King of His Kingdom

Chapter 151: Press Release 2!

“Mr. President, my question is, why wasn't the public aware of the said secret diplomatic negotiations meeting with the mafias?” A male reporter representing one of the big-name media houses stood up and asked the President.

President Balbano gave a few seconds of thought to the question and provided him with his answer. “It was a secret meeting because we didn't want to put the public in panic mode.”

His answer wasn't satisfying to the reporters so another asked him a related question to learn more of why the meeting was done secretly. “We understand you wanted to keep the sanity of the mission and of the public, but in the event that the Prince was killed as we now hear he was kidnapped, wouldn't that be more devastating to the public? And especially, to the public's trust in the government?” The female reporter representing another giant media house spoke up with her question.

“I understand you and the concerns as to why we kept it from the public, but you should understand why we