Bekkenhuis Moves Conservatives Left
BRIESK - Likening himself the Rudy Guliani of the Morovian Right, Sir Bill Bekkenhuis announced this week he has switched his party membership to the Conservative Party and intends to run for one of three open seats in the Royal Assembly. The news was greeted with surprise in some quarters, considering that Bekkenhuis, one of Morovia's most respected citizens, once served in the Royal Assembly as a member of the Progressive-Reform Party."I intend to embrace the conservative notion of limited government which - in a virtual, micronational context - means less is more," said Bekkenhuis in a speech to the Conservative conference. Referring to the 2005 lapse into inactivity, he said, " I think, at the end, the nation of Morovia (the group of individuals) got swallowed up by the state of Morovia (the laws and decrees, etc.)."
In addition to his tenure in the Royal Assembly, Bekkenhuis also served twice as Lord Regent in the absence of King Vincent. During the community's dark days, he was one of a few citizens who sought to preserve tradition and history by posting to an oftentimes empty Salon. Some believe his views may be outside the Conservative mainstream, but it is his years of service, and his impeccable reputation, that led individuals like David Oatney to welcome him into the party fold.
In a separate interview with The Evening Standard, when questioned about the military's recent request for 4 billion morovs, Bekkenhuis sought the middle ground. He said, "My vision for Morovia's military is the same as my vision for all militaries. They should parade gloriously on national holidays and, in a perfect world, do very little else ... Four billion for a nation that has never been at war sounds excessive."
Waxing philosophical, he also remarked, "The greatest challenge facing Morovia is to create something sufficiently enjoyable and meaningful that it draws and keeps people."
Bekkenhuis and Oatney are in the process of recruiting a third candidate to complete the Conservative ticket.
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