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Géza Békésy takes oath of office as new Keszarian President
By: Mauricio Kovács-Tomillo
Published: Marth 20, 1579


President Géza Békésy (left) along Nándor Gábor (right), chairman of the Association for the Memory of the Victims of Communism

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Köszövár, Keszarian Republic | Géza Békésy took oath of office yesterday, after his unexpectedly victory in Keszaria presidential elections against CDU-PDS candidate -and former president- Álmos Vaszary. Békésy, 58, fifth president since the transition to democracy, vows to get country out of current crisis and strengthen regional security in Southern Brigidnan.

"Our first commitment is to get this nation out of the economic crisis in which it has been for the last four years", he told to the gathered media, "and to bring hopes and prosperity to the Keszarian people". Although Békésy did not disclose the composition of the new government, he declared that the national government will be formed by "experienced officials" and "independent people known for their excellency", as he declared that "Keszaria needs the best minds working for the future of its children".

Béla Kertész, former Messanic Democratic Party MP and Minister of Education during Árpad Ormandy's administration, and Zándor Reményi, CDU-PDS Minister of Transport during Vaszary's presidency (1569-1574), are rumoured to have been offered a position in Békésy's administration. Senator Jenö Ligeti-Ekman is also rumoured to be offered a position, despite he is currently an elected CDU-PDS senator and that he endorsed Álmos Vaszary during the presidential elections. In any case, Békésy would need a large consensus with the rest of parliamentary forces, as he currently lacks support in the Senate.

In his first official act as President of the Keszarian Republic, Békésy symbolically paid his respect to victims during the communist regime. He visited a place nearby the town of Miskánya, only a few kms from the capital city Köszövár, where a monument to the victims of the Perovist communist regime was built in 1562-1563. During the civil war, the site was place of a mass grave from the Keszarian civil war, and where hundred of civilians and military officials were executed during the purges by communist leader István Lanczos. Lanczos is credited with more than 100,000 executions between 1544 and 1547. There, the new president laid red roses to the memorial built in stone and bronze, surrounded by government officials and supporters.

"While we may face difficult challenges in the present, we can not forget the sacrifices and the suffering of the previous generation", President Békésy he said. "Communism is always a criminal ideology, which only language is murder and poverty", he declared. "We must remember that truth not only while grieving our fathers, grandparents, and great-grandparents, but when our peace and prosperity is threatened by the today heirs of this criminal ideology".

Békésy's comments were criticized by Ákos Négyesy, the leader of the Communist Party of Keszaria, "as an attempt to divide Keszarian society...which past events already forgotten and forgiven by most of the population" and he asked to leave "national history to historians and writers" not to the politicians. Négyesy, who is also the nephew of Ferenc Négyesy, Chairman of the Perovist People's Republic of Keszaria until his death in 1544, obtained a 8.1% of the vote in the last presidential elections.