Ladies, Gentlemen, fellow colleagues.
It is with joy and humility that I accept the convention's decision.
It is a tremendous honor and privillege to be able to serve as the Equality Union's Chairwoman.
I would like to than Miss Hałubska as well as my other opponents for their honorable approach to this election.
As the Party's Chairwoman it is my duty to lead the party and choose the course of action.
This is why I want to present to you my plan for the near future.
First of all I would like to thank the Liberal Party and the National Unity for their part co-operation.
Sadly this coalition has hurt the WSP more than it helped it. This is why I as well as the Party's National Committe have decided to end this co-operation.
I hope that we will be able to do so without any bad blood or feuds for the years to come.
The reason for our seperation is the fact that the coalition has pushed us to the right, thus losing the people's confidence.
Maybe in the future the coaliton will once again be viable, but under different terms and circumstances
Now onto my main agenda.
First of all the Union must be active in national politics.
In recent years our party was too passive, which resulted in the rise of radical forces on our side of the political spectrum.
To show our renewed activism we must return to grass-roots politics of the past and be once again active in the Parliament.
We need to fight inequality wherever and whenever we see it. Both at home and abroad.
We need to help the working-class people in our country and protect them from demagogueish propaganda plaguing our country right now, especially under the Eagle Party's leadership.
We also need to aid the poorer countries, as we have done in the past. We need to aid countries such as Kurageri in their endeavours.
Let's fight for justice in Valruzia!
Let's fight for liberty in Valruzia!
But most of all let's fight for equality for each and every Valruzian!
Thank you!
Good morning Madam. How are you feeling today?
I'm doing fine, thank you for having me.
Shall we begin?
Absolutely.
Mrs. Mikołajczak how does it feel to lead a party with long history after such an unexpected election?
That's a good question. It's not as easy as it would have been for, let's say, Mrs. Hałubska, who established herself well inside the party structures.
Is there a strong opposition against you inside the party? Are there people who try to sabotage your leadership?
I wouldn't say so, no. At the beginning it was hard, I admit that, but no one tried to "sabotage" me.
Many people were - and to some extent probably still are - sceptical about me. After all I came out of the blue, completely unexpected and unknown.
But as the time goes by I think that influencial party members put their faith behind me.
Some of them are planning to retire in the next term. Does that have to do with their rejection of you?
I don't know... I don't think so. Some of them have worked for this party since it's reactivation, some of them even before that.
I think that they decided to make some space for younger, less known faces and that's admirable in my opinion.
Is Mr. Brzytniewski one of those new faces?
I think it's too early to say so. I know that he attracted some attention in the press by his passionate attitude, but one such moment is not enough to turn anyone into a household name.
I happen to know Andrzej very well and I do think that he has some potential, but his "stardom" is still in the future.
How do you think he could build up his status?
I think that he's well on his way. I know that this may sound bad, but the current government gives us a chance to redeem ourselves and rebuild our status in the public eye.
Currently we are focused at mobilizing grassroots organizations and combating the widespread paranoia among the Eagle's Party ranks.
They are trying to limit our civil liberties and with it turning Valruzia into a cruel police state.
They're fighting imaginary enemies, calling us communists, claiming that we have a strong hatred towards the democratic system in which we have participated way longer than they have.
Wouldn't you agree that they're able to do so thanks in part to some left-wing parties or your party's former allies like the Centre Party?
I have to agree with you here, sadly. I am dissapointed to see them join forces in such awful endevour.
Are you going to co-operate with the Centre Party in the future?
In the current state, with their current approach? No. I think it was a mistake to involve ourselves with the PC in the first place.
We don't have much more time sadly, so let me ask you this last question: What's next in store for us?
We are planning to march in the streets. It's important to show our opposition to crazy, insane, out-of-touch-with-reality mentality prevalent in the government's ranks.
It's time to fight back. It's time to show the world that we're not happy with the current state of affairs. We're going to mobilize people of all backgrounds, be they young, old, rich, poor, as long as they are with us we're happy to have them as our allies.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
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