Post-Election Statement by Lemmingtopias - May 2019

[lemmingtopias]

After leaving the convention conference room in the hub of the city, where the votes had been counted and the winner declared, Dion climbed into a car waiting for him for the short drive over to Lefteris House. As the chauffer opened the door for him, he stood out of the car, turned around and waived at well wishers and the press before waking over to a microphone. He let a jubilant smile escape his usually calm composure as people cheered.

"Friends and Neighbours,

the Members of the Commonwealth have asked me to form a Government in their name and I have accepted."

Cheers and screams erupted from the crowd and he waited for them to die down a little before continuing.

"I want to pay tribute to my opponent, who recieved the votes of a very large portion of our Commonwealth Members. In order to truly represent our whole Membership, I need to recognise that and involve my opponent in the conversations and the decisions that will be happening over the coming months. Alone I may represent a majority, but together we can represent everyone.

I campaigned on a manifesto built around the principles of solidarity, co-operation, transparency and compromise. It will be upon those same values that, together, you and I, will build this Commonwealth. An international and interregional organisation that strengthens regions' sovereignty instead of taking it from them, that shares their culture rather than ignores it, and which recognises that every region and every nation has something to contribute to something bigger and better than we are alone.

We have a lot of work ahead of us and there will be difficult times ahead when we need to make crucial decisions, when we need to really focus and srutinise our own actions, but our victory has already been won here today. Take it, it's yours!"

Tired from yesterdays campaigning and the overnight count, Dion smiled and waved again at the crowd before climbing the steps of the palace. Though dawn was creeping in, fireworks began to light up the sky. The door was opened for Dion and he went inside, leaving his supporters to revel in the street. He was going to straight to bed.

[Felvor]

Back over at the Conference Centre, a smaller crowd waited for Felvor to come out and greet them. When he finally walked out, the people clapped and cheered. He walked over to them and shook hands and chatted with some of the people near the front of the crowd, thanking them for their support and talking about how their day campaigning went. Some people emerged from the sides of the crowd with a soapbox and ushered him onto it to speak.

"Can everyone hear me?" Dion shouted and when some shouts came back from the back of the crowd that they could he continued.

"This was always going to be a difficult challenge, we all knew that. My opponent is a charismatic, hardworking, experienced and competent man. We can all be happy that he is going to sleep in Lefteris House tonight. And we can all be proud of what we have accomplished today. Nearly a third of voters backed our alternative ideas about how to put our manifesto into effect. We went into this campaign with no backing from any other party members, none of the party infrastructure in our support and with no serious belief we would get votes. This is a great victory.

My opponent and I fought this election with one, shared manifesto. That we both have given different ideas to, had disagreements in choosing competing policies, and yet found workable compromises to all our issues to produce one manifesto that we can both give our full backing to. That is how politics should be done. Different sides, solving their disagreements and THEN going into an election to decide on who will be the most effective at putting their negotiated policies into action.

Surge is a party that even those who don't agree with us on many things will be looking at now and thiking... That is a party where my opposing voice will be heard, debated and given serious consideration into how to find a working compromise on. That is a party for everyone.

This isn't over. I have phoned Lemming an congratulated him on his victory. I told him I am his biggest supporter. And I told him I am his biggest opponent. As President of the Commonwealth, I will be holding Lemmingtopias to account, I will be scrutinising his policies, I will be putting the Commonwealth first. But at the same time, I will be working with him to deliver a manifesto built on giving peope who haven't been able to get much experience yet a real chance of being a major player in our Community and Government. A manifesto built on ensuring that small regions views and interests are never bulldozed over by the views of the majority from the larger regions. A Manifesto that celebrates the diverse and wonderful cultures that have emerged from different groups of players on NationStates, rather than placing interest only in the standardised, clean and well oiled culture that dominates the largest regions and communities. And a manifesto which ensures everyone can play here, because we will always have their corner against bullies, against people who use the game just to harrass other people, against people who still feel the need to discriminate against players.

In a few months time, when Lemmintopias steps down. We will go back to the polls and people will vote to keep our policies by electing Felvor as the Second Head of the Commowealth. Thank-you and Goodnight.'

He shook some more hands and hugged some of his supporters before he walked off into the night.