- Eva Fernandez at a recent Conservative Rally in Rio Grande
Eva Fernandez, Conservative Stateswoman, has once again assumed the leadership of the party, this time in controversial circumstances.
The current Conservative leader, Viscount Ville D’Alain, has been one of the many Parliamentary absentees during this recent crisis and it appears the press-dubbed “Mummy” of the party has had enough.
Announcing to the Conservative faithful that she would “like to take the chance to step forth and assume control, with the approval of the party membership,” Eva Fernandez immediately received the support of her Parliamentary colleague, Colonial Secretary Pierre Guigou. In a statement to the Genevan Arrow, Mme Fernadnez stated:
We need active leaders at all levels of government, and it is the duty of any citizen both Liberal or Conservative to rise and do what’s expected of them.
The news will be welcome to many Conservatives, who have seen Eva as the natural leader of the Party. After their loss in the national elections, the Conservatives have not headed a Government since the restoration of constitutional rule and are eager to return to the Consular Palace.
The news will not be greeted with cheers from the Liberal Party though. Despite repeated attempts to ridicule the MP for Rio Grande by former leader Jean Carmichael, Mme. Fernandez was resilient and her party management skills proved a headache to Liberal strategicians in close votes. The new First Consul, Alejandro Castillo, has already earned the wrath of the Foreign Secretary through his defection to the Liberal Party last Parliament and now with the formidable First Lady of the Right leading her party, his time in office will not be getting any easier.
