New Government in Bandera

After the recent elections in Baracão, newly-elected Minister-General Erasmo Jacqueras Carrar has formed a provisional government, consisting of:

Juan Fidel Valencia and Julio Sanchez de Frente as Minister and Deputy Minister of Economics and Finance

Diego de Almagro and Jesus Pablo Santiago as Minister and Deputy Minister of the Exterior

Martinez Agulfago Saetrez and Salomon Viviano as Minister and Deputy Minister of the Interior

One of the more surprising of Carrar's move has been to effectively dissolve the Ministry of Defence by not appointing a Minister. Jesus Pablo Santiago, Minister-General ad interim, who recently defected to the Frente Popular's Partido Comunista Nacional, has suggested that the Ministry of the Interior create a Department of Defence, harking back to the Socialist Republic's Ministry of the Interior, that was made up of the Departments of Education, Citizens' Affairs (Justice) and Infrastructure.

So far, the provisional government has approached the Republic of Talamthom, a relatively new Celtic-themed nation, with a treaty drafted by Diego de Almagro and presented by Salomon Viviano, ambassador to Talamthom, to the government in Baile na hAlainn. It is hoped that relations between the two countries will be fruitful, and high hopes are held for Article Eight of the treaty that encourages cultural exchanges between the two Republics.

Whilst the government is only provisional until Carrar returns from a leave of absence (which many anti-Frentists on the streets of Bandera suspect is a period of recovery and sobering-up after the eletoral victory celebrations, in which Carrar was seen to be dancing in the fountains off Plaza de la Revolución wearing only a red flag), many of the current ministers have expressed an interest in keeping their positions. So far, only Salomon Viviano, currently Ministry of the Interior, has formally applied to keep their job, with others applying for the various positions on offer.