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IZQUIERDA-  The Voice of the Kalistani Left
President Bennots:  "I will not seek a Third Term"
Fully Inaugurates new era of Multi Party Government; Ananto and Odufaray embrace ODEN
Kaliburg, Ananto District
January 20, 4059


President Bennots returns for another term, and according to him, it will be his last

Following a landslide victory on the second ballot with an important assist from the Labor Party of Kalistan, President Bennots made an announcement that no Kalistani Citizen alive today has ever heard:  The President will only serve two terms.  Said President Bennots in a brief statement Yesterday,

"We have celebrated the election results for a couple of weeks now, but during this time, I have been discussing my departure from office with the Leadership of my Party.  I have advised them of 2 things:  First, I will not seek, nor will I accept, another term as President of the Republic.  6 years is enough for me personally and professionally, and it is time I return to my family before my kids grow up and get too old for me to be a good father.  Second:  I have asked the SP to not field another candidate for office in elections in three years.  I think it is important to give someone else with a different way of seeing the world the chance to govern.  We will weigh our endorsement carefully, of course, but the recently good relations we have had with the Labor Party under Premier of the Republic Curti put a fairly large thumb on the scales.  The Labor Party would be our first choice, if they were interested in the Job, and when the time comes, we will do what we can to help if it is them.  We expect to continue to work with the Prime Minister, and the SP has said they will support his agenda, keeping the SP's agenda in mind as well so that we may continue to represent our constituency."

Speaker Fredricka Carrangus Welcomes the President's decision

General Secretary, and Speaker of the Socialist Party was supportive of Bennots' decision. 

"We are moving forward on ODEN.  With the Left Government, we will be able to protect  the things which are important to Kalistan's working people.  This is something new for all of us, and I think the President, in deciding to retire, is setting a good precedent, to show the Republic that a multi-Party system CAN work in Kalistan, and that there is room for opposition, even ideological opposition, at the table.  If Kalistan elects a President from a new Party in three years, one that three years before now, only just gained their first seats in the Assembly, think of the message that sends in support of Kalistani Democracy.  This is an opportunity like we have never had before, and the SP should embrace it."

  Asked whether she felt that this announcement cuts short any ambition she might have for the office, she shrugged the matter of.  "I'm young.  And if the Principle of Division of Power still holds, I will definitely put my own name up to become Premier.  And then who knows?  In 9 years, I might run for President."

In other news, the District Assembly of Ananto passed a bill forever outlawing any secession effort from the Island's minority population.  Said the Speaker of Ananto's Assembly,  Forest Simpson,  "The Socialist Party holds a slim majority in the Assembly.  And so we have used it.  Our statement asserts that Ananto is an integral part of Kalistan, and will never tolerate attempts to tear it away from the Mainland."  Furthermore, Both the District Governments of Ananto and Odufaray today passed bills in their respective Assemblies issuing statements of support for the new ODEN treaty, and pledging their support in strengthening District ODEN operations in their respective Districts.