Coalition Clashes

FOREST C. F.

On 18 April, 2024, Max Livert and Rami Hamad declared their plans for them and their parties (Local Motive and the Best of Men respectively) to leave the unnamed Democratic Opposition-led coalition due to a squabble over claims of being inactively assigned to the coalition without their consent.

Electoral tensions in the aftermath of the 2024 general elections have previously taken center stage in Ridgeland, especially after the Democratic Opposition claimed electoral fraud after losing elections for all seats in Piedmonton, despite predictions of a one seat gain. Conflict over electoral coalitions initially began after Rami Hamad and Max Livert both rejected the claims that their party had joined the Opposition coalition, claiming they had never verbally consented to their entry. After Max Livert refused negotiations with Tucker over possibly staying in the coalition, Tucker removed Livert from his position as leader of the Nortonburg Municipality.

“So basically, I told Drew I don’t want to join the coalition because [pauses] I just don’t want to…I was never in it to begin with, and I’d appreciate it if he respected that. And he says ‘Fine, then. You’re no longer Mayor of Nortonburg’.”

Max Livert, interview by the Piedmonton Times

On 19 April, a day after leaving the coalition, Max Livert, leader of the Local Motive party, announced his plans to join the government coalition between the Sovereignty and Conservative Parties in exchange for being a candidate for the National Assembly in Kramerkolonie.