Brandt: "Our democracy suffers."

POLITICO | In a unscheduled televised address from his office in Corrintrin, Chancellor Brandt spoke to the nation.
"Citizens, brothers, sisters and fellow Falleens. Today, our democracy suffers. Like a deer shot in the woods by a hunter that had never been taught something different, our democratic values were dealt a grievous wound of which it's proportions may be monumental. With majority support in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, drafted by a political majority democratically elected by you, the people, to reduce military spending, the Budget of 576AER would mark a new era of investment into you, the regular people. Funding steered away from unnecessary amounts of outdated tanks, guns and other such machinery of war that primarily causes death and despair, and towards our roads, our schools, our hospitals and our jobs. A budget that finally rectified a skewed system where over 30% of taxpayer's money was spent on just our defence, something utterly unnecessary considering we are leading members of the greatest and most powerful military alliance this world has ever seen. This was a budget that gave strength to our states by decreasing their deficits by 80% and returning confidence to their finances. A budget that brought us a considerable step closer to overturning our deficit and avoiding now impending debt and eventual bankruptcy. I, like many of you, feel that the officials under our gracious Emperor in the Imperial Office have made a grave mistake in shutting down the budget this government was democratically elected on: reduced military spending, reduction of the deficit and investment into our services. This is all this budget would've achieved as dictated by the true power-holders in our society, the people. I certainly do hope His Imperial Majesty reconsiders his decision, over the coming days, a series of Cabinet meetings shall be held to pass another budget through parliament which upholds the democratic mandate we were given. Thank you."
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