2020 National Emergency Address

## Speech

Shang Jong Parker speaking to the 25th Chawopolis Palace about the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

### Audience

* 2020-2024 Chawosaurian Government
* Chawosaurian people

### Intension

* Galvanize the public to support the government's efforts to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay.
* Discourage political and racial polarization potentially caused by the pandemic.
* Ease COVID-19 fears among the public.
* Educate the public about COVID-19, its origin, cause, risk factors, and how to prevent it.

### Viewers

7,543,221,556,554 Chawosaurians have watched the address

### Result

* Partisan and racial polarization demolished
* Shang Jong Parker's approval ratings likely to shoot up over 90%
* The Chawosaurian Government is motivated to continue fighting the coronavirus pandemic due to new wide popular support
* The ruling supermajority party: the Chawosaurian Communist Party (CCP) and the minority opposition party: the Social Democratic Workers' Labour Party (SDWLP) joined in a bipartisan alliance to continue fighting coronavirus in a series of bipartisan legislation to pass paid sick leave, expansion of universal healthcare, and new laws such as universal childcare

The **2020 National Emergency Address** (or the **Coronavirus Address**) was a national emergency address given by Supreme Leader Shang Jong Parker to the 2020-2024 Chawosaurian Government, and the Chawosaurian people concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat it imposed on Chawosauria. It was trigger for the creation of the Socialist Coalition from 2020 to 2022, as the two major socialist parties, the Chawosaurian Communist Party and the Social Democratic Workers' Labour Party, were traditionally partisan rivals going back to the Cold War, until they were forced to reconcile by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emperor Shang Jong Parker called for an emergency joint session of Parliament and the Senate in the Chawopolis Chamber on March 20, 2020. Shang Jong Parker is to speak in a televised speech to members of the Chawopolis Palace and the Chawosaurian people on what is Coronavirus and how to protect themselves.

Shang Jong Parker gave his speech at 1:00 to 5:00 AM, March 20, 2020, to a live audience to educate the public about coronavirus (COVID-19), what it is, where it comes from, how was it born, how can Chawosaurians protect themselves from it, and what has the government and what will the government do to keep coronavirus at bay. The speech also called for patriotic unity between supporters of the Communist Party and the political dissent against the Communist Party. The speech discouraged political and racial polarization caused by the coronavirus pandemic that is already happening in the Miaimian World and praised and reached out to the Social Democratic Workers' Labour Party as the only minority opposition party in the Chawopolis Palace for their bipartisan cooperation with the ruling Communist Party against the coronavirus.

The speech successfully demolished political and racial polarization in Chawosauria, and the public gave Shang Jong Parker unified, undivided support, thus weakening political opposition to Shang Jong Parker and his Communist Party. The Chawosaurian people now support the government in the fight against coronavirus. 81% of Chawosaurians said they now know more about coronavirus than they did before the address and said they now know what to do to protect themselves from COVID-19 thanks to Shang Parker, and finally, COVID-19 fears have faded away overnight now that Chawosaurians are ensured that the government will continue to do more against coronavirus and the public now knows how to prevent themselves from getting coronavirus.

This was a very successful speech. In comparison according to Chawosaurian historians, Shang Parker, who began his term as a polarizing leader, has the strength other polarizing world leaders like U.S. President Donald Trump, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, could all never possess: the ability to put aside politics to message unity in a time of crisis.

## Background

The world was struck by the worst coronavirus outbreak in history. So bad it reached pandemic territory while the last four coronavirus outbreaks never made it to such severity. Coronavirus Disease 2019, also known as COVID-19 is a flu-like disease originated in China that was transmitted from bats and pangolins that were raised in wildlife farming in China without any regard for the health of these two species. The coronavirus pandemic has already caused societal and economic turmoil, businesses are shutting down, elections are being postponed or severely regulated to mail-in ballots instead, racism toward East Asians is increasing, and other problems.

Chawosauria has yet to have a coronavirus outbreak but the Chawosaurian government has quickly reacted to the pandemic by banning wildlife farming and imposed safety restrictions on farming. The Shang Jong Parker administration created the War on Caronavirus initiative to keep coronavirus at bay, and Chawosaurians would want Chawosauria to stay coronavirus-free.

Shang Jong Parker sees the coronavirus pandemic was scaring Chawosaurians, and the media fails to educate the public about coronavirus and how to prevent it. Parker sees his nation in deep fear of coronavirus since the first news reports started popping up. As the pandemic heats up, Parker realized there has to be somebody to ensure the public that their safety was put first. Parker already implemented policies to fight coronavirus, and asked the Chawopolis Palace for support, and now Parker needed support from the Chawosaurian people.

Parker could see coronavirus fears impacting the world economy negatively, the U.S. stock market crashes by almost 10,000 points in the dow, crashing from 30,000 to 20,000 by March 20, 2020, in the dow. Parker called for an emergency joint session of the Palace to deliver a speech to the Chawosaurian people to ease their fears of coronavirus by educating the public about what is the coronavirus, where it comes from, and how to personally prevent it and ensure that the government will do their part in preventing an outbreak.

## Speech Transcript

This is the transcript of the speech addressing coronavirus:

"*Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, elected officials of the three houses of Parliament, 100 members of the Senate, and citizens of the Seven Continents and Seven Seas of the Union of Continental Federal Republics of the Empire of Chawosauria, today we are facing a serious threat to our nation today: the pandemic of COVID-19. Chawosaurians are asking "what is coronavirus?" Coronavirus is a disease with the same symptoms of Influenza, it is contagious even if the victim does not show signs of this disease. The symptoms are high fevers, feeling extremely tired, shortness of breath, and other minor symptoms including diarrhea, runny nose, vomiting, and sadly, a final symptom if too severe, death. The way to protect yourself is always to wash or sanitize your hands daily and avoid people who appear sick. I regret to inform the Chawosaurian people that former Prime Minister Jonathan Dragan Boleslaus IX and his daughter Jedida Boleslaus are also coronavirus victims, and the rest of his family were tested negative for coronavirus. Let us all wish for Prime Minister Boleslaus and his daughter Jedida that they will recover from COVID-19. The Chawosaurian Government has already passed anti-coronavirus policies meant to prevent an outbreak. These policies include the Permanent Wet Market Ban and Farming Safety Act of 2020, which mandates that wet markets in Chawosauria are now outlawed as a result of this pandemic, and enacts regulations of safety of how farm animals are to be raised, for example, cages are not to be stacked on top of each other, if so, animals will be soaked by liquid waste and feces, that will cause an outbreak of a disease that could reach humans. This is how COVID-19 started, in China, there is a market called the wet market, a place where live animals are slaughtered and sold for human consumption. In these wet markets in China, cages of different types of animal species are stacked on top of each other, and when these cages have no floor, the animals "do their business" on another animal, thus contaminating that animal. There is another animal industry called "wildlife farming" which it's the raising of wild animals that potentially have a virus, I've advised farmers not to raise wild animals regardless of any excuse. The government of the People's Republic of China has chose to favor the interests of these markets above the well being of their people, the only people in China who eat the meat of wild animals are the rich and the powerful, and the Chinese government allowed this people to hijack the national interest of the country. This won't fly here in Chawosauria* (3 minute applause)*. This government will not shut down over a pandemic, and no business will be shut down, no school or no public event will be shut down over a pandemic. We will still, however, take all measures to protect the public from getting sick, schools, events, voting stations, and any other public station must advise wearing a mask and or check one's fever before allowing them to enter.* (1 minute applause)*. The people discovered to be sick will be hospitalized for treatment and they will be quarantined for 24 days. While our nation is already proceeding with mandatory vaccination drives. In this way, we'll be able to better prepare for this once and for all. I must ask this Palace to do more because the people are asking you to do more. I like to thank the opposition minority party: the Social Democratic Workers' Labour Party for putting politics aside to cooperate with us on tackling the coronavirus manner. Now is a time for nonpartisan patriotic unity to put our nation first and beat the common enemy, and the Social Democratic Workers' Labour Party has showed innermost courage to do so in a time our nation needed it the most and to the minority opposition party, I thank you for that.* (8 minutes loud applause)*. Partisan and racial polarization will only weaken this great majestic empire against the enemy we all have in common and that common enemy is coronavirus. This majestic, Seven Continents and Seven Seas of these Continental Federal Republics of this majestic Empire of Chawosauria will declare War on Coronavirus!* (10 minutes loud applause)*. And a little personal advice on fear, the only way to get your kids to stop being afraid is to stop being afraid yourself because this is not just your fight as the people, this isn't just our fight as the government, it is our fight as Chawosaurians and we will never surrender and we're gonna win! You remember that!* (7 minutes applause)*. We are not one political party, not one race, or one religion. We are one Empire facing a common enemy that will not conquer us. After all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Chawosaurians! Thank You Very Much.* (Applause after speech ends)*.* "
—Shang Jong Parker's national address, March 20, 2020
End of speech.

## Aftermath

After Shang Parker finishes his speech, Parker received a nationwide loud standing ovation from both his supporters and most of his opponents for his courage to unite the nation in a time of crisis. After the speech, the Social Democrats proposed an alliance with the Communist Party to officially form the Democratic Communist Alliance.

The MacCarthy administration hoped the Communist Party will either postpone or cancel impeachment proceedings despite MacCarthy's term was already cut short due to new reforms to the premiership passed because of the impeachment proceedings.

Parker issued two orders on March 24th, Order No. 1-20 (social distancing), and Order No. 2-20 (stay at home). The orders are collectively known as Anti-COVID-19 Orders or COVID-19 Prevention Orders.

## Response

The Chawosaurian people reacted widely positively to the address. 91% of Chawosaurians who watched the speech in a huge turnout approved of the speech and Parker's performance. While anti-communist conservatives led by Charles Muskie, in panic, tries to discredit Parker's speech and attack his call for unity as "a scheme to silence the dissent", the conservatives couldn't convince the country to distrust the Emperor. Parker received bipartisan praise for his performance.

## Analysis

The speech was a call for unity between Parker's followers and his dissenters. Parker's supporters strongly supported the speech, while the vast majority of his dissenters agreed to unite with Parker and his supporters. The speech discouraged political and racial polarization, indicating message that coronavirus doesn't discriminate based on race or political views, and the message is that *"the enemy of my enemy is my friend"*, and Chawosaurians who are against Parker receive that message so very well, resulting in them throwing their support for Parker for the first time, and that the racist blame game is unacceptable in a time of crisis and Chawosaurians of all races also receive that message pretty well, and decided to agree with Parker. Then finally, a *"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"* comforting tactic, where Parker said in his speech where Chawosaurians cannot be afraid of the coronavirus if they know what it is, where it came from, and how to protect themselves from it and that the people aren't alone because the government has already took action and will continue to take action to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, that really did gave Chawosaurians extreme comfort and they now have confidence in Parker.

The Capitalist opposition underestimated Parker's ability to ease political polarization and coronavirus fears, and after Parker gave his speech and saw the impact it now has, the capitalists realized that Parker and his Communist Party have won the confidence of the Chawosaurian public that the capitalists themselves failed to win when they were in charge in 2018, and fear the electoral ramifications it will have in future elections.

The reason Chawosaurians joined Parker in political and racial solidarity is the painfully complicated and haunting memories of the Zaire Ebola Pandemic of 1977 to 1979 that once nearly-destroyed Chawosauria. Parker never mentioned the Ebola pandemic, but Chawosaurians knew that it is essential to unite against coronavirus to prevent a pandemic.

## Rally Around The Flag Effect

The term "rally around the flag" ("rally 'round the flag effect" in the United States) is a term originated from the United States to describe a situation on which a national leader, in a time of tragedy, crisis, or a major war, receives widespread support, even from citizens who do not approve of that leader.

In Chawosauria, a nation in fear of the coronavirus pandemic to arrive, Emperor Shang Jong Parker really got a "rally 'round the flag" boost after both that speech and since the coronavirus pandemic started to escalate in the Miaimian world. Parker's approval rating spiked from 76% to 91%.

In comparison with Parker's rally 'round the flag boost, U.S. President Donald Trump also got a "rally around the flag" boost, so did Boris Johnson in the United Kingdom, however, Parker's rally behind the flag boost was much stronger, Parker's approval ratings rose from 76% to 91%, while Trump's approval ratings had a moderate increase by around 5% points, while at the same time, Trump's reelection strength was still uncertain while Parker's own reelection strength has been solidified by his own response to COVID-19 and is projected to get even stronger, while Trump's boost may fade as this pandemic progresses.

Unlike Trump's COVID-19 response, which is not consistent because of its bipolar messaging, Parker's message is consistent, Parker's message calls for national solidarity, unprecedented government outreach never really seen since Timothy Max Roosevelt's communist dictatorship, and mass social distancing and lack of presence in public.

Parker's new wide popularity will be very long-term because unlike the United States, partisan prejudice is significantly low while it is very high in the United States

## Ramifications

The speech caused Capitalists to immediately rethink the election of Charles Muskie 14-days earlier. Charles Muskie and his conservative clan a day before the speech put up a racist cartoon of Shang Parker playing poker with coronavirus on the Great Wall of China and Muskie sure haven't helped himself very well in his reaction to the speech.