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== Aftermath == | == Aftermath == | ||
===Public riots=== | |||
On April 12th, 2003, Victoría Hombêri won the 2003 General Election by a close popular vote, a 957,208-vote margin of victory over Aphía Mōnderíq. When asked about the various controversies, Mōnderíq stated she believed that there was “100% something strange going on”, and that Hombêri’s victory was not a truly genuine victory. Following this, violent riots broke out in Santa Cruz, La Plazal, and soon spread out to various cities in Southern Tierrador to protest against Hombêri and the PP. Similarly, much more peaceful protests broke out in Taisgol and Hugo to protest the alleged media bias by [[Tierrador Network Television|TNT]] and [[TeleTerra]] in favor of Hombêri and the PP. While said networks delegated the protests and riots as similar occurrences, protesters in Taisgol further reiterated that they had nothing to do with the La Plazal riots, and that the La Plazal riots were of different cultural significance. When Hombêri was sworn in on May 1, 2003, 1,500 students in Taisgol stood outside of the Presidential Palace to protest the inauguration, leading to 577 arrests made, which sparked international condemnation from various Cronan and Occidental nations, and leading to the creation of the [[Suneqeš 577 movement]] (lit. We are 577) to combat corruption in Tierrador and the world. | |||
===Arrests and lawsuits=== | |||
In response to the scandals, the Civil Guard and Elections Terranóq arrested nearly 60 people for corruption or conspiring for corruption. Along with this, Elections Terranóq, AVA, ATC, and many individual voters filed lawsuits against the PP, TCU, [[Arcer Court]], [[Orixtal Communications]], the [[Salgar]], [[Obiexa]], [[Tauekee]], and [[Youkafee]] Provinces, along with [[Auqali]], [[Aracadó]] and [[Polelu]] Regions for voter suppression, an ordeal which lasted until 2009, when PP, TCU, and Orixtal were fined ₽156 million each as compensation for their involvements in the voter suppression scandal. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||