Summer of Democracy

Summer of Democracy
Hundreds of thousands of people flood the streets around Hoterallia's National Diet building, June 18, 1999
Date	May 22– July 25, 1999 (2 months and 3 days)
Location	Hoterallia, primarily Orajioe and Saipoi
Caused by	The implementation of the Chinmoku Act by the Gunkokushugi Suspected fraud during the 1995 and 1998 general elections Ending years of "The Phoenix Revival" and the Hoterallian economy stabilised The Juriko giving the Gunkokushugi power over lawmaking to garner support to both sides Crackdown on multiple activists and oppression of freedom of expression
Goals	Removal of the Juriko and Gunkokushugi from power Installation of the Taihago and Kodoha as the new head factions Restoration of democracy in Hoterallia
Resulted in	Opposition victory Nobuo Takaida resigned End of the 20 years old party dictatorship of the Juriko The Gunkokushugi's power was restricted and the faction was suspended for 6 years Proper democracy restored in Hoterallia Koroshi Tsuji becomes the new Head of Ministries after snap election
Parties to the civil conflict
Opposition Political parties: Taihago Kodoha Juriko (opposition) Others: Anti-Juriko civilian protesters Anti-Gunkokushugi civilian and government protesters Civil and democratic activists Economists and stockholders Religious groups: Gaoists of Orajioe, Saipoi and Gekoree Catholic groups of Hoterallia Atheist groups of Hoterallia Government Military loyalists: Hoterallia Self-Defense Forces National Diet Security Group Orajioe Metropolitan Police Department Saipoi Police Department Government parties: Juriko (Nobuo's loyalists) Juriko (radicalists) Gunkokushugi Others: Pro-Juriko and Gunkokushugi civilian supporters Ultranationalist groups
Lead figures
Koroshi Tsuji (Leader of the Opposition, as the head of the Taihago) Others: Makoto Yamamoto Tomohiro Takahashi Keiichi Fujita Nobuo Takaida (Head of Ministries of Hoterallia) Others: Takahiro Kashiwagi Hisashi Tanaka General Yūji Iwai
Number
2,000,000+ protestors Initially: 23,000 policemen Special Forces Group: 11,000 soldiers

The Summer of Democracy (Hoterallian: 民主主義の夏, Minshu Shugi no Natsu), also known as the Economic Stagnate Revolution or the Summer Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in Hoterallia, mostly in the national capital of Orajioe and the port city of Saipoi, lasted from May 22 to July 25, 1999. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against limited freedom of expression and electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the resignation of Nobuo Takaida, the end of a 20-year long dictatorship of the Juriko, the putting of heavy restrictions of the Gunkokushugi and the restoration of proper democracy in Hoterallia.

It is also referred to as the Summer of Democracy due to the usage of the song "Summer of Love" as a symbol of protest following the implementation of the Chinmoku Act that suppressed the freedom of expression. It was widely seen as a victory of the people against two decades of rule by Nobuo, and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised Anteria".

The majority of the demonstrations took place during the hot summer of 1999. The revolution involved over two million Hoterallian civilians, as well as several political and military groups, and religious groups. The protests, fueled by the resistance and opposition from years of governance by Head of Ministries Nobuo and his cronies, culminated with the official resignation of Nobuo and the end of the short-lived Juriko-Gunkokushugi coalition. The Head of the Taihago at the time, Koroshi Tsuji, was immediately installed as the new Head of Ministries as a result of the revolution and a snap election.

Background and history

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Nobuo Takaida in 1980.

Head of Ministries Nobuo Takaida was elected the Head of Ministries of Hoterallia in 1979, replacing the previous representatives leader of the Juriko, Komono Nishikawa. During this time, Nobuo was very active in the initiation of public works projects and the intensification of tax collections. Using the recovering economy of Hoterallia to, what the faction called at the time to, "built more roads than all his predecessors combined and more schools than any previous administration, to regain the Hoterallian standing in Anterian politics". But to keep his faction and oppositions loyal and supportive to him, he bribed many government officials and politicians, which later became "Nobuo's Cabinet".

Nobuo's term for the Head of Ministries was marred by allegations by the opposition Taihago and Kodoha of widespread graft and corruption. According to leftists group and the Mazuki, the increasing disparity of wealth between the wealthy and the poor that made up the majority of the Second Empire population led to a rise in crime and civil unrest around the country.