Oatney Sounds Conservative Call
BRIESK - This week, David Oatney formally declared his candidacy for Royal Assembly in a rousing address to delegates of the Conservative Party conference. Oatney, a former Peoples Representative and Speaker of the Royal Assembly, is widely expected to lead his party in the campaign. In his speech, he outlined an agenda that included limited government, personal and social responsibility, personal freedom, open government, and the maintenance and promotion of the Crown.Emphasizing personal and social responsibility, he said, "Government cannot and should not take care of those who refuse to care for themselves. There are those who cannot take care of themselves, and then those who can and will not. Before expending the resources of the State upon the individual, all other options and means of self-help must be exhausted-and Morovia's churches and charities have a vital role to play in the lives and well-being of Morovians. Those groups can tend to the needs of local people in ways that a bureaucrat cannot."
In a separate interview with The Evening Standard, Oatney commented on the current debate over the decriminalization of prostitution, among other issues. Contradicting previous Conservative manifestos, he indicated that he was open to decriminalization. He said, "If we are concerned about the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, it would seem to me that outlawing prostitution does little to stop that spread."
Oatney also noted that Conservatives are actively engaged in recruiting a third candidate to complete the party ticket.
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