Crilalia votes for independence 51% to 49%
Supporters of the Independence Movement cheer as the results are announced.
Supporters of the Independence Movement cheer as the results are announced.
In a stunning result, the Province of Crilalia has voted to declare independence from the Kingdom of Plembobria. The exact result was 1,056,079 votes for to 1,014,664 against. The President of the province, Lloyd Harding, has announced that a Declaration of Independence will be forthcoming. "I am pleased by this result, I'd like to thank the people of our soon-to-be great nation for allowing me to be the one to oversee this process."
Crilalian nationalism has existed throughout the province's entire history, but never has it come this close to securing victory. Marge Clooney, professor of political science at the University of Flithendale comments, "there is a greater degree lately of political dissatisfaction among many of the working people throughout Plembobria, but especially among the workers in the natural gas and oil industry, which is vital to the provincial economy. They feel left out by the bipartisan pursuance of alternative energy sources, so this is a natural opportunity to vent their frustration at the elites in Rethel."
A response from the Government is yet to be released, but spectators believe it is very unlikely the government will honor a declaration of independence, since it already announced it would fight the referendum in Court.