Secretary Gabbard Resigns

After serving four years, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation from the Cabinet of Willy Brandt after the Senate rejected her agreement with the Vanossian diplomat. The Secretary gave a departing address and made no secret of her belief that the Senate made an immense failure.
"We've all heard the news. The Consul of Vanossium just announced his disappointment in our failure to act - and he says now that Vanossium must assume the leadership role in the transition of the former URCN region. We all know what that means because it's already happening: Vanossium military bases are being erected in Naorlum; Caornum is currently under the control of pro-Vanossium puppets and we have no reason to believe that will change; the Jaornor region instead of a buffer zone, is on track to be annexed by Vanossium; And no mention of the poor souls rotting in prison. Is the Senate pleased with their magnificent foreign policy blunder?"
"This is not a game. The delegations of a majority of state governments have demonstrably failed. Our relations with the Union of the West are at an all-time low, and what do we have to show for it? The URCN is gone and its successors face an uncertain future that is likely to be dominated by Vanossium. Such is the immensity of the Senate's short-sightedness that it may take decades of diplomacy to achieve the sort of stability and freedom in the former URCN that my agreement would have guaranteed. And the worst part is that Falleentium has lost its moral authority. We can no longer claim to protect the innocent when our voting record leaves prisoners of war out to dry. We can never again claim that Vanossium is a rouge state acting unilaterally in the world, because we had a chance to work with them and it was us, not they, who blew it."
"Perhaps it doesn't seem fit for me to talk like this given the circumstances of this speech. But now is not the time for polite disagreement - not when it's our children's futures in jeopardy as the divide between Nilira and the West deepens. The status-quo will lead our children into the same sort of war that we are fighting today. I don't want that for my children. But clearly, this Imperial Senate is wholly incompatible with myself as our Foreign Secretary, and so I must resign. I thank the Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor for the opportunity to serve for four years in this post, and wish my replacement all the best in correcting the mess that the Senate has left us all to bear."
It is still unknown exactly who will replace Tulsi Gabbard as Foreign Secretary. Ultimately, Chancellor Brandt will have to make that call once he has chosen a new minister.
Category:The Imperial Constitution