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Ievis Thallan's Acceptance Speech

The Commonwealth has long been founded on the principle of government of the people, by the people, for the people. With that in mind, we have extolled our local governments and how they ensure that the voices of our citizens, no matter where they are, how rich or how poor, can always be heard and can always influence their government.

That will not change. But what we have to consider is that we are more than just our cities, our districts, our towns and villages; we are a Commonwealth, where we place the needs of the many above the needs of the few. We have to look beyond our local boundaries, beyond our city walls, and recognise the value of co-operation with our fellow citizens across the rest of the country.

Infrastructure is the backbone of every nation and state, and whilst our local foci have brought great improvements to many cities, shortsightedness has cost near as many. Those who have read the papers will be aware of the travails of the Livanates Aqueduct, the Mykonos Turnpike, and the Munastir port works, to name but three instances where a lack of co-ordination between neighbouring jurisdictions has significantly impeded progress. We are of the world’s richest nations; our infrastructure must follow suit.

As such, I am pleased to accept the appointment of myself as the inaugural Infrastructure Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Chalsardu. I oversaw many improvement programs in Arguin whilst we still civilised it and there is no good cause for us here to not have better. We have a program of works planned that will link up our nation – two transcontinental highways, from Navarre to Masaesea and from Lakis to Rymerion; the canalisation of the Kerkyra river; making safe the harbour at Olissipona, to name but three. With the aid of Konon Morsandoral as Vice-Commissioner, the Talthalra, and you the people, we shall bring Chalsardu into the fifth millennium.