Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 681 - 636: Suppressing the Colony

As the early activities of the prime ministerial election were in full swing, Eldest Princess Annie, who had been away from the Northern Territory for more than three months, finally completed her suppression or rather, recovery of all the Empire's colonies and returned to Chernobyl.

The return of the Eldest Princess undoubtedly gave the Royalist Party a great boost of morale.

They had originally planned to nominate the Eldest Princess as a prime ministerial candidate, but due to Eldest Princess Annie not having returned from overseas, this matter had been delayed.

Now, Eldest Princess Annie has finally stabilized the Empire's colonies, bringing them back under the governance of the Imperial Center.

With such a great victory, Eldest Princess Annie's public support surged, becoming unmatched for a moment.

The Royalist Party seized this opportunity to propel Eldest Princess Annie into the candidacy for prime minister and mobilized all their resources to create momentum for her campaign.

Ordinarily, such an eleventh-hour addition of a candidate would meet with everyone's opposition.

However, for some subtle reasons, this seemingly outrageous event surprisingly received the approval of the National Assembly, and not a single person opposed it in the Privy Council.

This stunned many, as they originally believed that the Northern Territory forces would never allow Eldest Princess Annie to run for office.

Before Eldest Princess Annie's return, the situation in the prime ministerial election was dominated by the Northern Territory forces; after all, the joint candidacy of the Northern Territory and the dominion had amassed astonishing public support.

Additionally, under the various maneuvers and tactics of Perfikot, the candidate promoted by the Northern Territory forces was seen as racing far ahead.

It could almost be said that only by combining the forces of all other parties could they counterbalance the Northern Territory alone.

After all, their promoted candidates were somewhat... not entirely hopeless, but it was hard to say they were much better.

While there weren't any major flaws with most of these candidates except that some had no real ability or experience, the majority had served as civil servants of the Empire or had related work experience; they weren't entirely unqualified for the position of the Empire's prime minister.

It's just that they mostly had a certain distance from being fit for the prime minister's role, and Perfikot's propaganda amplified this gap, making the disparity between them and the Northern Territory's candidate ever larger.

Wellington and Kallen, guided by Perfikot, presented a complete and thorough governance program, and in their campaign publicity, they targeted their support groups as precisely as possible, then specifically aimed to woo them.

Under such a highly professional campaign strategy, Wellington and Kallen saw their support rates soar.

As for the other factions, they were evidently lacking in this area of experience.

Although some tried to imitate Wellington and Kallen, reorganizing a relatively complete governance program and beginning to humble themselves to win voters, it still felt like a clumsy imitation, significantly affecting their promotional effect.

Not to mention, Wellington was a former experienced Imperial civil servant, and Kallen was a labor movement leader in the dominion, both with very rich actual work experience.

In such a situation where both the individual abilities and comprehensive qualities of the candidates, as well as the campaign team's promotional strategies, are stronger than their opponents, it would be questionable if Perfikot has to consider whether nominating them was correct if they could not lead by a vast margin.

The other parties naturally noticed the massive gap between themselves and the Northern Territory side, so there were some who, sensing a crisis, began to connect and prepare for a joint election.

After all, if one house can't win, surely two or three houses combined should stand a chance.

However, although the alliance might slightly reverse the decline, they lacked a strong enough leader to rival the now well-established Northern Territory. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Yet, at this time, Eldest Princess Annie's return suddenly provided an excellent candidate for all the parties that had little chance of winning to challenge the Northern Territory.

Therefore, even if there were doubts, under compromises, the Royalist Party successfully replaced Eldest Princess Annie as their candidate, and downgraded the original candidate to Annie's vice.

While explaining to Eldest Princess Annie how to run for election and other related matters, the Royalists also started extensive networking with other factions, seemingly aiming to form a coalition government to contest the joint candidacy of the Northern Territory and the dominion.

Eldest Princess Annie was initially puzzled by this, but soon, with explanations from the relevant people, she understood the general situation, and thus didn't say much more, earnestly getting involved in the election preparations.

For Eldest Princess Annie, as long as it could make the Empire better, she was willing to work hard for it.

On the other side, Perfikot also met with the young officer previously sent to assist Eldest Princess Annie in suppressing the colonies.

"How are the colonies' situations? You returned to the Northern Territory so quickly; it's somewhat beyond my expectations." In the office, Perfikot sat behind his desk, looking at the travel-worn young officer in front of him with curiosity.

This young officer left in high spirits with a striking aura of confidence, and after this experience, he became much steadier, showing a well-honed competence after going through trials.