Update #16 from TGLMMonday January 29, 2007Number of Nations: 164
UN Delegate: Willowinds
GovernmentElection UpdateJanuary has without a doubt been one of the busiest months that TGLM has ever seen in terms of political action. The beginning of the month saw the election of our Supreme Court Justice and Judge. In our last update, elections were underway for the positions of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Role Play and Minister of Immigration.
The last round of elections was a most interesting one. No one stepped forward for the position of Minister of Immigration (MoI), however two of the individuals running for other positions were nominated for the position, one by one of the candidates he was running against, and another by one of the members at large. Both turned down the nominations, but very fortunately for TGLM, SpringMeadow, the former MoI, agreed to serve for another term when the position remained unfilled.
The most hotly contested race was that for the position of MoFA. Minaris, the incumbent, was challenged by Dotryit (formerly known as Donchatryit and former Minister of MoSPA) and The Bananafruit, current Minister of Internal Affairs. Both Minaris and Dotryit had previous experience in the area. In an unforeseen move, Minaris withdrew from the race at the last moment, leaving the battle between Dotryit and The Bananafruit. The question period at times became rather pointed, and Dotryit does feel that his loyalties to TGLM were unfairly questioned because of a previous incident and his ties to ACCEL. TGLM's new Minister of Foreign Affairs is The Bananafruit.
In the election for Minister of Role Play (MoRP), Minaris challenged the incumbent, Kyato. Minaris withdrew from this race as well, realising that RL commitments over the next three months might make it impossible for him to fulfil his obligations.
Congratulations to The Bananafruit and Kyato on their Ministeries, and to Dotryit and Minaris for making this round of elections so exciting.
Special thanks to SpringMeadow for stepping forward and agreeing to pick up her old portfolio as MoI.
Nominations and Question Period for all those interested in running for the position of UN Delegate starts Saturday February 3 and runs through to Wednesday February 7. Elections for Delegate will be held from Feb. 8 through to Feb. 11 at 6:00 PM EST.
Other News in GovernmentThe original Constitution of TGLM was written shortly after the region was first founded on June 5, 2006 by the first twenty or so nations who arrived. At that time, one of the items written into the Constitution was that it would be revisited every six months, and certainly after democracy had been established. The Constitution is now under revision in the Members' House of Discussion in the Planetarium Room.
We are currently in the unfortunate position of having three of our Ministers on limited duty due to RL commitments such as exams and/or illness. We wish them well, and hereby officially sentence them to fifty lashes with a wet noodle if they don't hurry back!
UN ResolutionsNo Ex Post Facto Laws: In Favour
Repeal "UN Educational Committee": Against
"Let the Good Times Roll"Spam continues to thrive in TGLM!
The number of hits in the arcade room has grown substantially since the last update, and the latest topic in the "Off-Topic Forum" deals with the issue of "Sovereignty".
Role Play"Contagion", one of our longest running threads, waits for its last post to draw it to an end. Stay tuned for both the sequel, and a spin-off thread! :ph43r:
In "13 Kiloton Nuclear Detonation in DRIS", the underground explosion of a prototype reactor in Isle of Skye now has the government there concerned about the reaction of other nations in the region. While most believe their assertions about the cause of the explosion, should they be looking at developing a nuclear weapons program on the off-chance that some nations don't believe them? Should they be developing such a program in self-defence?
That is all for this edition of the TGLM Update. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to post them and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.