Marcus Marcius Rex quiritibus salutem plurimum dicit
Hodie ego, civis Novae Romae, ad rem publicam accedo.

Today I, Marcus Marcius Rex, citizen of Nova Roma, stand in this 
Forum to offer myself as a candidate for the office of Tribunis 
Plebis.

I have stood here in this forum many times before to voice my 
opinions on issues regarding the conduct of State affairs, musing 
about their legality and constitutionality. However, it is one thing 
to voice your opinion sitting on the side fences, another to 
translate them into action and to be held accountable for it. I 
myself want to take this step now and I want to again serve our 
community in an official capacity as one of your Tribunes.

To be honest, if you had asked me whether I would stand here today 
one and a half years ago, which was soon after I quit my citizenship, 
I would have probably just laughed and shrugged it off as one of 
those things that will never happen as Nova Roma was certainly 
doomed.

But history has proven many wrong and I am - I hope - no lesser 
admitting to that I was wrong in my own case. I have returned to Nova 
Roma following the applicable law and procedures and I have rightly 
suffered all the consequences for my resignation. I used to be a 
Senator in Nova Roma and I am no longer.

Still what I can offer you - should you choose to elect me - is my 
experience in government affairs and the law (both macronational and 
in Nova Roma) and my undying belief in justice and the rule of law. 
The Tribunes in Nova Roma should be the ultimate guarantors of just 
that.

As Tribunus Plebis I shall endeavour to uphold the interests of all 
citizens, exercising intercessio to secure and defend the rights of 
each and every citizen according to our own Constitution and our 
Laws, and to use the Tribunician legislative prerogatives only in the 
utmost political urgencies. This is how I wish to serve you, if you 
so let me.

Avete et Valete

Marcus Marcius Rex

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