The Prestige
Day 835, 07:27
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by Ion Vlahu
“The practice of stage illusions has three parts: the setup, the performance, and the prestige”
I am writing this article, in the light of tomorrow’s elections and the zenith of the liberal political establishment. Having the aura of a good communicator and a efficient Minister of Defence, our incumbent president, took over the office after the appreciated “reign” of Adiemus. For about three months now, we had a binomial structure of power, first in the formal shape of President-MoD, and in the last two months, in an informal one, in which Adiemus played a major role as counselor.
I was born and raised under PL’s rule, so, from this perspective my ability to compare this epoch to the ones passed is fairly limited. If I should draw a brief conclusion, about the political framework I would say it was fairly balanced, with some inherent difficulties.
The first andyr administration, from my perspective, came amid a popular enthusiasm and peaked after the first battle of Sofia. And from this point, onward, I would like to emphasize, in my analysis, our foreign policy, with successes and failures.
The second battle of Sofia was, for the Romanian public, the drop that filled the bitter cup of frustration in the relationship with our EDEN allies. Some old and unhealed wounds plagued Romania’s citizens, and everything burst out after Serbia defeated Romania in Sofia. The corollary of these feelings was andyr’s article that had o huge impact in EDEN but also on the geopolitical table.
In the grand scheme of things, this was andyr’s setup, the moment in which his cards we’re placed on the table. A tsunami of political turmoil challenged the Foreign Offices of our EDEN allies. This political context brought cleavages in allied governments and societies. The Romanian public was divided between the hard line of andyr’s administration and the pro-EDEN doves that questioned Romania’s new shift in foreign policy.
A few weeks ago, the president joyfully presented a plan of reform signed by 11+2 presidents in EDEN. The plan reconfirmed the allegiance of all presidents to the EDEN Charter and sentenced the deviation from the core values of the treaty that EDEN’s high bureaucracy was made guilty. This was presented to the Romanian public as a high accomplishment of Romania’s President and Foreign Office. The institutional approach and the new path laid ahead by the document I evoked was andyr’s performance.
Since then, the presidency was silent on these matters. And EDEN seems to be a sleeping giant, covered by new bureaucratic paperwork. Since then, Serbia managed to secure Liaoning and the security of EDEN’s Northeastern flank was endangered by the Phoenix takeover of Denmark...
The Prestige is the part of any stage illusion that brings miracle to the eyes of the viewer. It is the part in which one is amazed; it’s torn between doubt and belief. It is the part that brings glory and ovation to the illusionist.
Mr. President, where is your Prestige?
I am writing this article, in the light of tomorrow’s elections and the zenith of the liberal political establishment. Having the aura of a good communicator and a efficient Minister of Defence, our incumbent president, took over the office after the appreciated “reign” of Adiemus. For about three months now, we had a binomial structure of power, first in the formal shape of President-MoD, and in the last two months, in an informal one, in which Adiemus played a major role as counselor.
I was born and raised under PL’s rule, so, from this perspective my ability to compare this epoch to the ones passed is fairly limited. If I should draw a brief conclusion, about the political framework I would say it was fairly balanced, with some inherent difficulties.
The first andyr administration, from my perspective, came amid a popular enthusiasm and peaked after the first battle of Sofia. And from this point, onward, I would like to emphasize, in my analysis, our foreign policy, with successes and failures.
The second battle of Sofia was, for the Romanian public, the drop that filled the bitter cup of frustration in the relationship with our EDEN allies. Some old and unhealed wounds plagued Romania’s citizens, and everything burst out after Serbia defeated Romania in Sofia. The corollary of these feelings was andyr’s article that had o huge impact in EDEN but also on the geopolitical table.
In the grand scheme of things, this was andyr’s setup, the moment in which his cards we’re placed on the table. A tsunami of political turmoil challenged the Foreign Offices of our EDEN allies. This political context brought cleavages in allied governments and societies. The Romanian public was divided between the hard line of andyr’s administration and the pro-EDEN doves that questioned Romania’s new shift in foreign policy.
A few weeks ago, the president joyfully presented a plan of reform signed by 11+2 presidents in EDEN. The plan reconfirmed the allegiance of all presidents to the EDEN Charter and sentenced the deviation from the core values of the treaty that EDEN’s high bureaucracy was made guilty. This was presented to the Romanian public as a high accomplishment of Romania’s President and Foreign Office. The institutional approach and the new path laid ahead by the document I evoked was andyr’s performance.
Since then, the presidency was silent on these matters. And EDEN seems to be a sleeping giant, covered by new bureaucratic paperwork. Since then, Serbia managed to secure Liaoning and the security of EDEN’s Northeastern flank was endangered by the Phoenix takeover of Denmark...
The Prestige is the part of any stage illusion that brings miracle to the eyes of the viewer. It is the part in which one is amazed; it’s torn between doubt and belief. It is the part that brings glory and ovation to the illusionist.
Mr. President, where is your Prestige?
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Ca de obicei,foarte bun si obiectiv in acelasi timp.
Felicitari si votat!
Citez: "Mr. President ,where is your Prestige?".
Bine punctat!
I'we heard some wolfes on the Kogainon last evening.
Mr. President, where is your Prestige?
Maniu
They must be coming this way. 🙂
Corect! Totusi la andyr am impresia ca partea de Setup a coincis cu cea de Prestige. 😃
Oricum, is un pic dezamagit de lipsa de comunicare cu publicul din ultima parte a mandatului sau.
You're right, there was a much felt lack of communication in the second term - 2 terms in a row never seem to work for anyone. With the second term, andyr probably hoped to finish what he had started. It would have been unfair of him to leave the resolution of the conflict with EDEN to somebody else. After the "Bulgarian&Turkish adventure", Hungary's attack, the conflict with EDEN and the military units, it's pretty obvious one would feel exhausted.
I guess what you're saying is that at the end of the term you have to pull a rabbit out of a hat to make the electorate happy and make yourself remembered by the public as a good president. What would have been your "prestige" if you had been in andyr's shoes? 🙂
@YellowLibra: If I had been in Andyr's shoes, I would have given Bread and circuses! 🙂
"… iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses."
"… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses"
(Juvenal, Satire 10.77–81)
@Ion Vlahu: Very well! As usually. But give the Plebs a translation
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Inca doua articole din-astea si zbori din "The Group" 🙂
@Diplomacy inc nu prea cred ca zboara 🙂
YellowLibra
Fair and interesting question. It's a custom in the Romanian media to ask the question: what would you do? Of course, if you don't have a valid answer, you’d be rejected as a poor observer.
To get to the point, it's impossible for me to give an answer to your question. To do that i'd have to understand the context, the numerous inputs and informations that a president has and a commoner hasn't. As long as i can't have access to those informations and context, as much as i try my answer would be incomplete. From where i stand, his magnum opus would of been a Romanian led offensive strike. Maybe it was impossible, I’m not judging, only observing. 🙂
Infatulus
I wrote this article in English, for literary reasons. I’m sure that a translation would alter my messages, all of them. 🙂
8-3=1
Although it may look like a critique, this article is only an examination of things that happened. Reading the events in the manor i’m projecting, gets the honest reader to the same conclusion. There is no prestige. The crowd is silent. In the TG question, you’re malicious. 🙂 This group cherishes pluralism of opinions as much as I do.