Lt. Col Angelica Bellomo, Commander, PCAK V Bn wrote:"We started of kind of slow. We had the Socialists and the Conservatives bunk together in the field barracks. At first there weren't a lot of training exercises. The goal was to increase familiarity and camaraderie between the two groups who might otherwise be somewhat standoffish of one another. There were tensions at first: some of these young people can be hotheads. But after the second week, things cooled down and we got into training. The officers devised stress test exercises that included very long, multi day forced marches, field bivouac, lack of food, lack of sleep, and extreme physical exertion. Much more than most of these young kids are used to, for sure. Hell: Much more than the salty officers are used to.
"Following the stress tests, which most of my troops called hellish, we let them rest once more. They realized they had been through this trial all together and that they had more in common as a team than as opponents. We made them solve problems as a team, we made them think as a squad. Most of these squad units became fiercely loyal to one another. And then we took them out into the field, and started with squad on squad tactics. We did this for a month or more, and soon we were into late October. Then we brought the platoons together into Companies, and put one against another to capture or hold some objective. Other times we would practice maneuver. the troops received classes in demolitions, in psyops, in signals intelligence. They also fired artillery, fired the main guns on the tanks. You name it. It was a rigorous, miserable six months. But these men and women made it through. I think doing these joint training exercises from time to time will be nothing but advantageous."
Thank you,Thank you all so much.We have come a long way,not only on this election cycle but throughout the 15 Years of LDP steered governments we’ve had,We have achieved many reforms both social and economic,and we have improved the people’s standart and way of life and because of this we have once again gained the gratitude of our nation as i have been re-elected and the Liberal Democratic Party has recieved the majority in parliament. As you know these are my last 3 years as President as i have stated before the elections,i was very hesitant to run again,but what i have seen,the drive,the support,the admiration of the people is truly incredible and i’m glad i did it,i have no regrets,and never will. I will try to do everything to make this last mandate of mine,one of cooperation and success,so that i may leave this high and noble office which at that point i will have held for 18 whole years,with dignity and honor and i will retire from active politics knowing that i will be loved by the people as much as i love them.I would also like to thank the citizens which support the Patriotic League for voting for me in the 2nd Round with the endorsement of their party,i am truly honoured and i wish our politics can always be in such forms of cooperation and understanding even though we are polar opposites.Ofcourse i also congratulate my opponents and especially Madame Narelle which led a great campaign !
Thank you all ! Long Live Prosperous Kalistan !
The Patriotic League is, at its core, anti Kalistan. Just look at their previous bill proposals. Over this past election, we've been campaigning in order to win the Presidency and it had actually been the Patriotic League who convinced us to get serious with running this time around. They actually claimed they would endorse Narelle Ewarts in order to "Simply to oust the liberal president". Of course, no matter what the reason, an endorsement is an endorsement, so we graciously accepted. Later the PL made some demands which included segregation of government property, decreasing civil liberties, and the creation of the police state, to name a few. We naturally refused these demands and after the election came around, it turned out that they apparently lied about having a problem with President Furhat because they had decided to endorse him instead. Of course we have no reason to be upset that President Furhat won a seventh term, it's actually an admirable feat, we're just irritated that those PL weasels would so unreasonably stab us in the back like that, they had to have known that the Liberals wouldn't have passed their atrocious policies.
H(oward) G(reaves, of Izquierda): We are here with the next Premier of the Republic, Georgia Van Wyck.
(Speaker) G(eorgia) V(an) W(yck): Yes you are.
HG: Comrade Van Wyck, you have been named to the Premiership. What was your initial reaction?
GVW: I was surprised. The negotiator I sent to talk to the President certainly did not indicate that this was going to happen, and I wanted him to promote military modernization. Instead, someone, I think it was the Conservative negotiator, put the SP up for the Premiership, and the President agreed. So, that's how that went down. I certainly wasn't asking for it.
HG: But according to the Prerogative, you are the leader of the largest Non-Presidential Party in the Government Coalition. Many of your Party believe you should have taken the office six years ago.
GVW: The Right was the majority in the Coalition back then. There's no way I could do that job successfully under those circumstances.
HG: What is your agenda for the next three years?
GVW: We are working with the Workers' Front and the National Conservatives to try to get some of these shuttered industries reopened. The Liberals' paper said everyone is complaining about how the economy is so terrible. That is not true. The economy is at about the same place as it was when they privatized everything. The promised bonanza never materialized, because, lets be honest: Why would it? But the one thing which HAS been hurt is the Republic's ability to build things for itself. We have been propping up these industries for hundreds of years in some cases, and sudden and radical divestment led to costs which made basically every divested property immediately go into the red. Some people tried to keep them running for a time, but let's be completely honest: While they were nationalized, they made money because they were heavily subsidized and had a guaranteed buyer. We only produced the stuff we needed, and the companies then could sell surplus VERY inexpensively, as a way of improving Kalistani exports.
Without those subsidies, they are operating on market principles. They bear all the costs themselves. And they just can't make it. They have to find buyers for their products, and market forces force prices down for them so they don't make enough money to keep their operations running. They shutter some of the operation, lay off workers, and can't make enough to supply the Republic, let alone export. So they lose more money compared to what they were making, they fall back into the red, are sold off piece by piece, and gradually, lose whatever competitive edge that they had before when their manufacturing costs were underwritten by the Republic and could focus on making money and making things which were needed and used by the Republic.
So we would like to see those industries reopened as soon as possible, in the interest of our national security, and restored to public control. We would like to work with the Conservatives and The President to find a way to compromise on this.
HG: What other plans, besides restoring national industries, do you have?
GVW: We were handed the Defense Ministry as well. We will finally begin modernization of the Military, in line with national strategic doctrine. We now have three Partisan militias fully mobilized, and I have not heard an update on the Liberal Militia, but it is clear that The Parties are taking their role in the defense of the Nation seriously. Combined with a modernized Regular Force, we should be able to easily defend the Republic and once more restore our traditional role of Guarantor of the Anantonese Ocean. I'd also like to work with ODEN to expand the Cartel. We have already made some advances. Kalopia is ratifying the Treaty, and We expect that Telamon will do so as well now that Liberals have taken over up there. A stronger ODEN is beneficial to all Cartel Members. Finally, we would like to work with various Kalistani entrepreneurs to generate new private sector opportunities, well outside of the various sectors that can and should be returned to the public sector. This includes creation of more consumer goods as well as expansion of the service sector in Kalistan. Combined with strong worker protections, a vital service sector firmly in the hands of private owners can take up some of the slack in the job market created by the kneecapping of the NSP after privatization.
HG: Do you have any words for the Patriots, who were left out of the cabinet?
GVW: I instructed my negotiator to fight for Patriot inclusion in the cabinet. I think we could find common ground to work together on national defense and so forth. And I believe the national security aspect of the nationalizations would be fairly persuasive, if we can make concessions else where. We can still try to find ways to work together on moving some of the Patriots' Agenda, if they work with us on ours. Apparently, the unwillingness of the Patriots and the Conservatives to work together precluded their participation in the Government, but there is no reason that we can't reason with them.
HG: Thank you for these few moments, Comrade Premier.
GVW: I am always happy to talk to the Izquierda.
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