12-05-2025, 09:16 AM
[Political Committee on Electoral Justice & Honor, June 5641]
Quote:Radek and his fellow 5 judges looked up from their desks at the applying political candidate, a young woman no less who was requesting permission to run on the APPA's docket for the Kundrati Politburo. Radek looked down at the docket; College graduate, honor roll student, life long civil rights advocate and welfare champion. Radek could feel the bile gathering at the back of his throat as he resisted the urge to grit his teeth. Once he had been a Lieutenant of the Commissariat hunting down scum like this and putting a bullet in the back of their heads, or better yet on the brink of death from 8 months of hard labor. Now he had to sit through this drivel, pent up house wives thinking they know how to lead a country, his fatherland that he bled for in Lirnak and Jildrath, thanks to god that the president had more sense than these dregs.
Radek looked to his left, there sat 2 men. One a former Legionary party member, another a former soldier in the armed forces during the siege of Legionaria, and he would damn well call it that until his dying breath. To his right a former factory manager of a KDC tank plant, the other a former school teacher. They all knew already what the answer would be, but they thought of the nicest and most blameless way to actually say it out loud without calling her a communist split tail. Radek finally spoke up,
"Comr- Ehem, Miss Antonie Pánková is it? "
"Yes! Have you finished looking over my resume sir? I assure you I am ready and eager to make this country great!"
Radek clenched his jaw, muttering under his breath (As if it wasn't already before)
"I'm afraid Miss Pánková that we're going to have to deny your application for a political career moving forward in the Politburo."
A look of shock and indignation came over her immediately,
"What do you mean, I have all the qualifications necessary, on what grounds could you possibly deny me!?"
Radek leaned back doing his best to repress a grin, "With all due respect Miss Pánková your background investigation showed some disturbing trends; public protesting, trying to distribute unsanctioned papers through Etxea to the mainland (and being from Etxea he didn't mention), organizing labor strikes, need I go further?"
Aghast she folded her arms, "As if any of those behaviors are illegal, I have every educational and preliminary requirement necessary to apply for this, all of that is anecdotal and biased!"
"Miss Pánková perhaps it may have occurred to you outside of your embroidery classes that this committee was formed to ensure stability and unity, the last thing this country needs is some firebrand like you with a history of illicit behaviors and rabble rousing in the Politburo stirring up rebellion and discontent, now unless you have anything further to add this conversation is over, and don't stand here and berate us like all the others that got denied, the bailiffs getting quite good at removing them."
Radek and his cohort awaited the tirade they new was coming,
"T-this is an outrage, how dare you condescend me with your backwards antiquated, LEGIONARY rhetoric! I have every right to be in that politburo arguing for a new democratic future, and you dinosaurs are holding us back, I'm going to report this to the news, I swear they'll play this- Hey get your fucking hands off of me you goose stepping asshole, let me go now!!"
The two bailiffs promptly drug her from the room, barely in time for the doors to close before the 6 men began chuckling and lighting cigarettes.
Boris the former teacher piped up, "Now I can tell you she wouldn't have learned that in my class!" earning him some hearty laughs
Radek puffing his cigarette felt no worry despite her threats to go to the press, their committee for stopping radical publications was no different than their own, stacked with NPR loyalists, even some FF members, and ex legionaries. Radek secretly prayed at night hoping the president would bring back the glory of the old country, and if doing this brought him any closer to that goal, Radek would happily deny a thousand applicants.
And he had plenty of cigarettes and coffee for the next 15 coming today.