Darkstone Code

Chapter 1467: Chapter 1465: Don’t Sacrifice Your Lives for Matters Unrelated to Us!

"They refused the Grand President’s request for a diplomatic note!"

In a grand-looking office, the man sitting behind the desk put down the phone, his face showing a slight smile.

On the wall, in the display case, there are photos of him with many different people, who seem to have high identities and statuses.

There are already seven or eight people in the room, and after his words, they also revealed relaxed smiles.

They all belong to the Lemar Independent Party, which is considered a regular political party in Lemar.

Many years ago, they also produced a Grand President, but thereafter, they haven’t achieved much else.

Despite this, they still firmly control the two large islands of Lemar, with three major cities and some villages and towns under their control.

If nothing unexpected happens, this situation may continue for a long time, until they find some good methods or views that can provide sufficient benefits for the islanders to possibly break through the current support rate barrier.

It may also be that such a day will never return, after all, the Civic Party holds the largest support rate while their achievements in the economic aspects are significant.

Due to some policies of the Civic Party, Lemar’s foreign trade volume increases every year, raising the islanders’ income significantly.

With money, people will appreciate those who let them make money, and the islanders are willing to cast votes for the Civic Party and its candidates, which is a kind of feedback, a kind of gratitude.

This also started a virtuous cycle; the people support the Civic Party, making it easy to adjust some policies.

Sometimes, political capital is like a snowball, growing larger and larger, accumulating political capital and eventually becoming a huge entity.

And those who remain stagnant can only watch as competitors become increasingly larger after each election.

The most hateful time is when the next election comes, they still have to compete with this continually expanding opponent!

This is damn unfair!

Most parties are not doing well now, with only a small number of people supporting them, while most people still support the Civic Party.

The future seems bleak, which is not a pessimistic thought, but a fact. Yet, in such a bleak future, light and hope suddenly arrived!

Someone contacted the chairman of the Independent Party, stating that if they could persuade the Grand President and the ruling party to favor the Federation’s side, then the Federation would fully support them in participating in the next election!

Whether it is the coveted trade orders or industrialization or advanced products, as long as they speak, the Federation will sell them!

Even the Federation’s capitalists will come to help them and the islanders achieve common prosperity while also providing them with substantial political donations.

The biggest wish in a politician’s life may be reaching the pinnacle of power, and the Independent Party didn’t consider for long before standing by the Federation’s side.

Peng Jieao people are not idle either, they are also lavishly buying those opposition parties, those politicians.

The first war between the Federation and Peng Jieao people has actually erupted, a silent war, directly tearing Lemar’s social consciousness into three pieces.

The Civic Party holds the highest support rate, but those who still maintain a neutral mindset are the fewest.

This also gives the two parties with different stances a big opportunity.

The chairman of the Independent Party, the man sitting behind the desk, smiled and looked at these "companions" in front of him, "Spread this news, we need to let more people know that the Bail Federal is now extremely dissatisfied with us!"

"And the reason for their dissatisfaction with us is the stance of the Grand President and the Civic Party."

"They lean towards Peng Jieao people..."

Someone wanted to speak, knowing that, in reality, the Grand President still hopes to maintain neutrality, but the chairman of the Independent Party waved his hand, preventing them from speaking.

"As long as he doesn’t stand with us, he is the furthest from us, can you understand what I mean?"

Slinging mud is the basic skill of politicians. Now the chairman of the Independent Party wants to thoroughly "push" the Grand President and the Civic Party into the opposing camp.

But the truth won’t happen just because they said so; the Grand President and the Civic Party won’t really lean towards Peng Jieao people.

In other words, no matter how much mud they throw at the Grand President and the Civic Party—regarding their stances—it won’t bring any negative effects!

Since this method has no cost nor severe consequences, why not use it?

"Besides, we need to organize more demonstrations..."

He didn’t mention strikes, because Lemar doesn’t have many large industrial industries, mainly agriculture and animal husbandry, along with a small amount of handicrafts, strikes wouldn’t cause any real impact on social operations.

The fruits won’t all die because of a day without care, and the farms and fisheries won’t all perish because of a day not being tended to.

Saying this, he realized that the Federation had already provided him with a million Federation Sol as activity funds, though only he knows about this.

Then he took out a checkbook, signed his name, and placed the check on the table, "We need to make people aware of a fact; we actually don’t have much time left."

"The cost of continuing to provoke the Federation; we can’t afford it. We cannot let the whole Lemar Islands’ people be dragged down by the Grand President, Civic Party, and some black-hearted politicians leaning towards Peng Jieao!"

"We can’t pay the price for their irrationality!"

"This is not what politicians should do. We need to expose these; we need to make the populace clearly aware of these matters!"

"The future of the people should be decided by the people themselves!"

When the Independent Party chairman spoke these words, he exuded a kind of justice filled with a sense of mission and responsibility!

The people in the office were inspired by him and nodded in agreement with his view.

When a group has a direction to strive for and funds supporting their efforts, the powerful action force of the party immediately becomes apparent.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Independent Party found enough people to participate in this demonstration!

Some things are interesting to say; even though Lemar and the Federation are not one country and are separated by quite a distance, they are very similar in certain aspects.

For instance... beer and barbecue; with activity funds, naturally many people would participate.

Whether in the past or now, it has always been this way.

Wealth can so magically turn the impossible into possible; by two or three in the afternoon, a large-scale demonstration erupted in Lemar’s capital city.

A large number of people expressed dissatisfaction with the decisions made by the ruling party and the Grand President, with many holding signs that read "We need safe living" or some picturing airplanes, others portraying severing ties with the Federation.

Indeed, the people within Lemar Island feel pressure, so when the demonstrations started, many passers-by voluntarily joined in.

Their stance may not entirely lean towards the Federation; they participated in the protests to express dissatisfaction with the government!

Facing the demonstrations, the Grand President delivered a public speech at four in the afternoon.

The location was outside his working building.

At this time, a sea of people surrounded him, including many reporters, many of whom were foreign, deeply concerned about Lemar’s situation.

In some ways, what it is experiencing, and its results, will hold important guidance for other neutral countries.

At least people can learn something important from this.

The Grand President looked very tired; facing the people and cameras, he tried to smile, but his smile was ugly, lacking strength.

He stood there, opened his mouth but nothing came out, waited for a moment, then began speaking with gesture support, "I don’t know where to start."

"I don’t know how to explain this to you!"

"I am very sorry for the current situation, and I need to take great responsibility for it."

"Everyone is discussing, discussing what we should do tomorrow (the future), whether to turn to the Federation or Peng Jieao people..."

He paused for a moment, shaking his head, "Why can’t we continue to maintain neutrality?"

"I don’t want any harm to come to any of us; war has nothing to do with us, why should we bear the responsibility and consequences of war?"

"This is wrong!"

"But there are some people—hidden among us—who, for some personal and selfish interests, want us to proactively join the war!"

"War kills!"

"It’s easy for me to change stance, change my mind; I just need to call the Federation President or Peng Jieao Emperor, informing them of my decision, then there will be no conflict between us."

"However, do you people know the consequences of doing this?"

He glared angrily at those demonstrating citizens, onlookers, reporters, and the camera lenses.

Suddenly, he forcefully hit the lectern in front of him, causing the microphone to emit a sharp sound, shocking everyone on the scene.

He glared at their reactions with an angry expression!

"You know nothing!"

"As long as I make a statement now, they will build fortifications in our homeland, Lemar will become a battlefield!"

"And you—you will become cannon fodder fulfilling others’ dreams, dying on this land!"

"Wake up! War is not a game. Once we make a non-neutral decision, we must face terrifying prospects!"

"I don’t want that day to come; I don’t want any of you willingly or forcibly wearing ill-fitted military uniforms, dying for matters unrelated to us!"

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