29 May 2023, 05:57

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION COUNCIL

Over the past few months, the conditions prevailing in the territory of Istkalen have rapidly deteriorated. The central state apparatus has ceased to function, and the nation is kept one only by the force of loose agreements between a head of state who has lost all legitimacy and those everlasting institutions - the occupational grouping, the local council - that now vie, in the present vacuum, for ever more power.

We have kept ourselves apart from politics on the principle that the military ought to play no role in the affairs of state. We have watched, passively, the rise and fall of government after government, of leader after leader, as the country barreled towards destruction. Its existence now at risk, we can now watch no longer.

We, the armed forces of Istkalen, have made the difficult decision to form the National Salvation Council, in order to restore order to the country and ensure its continued stability and integrity.

It is with sadness and reluctance that we have taken these extraordinary measures. We have done so not out of any desire to take power for ourselves, nor to remold the state in our image, but because we know, as the body of the Istkalenic people has known since the beginning of these troubles, that if we do not, our beloved nation will die. We have no intention of holding power in this country for any longer than we must. When the tasks before us are complete, we will stand down so that a stable and civilian government may at last reign in this country.

Here are our aims: to end the social divisions that have brought only chaos to this country, to rid the bureaucracy of elitism and corruption, to conduct the necessary reforms of society and property to ensure full equality, and to put a stop the disastrous experiment of the Republic and restore the divinely-ordained rule of the House of Kareskenet.

These we do not expect to complete, but merely lay the foundations for. Our desire is to establish a stable order in which all these things may indeed be accomplished and maintained.

All civil and political rights, insofar as they do not threaten the unity of the nation, will be respected. The current "national unity" government of Kalju Ilves appointed by Ms. Orlich will remain in place in order to ensure continuity and the efficient administration of the country.

We ask for the cooperation of foreign governments in our project. We will honor all existing treaties, and continue to adhere to all international laws. We repeat that our sole intention is the stabilization of Istkalen, and nothing further.

Long live the Istkalenic people, long live the Istkalenic nation, long live the Istkalenic state.