2021-22 Seketese protests

2021-22 Seketese protests
Location	Seketan
Caused by	2021 Seketese election results 2021-22 Seketese government crisis COVID-19 pandemic in Seketan Corruption in Seketan
Parties to the civil conflict
Protesters Socialist Party Progressive Party Freedom Alliance (after 2022) Government Our Revolution
Lead figures
No centralized leadership; notable people involved: Anna Medyn Mical Tamž Simy Brasa Dani Kjord
Casualties
Arrested	134 protestors

The 2021-22 Seketese protests were a series of protests in Seketan against the government of Simy Brasa. It was first motivated by the results of the 2021 Seketese general election and persisted throughout a government crisis that ended in 2022.

During the protests, around 200 people were reported as injured, $13 million in property damage was perpetrated, and 134 people were arrested though only 21 would be charged.

Initially, protestors came from the Seketese political left and progressives, who objected to Brasa's proposals of ending COVID lockdowns and criticism of previous Socialist Prime Minister Eris Kellisyen's anti-hate speech laws. Protests started to die down around November but were re-sparked by the 2021-22 Seketese government crisis, which saw Our Revolutions libertarian wing leave the government and form the Freedom Alliance, ironically over government inaction on lifting COVID measures. While eventually a deal would be struck with opposition parties to keep the government afloat, right-wing protests erupted across the nation in a second wave of protests, ending in late March 2022. During the protests, around 200 people were reported as injured, $13 million in property damage was perpetrated, and 134 people were arrested though only 21 would be charged.

Background

The roots of the protests start during the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021. As cases rose heavily in Seketan, the incumbent government of Eris Kellisyen enacted several lockdown measures, such as a 14-day stay-at-home order in March 2020, and indoor limits for shopping and dining. These measures were widely unpopular with the Seketese public, who had grown increasingly restless at the perceived stagnation of Seketese politics post-1978 revolution, with corruption scandals routinely rocking Seketan's two major parties, the Socialists and the National Conservatives (CNy).

Earlier, in 2018, Seketan's largest city and capital Conelibek ousted their previously Socialist mayor Samson Yugal for former MH and independent Dani Kjord. Kjord ran on an anti-establishment campaign, rallying support against the Socialists, CNy, and the Société Conelibek. His campaign was also helped by an endorsement from TV host and comedian Simy Brasa, who had gotten famous for his on-air criticisms of politics. During the pandemic, Kjord often attempted to defied national orders for lockdowns and restrictions. In 2020, Brasa and Kjord announced that they would create a new, populist and anti-establishment party, Our Revolution, to compete in the upcoming 2021 Seketese General Election.