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Pangur News Network

A new government, led by the Pangur Popular Front has been elected with 59% of the vote on a platform of increasing defense spending and making Pangurstan more self-sufficient in manufacturing. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense asserts "Pangurstan is highly vulnerable to attack, and regional instability is on the rise. Pangurstan must be able to protect itself." Other issues during the campaign included a PPF proposal to include nuclear power in the nation's energy policy and a debate over the role of the ever-powerful Church of Pangurstan in politics.

A spokeswoman for the opposition coalition Alliance for Change says "Pangurstan needs to strengthen its national security, but beginning an expensive military buildup is not the way to do it. We will not allow the PPF to abandon historic policies of pacifism in the name of 'defending' Pangurstan from external threats. Additionally it is sad to see the stranglehold of the Church of Pangurstan strengthened. How will the current government maintain the separation of church and state when it depends on their union to secure votes?" It has yet to be seen whether the new government will have a more aggressive foreign policy.