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With Prime Minister elections drawing closer, many have begun to wonder who will be running as candidates. So far, many speculate that Senator Albrecht Lehmann (39) will be running. Today, Lehmann released a statement to the media, expressing his desire to help the Empress and the Rezuan people.
People of Rezua, I would like to start by saying that none of this would be happening without Ymira Everen-Abrams. A usurper tried to take over our country with force, and our Empress rallied support to fight this evil. After that, she has unceasingly appealed for the freedom and safety of other nations. Her efforts fall, mostly, upon dead ears and hard hearts. I want to express my undying gratitude to Empress Ymira to never giving up thus far.
While our national mission is honorable, I must say that it is also one of our faults. Governments openly mock us for trying to try for peace. Our allies wouldn't give us the same protection we give them, because they don't want to break their "peace". Defending the innocent, defending those who try to gain equality for all, is not a cause our allies would defend. Quite frankly, they either expect us to do it for them, or want to use us as a punching bag. We receive flak from both sides, from West and East, for trying to peacefully ask regimes to grant political and religious freedom and sexual identity. For these causes we have lost nearly half a million Rezuan lives in just two years.
Our ideals are too costly for this age of moral decay. There are simply not enough people willing to give equality to their people, and far too few brave enough to challenge them. At this rate, Rezua will lose millions of lives fighting for causes that mean nothing to the world. They are content with their lives, they don't want to worry about others. Therefore, I ask the Upper Council to turn our ideals back to Rezua. Our efforts are wasted on this world. Rather than letting ourselves be wasted on skirmishes and issues that will be ignored, we must safe up our ideals and wait for change. We have done all we can to cause it. Let someone else pitch in.
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