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Premier Bennots:  A Portrait of an IsolationistSecurity Council Bill PassesKalistan takes first steps to leave the Security Council
Kaliburg, Ananto
November 7, 4168


Premier Franklin Bennots-Diego wants to pull Kalistan back from the Front of the World Stage

The Security Council Bill passed in September overwhelmingly, with wide support from all quarters of the Kalistani National Assembly.  Only the Labour Party, long supportive of the internationalist organization opposed the bill.  The Premier proposed that Gaduridos take Kalistan's place on the Security Council, and while there is no guarantee that Gaduridos will actually overtake Kalistan in the vote coming up in a few years, Kalistan's vote to drop its candidacy for the Seat represents a significant change in direction.  Kalistan has occupied the seat for the better part of a century, but the isolationist leaning Bennots argued "It is time for someone else to have a chance." 

Privately he added that Kalistan should not be seen as the default occupant of Seat C on the Security Council, and has asked Foreign Minister Charlie Murray to begin asking Kalistan's supporters to shift their votes to Gaduridos.  There is no indication that Minister Murray, who expressed his outrage at the passage of the bill recently will comply.

Meanwhile, the Premier is reportedly outraged that Kalistan is meeting with Vanuku. 

"Does the Minister not know that Vanuku was responsible for the death of Kalistan's President Elga Bjorksdattir-Carrangus in 3925, and has never apologized for its role in the downing of the President's Plane?  How can we possibly treat with that nation as legitimate actors on the world stage?  Vanuku is Kalistan's bitterest enemy.  I encourage the Minister to immediately recall our Embassy staff and stop talking to Vanuku immediately until Kalistan receives a full resolution to this ancient grievance."

In all, the Administration of Premier Bennots is shaping up to be one of the most isolationist in recent memory.  Bennots claims to have more isolationist measures in mind, but the appetite for isolationism has only been moderately tested.  Whether the Assembly will go along with the Isolationist bent of the Premier, or the more internationalist angles promoted by the Labor Party and the FA Ministry remains to be seen.