Mulgarian Civil War

Mulgarian Civil War
Military situation as of April 1927
Date Start date: 8th of April of 1927 Location Mulgaria Status Lukanov advancing
Belligerents
Mulgarian People's Republic	Lukanov's Rebellious Forces
Commanders and leaders
Dimitar Kanchov	Georgi Lukanov

The Mulgarian civil war (Also known as Lukanov's revolt) is an ongoing conflict in Mulgaria. In March of 1927 the party aparatus of the Mulgarian people's Front convened and agreed on expelling Georgi Lukanov from the party following recent controversies over Tapedon and his attempted ban of the Organized Syndicates of Mulgaria. This resulted in Lukanov losing chairmanship. In early april 1927 Georgi Lukanov declared Ivan Borisov's rule over Mulgaria illegitimate and began a military campaign in the Mulgarian countryside as to retake power.

Overview

Origin of the conflict

Following growing discontent over Lukanov's rule within the Mulgarian People's assembly as a result of his many controversies, The Mulgarian People's Front (MPF) held a meeting without Lukanov's presence in which they held a vote on wheter to expel Georgi Lukanov from the party, the motion was called by Lukanov's main intra-party rival Sonya Lyapcheva and passed with 61% of the party voting aye. According to the constitution of Mulgaria one must be part of a political party to hold office, therefore, following Lukanov's expulsion from the MPF it was deemed he could he could no longer hold the Chairmanship.

Following Lukanov's loss of the chairmanship, the general moved to the city of Lukanovgrad. There he met with several member of the Mulgarian Military's high command who remained loyal to him. In a speech to the people of Lukanovgrad, Lukanov declared Borisov, who had been recently elected chairman, a pretender claiming he had no right to overrule the people's will. Lukanov was also quoted to have said "A revolution is not simply the takeover of power by the people, a revolution is a continuos process of reaffirmation of the power of the people over the power of tyranny, Borisov, believes himself more powerful than the people, we must demonstrate that he is not!". Shortly after the speech, Lukanov began his campaign accross the countryside where he has been enganing government forces and attempting to gain as much ground as possible.

Political consequences

A diagram of the result of the 1927 Mulgarian People's Assembly election

Following the procedure established by the Mulgarian constitution, The Mulgarian Government established elections for the Mulgarian People's Assembly in which a historic victory was achieved, for the first time since the coup of 1916 the OSM held a majority in the Assembly. Despite a slim majority, the Organized Syndicates of Mulgaria (OSM) managed to elect their party leader, Ivan Borisov, as Chairman of the People's Republic, being the first time since the Executive People's Council that a member of the OSM held the highest executive office.

Ivan Borisov's Election, however historic, was highly contested only winning 79 of the Assembly's 200 seats. A diverse cast of Assembly members were nominated, Sonya Lyapcheva, Lukanov's intra-party rival and ex-member of the executive People's Council was a close second with 57 votes. Eva Zafirova, from the Anarcho-Syndicalist branch of the OSM won 33 votes preaching cooperation between the OSM and MPF. She was closely followed by Georgi Lukanov's Brother, Tihomir, who won 31 votes.