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This was the question Samuel had most been looking forward to, so much so that he was almost disappointed to have it come so early. Infrastructure policy had been the cornerstone of the D.A.R.'s campaign thus far, and Bassong considered it the party's strongest issue; it had led them from third place to a comfortable lead here in Kamidye, and had hopefully had some positive impact in the country's other major urban centres as well. In truth, it would have been an issue best to have been saved for last, so as to have maximum effect on the (hopefully) listening electorate—but starting right off with it worked well too. If you didn't end on your best foot, you could at least start on it.

"Let me begin by saying that I agree with you wholeheartedly, Mr. Omotayo. The previous regimes, and the candidates here on stage who have been represented in them, have failed our country in establishing the most basic building blocks for a modern nation; our infrastructure is in a shambles, and has been left chronically underfunded for far too long. I'm happy to be the one to tell you that when I am President, and the Democratic Alliance for Reform has a strong position in the National Assembly, we—not only the party members but you and I and all of the working men of Samgola—will be the ones to break this cycle. I will push forward a comprehensive infrastructure renewal program, the 'Brick & Mortar Act', to leverage our country's surplus of workers to fix the basic infrastructure that same working class relies on. I will work with Kamidye's municipal government to increase both the capacity and quality of public transportation in our nation's capital, and repave every last stretch of highway in the country. I will also commit, here and now to both the people of Samgola and to you personally, Mr. Omotayo, that if I am elected your President I will build more housing in my first year in office than my predecessors have built in the last decade. It is long past time that every Samgolan has a home to live in, a job to work at and a way to reliably get from one to the other. These are the simplest problems the Samgolan Republic has to solve, and yet our government has failed again and again and again and again. No more! It is time for a real reformation of our country's infrastructure, and the Democratic Alliance for Reform is the only party on this stage today that will deliver it."