Imperial Tribune

Interview with First Consul Fernandez 10/21/2010

GENEVA, OCT 21- In between meetings with ministers and members of parliament, the Imperial Tribune was able to sit down with recently sworn in First Consul Eva Fernandez, who is the first Conservative First Consul under the new constitution and will be presiding over what is considered to be monumental changes in the structure of the Imperial Parliament.

Thank you for allowing the Tribune to interview you, Mme. Fernandez.

Thank you, it is an honor to be here with you today.

What is your opinion of the recent resignation of Mssr. Castillo from the office of First Consul? Were you surprised?

I wasn’t surprised. Many understood it was coming, and well, the Conservative Party made it clear that we weren’t gonna move to remove him because we were working well with him. Once it became evident he was moving to resign, we went ahead and motioned for the vote of no confidence, so the Empire wouldn’t remain leaderless. Unlike his predecessor, Castillo was someone we could work with in Parliament.

What do you make of the defections of Mssr. Petrassi and Mssr. McQueeny from the Liberal Party to your own? Was it something you expected, or were you caught off guard like everyone else?

His Grace and Mssr. Petrassi both approached me personally and we initiated a series of lengthy talks in private regarding the possibility of a defection. They weren’t happy with the leadership of Carmicheal, whom they saw to be too controlling and partisan. We were in detailed and careful negotiations and talks over time, and we realized that we all agreed more often than we disagreed, and any disagreements could be talked out and resolved. So, I extended the invitation for them to join the Conservatives and they accepted.

Now that Mssr. Castillo has resigned and you are poised to become First Consul, what is the Conservative Party’s plans for Parliament?

Our first order of business is to clean the house, so to speak. We want to continue the push to reform government – we want to make the Cabinet smaller, and move power onto Parliament instead of the Cabinet. We want to begin the efforts to codify and organize our laws and regulations, we want to begin to push for a cultural revival and a revival in activity through an active economy and increasing opportunity for political involvement by continuing the push for reform in provincial governance. We need a direct push for activity, recruit more people and grow the Empire at home and abroad.

What are your plans as the future First Consul? Is there anything specific you plan on addressing?

We will be unveiling a detailed agenda in coming weeks. When the next Parliament opens, His Majesty will be delivering the Throne Speech which will outline all the Government’s proposals and how we plan to get there. I urge everyone to stay tuned, and to be involved by contacting me and sharing your thoughts and proposals. The people of Alexandria talk, and we listen.

In your new government, will you be including both Conservatives and Liberals, or will you keep to a more partisan government?

I have been speaking with many people, and originally, I intended to include both sides in the cabinet to provide a unified national front to get things done. However, I have felt recently that some of the politicians on the other side are not interested in being bipartisan – take for example the comments Carmicheal has recently made where he called me a “harpie”. I… That has no room in this Government, and I refuse to include someone who prefers to resort to personal attacks in the Government. I want to run an honest, transparent, committed Government, and I will not allow Carmicheal or anyone else to try and sabotage the Government. He plays for personal gain, and not for the gain of the Empire. There’s no room in the Fernandez Administration for that kind of hogwash.

I believe this will cover it, Mme. Fernandez. Once again, thank you for your time!

Thank you very much, the pleasure is all mine. Thank you.