President Cefin Lloyd was met with people chanting his name at the Libertarian Party's conference today. Speaking to a packed out hall, the president talked primarily about the government's achievements since winning the 4473 election. With only seven months till the next election, the president looks relaxed, composed and happy. Before the last election, he had a lot of critics within his party, but now they have been silenced. Over four years of Libertarian rule has brought a lot of change to Aloria. Some may say the president has had an easy ride as there is no left-wing opposition party to him, however many say he can be proud of his administration's achievements.
One of the biggest parts of Lloyd's speech was about the Libertarian Party's distant past. Lloyd hailed "some of the greats" such as former leaders and presidents Gerald Wehnert and Margareta Schuchard. Wehnert said these two leaders led to the destruction of the Artanian Union, and said that has to be his party's greatest ever achievement.
We have to look to the past to aid our future. In our party's past, and I'm talking distant past, we have achieved so much for hardworking Alorian people. No other party in Aloria has achieved such monumental change during their party's history as ours. We have to look at leaders like Gerald Wehnert. A man who rose to the top against all odds, and, not only that, he didn't get power-hungry. Everything he did was designed to help the Alorian people in the long-term; the changes he made weren't for short-term political gains, but for long-term monumental change! We're talking about a man who lived nearly 200 years ago. The fact that we still talk about him shows how revolutionary he was. The Alorian people will never forget the work he did.
His biggest achievement, of course, was holding an AU referendum... and guess what, WE WON! The Alorian people voted to leave. Then, 30 years later there was an attempt by the internationalist global elite to take us back into the Artanian Union, but thanks to our great Libertarian president Margareta Schuchard they never managed it. The AU is now no more. It is confined to the dustbin of ancient history! We will always protect the nation state, sovereignty and democracy. That is our party's legacy, that is our party's history and that is our party's future! Thank you, thank you for the applause but I shouldn't be the one you are cheering for, you should be cheering our party's principled past!
President Lloyd went on to say Aloria will continue to "play a big role around the globe", claiming "in the past four years, without Aloria, the world would be a far worse place". This claim has been disputed by many of his critics for exaggerating Aloria's presence on the world stage. Nevertheless, it is true that the president has been active in global politics. For example, it was Aloria who led the condemnation of the communist, military Kafuri regime by imposing a trade embargo on them that is still in place. Furthermore, the Alorian government has also placed a trade embargo on Solentia. It is thought after Lloyd either loses an election or resigns from his role as president, he wants to run for president of the General Assembly.
Later in the speech, Lloyd tackled current issues, such as rising crime levels. He said the Libertarian Party would "get tough on crime" but also "put emphasis on rehabilitation" - he then said "some people, however, cannot be rehabilitated". The party conference has turned out to be very successful for both Lloyd and his party. The Libertarian party is more united and stronger than ever, and will be heading into next years with a real enthusiasm and excitement for the future.