2028 Sequoyan presidential election

 2028 Sequoyan presidential election 

27 February 2028
Registered	24,102,764
Incumbent President Atohi Dustu National Reconstruction

The 2028 Sequoyan presidential election will be held in Sequoyah on 27 February 2028. Voters will elect the country's president and vice president for a six year term. If necessary, a second round will be held on 12 March 2028. The election will occurred concurrently with Senate, People's Assembly, and gubernatorial elections.

Political parties will be able hold primary elections for their presidential candidates in mid-2027 and will have to register their candidates by late-2027. As of March 2024, fifteen political parties are registered with the Sequoyan Electoral Commission (SAA) and are eligible to run presidential and vice presidential candidates. As of April 2024, no one has announced their intention to run for president in 2027 with any political party, however, Sequoyan journalists and political commentators have proposed various candidates who could run for president. Incumbent President Atohi Dustu of the National Reconstruction Party is eligible to run for re-election, and many political experts believe that he will announce his re-election campaign sometime before 2026.

Political background

Presidency of Atohi Dustu

President Atohi Dustu in 2022

In December 2020, the Cooperation and Development Coalition (CODECO) launched a military intervention in the Sequoyan Civil War. CODECO installed Colonel Atohi Dustu as provisional president in opposition Admiral Diwali Wesa, the interim president. Wesa was forced to resign by early-January 2021 and Dustu was recognized as the legitimate president of Sequoyah by the international community. Dustu brought an end to the civil war by early-February 2021 and declared that elections would be held within the next year to elect the country's president, vice president, 40 senators, 125 assemblymen, and 3 of the country's 6 governors. In the 2022 presidential election, Dustu, who ran as a member of the National Reconstruction Party, defeated Wohehiv Avonaco of the Republican Party in the second round by a margin of almost 6 points. Although some journalists and opposition politicians accused the government of electoral fraud, the Sequoyan Electoral Commission (SAA) certified the results of the election in mid-March 2022 and Dustu was officially inaugurated as the 16th president of Sequoyah on 20 April 2022.

Dustu has been described by journalists, opposition politicians, and non-governmental organizations as governing an in authoritarian and illiberal manner. He has been accused of frequently attempting to bypass Congress and rule by decree in order to implement some of his more controversial laws. In 2024, the Kalgaduv Times alleged that Dustu's government hired individuals to harass political opponents on social media in the lead up to the that year's People's Assembly election. Dustu has denied allegation of autocratic rule, claiming that his government strives to uphold democracy in Sequoyah.

One of Dustu's primary campaign promises was to get Sequoyah readmitted to CODECO, from which the country was expelled in mid-2020 following a coup d'état which overthrew President Cheasequah Waya. Dustu agreed to hold referendums in three of Sequoyah's northern provinces to determine wether or not they would be annexed into Creeperopolis, Sequoyah's northern neighbor. The referendums resulted in Creeperopolis annexing the districts of Navidad and San Juan Diego in December 2022, but as a result, Sequoyah was readmitted to CODECO. Sequoyan opposition politicians accused Dustu of giving away Sequoyah territory in an attempt to appease Creeperopolis. Opposition politicians also claimed that the government utilized the annexation to gerrymander Eastern Sequoyah's People's Assembly constituencies ahead of the 2024 elections.

Electoral system

Election procedure

The 2028 presidential election is scheduled to be held six years after the 2022 presidential election. The president and vice president will be elected on a joint ticket through a popular vote. The constitution of Sequoyah mandates that the election will be "free and fair". As mandated by the constitution, the election will be held on 27 February 2028, the last Sunday of February. If necessary, a second round will be held on 12 March 2028, the second Sunday of March. Voting is not compulsory.

A ticket needs an absolute majority (50% + 1) in order to be declared the election's winner. If no ticket receives an absolute majority, the two tickets which received the most votes will advance to a second round where the ticket which receives an absolute majority would be declared the election's winner. All presidential and vice presidential candidates must be at least 30 years old, be a Sequoyan citizen by birth, and not have had their rights as a citizen suspended in the six years prior to the election.

Political parties

Political parties must be registered with the Sequoyan Electoral Commission in order to be allowed to participate in the election. The following 15 political parties are currently registered with the SAA and are eligible to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Party			Leader	Ideology	Position
	HDDU	Civil War Answers Party ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏓᏄᏩ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Nahiossi Vipponah	Populism Liberalism	Left-wing
	LICRE	Creeperian League Liga Creeperiano	Néstor Luque Peña	Creeperian nationalism Romerism	Right-wing to far-right
	PPC	Creeperian Progress Party Partido de Progreso Creeperiano	Matías Hidalgo Pérez	Progressivism Anti-Romerism	Center-left to left-wing
	UDU	Democratic Party ᎤᏂᏣᏘᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Diwali Yansa	Ustyism Social democracy	Center-left to left-wing
	DGU	Election Accountability Party ᏗᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ ᎠᏁᏍᎨᎲ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Diwali Yosali	Social democracy Populism	Center-left
	NIU	Federalist Party ᏂᎬᎾᏛᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Atsadi Onacona	Conservatism Federalism	Right-wing
	NUGUAT	Liberal Democrats for Progress and Change ᏄᎨᏳᎿᎲᎾ ᎤᏂᏣᏘᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎠᎵᎢᎵᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏧᎾᏍᏗ	Mati Jistu	Neo-fascism Ultranationalism	Far-right
	GGU	National Accountability Party ᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᎠᏁᏍᎨᎲ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Salali Tsiya	Social democracy Populism	Center-left
	GAU	National Reconstruction Party ᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᎠᏁᏍᎨᎲ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Atohi Dustu	Conservatism Sequoyan nationalism	Right-wing to far-right
	AGU	Renewed National Party ᎠᏤᎯᏐᏔᏅ ᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Diwali Tsila	Liberalism Conservatism	Center to center-right
	UU	Republican Party ᎤᏴᏜ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Wohehiv Avonaco	Liberalism Republicanism	Left-wing
	SULU	Sequoyan Centrist Party ᏍᏏᏉᏯ ᎤᏃᏢᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Daluvi Degohula	Centrism Liberalism	Center
	SUNU	Sequoyan Independent Party ᏍᏏᏉᏯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᏛᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Kanati Junaluska	Liberalism Populism	Center to center-left
	ANU	Socialist Party ᎠᎾᏓᏟᏏᏍᎬ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Wayo Wiseya	Socialism Democratic socialism	Left-wing
	ANNU	Tribal Rights Party ᎠᏂᎳᏍᏓᎸ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ	Kose Abedabun	Tribal rights Social democracy	Left-wing

Registered voters

As of the 2024 People's Assembly election held on 25 February 2024, there are a total of 24,102,764 registered voters.

Presidential candidates

The following individuals have been mentioned by at least three Sequoyan news media outlets as major potential presidential candidates for the 2028 election. None of these individuals have confirmed they will run for president or have expressed interest in doing so, but some candidates have declined to run.

National Reconstruction Party

Potential candidates

• Galilahi Awinita, Minister of Defense (2022–present), Minister of the Interior (2020–2022)
• Atohi Dustu, 16th President of Sequoyah (2020–present), Provisional President of Reorganized Constitutional Government of the Republic of Sequoyah (2020–2022)
• Gawonii Tooantuh, Governor of Western Sequoyah (2024–present), Minister of Finance (2020–2022)

Declined to run

• Mantotohpa Otoahhastis, 11th Vice President of Sequoyah (2022–present), Minister of Tribal Affairs (2021–2022)

Republican Party

Potential candidates

• Kilchii Sike, Governor of Arapaho (2015–present), Assemblyman from Arapaho's 1st constituency (2012–2015)
• Wohehiv Avonaco, Assemblyman from Cheyenne's 1st constituency (2004–2012, 2024–present), Governor of Cheyenne (2018–2022), Mayor of Suhtai (2012–2016); Republican Party's 2022 presidential candidate

Declined to run

• Kimi Amadahy, Minister of Tribal Affairs (2022–present), Mayor of Kalgaduv (2016–2020), Assemblywoman from Western Sequoyah's 1st constituency; Republican Party's 2022 vice presidential candidate
• Tahoma Nakai, 9th Vice President of Sequoyah

Democratic Party

Potential candidates

• Ahuli Ahuyala, Senator from Western Sequoyah (2008–2020), Assemblyman from Western Sequoyah's 6th constituency (1996–2008); Democratic Party 2022 presidential candidate
• Diwali Ustya VI, activist, political commentator, host of Modern News with Ustya
• Diwali Yansa, Governor of Itse Ulagohisdi (2016–2024); Democratic Party 2020 presidential candidate

Federalist Party

Potential candidates

• Atsadi Onacona, 10th Vice President of Sequoyah (2014–2020); Senator from Eastern Sequoyah (2005–2014); Federalist Party 2022 presidential candidate

Declined to run

• Cheasequah Waya, 15th President of Sequoyah (2014–2020); Mayor of Kalgaduv (2012–2014)

Socialist Party

Potential candidates

• Amadahy Chasse, Assemblyman from Western Sequoyah's 9th constituency (2012–2020); Socialist Party's 2022 presidential candidate

Liberal Democrats for Progress and Change

Potential candidates

• Mati Jistu, Assemblyman from Eastern Sequoyah's 5th constituency (2016–2020, 2024–present); Liberal Democrats for Progress and Change's 2022 presidential candidate

Sequoyan Independence Party

Potential candidates

• Kanati Junaluska, journalist; Sequoyan Independence Party's 2022 presidential candidate

National Accountability Party

Potential candidates

• Salali Tsiya, activist; National Accountability Party's 2022 presidential candidate

Independent candidates

Potential candidates

• Agasga Uku, activist; Independent 2022 presidential candidate

Declined to run

• Diwali Wesa, Interim President of Sequoyah (2020–2021)

See also

Sequoyah portal Terraconserva portal

• Elections in Sequoyah
• Politics of Sequoyah