update 2/5/07

[bandaloon]

Report from Liberalia

3rd February January 2007: Title Removed, Or Else
Prepared by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Random Textbox Inputs


Population: 150 nations
Regional Influence: Very High
UN Delegate: Stokmarknes

Regional News
>Environmentalists R Us On Trial
Environmentalists R Us, usually shortened to ERU, is currently on trial for being a puppet of former criminal Julio Trigman. Previous trials of people accused of being puppets of Julio Trigman have had mixed results, with Supreme Chancellor Validorium being found guilty, whereas Prime Minister Kurt had his name cleared by a trial. This case is attracting some controversy, with the issue of lawyers arising... in all previous trials, the Guardian Council (the judiciary of the region) posing questions to the defendant to answer. However, in this trial, the defendant has requested a lawyer, which there is ample legislative space to allow, and the guardians are deliberating on it. ERU maintains his innocence.

>Defence Minister Switch-a-roo
Abbassia's resignation from the post of Defence Minister due to personal commitments means that a new one has been appointed. Well, by "new", we mean "Carops", who by now has held the post in so many successive governments that we have lost count. After some quick research, we believe since May.

>Recent Legislation
Bills on hybrid cars, judicial pardons and feudalism (one of the funniest pieces of legislation to have been submitted in a long time) have recently gone up before parliament, with an amendment to the Drink Driving Act hot on their trails.

>New Blog Gets Even Newer
The "let's-all-create-new-media-outlets" bandwagon has certainly not left town just yet, and as testament to that, an even newer satirical blog has been published, drawing together all the issues from the "Weekly Rag", as well as including some content from other pseudo-newspapers. We anticipate that there may actually be some original content posted again at some stage too. For those interested, the blog can be found here.

>Miscellaneous Happenings
Lectures on the differing political systems of various real-life nations have been delivered at the University, with more expected to follow, and possibly lectures on subjects that had been anticipated before if lucky. RP is still continuing, and although there haven't been any wars recently, the Caropsyne Lower Chamber has been invaded by, well, the Upper Chamber. And finally, Liberalia would have mourned the death of Harold the duck if he weren't just made up by whoever writes this to have something that sounded good to end on.

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[Ness Snorlaxia]

Thank you for the update! I miss Harold the duck already.

[bandaloon]

me too

[bandaloon]

Report from Liberalia
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29th May 2007: No more inactive updates!
Prepared by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernetti

Forum
News

Population: 82 nations
Regional Influence: Very High
UN Delegate: Whitlamia

Regional News

>Latagon is Prime Minister! Declares an "activity" revolution!<

Last term, Liberalia went through what may've been it's most inactive period in its history. The prime minister, Carops, made an effort to make the region active, but unfortunately nobody seemed interested this time around. The region was declared by some to be worse then it was during Fishyguy's term. The regional forum often went through days without any postings on it! By the end of the term, the few active liberalians took a stand. At a population in the lower 80's, members were fed up.

The elections soon came, and Prime Minister Kurt and Latagon both decided to run. Their campaigns were similar, and both vowed to re-stabalize the region, putting politics and their differences aside. Eventually, after a controversial vote, which showed them at a tie result of 7-7, it was disovered that the voting was declared closed earlier. That vote showed Latagon at 7, and Prime Minister Kurt at 6. PM Kurt accepted this, and Latagon became Prime Minister for the first time in the region's history (despite being one of the region's first members).

In the past week, the region has already shown improvement, with more forum activity and more things to discuss, which will be discussed in other stories.

>Cabinet<

Latagon released his cabinet a couple of days after his election. It goes as following:

Prime Minister: Latagon

Deputy Prime Minister: NucleaWasta

Speaker: Geminorum

DPP: DGS

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Fernetti

Minister of Recruitment: Loslakia

Minister of Internal Affairs: Cheesyweesy
Secretariat of Legal Affairs/Justice: DGS
Secretariat of Culture: TBA
Secretariat of Newbie Services: TBA

Minister of Defense: Prime Minister Kurt

Latagon emphasized individual choice, and left it up to the ministers if they wanted another secretary to help them. The secretariat of culture and newbie services has not been filled yet, but please stick around to here it.

>Pardons<

When announcing his cabinet, Latagon vowed to pardon former criminals Julio Trigman, Northern Sushi and 4H. The reasoning was based on Loslakia's recent return to the region. Loslokia, who had been responsible for trying to fraud an election over a year ago, returned recently, showing much improved behavior and dedication to the region. He had been pardoned because he was never legally tried, and simply banned. The same went for Latagon himself. Due to both their behavior changes and regret towards previous actions, Latagon has alleged that the other members should be given a second chance as well. He also reminded members that the crimes were comitted during a time where the region was divided in a war, and that all that stuff is in the past.

At first, Julio Trigman arrived immediately following Latagon's pardon. He assumed the role of speaker, but was banned a few hours into his arrival by Carops. The reasoning was not because he was misbehaiving, but because Latagon's pardonings were in fact illegal. According to the law, only the GC is allowed to pardon criminals. Understanding this, Latagon vows to bring his pardons over to the GC once they are re-elected.

>Constitution fever... again!<

Nearly a year after the controversy with the constitution occured, newer members such as Delta Golf Sierra and Prime Minister Kurt have brought up the idea of bringing it back, following the recent controversy with the prime minister on pardoning. Some older members, such as Carops and Fernetti, were opposed to the idea, claiming that a constitution is rigid and follows too many different topics so that everyone can agree on every section. They also pointed out that like last time it may come into conflict with previous legislation. The supporters defended the idea, stating that it puts order and defines the forum structure better. The opposers fired back with the argument that individual bills can be written to fix those flaws.

>GC elections<

After going a nearly a term and a half without GC elections, Liberalia finally decided to re-elect. The major and controversial issue, mostly dealt with the pardonings that Latagon requested. Sadly, because of the departure of old time members Ardaila and Curiaistan, two new permanent guardian positions needed to be elected. Several people ran, with the end results of Forthampton and Nucleawasta elected as temporary guardians. In the permanent results, Delta Golf Sierra was guarenteed a seat. However, the tie between the other seat went between Loslakia and Fernetti. In a 3-2 re-vote, Fernetti won the seat over.

For all of Liberalia's news, and for the latest news stories, check out LNS News: liberaliannews.wordpress.com
Also check out our Wiki at editthis.info/liberalia_wiki/Main_Page