Zanus has just won enough of the consul vote (50.3%) in order to avoid a run-off with the second-place candidate (which was El Diablo with 43.1%) according to unconfirmed reports from the Dino Election Office. Verification is now being carried out but it is likely that the popular ex-army leader Zanus will be the next consul replacing Cruggson.
This will be the first time in the short history of the Dino Republic that one of the consuls has not been from Imperial Order though Zanus' political alignment is close to Ronald's party. However analysts say that the power of the consuls has been greatly diminished lately as Ronald and MBH have largely bypassed them in forming the DTA and forging a new expansionist foreign policy.
