Welcome to the race Senators Erotikos and ek Sinopis.I look forward to any debates we have on the issues at hand.

One of Arintheos' aides, poring through a huge stack of papers, whispers to the Senator

Caesar, that edict addresses a major problem in the Empire, especially in regions that have not had a lot of resources sent their way. It's shameful that we have not been able to keep up our infrastructure in some of our rapidly growing settlements. I fear one of my aides has advised me that it may require a Codex Amendment, however. Perhaps the esteemed Protosecrates can clarify.

In the meantime I don't think it would be too much to ask the candidates to make a pledge that such vital settlement improvements will be a priority if they are elected. I will start.

If I am elected, larger walls for those settlements in which they're needed will be the my very first building priority, and funds devoted to them as soon as allowable by law.