CNS Breaking News: Surprising change of Rheinland chancellor

[Bundeskabinett Sekretariat]

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"Here is David Brady interrupting scheduled programme again with breaking news from Rheinland where new chancellor was elected just few minutes ago. As we informed you earlier, former chancellor Maxmillian Schulte lost his position after 85 percent of all Bundestag representatives voted against him in surprisingly iniciated vote of no confidence.

We´re switching again to Johanna Kohl, our political reporter on planet New Berlin, which is still in the Bundestag and watched election of new chancellor. Johanna, tell us who is new Rheinland chancellor!"

"Hello again David! Name of the new Rheinland chancellor is Luisa Neumann. Victory of woman which so far was in position of Federal Minister of Industry and Trade isn´t really surprise for representatives here in the Bundestag, because simply said, the favourite won.

However, the victory was not as clear as some had expected because Neumann gained around 57 percent of votes despite she had only one - and quite weak - opponent in Volker Himmel, former Federal Minister of the Interior, which gained 14 percent of votes. Even Neumann herself looked quite tensely during the election, obviously unsure about the result..."

"If we look closer at the numbers, obviously almost one third of all representatives didn´t vote and some of them were seen obviously boycotting the election because they left the plenary hall before it started. This could mean that former chancellor Schulte still have support of some minor part of the Bundestag. "

"It sounds like that despite there was widely shared desire for change, there was not unity about who should lead this change. Anyway, what will happen next?"

"New chancellor Neumann briefly thanked here and right now there are intensive preparations for inauguration where she should give a speech, however we were not informed so far when the inauguration will be."

"Thank you, Johanna. Our viewers will of course have opportunity to watch the inauguration and speech of new Rheinland chancellor. But for now, we´re returning to Panorama programme..."

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