One part of the Inauguration Ceremony used books containing scriptures of Súnrâisi, Beatitudism and Gaudenism, which are some of the religions native only to Sunrisia.
Nationalist Republic of Sunrisia finally has a new and this time elected President. Today, President-elect Addél Dîlectên has rightfully taken over the presidency and acceded to the position of the head of state, after having won the early presidential election more than a week ago in the first round with 51,25% of the vote. On this day, March 14, Saturday, Addél Dîlectên was inaugurated as the new President of the Nationalist Republic of Sunrisia. The new President has technically made history by becoming the first President elected since the adoption of the current Constitution of the Nationalist Republic of Sunrisia. President-elect Addél Dîlectên gave his oath and concluded the rest of his inauguration in front of a huge crowd of Sunrisians. The ceremony took place outside the Presidential Palace and the large crowd was comprised of local residents of the national capital Orentan, as well as city guests, such as Sunrisians from other cities across the country. It could have included tourists as well. The ceremony was exclusive to Sunrisians only, with tourists, foreign students, immigrants, etc, excluded from the rules. However, Sunrisia did not invite foreign leaders or representatives to attend the inauguration ceremony, not even from allied countries like SOWEFTA and MDAA member states. Therefore, personnel of active foreign embassies and consulates in Orentan, were not expected or awaited as the ceremony. The goal was to have the Inauguration Ceremony take place “within the family”, meaning the Sunrisian family.
Following the conclusion of ceremonial proceedings and the formal accession to the presidency, the newly-inaugurated President Addél Dîlectên addressed the nation with a speech. The inaugurated President thanked outgoing President and PID Director Fórî Apstérâ for leadership and taking the country through the turbulent period after the last political crisis over the so-called “Shadow Government” scandal and also through the transitional period, once the situation had stabilized, even if it went beyond constitutional norms.
According to the words of inaugurated President Addél Dîlectên:
“Director Fórî Apstérâ did what he and his team thought were right and were ready to do anything for this country, even if went beyond what was accepted at certain moments. They did not care about the legal and other consequences that might face them afterwards and about their own well-being. They cared only about the country. To be fair and truthful, it was the leadership of Director Fórî Apstérâ, his people, other people in the rest of our intelligence community and in our military, which has helped defeat the insurgency of the militant terrorist groups – the New Sunrisian Republican Army (NSRA) and the Sunrisian Theocrat and Monarchist Corps (STMC), which were aiming to overthrow our Nationalist Republic. In the end, these people are national heroes and they served our country, while also using the best methods they thought they could. As I have just, their united leadership saved the Nationalist Republic from being overthrown by NSRA and STMC militant groups. Meanwhile, overseas, they helped the South Baggnagian people defend their homeland against the aggression of the North Baggnagian regime and also helped allied defector forces inside North Baggnagia to overthrow the North Baggnagian regime. As a result, the North Baggnagian people ended up being liberated, since having been forcefully turned into a nation of slaves by that regime. They can once again breathe and the divided Baggnagian nation can aspire towards a better future, maybe even together. This leadership has also finally brought back our troops from West Zilveren Berg after basic peacekeeping, stabilization, recovery and rebuilding efforts have been completed under the watch of several Sunrisian leaderships, something that began even prior to the days of the Nationalist Republic. This acting government has accomplished more than elected governments had managed to. And yet, despite all the credit I have to give to these brave national heroes, democracy is everything to us, so these are the rules that we will continue to live by, while also living according to the Constitution of the Nationalist Republic of Sunrisia.”
Outgoing President and PID Director Fórî Apstérâ was obviously at the Inauguration Ceremony, but he did not behave like a President, who was transferring power to a new successor. Instead, he looked very humbled and behaved in such way. President and PID Director Apstérâ treated and looked up to inaugurated President Addél Dîlectên like a head of state, even when Dîlectên was still President-elect and Apstérâ was still acting President. Outgoing President and PID Director Fórî Apstérâ was already in the mental state of just being the Director of the leading intelligence agency in the Nationalist Republic of Sunrisia, but not the President, even before President-elect Addél Dîlectên completed inauguration. It looked like it showed the self-awareness of Apstérâ, who saw himself as the person, who held the position of the head of state and commander-in-chief, making some decisions and taking some action, while in this position, despite not being elected to do so and only being the acting President, who will take Sunrisia through a post-crisis transition and lead the fight against the militant insurgency and the old political elite even. It was clear that Apstérâ wanted to drop the label of the President and pass it over to the elected and legitimate head of state as soon as possible, while going back to only being PID Director. Therefore, in the end, it did not look like a power transition, where one President passed over his powers to a successor, but rather a “seat-filler” official, despite his accomplishments in that position, finally turning it over to someone that was chosen to do so. Outgoing President and PID Director Fórî Apstérâ clearly saw President-elect and now inaugurated President Addél Dîlectên as President from the day that the former welcomed the latter to the Presidential Palace to discuss the power transfer and presidency transfer.
Meanwhile, the crowd warmly welcomed new President Addél Dîlectên after his inauguration and accession to power, with cheers and an ovation, as an elected leader chosen by 51,25% of registered voters on the election day. President Addél Dîlectên now has the responsibility to fulfill the promises and satisfy the expectations of the voters. Despite commending the administration of President and PID Director Fórî Apstérâ, other intelligence services of Sunrisia and the military for Sunrisia, for their combined leadership over the country during a vital survival period, the newly-inaugurated President Addél Dîlectên also promised to enforce the Constitution more and start “easing out” the influence of the intelligence services and the military over the Sunrisian government. New President Dîlectên, as he mentioned in the past, intends to keep the officials and personnel of the preceding Apstérâ administration for some time and said that he intends to keep Fórî Apstérâ as PID Director as well.