Hilda Wessex

Hilda Wessex
Hilda Wessex (born August 1, 2429) was second Party Leader of the Solentian Radical Nationalist Party and the first Supreme President from that party.

Controversy
Hilda Wessex emerged on the political scene, suprising many be reigning in some of the aggressive mob tactics that her party had earlier been known for, nevertheless she continued to advocate methods of intimidation both domestically and abroad.

She has claimed to have served as a nun in the Xzarin Catholic Church, putting her at odds with the Xzarin Catholic Party who claimed no record of her. In a televised interview, she claimed to have been a nun under a different name, and had been forced to leave the church due to exposing a child abuse scandal. These claims were never proven.

The Wessex Regime
After a surprising victory in 2480, many felt that a right-wing coalition led by the SRNP would dominate politics, but the Conservative and Morality Party refused to work with her, and instead worked with a leftist initiative to depose the Supreme President. Two successful votes (March and July of 2481) proved unable to dislodge Wessex from the executive office, and public support for the woman now known by many as "The Mother" only increased. At the same time, the Senatorial infighting led to a standstill in government.

Several minor officials of leftist organizations that had ties to left-wing political parties were reported missing in the tumultuous 2480-2481 period, and by 2482, both the Labor Party and Socialist Party had ceased to exist. The period was also marked by the establishment of a shadow ministry led entirely by the SRNP (later modified only to exclude current Conservative and Morality Party members, and the frequent public crucifixion of persons convicted of treason.

Rumors that the SRNP was now actively destroying its opposition led to both a climate of fear, and relative stability. To final attempts to schedule early elections did not pass, and the Wessex administration looks certain to finish its term by 2484.