04-03-2025, 07:25 AM
Quote:[January, 5614, Kundrati Politburo]
The Politburo was in upheaval as Lazar entered inside with his entourage, hundreds of murmurs crowded the room as he took his seat at head of the assembly. The Politburo was of course for all intensive purposes a farce, their only true purpose was to make the inner party feel important, aside from the small power in voting upon governmental directives, and they could never dethrone the Supreme leader directly, one of the many proposals made by the liberal leaning Ruslan who was slamming a shoe onto his desk along with dozens of other liberal leaning legionaries. Sladek in his last years of office had not given much oversight into the inner party, focusing more on the war and his desperate struggle to achieve nuclear weaponry, the gap resulted in many with views sprouting within the party that would have been tantamount direct defiance of the legions tenets; Free speech, elections, and many other treasonous views.
Lazar Saburov motioned his hand for silence and stood as he began reading from a sheet;
"My fellow countrymen and legionary comrades...I having taken this station during a time of great upheaval am both honored and humbled to carry on the torch of our beloved comrade Sladek, who doubtlessly will remain within our hearts for all time, his heroic sacrifices and efforts to safeguard our nation from foreign interference and communism cannot be overstated, and upon receiving this office in the short time I have been in power, I have had at my disposal new resources and information known only to a close few. Despite how it may seem on the outside, the legionary party always the bulwark of strength and unity, has within it malefactors who would seek to do it harm, and it is with great regret that the first measures put in front of me as I took office were the offers of dismantling our nation and very party..
The assembly began to yell in uproar as the presiding overseer slammed the gavel
"As much as it is difficult to believe, I have in my possession transcripts of clandestine conversations between men who are in this very assembly as I speak. Subjects of which included; Disbanding the legionary party, opening negotiations for an unconditional surrender to Luthori, reperations to Kalistan, and even the planned assassination of our eternal comrade Sladek."
By this point the assembly was almost in complete anarchy, people began screaming until their veins bulged from their necks, accusational looks and fingers being pointed at one and other, Ruslan did his best to scream with his fellow liberals words such as "Tripe, this is all a farce! Baseless accusations!" But they all began quieting down as the gavel slammed a dozen times, and Commissariat officers began marching into the assembly blocking all exits, brandishing assault rifles.
"Comrades, despite these attempts to undermine our glorious Legionary state, it is without doubt the Internal security of the Commissariat, comrade Sladeks own creation, that remains and always will remain the greatest defender against subversion and treason. Within these documents, I have a list of names of the guilty parties, and they will be given sentences just for the offense...
The entire assembly was dead silent, then the first name rang out, "Julovic Progovin." Shocked onlookers watched as two commissariat guards dragged him from his seat, his face was one of profound disbelief and shock as he screamed pleading his innocence and loyalty to Kundrati, as he was dragged out the double doors and taken outside. Then the first gunshot was heard, the assembly was paralyzed. Then a second name was read out, a third, suddenly a member stood and began shouting support for Lazar, "Death to the traitors, long live Saburov!, then multiple other men joined in. Soon the the entire assembly was clapping and cheering as every name was listed, dumping insults and libel upon the traitors being dragged out from the assembly, many so frightened they urinated themselves upon the carpeted floor. "Hail Saburov, Hail the Legion!" the assembly echoed. By the end of the ordeal, over 60 names had been called, and 60 gunshots had been heard. Saburov smoking a cigar did his best to hide his absolute delight at the whole scenario, every potential political enemy that once defied him openly or privately was dead against a wall, and now nothing stood in the way of him shaping the nation to his will.