For a man known as convinced and irascible adversary of military involvement in politics - do we remember his violent outbursts when the late General Vitali, God save his soul, expressed a political opinion? - the Chief of General Staff has been astonishingly visible in Parliament of late. While he seeks to court the favour of Traditionalist leadership in our halls, those who are known for nothing but their friendship to the General defend his viewpoints in the Chambers themselves.
Not two years ago, in this very term, Parliament passed an act to contain the Army's state of inherent anarchy by allowing those civilians responsible for the enforcement of law (the Prime Minister as chief executive on the national level, the Praetors and Governor-Generals on a regional level) to judge the legality of a declaration of Martial Law. A necessary act, and one passed with an astounding 81% majority! Two years ago this Act passed with such a majority - and now, General Aligheri wishes to revisit his distasteful opposition against this act, an act which bounds his nigh infinite powers as de facto commander of our armies.
The very act of presenting such alterations when no popular support for them exists is detrimental to the way we conduct business in Parliament and, for all my political concerns against the amendment, it is for this procedural reason that I must ask our King ((TH)) to veto the Amendment; so that business in Parliament is not cluttered by this nonsense.
- Don Alessandro Sardegno, OSF
