"I'm going to take the party leader's place?"
The President couldn't help bursting into loud laughter, laughing until his eyes were almost watering.
"It really is a good joke, but first you need to have a brain, you get that?"
He gradually stopped laughing and let out a long breath.
Laughing is tiring too. Shaking his head with the receiver in hand, he said, "You've got one thing wrong: in the Federation, no one can be party leader and President at the same time."
"The Charter doesn't allow us to do that. By the time I can take over that position, it'll already be two years from now. We can't wait that long."
"And they won't allow the Progressive Party's leadership to sit vacant for two years either, so the more likely outcome is that they'll find someone else, not me…"
After they chatted a bit more, the President hung up.
