Wittenberg

When I first wrote the original Public Process Act back in August, I wanted to end the Government's power to reject immigration applications in secret.  I believed that it probably wasn't being abused, but I found it incredible that the government held that capability at all.  Unfortunately, my bill was rejected.  I started a new draft, amended it based on bipartisan feedback so that it had real teeth, and started to campaign on the issue.  We stood on principle, and we didn't back down.

This month, we won that hard-fought battle.  After the election of a reformist government, including a plurality of the Cosa and every contested Senate election, the new bipartisan Public Process Act Redux passed unanimously!

This victory doesn't belong to the Progressive Alliance or to me, but instead to an electorate that reacted overwhelmingly to reject the status quo.  This victory belongs to you, the people of Talossa who insisted on this reform.

The status quo is a comfortable and familiar place, and we're often inclined to simply trust our leaders.  It is a credit to our citizens that they insisted on this reform, turning out to the polls in huge numbers that rival some of our highest turnout.  They demanded change, and the entire Ziu deserves credit for giving it to them.

Demand transparency and demand positivity... and let's keep these reforms going!