[1678] Parliamentary Campaign Thread

[Alfonso Velez]

Final election rally in Fontainebleau, Napoléon

Friends, over the past many days it has been a pleasure to talk with you all about the issues facing our great Republic. We’ve traveled through many of the great cities of our Republic bearing the torch of liberty. This election has illuminated a great many truths. Above all else this election has made clear that only the Liberty & Democracy party can stand up to protect our rights. The right to make our own choices without unnecessary Government interference. The right to make an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work. The right to come to our great Republic to make a better life for ourselves and our children and, through our labours, make our great Republic even stronger. The right to marry who we love. The right to let our business remain our business and to have our privacy protected. These, and so many rights, are key to a free society.

I admire the ANA for their honesty. They have made no effort to hide their goal of creating a police state that will enforce their ideas of what is right and incarcerate--and even put to death--people who might oppose them. They seek to break the bonds that we have forged as people of many cultures and many different beliefs--but I say to them you will not break us! What we have forged together no person or party can destroy, so long as we remain united in resolute opposition to these idealogues who stand against the great spirit of our Republic. It is an important reminder, however, that we must be forever vigilant in protecting our liberties--not just from external threats, but internal ones too. The fight for liberty is more often than not fought and won at the ballot box rather than the battlefield. Therefore, I urge all of you and all the citizens of this great Republic to do your duty to protect your liberties by voting at the ballot box and mustering your friends, family, and neighbors to do the same!

In this campaign we have shown how we will continue to deliver for the Aldurian people and build on our successes these past 5 years. We will continue investing in our military and national defense to ensure that our liberty is protected against all threats. We will take action to reign in healthcare costs, better regulate the insurance markets, and ensure that you maintain control over your healthcare rather than surrendering that control to bureaucrats in Punta Santiago as the DFL suggests. We will continue to build on the economic successes that this L&D Government has lead and will support small business owners and remove unnecessary red tape that prevents these businesses from succeeding.

We will continue to reject the hatred peddled by the ANA and EDP against hard-working immigrants to our country and will encourage immigrants from all walks of life to come to these shores and contribute meaningfully to our society. We will never forget that we are a nation of immigrants, and the L&D party will do everything in our power to protect the Law of the Graces which has brought this Republic so much grace in return! We will invest in sustainable infrastructure which will create jobs and stimulate economic growth. We will continue to engage with our allies in trade deals that are good for Alduria and good for our allies throughout Micras. We will continue to work hard to make Alduria the best place in Micras to raise a family and run a business--a place where everyone is welcome and where anyone can achieve the dreams that they set out to achieve.

Before I close I want to speak directly to those voters who are not registered L&D party members and who may not agree with everything that we stand for, but are rightly worried about the extremism of the far-right ANA or the far-left DFL and feel that they are without a political home. I encourage you all to take a look at what we have to offer. I encourage you to look at our platform. I encourage you to consider the strength and stability that our Government has brought over the past 5 years. I know and respect that we may not agree on every issue--but I urge you to consider the need to protect Liberty & Democracy in our great Republic. There is always a home for you here in the L&D party even if you do not agree with us on every issue. We are a collection of individuals of a myriad of different backgrounds and beliefs who don’t always agree on things. While we may not agree on everything, we do all agree that we must protect our Republic’s liberty and democratic values against all who would oppose that--no matter if those attacks come from the right or the left--so I hope that you will join us in our cause and stand up to those who would stand against these values by supporting us at the ballot box. 

My friends, as this campaign draws to a close, let us make sure that we all do our part to ensure that everyone goes to the polls. Ask your friends, family, and neighbors if they need a ride to the polls. Employers, provide your workers with a paid day off or, at the very least, provide them with some paid leave at the beginning or end of the day to ensure that they can make it to the polls. Above all else--please vote! Don’t take anything for granted. Don’t look at the polls and think to yourself that this election is a sure victory for Liberty & Democracy. Only with your vote can we protect our Liberty & Democracy from the forces on the far-right and far-left that would seek to erode them. Vote like your liberty depends on it. Vote for the Liberty & Democracy party. Thank you all, and may God bless you and may God bless our great Republic!