption!" Oleksander Bazyliuk, addressing a pro-reunification rally in Sumy, Ukraine, September 29, 1999.
--- ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT FOILED BY GEORGIAN INTELLIGENCE AS PERPETRATOR IS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
The Sun
June 29, 2004
(Tiblisi, GEORGIAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC) - Georgian security forces have managed to foil an assassination attempt on John Bennett Ramsay, during US President Jack Kemp's state visit to Georgia, as well as arresting the failed perpetrator. Georgian State Security Chief Director Igor Giorgadze has announced that 28 year old Jacobo Abella was the perpetrator behind the assassination attempt on Ramsey, and that additional investigations were to follow. Abella, a former Filipino soldier who deserted his unit during the controversial UN Peacekeeping mission in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, was not connected to the soldiers that were at the center of AWOLGate, but his decision to desert was mostly due to the lack of payment he received while he was stationed in the disputed region. Unlike the other Filipino soldiers who did their duty, Abella had been an opponent of the Tadiar regime, but chose to lay low instead of fleeing to another country like his compatriots. Moreover, his decision to desert was also due to a love affair that he carried out with a widowed Armenian woman whose husband was killed during a skirmish with Azeri troops in Hadrut. In addition to the food shortages, he also sold his mess kit to the Armenian fedayi, and covertly provided intelligence to the Armenian military before deserting his unit. After the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Abella and his new wife and daughter moved to Georgia, where they set up a fusion restaurant that sells both Caucasian and Filipino cuisines. The arrest of Abella however, did not shock Anoush Bagramyan-Abella.
"I lost my first husband during the dispute in Artsakh, and fell in love with my second husband. Although I am aware of what he has done, I do not condemn it at all. It's because of people like John Ramsey that there is chaos in the Caucasus. It's because of people like Jack Kemp, Artemio Tadiar, and even Azerbaijani President Ali Asadov that many of my people were literally expelled from our lands in Artsakh," says Bagramyan-Abella defiantly when reporters asked her about her husband's arrest. "My only regret is that I wasn't able to help him finish the job."
Additional sources close to the Georgian government have disclosed that there was a second target that Abella wanted to kill, but could not find him in the nick of time. Giorgadze had also revealed the information on a second assassination attempt that also failed.
"We received reliable information that a parcel bomb was intercepted by Bomb Squad troops that was going to be delivered to a man named Cesar Sayoc, who was serving as an aide to John Ramsey. I believe that parcel bomb was made either by Abella, or his collaborators," Giorgadze said in front of Georgian state media reporters. "The level of terrorism in Georgia may be low, but we cannot afford to take any chances if any more terrorism-related activities are exposed."
If charged, Abella will serve up to 20 years in prison, although there are also calls for Abella and his family to be deported to Armenia if additional evidence is found of Anoush Magramyan-Abella's role in the assassination attempt. In addition, former Philippine military officer Oscar Florendo, who along with prominent former journalist Vilma Pascual, had been horrified when they learned of the assassination attempt, and the perpetrator's motive.
"For one, I am horrified to hear that a former Filipino soldier tried to kill someone from the CIA, but then again, he was a part of Tadiar's failed diplomatic gesture that resulted in a massive scandal," Pascual commented during a local news hour with Georgian news anchors. "The fact that a deserter who left the Philippine Army had left out of love for a woman, and chose to protect her and her daughter speaks volumes of our importance of family. At the same time, while he must pay for what he did, I understand completely why he wanted to strike back against Tadiar and his backers."
--- NEW MEXICAN PARTY LAUNCHED WITH BLESSING OF GENERAL CHAPARRO, JULIAN GUERRERO BARRIOS TO BECOME THE NEW PARTY LEADER
Dallas Morning Tribune
January 6, 2000
(Mexico City, MEXICO) - In what is essentially General Mario Chaparro's attempt to replicate the efforts by his Philippine counterpart in General Artemio Tadiar to form a pro-junta nationalist party, a Mexican political movement called the Mexican National Revival Party was founded by Lt. Col. Julian Guerrero Barrios, one of General Mario Chaparro's most trusted subordinates. Barrios, who was tasked with forming the nationalist group, had ties to a Mexican secret organization called El Yunque (the Anvil), which was a clerical fascist organization that also maintained an alliance with the Sociedad Sacerdotal Trento, a sedevacantist Catholic organization, as well as the Autentic Falange de JONS in Spain. The spokesperson for the MNRP, Joaquin de Oliveira, has said that the movement did not seek to gain any seats in the Mexican legislative assembly in its first years in power, but rather to build a mass movement in support of General Chaparro and his future successors.
"For a while, Mexico has been at war with itself. Moreover, while we retain civil relations with the United States in the north, it is a multinational corporation masquerading as a country. It has tentacles everywhere, and its lust for resources has been the driving force behind its conflicts," de Oliveira said during the party's first rally in the Mexican capital. "However, we could never escape the shadow of the WASP in the north, as long as we remain an underling to them. The entire Hispanic world will remain the WASP's captive vassals as long as we are weak. That is why we have built our movement: to free ourselves from the shackles that the US has imposed on Latin America."
Many of the new members of the MNRP were veterans of the Mexican Civil War, where the government played a vital role in defeating the Zapatista insurgency, as well as driving out the Popular Revolutionary Army out of its territory, forcing the communist insurgency to relocate to Nicaragua and Cuba, where they resumed their bitter campaign of terrorism against the occupying American forces there. However, in their zealous rhetoric, the members of the MNRP took to the streets to launch a campaign of extreme violence against the remaining supporters of the Zapatistas and the PRA that resulted in over 21 left-wing activists beaten, tortured and in most cases, killed. In addition, other members of the MNRP have started to collaborate with American Border Patrol services to locate and detect Zapatistas and PRA members who hid among the column of Mexican refugees who were fleeing from the warzone of southeastern Mexico. If any Zapatista or PRA member was found by the American Border Patrol services, they would simply turn them over to members of the MNRP, who responded by executing them.
"There is no room for leftists in the new Mexico. We have already started the process of cleansing our nation of the left wing filth, and we will not stop until we've completed the first phase of our crusade," says an unnamed MNRP member after being stopped for an interview during the same MNRP first rally in Mexico City. "The Red Menace still exists in Cuba and Nicaragua, and with God's help, we will be allowed to join in the fight against the remaining communists who have hidden themselves in the jungles of those nations."
--- EAST SLAVIC FEDERATION PROCLAIMED IN KIEV, AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN TWO PARTIES INVOLVED IN REUNIFICATION REFERENDUM
Moscow Times
January 7, 2000
(Kiev, REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE) - The two Presidents of Russia and the soon to be dissolved Union State of Ukraine and Belarus have signed the Kiev Agreement that details the nature of the merger between them. Russian troops and soldiers from the Union State have participated in the ceremonial cross border march to symbolize the peaceful reunification of the three former Soviet republics in an act of reconciliation, all across the borders that they share. Ukrainian troops have marched into several major Russian cities like Rostov-on-the-Don, Krasnodar, and Kursk, while Belarusian troops have marched into Smolensk, Novgorod, and Pskov, and Russian troops have marched into various cities like Chernigov, Kiev, Polotsk, Minsk, Gomel and Grodno. No sooner was the Kiev Agreement signed, did both sides recognized the new borders that correspond to the one that existed between the short lived Ukrainian People's Republic and the Russian Republic during the post-Tsarist chaos that unfolded.
"With these agreements signed, our mission to reunite the three East Slavic states have become a reality. Although the newly formed East Slavic Federation is but a reconstitution of a larger but more democratic Russian state, it will accomodate its national minorities, including the integration of the Boer refugees that have chosen to settle in our lands after their expulsion from South Africa in 1995," dissolved Union State President and self-declared candidate for the upcoming Russian Presidential Election Mykola Azarov (in Russian: NIkolai Azarov) announced during an emergency session in the Verkhovna Rada. "We now have a chance to bring in a genuine democratic tradition to our Russian friends, who have for centuries, only experienced autocracy."
The most important feature of the Kiev Agreement was the status of the autonomous entity of Crimea. Transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR only in 1954, both Azarov and Russian President Gennady Burbulis accepted the provision of the Kiev Agreement where Crimea will remain an autonomous entity, albeit subject to Ukrainian authority while being a part of the East Slavic Federation. With the final agreement being nailed, plus Russia's consent of transfering some of its territories to Belarus and Ukraine, the completion of the reunification was complete.
However, the international community's reaction was that of skepticism, as the European Continental Association has issued a statement of concern regarding the economic condition of the East Slavic Federation. Moreover, the United States has come out to condemn the referendum at hand.
"The so-called reunification of the three ex-Soviet republics is nothing but a sham. An attempt by Russia to rebuild its empire, and a slap to the face in the eyes of the international community. As a result, we will downgrade our diplomatic functions in Moscow and thereby impose limited sanctions on several officials who participated in this sham referendum," says US President Jack Kemp from a major press conference inside the White House. "I will also pass an national emergency measure to deal with what we see as a Russian threat to the international order that we have managed to build in the aftermath of the Second Russian Civil War."
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 5, 2021 8:13:32 GMT
Funny how the orange juice incident still occurs as per OTL.
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Post by stevep on Sept 5, 2021 11:47:54 GMT
Well, China and Europe aside the world is increasingly dominated by hard right groups but the redeeming feature is that their squabbling among each other. The US had got the desired Neo-fascist regime Mexico but while murdering left wing opponents its also turning its attention towards the domination by the US. Similarly the ESF sounds like its going to head rightwards at some pace, which is a pity as I had some hopes for the states there, and will likely be pushed further in that direction by Kemp's hostility. From what's been said the Philippines will finally start to recover from Tadiar's horror but a lot of the rest of the world is looking very dark. 
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