Change in CEP Leadership

Day 441, 09:45 • Published in Canada Canada • by Bruck
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Since the Congressional elections a lot of tempers have been flaring, a lot of words have been exchanged, and a lot of rather funny articles have been posted. What I see in the newsfeed is everyone trying to climb over everyone else to get to the top. Up until this point I have been more or less the only candidate who has stayed out of this big show. Where I come from we call it politics.

Now personally I never quite saw the use in playing politics. I’m just an old soldier, never been a politician, I don’t think I have the stomach for it. Augustus points out Zanalan’s inactivity, Zanalan points out Augustus’s pettiness, Dominik calls Augustus a tyrant. These men are all politicians, playing their little games. A man in my position doesn’t have the luxury of playing games; there are more important things at stake than bruised egos.

Now I have always been a proponent of strong, central leadership; I suppose it’s a requirement when you have my job. There are no committees on the battlefield, just the chain of command. I won’t criticize the current government’s leadership, it’s not my place to do so, and all I can talk about is my approach to leadership. I am a leader of men, not a manager, always have been. It would sound rather silly if I called myself a manager of men. I like to keep a firm hand and make well thought out decisions.

That is why I have decided that it may be time for a change in the party leadership of the Canadian Empire Party. Augustus Baldwin was set to retire in three days from the position of party leader, having created and organized the CEP from its birth. However, I feel that it would perhaps be more prudent if Augustus took his retirement a bit earlier than planned. I have spoken to him, thanked him for his service, and he has agreed to step down early from the position of Party President.

It’s not that I have a problem with Augustus’s politics; it’s that I have a problem with politics in general. Had I been Presidential Candidate for the Canadian Social Democrats I would have asked Zanalan or Dominik to step down as well. Too much is at stake this month to cloud the elections with a game of unending oneupmanship on the newsfeed. Whether it’s hostile or courteous, it’s all one big distraction.

To replace Augustus I have asked my old friend, and current Minister of Foreign Affairs and ATLANTIS, General John Wilkmot (Ret.) to take over as interim party leader until such time as new elections can be held. John is a man like me, a soldier, and I hope that he too refrains from involving himself in the politics as usual that we have seen over the past few weeks.

I’ll admit it, I’m not a schemer; I’m not looking out for my political future, or what cabinet posts or Congressional appointments I may get in the future. I have never sought any in the past and don’t see myself seeking any in the future. I am a soldier, and I frankly don’t care about politics much, but I do care about Canada, and the kind of future that we are going to have and that our new Baby Boomer friends will inherit. I don’t have an ivory tower from which to sit and judge those below me, or the ego to take some kind of moral high ground and talk down to everyone else. I am just a no nonsense type of guy. All I have is my word, my honour, and my duty to eCanada.

I’m not some kind of great man. I never tried to pass myself off as one. I am just an old soldier carrying out his final mission. In two days I hope that you’ll let me get the job done.

Bruck
General of the Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian Empire Party Presidential Candidate