Whitehouse: Proposal of New Elections "Ludicrous"

The Deputy Imperial Chancellor weighed in on the most recent controversy that has opened up between a CCU representative, John Bolton, and the DLP's Lemieux, Chief of Staff to Chancellor Brandt. He argued that a fresh election to determine who would be able to lead the peace process would be reckless, counterproductive, and deeply unfair to Falleentium's allies.
A reporter for the Ponsonby Press asked Whitehouse for his opinion on the development during a press briefing this week. Whitehouse had the following to say:
"First of all, I'd like to say that it's very sad that we've already returned to politics as usual in this country. Instead of finishing the job united, we're dividing, tossing often unfounded criticisms at our partners in the cabinet. Moving on, the idea that has caused the latest drama is that we basically make a ceasefire, hold new elections, and whoever wins that election gets to make the peace deal. And quite frankly, it's ludicrous, and let me tell you why: it's not like nobody has thought about peace yet. Secretary Carter has been working with our allies on our alliance's collective objectives for the peace deal for quite some time. They're already in the middle of setting the terms of peace with the Islamic League in stone as we speak. It's nothing short of reckless and unfair to our allies if we tell them now that there might be a radical change in Falleentium's peace policy, and that they will have to wait for us to have an election and deal with the results, potentially meaning scrapping all the work they've done so far with Secretary Carter. So that's why I support keeping the policy we've had since the war began, which is that we will have our elections as soon as peace is concluded. That was the legislation that was passed overwhelmingly, and the CCU did not oppose it at the time. It's the policy that keeps us on the road to an obstacle-free peace process that bring our people peace the fastest and doesn't leave our allies hanging. That's all I have to say about that."
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