Buchanan nominated to succeed Norton: SDP gets VP

The Liberal Republican Party (LRP) have nominated incumbent Government secretary Renee Buchanan to represent them at the September 17 presidential elections.Party president Reg Ambrose has supported Buchanan's preselection as the 'right choice' to follow on from a successful LRP led term in office under departing president TJ Norton.

"Renee answered the call to take on an important role in this government and this carries on from that initial call", Ambrose said.

"I don't plan on making any changes to cabinet other than the jobs they do. One of these people have been nominated for Vice President and it would be great if they accept", said the LRP nominee in her public address to the web nation on Sunday afternoon.

All three of the outgoing chief executive's confidants are members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). That makes an SDP vice president a done deal in a future Buchanan government.... providing the nominee accepts.

Outgoing president Norton has accepted a future role in an elected Buchanan government, filling the presidential hopeful's current role as secretary for infrastructure. Secretary Buchanan has added the role of development to the job description. This is a tentative and ground breaking move that would require legislative permission and ADMIN acceptance to transfer the president's web maintenance powers over to a cabinet secretary.

The leadership of former coalition party, the Republican National Committee, has praised the outgoing government leader in a statement on its RNC Daily website.

"We respect President Norton's personal decision not to seek re-election. He has served our nation well and thank him for doing so. He has worked hard for Titulia and for unity, and we commend him for that. Despite partisan differences, we wish Mr Norton a bright future and thank him for his service".

LRP party secretary Malinda Noble commended Norton for achieving its first term in government.

"You get used to being in opposition after a while and it's great that we were able to showcase what the LRP is all about. Tom did that for us and we're thankful to have had him", she said.

President of the LRP Reg Ambrose singled out SDP members in the executive administration as 'praiseworthy' for helping the president deliver on the agenda.

"It's said that the organisation is only as good as the team players. This was a team without fault from start to finish and I look forward to its reelection in full".

Political movement has been quiet on the public front. President Norton is expected to leave office with an 85% approval rating, a 32% bump from the 53% he won at the August election in taking office. Private polling among citizens has the government with a minimum 70% shot at re-election, based on LRP, SDP and other support accumulated from the potential ticket.

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