The following is the Tribune's exclusive interview with Rebecca Kim, the representative of the ChiPet in the upcoming elections for head of the Parliament of the Petronian Republic who graciously sat down with our reporter to discuss her platform and positions.
The Petronian Tribune: Ms. Kim, you are the candidate of your party for the elections. I’m interested to know how your party came up with your name to be their only representative. Why do you think they chose you?
Rebecca Kim: I was unanimously chosen, as I think the members of my party believe in me and consider me the best choice, because they trust my abilities to lead this country and protect the interests of the Petronian people to establish a peaceful and constructive environment for all.
PT: What do you think you can do as a leader of the Parliament that the other candidates cannot? Why are you the choice for the Petronians?
RK: I have the policy of unifying people and parties towards the goal of the common well-being for all the Petronian people, rather than being biased and affiliated to protect my party’s interests, like the other candidates would. I’ll make sure an equal and fair representation of all parties in the Parliament, in the meaning of being heard the same and being given the same importance to the issues they want to discuss.
PT: How do you know that other parties’ candidates will be “biased and affiliated”? Do you have any evidence for that? Have they expressed themselves in such a way to imply something like that, or is it a personal opinion?
RK: I’m sure that every candidate would claim that they are not partial, that they would care for the good of all. But when taking a look at their bills and pieces of legislation that show which their real interests are, you notice that unification is not a goal for them; they don’t seem to be so concerned about the Petronian people themselves as a whole rather than policies of making money. An example for this would be the Middle East relationship party [MEAP]. We try to ally and find the common language with almost everybody, but not everybody seems to put so much effort in such an issue.
PT: Could you briefly state your stance towards Middle East, Russia, free trade, and climate change issues?
RK: Well, with respect to Russia, we are open to discussion about any issue, especially the border problems. We’d be willing to lend a hand in helping reach an agreement.
Climate change is one of our top priorities: we want a better environment for our and the future generations, through renewable sources, safe and economically sound policies.
About Middle East policies, I have some reserves regarding the nuclear policies proposed by the Middle East relations party, considering it flawed in issues like storage and shipment of wastes.
About free trade, I want to say that we fully support it, seeing it as one of the bases of democracy.
PT: Do you find any common points with other parties, and have any alliances been established yet?
RK: Actually, no alliances have been set up, but we definitely have common points with some other parties. We support each other, and I would call this a situation of “pending alliances”.
PT: How do you plan to win the elections, considering the fact that your party in a middle-sized one, and that there are also other parties more or as likely as you to win?
RK: As I mentioned before, we are on our way to establishing alliances with other parties, but I think that we should be more concerned about choosing the most suitable person for all rather than being partial.
- DENISA QORI
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