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IZQUIERDA-  The Voice of the Kalistani Left
Speaker Carrangus Praises Development of the Labour Party
Moves to forge closer ties
Kaliburg, Ananto District
March 20, 4058


Speaker Carrangus addresses the Kaliburg Progressive Club's Annual Luncheon

The Speaker of the Socialist Party, Fredricka Carrangus-Howard has sure changed her tune over the last year.  The General Secretary of the SP gave the keynote addess Wednesday at the Progressive Club's annual "Bennots-Smith Luncheon", which served free lunch to more than 10,000 working citizens of Kaliburg.  In the speech, the Secretary openly praised developments in the new Labour Party of Kalistan, who were, at the beginning of this term, bitter rivals of the SP.  "It is true," the Speaker said in her prepared comments,

"The Labour Party has come a long way.  But the sharp move to the left by Premier Curti and his Party opens the door for a much closer relationship between our two groups.  We suppose, of course, that the LPoK will continue to pursue its agenda, but with a clearly leftist orientation, as well as the continued willingness to discuss and work with the President on important policies like ODEN and NSP, there is clearly a lot more ground that we can cover by cooperation than through competition.  The LP will have its own constituency, of course.  I imagine that a number of SP members will switch as the LP carves out its positions, but at the end of the day, as long as Kalistan is generally moving toward a more progressive direction, and the rights of workers and liberties of the Citizens are protected, the addition of the Kalistan's Left is a welcome development.  It offers voters more choices, and frees the SP to specialize more in both cultural development of Kalistan and further development of our institutions."

The Speaker said she hopes to read a statement from the LP which outlines their legislative priorities before the Next Election. 

"It may be a bit too late at just this moment, but I imagine in the next session, if the current government maintains the confidence of the Voters, and if the LP makes their platform explicit, we can work together to ensure that our efforts are not overlapping or cancelling each other out.  I imagine President Bennots will recommend that the Premier Curti retain his job following the election, and a cabinet shuffle may likely occur at the bottom of the list, to give the LP more power in the Government, whatever the outcome.  This is a positive development for Kalistan, and ensures progressive policies for the near term."

Ethical Socialism, the theory behind the SP, will be republished in time for the Books 1500th Anniversary.

The Speaker touched on other topics, one of the most important being the coming republication of the 2567 Book Ethical Socialism by theorist Edward Bennots, ahead of its 1500th Anniversary in 9 years.  This book outlined the political theory which was later adopted by the founders of the Socialist Party. Ethical Socialism has been out of print for more than 100 years, but renewed interest in the work has led SP printers to begin the push for republication.  A new, fully annotated Edition is expected to be released by 4066.