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Region: Libertatem
You too!
Happy thanksgiving to you too!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Back to the Africa RP.
Blahbanian forces march into Mali, seizing its capitol, Bamako.
Blahbania also seizes the micro nations of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea Bissau.
Anyone else think that Christmas is taking over Thanksgiving?
I think Christmas has already taken over Thanksgiving.
I do
Anyway, since nobody has made a move in the Africa RP, in more than one hour, I'll make another move.
Blahbanian forces have marched into Libya, and taken the capitol, Tripoli, and Tunis, the capitol of the tiny nation of Tunisia.
I have an idea. I think that it might be interesting to hold candidate debates before the next Delegacy election. Just a thought, what do you guys think?
I'm back, everyone. I will respond to everyone's queries and prepare an address to the region soon.
Good idea, Humpheria. As I said, I'll be putting my next piece of legislation on Delegatial elections to the floor in the next few days.
May i join?
[B]Presidential Address to the Region[/B]
Good evening, nations of Libertatem. As many of you know, I have been very pre-occupied in the past several days over personal affairs, but I have nevertheless remained very active in keeping operations running.
On the 21st of November, Reagan's Riders, a four-man guerilla squad of the Libertatem Army, invaded Grenada. This region was the focal point of La Pasionara's attempts to initiate a War on Capitalism. Using this platform of hatred towards heroes who have since left us, The Internationale captured dozens of conservative regions which have since fallen under moderator control. But a five-day occupation ended in the successful refounding of Grenada under Libertatem control. A region that once encouraged hatred, division, and imperialism is now a beacon of liberty, hope and progress.
The successful invasion of Grenada may not be an important victory in terms of numbers - the region consisted of three nations after the deletion of La Pas. But we've struck a decisive moral blow to the efforts of the Empire in spreading totalitarianism across NationStates. The anti-liberty campaign will return, don't be mistaken - but the Invasion of Grenada has let them know that Libertatem is back. No longer will we hide in the shadows, revelling in isolationism and standing aside while the Red Army marches onwards to assign yet another defenceless region to its cabinet of hollowed husks; its closet of skeletons, spilling out into the realm of unsustainability.
While The Internationale and its puppet states burn on, we have an opportunity unique to our history to make a stand. We have the opportunity to establish this region as a major military power. We have the opportunity to construct a military machine rivalling that of Right Wing Uprising. It will be long and difficult, fraught with triumphs and tribulations, but I have faith in this region. I have faith in you. Your pragmatic conduct and maintenance of enthusiasm during my absence has convinced me of the unbreakable spirit of this region.
So I urge you, Libertans, to take arms. The flames that have engulfed The Red Fleet will eventually cool, so we must make a stand before it is too late. Join me, Libertatem, in helping to purge this game of totalitarianism. Join me in fighting for freedom. Join me in a War on Communism.
Of course, we are not to say that this war is unconditional. We value our friendship with the non-coercive anarchists and moderate leftists of Ucr and Juche Union, which we need to strengthen in order to become a region more accepting of other values, no matter how delusional or unappealing they may seem to us. And we are not to say that this war will be the only one we wage. Our activities in fighting a very similar form of tyranny - the scourge of fascism - shall not cease. And we will not compromise, nor work with the Reichs of the game in extinguishing communism, for this is a task best achieved by the merits of a free society alone.
I feel the need to return to some traditional values that made Libertatem thrive after its inception - a strong defense, an active military, and the war itself - but while revisiting these, we must also encourage the natural progress of the region. I will never allow persecution on the grounds of one's political ideals. On the domestic front, the next two months will be ones of great change. The third and final tier of my legislative reform agenda will fix tri-annual Delegatial elections, and officially create the office of the President. In keeping with our democratic traditions and popular mandate, I will put the bill up for discussion before it is voted on. I also have plans for citizenship legislation.
As I end this address, I give thanks to Reagan's Riders, who struck a decisive blow for freedom in Operation: Urgent Fury.
-Commander [nation=short]Blahbania[/nation], Medal of Valor.
-[nation=short]Muh Roads[/nation], Distinguished Service Medal.
-[nation=short]The Onion Knight[/nation], Distinguished Service Medal.
-[nation=short]Mad Wayne[/nation], Distinguished Service Medal.
Thank you.
You may join the Africa RP.
Speaking of which, Blahbanian troops invade Niger, and the tiny nation of Burkina Faso.
Bravo
A beautiful speech, to be sure!
Petacadas Navy has engaged in fierce naval combat off the southern coast of Somalia.
The Presidents' Amendment
Section I
Purpose of this amendment.
To introduce fixed elections for the Delegate, who shall henceforth be known as the President, in order to prevent corrupt polling and to empower the citizens of Libertatem to elect their leader.
Section II
Provisions of this amendment.
The Delegate shall henceforth be known as the President of Libertatem, and all previous Delegates are to be bequeathed retroactively granted that title.
Every four months, popular, region-wide elections are to be held for the position of President.
These Presidential elections are to fixed, and held for 3 days in the later part of every month before a new Presidential term begins.
Votes are to be sent to an official designated by the President. The candidate with the largest number of votes wins the election.
If election results are found to be indecisive, the election may be extended until a sufficient number of votes has been attained for a candidate.
A single Presidential term is to last four months, and will begin and end on the First of every January, April and August.
'Market elections', the election of a Delegate through unorganised or sudden mass endorsement, are henceforth outlawed in order to prevent illegal coups and foreign attacks.
In the event that the President is removed from office mid-term, the Chairman of the Board is to be appointed President to serve the rest of their predecessor's term.
Section III
Clauses to be amended.
Article II
Section I
Subsection III
The WA Delegate shall hold the power of the founder, but only at the discretion of the founder. The founder may restrict, or veto, the Delegates power, or choose to share more privileges. WA Delegate status is achieved through being popularly elected every four months.
Authored by Pevvania.
This is up for discussion.
I like this a lot, but dont you think the term lengths are a little long?
Also, Petacadian forces have taken the southern portion of somalia.
This would prevent constant politicking and make a term in office matter. Board terms are 3 months, by the way.
I support this. But about the founder, Liberosia is off in Glitnir with Snabagag.
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Wait. I dont think the vote-counting offical should be picked by the President. Maybe the board picks him/her?
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Petacada brings up a good point. I don't quite get the voting thing anyway though, since endorsements are what offically elects the President. The WA is open and I believe most of us have one nation or another represented there. Are we supposed to drop/add endorsees after the voting ends? I believe in the current system of endorsements counting as our votes.
If we do go this way, a public vote on the RMB would be ideal. This would prevent vote rigging and cut down on puppet influence.
Would this prevent us from choosing a new delegate at anytime? Impeachment is still available? How many terms can any member in office hold?
Petacadian forces push into kenya and take the capital city.
I think impeachment should be possible when a set amount of votes get sent to the vote-counting offical. When this happens, the impeached president is given a grace period to prove himself worthy. Then another election takes place, with an alternate candidate, and who ever wins gets the rest of the term.
Petacadian forces have pushed into Rwanda, taking the upper portion of Uganda on the way.
Correction. The upper part of Tanzania.
Blahbanian forces invade Chad and take the capitol city, N'Djamena.
The Petacadian Army has invaded Tanzania, capturing the rest of the nation.
Petacadian forces from Somalia and Tanzania converge on Kenya, taking the capitol city of Nairobi.
Blahbanian forces quickly overrun the tiny micro-nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, and Benin.
A naval force that refuses to identify itself begins bombarding Mozambique. It is shortly thereafter overrun.
This system ('market democracy') is far too open to corruption and raiders. The Black Riders or The Red Fleet can legally move into this region and take the Delegacy under this system.
But even under mundane democratic conditions, apathy could potentially keep me in power forever. For all the service that Snabagag had done for the region, many were tired of his rule by his last few months in office, but did not feel they had a good outlet to challenge his Delegacy, which had never been tried before and seemed too difficult to do. Fixed elections would give a platform for everyone to voice their opinions, and also drum up popular participation and activity.
I'm not sure about this. Some like their votes to be kept private, and a public vote might affect their decision.
Yes, it would. See above for my comments on market democracy. Impeachment has never been available for the Delegate, but you bring up an important point. There are no term limits.
May I suggest an idea. A longer term depending on the percentage support from voters. If the margin is close, the term is shorter. If a landslide, the term could be a few months longer.
I think that'd be pretty hard to implement. If the margin is close, then the electorate will have the chance at the next election to either re-elect the President if they've done a good job or elect someone else if they haven't. Regardless, a more decisive result will have been reached.
Petacadian forces take the lower half of Sudan and all of Uganda
No term limits is fine with me. But I do not like the idea of not being able to impeach a WA delegate. What if someone flips their lid and goes to communism after being elected delegate?
Good point. Perhaps the power of impeachment should be vested in the House of Representatives?
Makes sense. That way its not done by executive power, seeing as how anyone can join the house.
Petacada, its a nice idea, but that seems like a lot of trouble to go through. A grace period also allows more time for problems. We would need an impeachment to be as quick as possible. (If I'm understanding what your saying correctly)
Elections must be fixed to prevent corruption and adequately lay out the region's priorities. I think if the people want to impeach a corrupt President, they'd do it. They wouldn't care whether they'd improved their reputation afterwards.
Indeed, and it'll also prevent the politicisation of the impeachment process.
*chuckles* Read this carefully and you'll figure out why I'm laughing.
I meant fixed terms :P
Rand Paul 2016!
I agree! I'll stand with Rand!
He's a little on the social conservative side, but has mighty fine ideas on economics that can whip the party into shape.
Petacadian forces temporarily lose control of Rwanda, but quickly suppress the rebels. Also move into the Central African Republic.
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If Gary Johnson runs again.. then I'm not voting for Rand. Otherwise, he's the guy I'm going with.
Rand Paul is the only electable libertarian. He's not as much of a freedom advocate as I like, but I hope that simply his election can steer the country towards more radical libertarianism.
Hello All!!!
I am President Futhapolicia from the Region of United Group!!! I am here as we have seen this Regions strides in the Direction of Genuine Democracy and would like to further our Foreign Diplomatic Policies, between each other that is, if you all would like!!
Amen brother. I will never forget when he formally endorsed Romney while his dad was still in the running. How awkward do you think the holidays were that year.
I'll be honest, I'll take any Libertarian over whatever else we've got.
I'll look into it, Futha :)
I think he's secretly a closet Austrian. I don't think any child could live under someone so radically opinionated and not turn out as either a carbon copy or a polar opposite. Rand knows that he'll need the support of the Christian Right to get elected. I actually think that Ron, who's well aware of the American political climate, is directing his son's political decisions. Nevertheless, his fiscal policy is pretty good on the whole, and I'm really happy that he's serious about auditing the Fed.
Back to the Africa RP.
Blahbanian forces march in Cameroon and quickly take the capitol, Yaounde.
Petacadian forces destroy the Zambian Army and take the country.
Blahbania invades and easily takes the divided nation of Nigeria, taking Abuja. We also take the micro-nation of Equatorial Guinea.
Lets be frank, the Fed will never be audited, and if it somehow where all the numbers would be completely skewed. Anyone who isnt openly pushing for the absolution of the Federal Resrve System and telling the public about the dangers of central banking is part of the problem.
*were
My deepest apologies
Islands forces take over the nations of Namibia and Angola
I am appointing [nation=short]The Lone Star[/nation] Attorney-General. Congratulations on the position.
I am now putting the Presidents' Amendment to vote.
Section I
Purpose of this amendment.
To introduce fixed elections for the Delegate, who shall henceforth be known as the President, in order to prevent corrupt polling and to empower the citizens of Libertatem to elect their leader.
Section II
Provisions of this amendment.
The Delegate shall henceforth be known as the President of Libertatem, and all previous Delegates are to be retroactively bequeathed that title.
Every four months, popular, region-wide elections are to be held for the position of President.
These Presidential elections are to fixed, and held for 3 days in the later part of every month before a new Presidential term begins.
Votes are to be sent to an official designated by the President. The candidate with the largest number of votes wins the election.
If election results are found to be indecisive, the election may be extended until a sufficient number of votes has been attained for a candidate.
A single Presidential term is to last four months, and will begin and end on the First of every January, April and August.
'Market elections', the election of a Delegate through unorganised or sudden mass endorsement, are henceforth outlawed in order to prevent illegal coups and foreign attacks.
In the event that the President is removed from office mid-term, the Chairman of the Board is to be appointed President to serve the rest of their predecessor's term.
In the event that the President has corrupted the office, abused their power or otherwise broken the laws of the region, an impeachment vote may be called by the approval of half of the House, needing a unanimous vote to secure an impeachment.
Section III
Clauses to be amended.
[All references in the Constitution to the WA Delegate are to be replaced with 'President'.]
Article I
Section II
Subsection III
The House has the power to impeach any member of the Board, the Managers or the President, but not the founder. An impeachment can be called for with the approval of half of the House. Impeaching a member of the Board or Managers requires 2/3 of the House to vote for impeachment, and a unanimous vote to impeach the President.
Article II
Section I
Subsection III
The President shall hold the power of the founder, but only at the discretion of the founder. The founder may restrict, or veto, the Presidents power, or choose to share more privileges. The Presidency is attained by having the majority of endorsements, as legally mandated by tri-annual popular elections.
Authored by Pevvania.
I vote yea for this.
Yea
Yea
Yea
Petacada, I will put you down as a Representative of the House.
Votes for TPA
Delegate 1/1
Managers 1/3
Board 2/5
Yea!
House 2/5
I'm quite pleasantly surprised to see that there's been no recruiting in weeks, yet our numbers have actually slightly increased. I am proud of what this region has become, and proud of your commitment to see it progress.
I vote "yea" for this amendment.
However, I would like to point out this section: "Market elections', the election of a Delegate through unorganised or sudden mass endorsement, are henceforth outlawed in order to prevent illegal coups and foreign attacks". To the best of my knowledge there is no way to actually prevent this. If some raiders come in I seriously doubt they'll take the time to read the constitution and voluntarily abide by it.
I've sent out recruitment TGs recently lol
I think it holds as much power as suicide being illegal. You can't typically prevent it, but any rising coup would allow the raiders to be ejected legally.
I vote yea
I'd also like to register myself to the Libertarian Party.
Sounds good!
YEA for the Presidents' Amendment
My vote is Yea.
I'd like to point out that the bright yellow on the regional factbook is hurting my eyes.
Could it be dimmed down a bit?
Or, better yet, just change all the yellow for a different color?
Done.
We just need Abaretta and Seafield's votes now.
It's hard to read bright text on a white background. :/
What text in particular is too bright?
Probably the light blue:
"We're a historically..."
The black color of the text "We're a historically..." is a bit boring, maybe you could make it yellow or something. Or maybe light blue, I don't know.
Essentially everything where it says "LP" is far too bright for the white background.
Then you cant see it.
Sorry for the inactivity. Still moving into the new house. I vollunteered for the House and I vote yea.
Thank you for doing so. As acting Chairperson i have been trying to get a rooster up, but few people seem interested in stating their affiliation.
I concur. Black text is preferable
Thank you, I now understand why this was even mentioned.
Blahbanian forces overrun Ivory Coast, and Ghana.
Petacadian forces are too busy fending off rebellions to attack.
I rarely make any posts doing official business, but it is almost time for Board elections and as Chairman I must preside over the campaigns and elections. Under the BOARD Amendment there are five structured seats in the Board and they are as follows:
First Seat: Muh Roads
Second Seat: Humpheria
Third Seat: Miencraft
Fourth Seat: Islands
Fifth Seat: Abaretta
The seat orders are not in any particular order that is just how the dice fell. The way this election is going to go is starting December Tenth nations can announce their candidacy by posting on the RMB which seat they are running for and their party affiliation. The deadline for campaign announcements will be December Twentieth, which is also the start of the actual campaign period, which will cease the Twenty-fifth with the start of the election. Think about whether or not you want to run and just remember to contain your enthusiasm for Regional politics until Dec. 10th.
Thanks,
Humpheria
Chairman of the Board
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.