Presentation of the Government's Agenda

[Marco Zimmer]

Thank you Madame Speaker,

I’m proud to be here to present the agenda of this government before the Aldurian Parliament today. It’s a privilege to be the Prime Minister of our country but with that privilege comes responsibility to do what is right for our people. We will always look out for the people of Alduria and we will do so with the agenda I now present to you.

Education is vital for any person. A good education put you on the path for a good life. And that is why we need to make sure we have the highest quality education system for everyone in our country. That way, everyone has the chance to achieve, to live a life that they can enjoy and be prosperous in. But to get that amazing education system, we need to reform our current one. This government will set out a scaffolding for our education system. We will set out a basic structure and a basic curriculum. From there, we will give local government control of how to build on that so that we have an education system that is not one size fits all, but is adapted for every part of our great country! In addition, we will make sure that University education is free for every student as well as a wide range of apprenticeships once they have completed schooling.

Next, we move onto this government’s plan for our healthcare system. Health care should be a right. The highest quality healthcare should be a right for everyone. And it should be available free at the point of use for everyone. Currently, due to the history of the land we now call home, we have some of the highest cancer rates in the world. And many families either go bankrupt due to the costs of treatment or don’t get treatment at all, surely that isn’t right. Surely the people of Alduria deserve better, and that is what we want to deliver.

Now onto defence, the world is currently at a very unstable time with conflict across the world. And we must keep ourselves safe at this time. To defend our country, we will make sure that we have a strong armed forces, airforce and navy that is ready when we need it to defend our country and our rights. However, we will always seek a diplomatic solution before going to war and will only use force as a last resort to defend Alduria. We will also introduce a war powers act which will make it so any act of military force will have to pass through parliament but the President will have emergency powers while Parliament comes to a decision if there is a significant threat to Alduria.

Currently, unemployment in Alduria is at around 8%. This needs to be resolved and that is what we will do. We will make sure there are more jobs created in Alduria through investment in government owned industry and bring in legislation that will support and protect worker’s rights and make sure they are not being infringed. We will stand up to the bad bosses as well as tackling poverty and inequality in Alduria. Making sure that no matter what part of Alduria you are from, you have the opportunities you need for a better future. We will also raise taxation on the above average income earner and large business while lowering tax on the worst off in our society and small businesses so they can thrive. This government will put a cap on CEO:Worker pay ratio and bonus ratio of 15:1. We will also found the worker’s protection agency where we will make a ‘Bad Bosses’ register and investigate cases of worker’s rights abuses.

Next, housing. Our nation’s population is growing rapidly, and we need enough housing to keep up. That is why we will build all the houses needed for the people of Alduria. That figure is currently though to be at between 727,000 and 1,000,000 a year. Therefore, in the next 10 years we will build around 86,350 houses a year to keep up with the rapid rise in our population and will be ready to adjust so that everyone has a home. We will also protect renters by introducing a rent cap that will be judged on a case by case basis by the ‘Fair Renting Association’, which will have one division in under the control of every local government, which this government will create. This will make sure that tenants rights are upheld at will keep a ‘Rogue Landlord’ register so that future renters can use to consider before they rent a house from a landlord that is on the register.

Now, transport is also very important for a young nation like ours. To tackle this we will spend the €48 Billion it will require over the next 10 year to build the national highway system. We must make sure all of our nation is connected and that everyone has equal opportunity, that is what we are going to deliver.

Finally, in terms of reducing crime and stopping terrorism. We need to solve this. It was a failing of the last government that we did not tackle it and I take my share of responsibility that we did not do enough to push for change. So to make up for these failings, we will invest as much as is required to local governments for policing and reducing crime. We will also invest in anti-terrorism task forces so that we can halt and snuff out any planned acts of terrorism before they can take place against our citizens. We will also communicate across Parliament on how we can tackle terrorism and crime and work with other parties on how to stop the atrocities taking place once and for all against our citizens!