This press message was released by the Government of the Respublica Dranii.
"We in the army, along with our comrades in the Navy and Air Force propose that Dranland is placed under military rule, until the various problems afflicting our nation are solved. The Dranish National Party has let the people down. However I extend an open hand to those elements of the DNP who have shown competence and a resistance to corrupt practices, and invite them to join the armed forces and provide a civilian element to the new government as we struggle to secure a prosperous future for our nation. Under the firm guidance of the armed forces we shall restore faith in the institutions of governance, and we will ensure the continued territorial integrity of Dranland by combating and defeating separatists in Elbian.
We propose that the new government be granted a period of seven years to solve this nations problems. At that point we shall return to civilian governance and call for new democratic elections. However it is clear in our view that the ‘democratically’ elected governments of the last half-century have provided one failure after another, and betrayed the people they have supposed to represent. The Armed Forces love Dranland, and make a vow to serve her. I, along with my colleagues, now believe that in order to serve her we must remove the cancer that has been destroying her.
The government shall be brought together under the banner of the Fatherland – Anti Revolutionary Party, combining the civilian elements of the DNP who have been invited to serve, and the senior officers from the armed forces who have been brought into the Senate and Cabinet. The new political party shall serve as an element for internal democracy within the government.
Martial law shall be enacted until further notice."
General Jakov WolfseyeSigned,
the Government of the Respublica Dranii