บท 547: The 'Real' Killer

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As much as the now-deceased president of Oriana would have liked to believe otherwise, most of the people in his country didn't actually like him very much, even during his first term.

However, with the lack of a decent alternative, as well as the way that Oriana's government was elected, it was truly difficult for anyone to move him out of office.

After all, even if everyone 'knew' that the votes didn't quite tally up with what they expected, what could anyone really do against a system that was corrupted from the bottom up?