President Hasan Çakar has announced that the 2022 general election originally planned to be held on 5 February will be postponed until November due to the current COVID crisis, although stated that he will step down as President on 5 February and Chase Mahoning will take over as Acting-President.
President Hasan Çakar stated that current COVID-related issue were distracting from the election, thus holding it in the second month of 2022 will be difficult. However, he has said that the November date is not definite and the election may be called earlier if the situation improves. He has said he will issue a full statement on his retirement from the Presidency when it happens.
Chase Mahoning, the incoming Acting-President, is the current Prime Minister of Hasanistan. He is a member of the Pirate Party and is viewed as a potential candidate and frontrunner in the next election. He ran in the November 2020 election for both the Presidency and a seat in the Mejlis, succeeding in the latter but being unsuccessful in the former.
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