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Berrocal Expands On Political AgendaIn major policy speech, Agramontian League leader announces intention to back Reiley in election
Sulari, Suldanor
October 30, 4471

Speaking at the party's national convention this weekend, leader of the Agramontian League Guillermo Berrocal announced a wave of new policy initiatives in an attempt to expand the fledgling political party's legislative agenda. With support from the League's seven-strong contingent of Deputies, Berrocal emphasised the importance of state institutions to both the economic wellbeing of the country and to intersocietal relations. Building on an earlier address by Internal Affairs Spokesperson Eve Saraceni, he emphasised that an erosion of support for traditional programmes and organisations was eroding public trust in politicians.


Berrocal prior to his key speech at the League's national convention

Berrocal also applied further pressure to the Reform Party, saying that "there is an increasing feeling in this country that the President and his party do not actually want to govern, rather they wish to receive all the privileges of holding office without fulfilling their fundamental responsibilities". In the same speech, he announced for the first time publicly that the League would be endorsing the candidacy of the Socialist Party's Raymond Reiley-Carrangus in the next Presidential elections. Highlighting their shared priorities for governance, he spoke of building an "institutionalist" coalition to combat the dominance of reactionary political forces in Kalistan.

Elsewhere at the convention, former miner Zacharie Romans was unveiled as the party's new Foreign Policy Spokesperson. In his set piece speech, he accented the need for Kalistan to respond to what he described as a "unipolar international environment" and to strengthen ties with other nations who recognise the importance of external sovereignty. In response to perceived weakness in the current administration's foreign policy, Romans remarked that Kalistan's international position "was at an all-time low" and stated that an increase in conventional military forces would be a central aspect of a government involving the Agramontian League.