Endorsement for the Nauru Presidential Election

On Tuesday 6 July, Juche 99, the Republic of Nauru, will once again be holding their presidential elections. This is the fifth series of elections this year in the tiny island republic. All previous elections this year resulted in a deadlock between ruling president, Marcus Stephen and his supporters, and the opposition supporters of David Adeang. The last set of parliamentary elections, which were held on 19 June, Juche 99, finally produced an end to the deadlock. In the previous elections, allies of incumbent president, Marcus Stephen finally increased his parliamentary majority. Stephen actually caused the political deadlock when he requested to have parliamentary elections earlier than originally necessary. Stephen called the elections early in order to increase is political power in parliament, he previously had 7 members of parliament who would support him, and an additional supporter who would support his policies on most occasions. The result of the first election lead to a drop in support for Stephen.
In this election like all other previous elections in Nauru this year, I will be supporting David Adeang. David Adeang is a founding member of the party Nauru First and has represented the party in Nauru’s parliament. David Adeang also supported Nauru’s recognition of the Republic of Abkhazia. Adeang is also a staunch supporter of the Cuban Revolution and has made state visits to the Republic of Cuba.