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Guozhou, Han - A special editorial by the founder and leader of our party, Tan Zhuoxuan, on the
Indralan Security Act (NDP-009), which he personally drafted, and on the upcoming elections:
Today, we can see the split of loyalty within the nation - those who would allow Indrala to defend herself, and those who would see it hamstring itself against the foreigner. The monarchist parties say that the nation and the monarchy are one and the same - they rush to the defense of the monarch, hold opulent ceremonies on its behalf, glorify him in the press - and then proceed to call us, and our allies, as those who impede on the rights of the ordinary Indralan.
Today, 4 parties show their true colors - today, they impede on the right of self-defense of the Indralan people.
As part of my travels around the nation, I visited many of the military production hubs of our nation - visiting many of them for the first time since the Tour of the Nation I had in my childhood, some decade and a half prior. I did not believe that I would find the Pride of Indrala, Soul of the Indralan People - the military industry that was the envy of the world. But neither did I believe that I would find such industry in a state that can only be called "decrepit":
A symbol of the degenerate Monarchist coalition When I approached the Indralan people - those who, through blood, sweat, and tears, have toiled to help us secure our nation by creating weapons of war - and told them the news - that the monarchist government would choose cowardice, and not use those weapons, there was palpable disappointment. But though they had toiled night and day for years, only to lose to a bureaucrat they had never met, none in the crowd broke.
For, as they explained, they were Indralans - with Indralan blood, but more importantly, an Indralan heart. These unsung heroes of our nation had, despite the toil of the prior day, come back the next, unfaillingly. For they, those ordinary Indralan people, who wear no royal robe, who bear none of the medals of nobility, see in their work more than a mere paycheck! They see the faces of their elders, who once protected them - they see the faces of their sons and daughters, who shall one day protect them - they see the nation - their soil, their home - and so, day after day, they continued. Let it never be said that Indrala lacks patriots!
The unsung and forgotten heroes of our nation - though the Pride of Indrala may no longer be the envy of the world, the Soul of the Indralan People still thrives, much as before To see this, and then to return to Tian'an and the mockery that is the monarchy - those four parties care not for any Indralan citizen without the robes of nobility. They waste their resources so that the Crown Prince can go ahead and play pretend soldier, while real patriots are left to fend for themselves. Make no mistake - the vote of these 4 parties was a vote in favor of preserving that sacred monarchy the government touts, but not Indrala - and certainly not the regular Indralan.
This act of disarmament is nothing but disrespect to the Indralan people. To kill a beast is one matter - to chop off its claws, and wait for it to starve is another. On the other hand, we thank our friends in the National Front, the Republican League, and the Communist Party for their support. Let it never be said that, in this hour, they stood by the ordinary Indralan - patriots one and all! We must also thank the Military Party, which, breaking the custom of the Monarchists, stood by the common Indralan in this hour as well. Though, seeing the results, and the unified Monarchist attack on the Indralan, I would question their decision to back the decadent monarchy - a monarchy which seeks only to weaken the military and economic might of our great nation.
We must honor not the pretend soldier, but the actual heroes and patriots of the nation. And so, dare I say it - is it not time for the patriot and the national hero to take the helm of the nation that they have sacrificed so much for? Fellow Indralan patriots, in the face of such incompetence, I say we must march:
"Forward, Unto the Republic!"
爲國,為人們民主,前進!