copyright © 2020
by Robert L. Blau
I keep hearing people saying
that he's going to delay or cancel the elections. I'm here to
tell you that cannot happen.
Not even in a time of global crisis, such as this one. Elections
are legally mandated, and no government executive authority, however
high, can unilaterally alter that. And getting the legislature to
do any such thing ... well, it's laughable. So stop worrying!
It just can't happen!
...
So, like I said, the elections went off on schedule. True, they were, uh, heavily monitored, as you might say, by
those nice brown-shirted young men. But even so, he didn't win a majority. Had to form a
coalition government! For about two weeks. Admittedly, the
passage of the Enabling Act was a bit of a blow, but who could have
predicted that he would be able to get the support to pass that?
Politics, huh? I suppose the burning of the Reichstag had
something to do with that. So, ... only one legal party now, eh?
That's bound to make government more efficient, don't you think?
But you have to admit, he didn't cancel the elections!