To Be Worthy of Truth and Trust
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by Sophia Forrester
In the past several months, we have seen the Imperial Diet, once the center of our Empire's democracy, become a stagnant shadow of what it once was. Most elected Congress Members do not contribute to the debates. When leaders allow themselves to lose momentum, how are our younger citizens to follow their example? In order to correct this trend, I declare my candidacy for the ULJ in the Chubu region.
First and foremost, I intend to be worthy of the public trust. I will actively take part in Congress, and hold our government to high standards. Some within our government are already doing more than their share. They deserve active support from the members of the Imperial Diet.
The proposal of minister Tetsuya Tameru to establish a confederation has been a rallying cry around which the hopeful have gathered. Most like myself are not current Members of the Imperial Diet. Rather, we are citizens who have had enough of the inactivity of our government. Local governments will be arenas of partisan spirit and fuel regional pride. This, we hope, will be the beginning of our civic renewal.
But it is not enough to have hopes, or to rally around pride or spirit. For our government to earn trust, both at home and abroad, we must show the resolve to earn that trust. In the past month, we lost the trust of the Terra alliance. A secret deal was struck with Hungary, a nation that had threatened many of our allies. The enemy was diverted to China, and our allies were given breathing room. Yet even so, to deal thus in the shadows was not our allies' wish, and our expulsion from the Terra alliance was the price.
Trust was lost, from the best of intentions. Yet from where we stand, we can only go onward. We still may act in defense of old allies, even if those allies no longer believe us worthy of their trust. And in the end, it is only by first becoming trustworthy, even with no expectation of reward, that lasting trust may yet be achieved.
Our one-time brothers in Ireland and Australia were forgotten by the Terra alliance. We would do well to return to them. Our allies in Germany and France were convinced by the suspicious to drive us out of our alliance -- but they are still our friends in need, and we may take the high road by defending them as we can. New beginnings have been made with Switzerland, a neutral state now emerging that has sought our help. And our South Korean partners in our training war still acknowledge our brotherhood.
It is time to rebuild our once-burned bridges. It is time to allow ourselves to learn the lessons of our past. It is time to create our future.
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and good luck
I read congress threads. There just aren't many issues that congress can or is willing to fix.
I trust you Ecka, but we have plenty of newer Congress Members who are elected and then do nothing. Someone has to show them how it's done. ~.^
When China invaded us, EDEN and Terra didn't raise a peep. Trust was lost indeed; trust in our so called "allies".
It will be good to see you back in Congress, Sophia!
I have to disagree that America forgot its bros in Ireland, just this week an idea was proposed by a member of the American military to form a special unit dedicated to fighting the UK and supporting Irish soveriengty. Also Im not quite sure what Japan has ever done for us? Im not saying you haven't I only recently returned to erepublik and I dont know how much support Eden/Terra have recieved from eJapan.
We also tried to give the irish refuge in New England but The English RW'd them out
I am glad to hear that America and Ireland are on good terms again. I know there was some goodwill lost from Ireland when they were not invited to Terra, and the UK was given an invite. Time passes and by now it is likely a different group of people in charge in both places. All five of our "Brolliance" nations should not forget our brotherhood, and do our best to resume friendly ties.