Since I was elected as General Secretary of the 1st Central Committee of the Erusian National Communist Party at our historic 1st National Congress in November 2008, I have been no stranger to political controversy and to public criticism. Scarcely a week goes by when I do not face criticism from one prominent opponent or another, be they Erusian or not - indeed, I have come to find it exceptionally disappointing if I do not have any interest anectodes about such criticisms to share with my colleagues at each plenary session of the Central Committee. It should not come as a surprise to the readers of this open letter, then, that I was not surprised by the sudden flurry of criticism directed against me by the two leaders of the Socialist Union of Nemkhavia and Pristinia, Mark Dresner and hi