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Long term Socialist Corruption in the Military Exposed

February 5065

It has been widely reported that a number of officers in the Kalistani military have resigned after long term corruption has been exposed. For 45 years the Armed Forces were provided with 13% of total Kalistani GDP, and yet with this money a small force of 95,000 active and reserve regular force personnel was maintained by previous governments. Although a number of defence purchases were completed during the four decades, this represents a poor return on the almost trillion roubles invested in the military every single year. The Socialist Party employed a militia of 1.4 million Partisans during this time, although it is more likely that the taxpayer funding the Socialist Party “employment” of this individuals. Although many officers, including members of the Socialist Regular Officers’ Association, have claimed this is as a result of “radical reorganisation”, it is more likely that many serving personnel are concerned that corruption will be exposed and have jumped before corruption investigations could be completed.



Burt Burret deliverered a key speech in Kaliburg

The Minister of Defence Bert Burret added the following;

For too long the military of this country has been run as an adjunct to the Socialist Party. This country cannot function as a one party dictatorship and must move to professionalise its armed forces. The long term corruption that has been exposed by the finance ministry is an example of what happens when one political party becomes too dominant and uses the levers of power to cement its control of society. We need to move this country forwards so that it can function according to true Republican principles in which the military is politically neutral and not aligned to a single party. At a time of increased scrutiny in the role of the military in our society and greater holding to account of government spending, including a reduction in defence expenditure, it is questionable that the opposition would accuse the government of wanting to start wars. It is absolutely insane that Kalistan maintained one of the largest defence budgets in Terra for decades, while simultaneously maintaining one of the smallest armed forces in Terra.

he Defence Minister discussed that the bloated defence budget will continue to be tripped down through the rest of the decade if the current government remains in power and increasing efforts will be made to professionalise the armed forces.