SSPB Launches Campaign for PresidencyThe Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia has today announced that Leader of the Opposition Clementine Attlee is running for President on behalf of the Socialist Alliance. Attlee said that if elected President she would focus on maintaining Baltusia as a country, fighting for an ethical foreign policy, and preventing further privatisation of industry.
The SSPB began their campaign in Terrarokka, where Attlee was joined by Shadow Chancellor John M. Donald, who is the SSPB's proposed Prime Minister in the event of a socialist majority with them as the largest party. Attlee adressed the campaign:
Thank you friends, four years ago we saw the end of an age in politics, we Socialists lost our majority and the country was told that it was time for real change. Well, we saw how well that went, seventeen bills proposed since their cabinet passed and only two government bills passed. Beyond that they have failed at privatisation and failed at deregulation. We are in a lucky position that the right in this country are too incompetent to succeed: they tried to privatise rail, they failed; they tried to privatise public works, they failed; they tried to privatise rail again, they failed; they tried to privatise public works again, and they failed. The truth is that when you have centre-right, centre-left, and anti-government all rolled into one then you don't get effective leadership.
But that is only one side of the coin, the other is that of the Presidency, the role of the President is to represent us on the international stage and to push for policy at home. But when was the last time that you saw President Moggerius address Congress? When was the last time he expressed his opinion on an issue? When was the last time he did anything domestic besides waste millions of taxpayer dollars for a newspaper piece, dancing in front of socialist voting homes? We need a President who will be politically active and that is why I announce that when I am elected President I will make an address to Congress at least once every two years reguarding the state of Baltusia and the policies I want congress to push for.
Despite the positive case we have put forwards in the past, we must recongise that some people were disillusioned, many voted for the BDGP rather than us because of claims of radicalism. However it is up to us now to show those voters how useless the greens are in office and to make the positive case for less privaisation.
If the public give us a majority in Congress then we will work with our friends in the Socialist Alliance (including our new allies in the RSF and the Socialist Party) to provide effective government in the interest of the people.
Opinion polls are giving a slight lead to the Capitalist Alliance at this stage but with two months to go it is still too early to call.