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 Seddik Bouchareb سدك بوشارب FCP The violence in the South has been driven by precisely two forces: Ultra-nationalists who believe their sympathizers in government will back their pogroms, and autonomists who have lost confidence that any Anthen government will safeguard their innate dignity and equality. In order to isolate and disarm paramilitaries we must establish confidence that this government has decisively broken with the practices of the dictatorship, that right-wing paramilitaries will not be allowed to operate freely, that the practice of secret and arbitrary detentions is ended, that all Anthens have rights that the government is bound to respect. The First Secretary has assured me that the Royal Alliance will be presenting a bill providing democratic representation to unincorporated districts, and at my request those parish representatives shall have the right to observe conditions of detention. Combined with the following bill this shall ensure an end to the disappearances that occurred under the dictatorship. Some will accuse us of allowing criminals to go unpunished. On the contrary this will ensure that innocent men and women are not left to rot for the crimes of others. PB-41 Rights of the Accused posted:I. No person shall be detained by law enforcement except under suspicion of a crime with evidence. All arrests or detentions by the various law enforcement agencies must be reported to the elected officials of the municipalities or parishes in which they occur within 8 hours.
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Seddik Bouchareb سدك بوشارب FCP Third Opposition Question War tensions are mounting between the Hyadeans and Pallenes. At the same time Laibach has made significant overtures to us, practically begging for closer relations by graciously financing prison reform measures and supporting refugees. Yet so far in the government's term of office we have heard no official statements on foreign policy. What is the government's vision of Anthe's role in the sector? For reference here are the other questions: Second opposition question What is the government's actual plan to secure peace in the South? The Opposition's First Question to the First Secretary this Session Madame First Secretary, the FCP has been heartened by the rapid and serious response of the Secretary of Security to the terrorist attacks in the South and we anticipate productive debate over long-term solutions. However there is clear disagreement in the government with some members of the NCP openly encouraging insubordination from the DIC. Additionally a cabinet member, the Secretary of the Interior Sr. Situ of the NCP, has been engaged in increasingly unhinged conspiracy theories. Can you clearly state the government's position on the conflict between the former head of the DIC and Countess Ticenza, and what guarantee can you give the Anthen people that any investigation will be impartial and effective while members of the government are openly prejudicing proceedings by declaring these attacks to be carried out under the orders of the opposition parties in a shadowy cabal?
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 Danno Pheal Royal Alliance PB-42, The Land Committee Act I. As the government has pledged to hear the complaints of those previously marginalized in society, and as the peasantry represents the mass of these people, the House of Deputies shall task the Board of Agriculture with establishing and overseeing a series of democratically elected Land Committees throughout the non-municipal, non-incorporated, non-village lands of Anthe. II. The Board of Agriculture shall begin a survey of Anthen land, and establish a series of parishes, each containing a comparable amount of citizens and covering a comparable amount of land to the others. III. Each parish shall have a Land Committee, made up of ten delegates (serving four-year terms) elected on a non-geographical basis in votes held one month after the establishment of a parish. The Board of Agriculture shall have the responsibility of establishing polling centers, taking down the names and information of those who wish to run, and publishing and posting candidate lists in public places for voters to see prior to voting. IV. Each Land Committee shall be empowered to summon witnesses and hear testimony from witnesses alleging fraud, intimidation, harassment, corruption, or other criminal or unfair behavior in the spheres of land sales, land rents, food sales, tenant contracts, wages, labor agreements, transportation agreements, loitering, or mismanagement by local officials. Land Committees shall be empowered to issue decisions settling these complaints. Land Committees may recommend criminal charges to the Office of Justice, and summon and direct Office of Security personnel in order to comply with their judgments. Land Committees shall be empowered to observe conditions of detention run by local law enforcement, and submit concerns to the Office of Justice and Board of Agriculture if they feel the Office of Security has engaged in some sort of misconduct; such a concern will trigger a mandatory investigation of the complaint, whose results will be made public. V. The work establishing the Land Committee shall be funded through a A$10 million grant from the Emergency Fund, and afterwards through a 0.5% tax on the property of all estates involved in agricultural production that meet the conditions either of possessing holdings in excess of 2,000 acres or possessing property in excess of a worth of $200,000 or registering an annual total sale of agricultural goods in excess of $200,000. VI. Land Committees shall have the power to approve or disapprove of local cultural celebrations, pending the issuing of permits allowing public celebrations. BraveLittleToaster fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Sep 29, 2020 23:09
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 Aleixo Espindola, National Construction Party A Chilly Reception ...Deputy Aleixo Espindola, of the National Construction Party, received a silent audience at a recent meeting of the Unión de Mujeres de la Anthe. He had come to present remarks concerning The Domestic Labor Act, a bill recently presented in the House of Deputies. However, shortly before his arrival it was reported that a crucial segment of the bill relating to funding had been stricken. In the face of sharp questioning from members of the Unión, Deputy Espindola defended the decision to eliminate a funding threshold for the bill on the basis of political expediency, as it was not expected to receive majority support otherwise. However, several of the attendees questioned whether the Government was willing to accept what had historically been "women's work" as being worthy of the same consideration - and funding - given that of agriculture and industry. Our analysts believe Deputy Espindola may have overpromised the issue to his constituents. quote:PB-34, the Domestic Labor Act - Revised DOCTOR ZIMBARDO fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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From the Times of Anthe:quote:Department of Prisons chief Sapag pledges total reform of penitentiary system and "new paradigm of punishment"
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 Manuel Cobos Free Constitutionalist Party When it was passed I believe I made it known that I thought PB-27, or the so-called "Foreign Exchange Regulation Act", was a disaster. I still do. But, as a moderate, I do believe that it is possible to enact some kind of financial regulation that is not overly burdensome. So, I would like to propose Amendment A-4 or, The Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act: A-4 posted:Amendment A-4 or, The Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act Takanago fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Sep 30, 2020 05:22
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Manuel Cobos Free Constitutionalist Party And I would like to follow that up with another bill of my own. I unfortunately do not have the time to draft an elaborate bill, so I will strike at the heart of a matter I find simple and straightforward: quote:PB-43 or, The Fair Sales Tax Act Takanago fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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 Belen Luz Paloma Ahmad Zuleta, First Secretary of The Serene Crown of Anthe First, I reject the Deputy's characterization of the DIC chief's replacement as a "conflict," - you describe it as a "clear disagreement", and this is more accurate. This government was always going to encounter differences in opinion between its Secretaries and some of the personnel they inherited from the interim government. In the vast majority of cases, already-serving personnel have shown themselves to be exemplars of duty, integrity, and reliability. In the rest of the cases, capable replacements have been found for personnel who have agreed to move on. This case belongs to the latter category, except it is slightly more public than usual: in any case, both the former Director and the Secretary agree that Security Office personnel will continue to serve the people by bringing violent separatists or vigilante paramilitaries to justice wherever they appear, and both would agree that the Security Office personnel tasked with this are professional, dedicated men and women whose first concern is upholding the law and justice. This government, representing Her Majesty, has never wavered in its belief that most government personnel take pride in their work and their personal integrity, regardless of their political leanings. If the FCP is connected to any terrorist attacks like some Deputies have suggested, well, that's their business -- and eventually the Security Office's. Second, the government's plan to end violence throughout Anthe remains the same: we will continue to work towards a policy which isolates marginal extremists, while integrating and empowering reasonable actors. The government, interested in responsible and humble service where others look to score hollow victories in rhetoric, has no choice but to continue to engage every sector of society until they can find a place for themselves in the New Anthe. We will continue to patiently reach out to those who extend olive branches, and pursue those who cannot escape the dead end of terror and political violence. Fundamentally, we reject the divison of Anthens up into little groups based on language, religion, or politics: there is only one Anthe, belonging to and made up of its working people and ruled over by our Queen. We will continue to honor regional freedoms to celebrate in their languages and holidays, but our vision of the future is one where we construct a society beautiful and just enough that it commands every subject's reflexive loyalty. We are also committed to working with August Meier and the Autonomy Movement, taking their wise advice as a framework for practical solutions to reducing the root causes of violence. Our recent Land Committee Bill is an example of such legislation. But we are not at war, with ourselves or anyone, and while your party can fill seats by inciting panic the government will continue to recognize the fact that we cannot rush a lasting peace. Third, I do not think that the League or the Concordat are becoming more belligerent towards each other, nor do I think that reflexive scaremongering is becoming of a Deputy. You are correct that Laibach has proven itself to be a steadfast ally and a remarkable friend towards the people of Anthe - I do not think that you would find a closer bond between peoples than between Anthens and Laibachers. Secretary of State Don Ostap is in close communication with his Laibach counterpart, and you have already seen the fruit of their close friendship in the generous aid Laibach has given us in assistance with our plans to construct modern facilities for prisoners and refugees both. Laibach is our closest friend and ally abroad, so I am happy that I can announce this government's diplomatic priorities for the forseeable future. We intend to pursue closer ties than ever to our Laibacher cousins, and I am directing Secretary of State Don Ostap to pursue the following initiatives, pending Laibacher approval: 1. An end to internal passes between our travelers, so that Anthens and Laibachers may travel freely between our worlds. 2. A customs union or up to A$40 billion in tariff reductions, reflecting that our closer trade between our economies can only help both of us. 3. A mutual pledge to defend the other against any sort of military aggression, preceding any other treaty or alliance, and reciprocal fleet harboring arrangements. 4. Forming a mutually-owned state industrial interest. 5. An international agency meant to standardize public health practices and scientific measurements across both our worlds. 6. More state-sponsored cultural exchange. The working people of Anthe, led by our Queen, are constructing a New Anthe, one that is distinguished by social justice, economic freedom, and political sovereignty. We extend an open hand to any other nation who can deal with us on those terms, and no other system has proved more willing or able on that account than our beloved Laibach brothers and sisters.
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Seddik Bouchareb سدك بوشارب FCP The First Secretary's commitment to treating all Anthens equally and working with the Autonomy Movement would surely carry more force if it was not immediately followed by a government minister proposing to enshrine the second class status of minority languages and culture in the constitution. tatankatonk posted:
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Sra. Ahmad, do you actually speak for the government and its ministers? This type of thing has happened repeatedly where you give a very nice sounding and flowery response that does not slow your ministers down one bit in pursuing their own contrary agenda. In the last legislative session you affirmed your party's commitment to extending voting rights to individual Anthens. We have yet to hear any proposals from the government on this matter after twice having relevant FCP proposals voted down. You further reaffirmed the government's commitment to "a Standing Committee to empower local governments to participate in local democracy and enable local cultural expression." Working with the FCP we now have solid legislation proposed for parish land committees extending local democracy and community oversight of police into the countryside, but that is a far cry from the standing committee which your government has still not proposed, and it is directly undermined by the open chauvinism of ministers you appointed like Situ. If you require the votes of the opposition to secure these campaign promises because your own ministers oppose you, you should be open about that. The FCP stands ever ready to expand the rights and freedoms of Anthe despite our strenuous objections to some of your cabinet selections. Canasta_Nasty fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Jullian Situ NCP Clearly the Teacher's summit was indeed urgent business, because it seems even some of our esteemed deputies appear to be illiterate. My constitutional amendment neither provides for segregationist policies nor insinuates a value judgement over the status difference between the cultures of Anthe. It is simply prima facie evident that different cultures exist on Anthe. I am only suggesting that the constitution should recognise such a difference and commit the government to ensuring harmony and friendship between the cultures of our nation's people. But I imagine if we proposed the opposite, that all Anthens be recognised as all belonging to the one culture with no language differences, we would soon find ourselves accused by the FCP of pursuing an agenda of dangerous assimilationism. I can't stress enough how tiresome the FCP's constant failure to actually examine policy has become. Nothing in my proposed amendment is in conflict with the stated views of the First Secretary. WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 08:46 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Sep 30, 2020 08:25
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Seddik Bouchareb سدك بوشارب FCP Sr. Situ, could you perhaps elaborate on the kinds of "special protections and programs" you believe are necessary to ensure that the majority language and cultural practices remain "strong and vigorous?" I think the legislature would find your erudition on the manner most enlightening.
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Sep 30, 2020 09:02
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Jullian Situ NCP Certainly. Cultural programs like Anthen art and music exhibitions, protections for traditional Anthen practices such as the Household system. The recognition and protection of our diverse religious practices etc. But also a commitment to the expansion of our unique culture through education programs focused on our culture, taught throughout our children's school life. There is nothing nefarious in protecting and expanding our people's culture. This is not a zero-sum game where our culture must by necessity dominate others.
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 Lucio FCP (Printed on the opinion column of the Salvatierra Free Press, and reprinted with permission on the Anthen Anthem) The Curious Case of Sr. Situ Anthe has arrived at its current political system as a result of compromise. A compromise thrust upon its people with little alternative, but a compromise nonetheless. Striking a compromise between action and reaction, conservatism and progressivism, past and future, De Luna left us with this mish-mash of oligarchy, democratism, despotism and popular rule. Itself a compromise with death, to try to redeem his legacy for all the ills of his reign, with no serious commitments to any one direction: fire a shotgun, get a wide spread and hope you hit something. The fissures of this compromise rise to the surface now and then and turn from the background radiation of life on Anthe into spectacle for all. Such is the case with Deputy Situ who appears alienated not only from Belen, but also the Countess Carolina, the leader of his own party. Let’s review: The First Secretary, in her response to the opposition’s second question, affirmed a laudable stance of rejecting divisions based on superficial characteristics such as language and religion. Though we disagree on many things, in this we are in agreement, and are glad to see the government follow this baseline as its policy. Enter Sr. Situ, who, immediately after this statement, decided to propose a constitutional amendment that would codify these divisions. An amendment that would grant “special protections” to Anthen culture and language. What those protections are supposed to entail is up to interpretation, as well as what this means for the minority cultures of Anthe, who have had thriving communities on their home moon for centuries. If I was a member of the governing coalition and wanted to spit in the eye of my First Secretary, I could scarce find a better way to do so. And then you have the earlier business with Juvarra’s bill. Sr. Situ, ever so gleeful as to slander the opposition as fascist sympathisers for recognising that Juvarra in the first two legislative sessions proposed more sensible legislation than members of the government, now finds the roles reversed. The Countess Carolina has pledged her and her party’s support for Juvarra’s bill, which the free constitutionalists take issue with on the basis of a provision that would bar the courts from extracting proper testimony from the most relevant witness of all, the victim. And truly if we are not united in this stance, we haven’t come to this point following toxic rhetoric as Situ has. The man has pledged to vote down bills from the Steel Pact and seems poised to continue doing so, but this time with remarkably more silence. Where are the accusations of normalising the pact? The accusations of conspiring with los lobos? Amusing as this all is, it relates to serious and important matters. The attacks on Maravilla are a grim reminder of this. To toy around with people’s relationship to their homeland from a position of such privilege as a member of the House of Deputies, and to see it fit to make decisions about the justice system not on the basis of policy, but political rivalries, is to make a mockery of your station. The people of Anthe who voted for us, and those that could not, expect better than this.
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 Cultural Purity in Music Article published in the Workers Friend by Vojtěch Bartók, professor of ethnomusicology at the Anthen Academy of Art There is much talk these days, mostly for political reasons, about the purity and impurity of Anthen culture, the usual implication being that purity of culture should be preserved, even by means of prohibitive laws. Those who champion this or that issue of the question have probably studied the subject thoroughly (at least, they should have done so), spending many years examining the available published material or gathering data by personal investigation. Not having done that, perhaps I cannot support either side, may even lack the right to do so. But I have spent many years studying a phenomenon of human life considered more or less important by some dreamers commonly called students of folk music. This manifestation is the spontaneous music of the lower classes, peasants especially. In the present period of controversy over cultural problems, it may be timely to examine the question: “Is cultural impurity favorable to folk (i.e. peasant) music or not?” (I apply the word cultural here to the music itself, and not to the individuals creating, preserving or performing the music.) The principal scene of my research has been Southwestern Anthe. As a Sudberger I naturally began my work with Sudbergan folk music, but soon extended it to neighboring territories – Muertasian, Namanjan, Paraisan. Occasionally I have even made jumps into more remote countries (in Biberach and Goicoechea) to gain a broader outlook. Besides this “active” research work dealing with problems on the spot, I have made “passive” investigations, studying material collected and published by others. From the very beginning I have been amazed by the extraordinary wealth of melody types existing in the territory under investigation in Southwestern Anthe. As I pursued my research, this amazement increased. In view of the comparatively small size of the region – numbering forty to fifty million people – the variety in folk music is really marvelous! Comparison of the folk music of these peoples made it clear that there was a continuous give and- take of melodies, a constant crossing and recrossing which had persisted through centuries. I must now stress a very important fact. This give-and take is not so simple as many of us might believe. When a folk melody passes the language frontier of a people, sooner or later it will be subjected to certain changes determined by environment, and especially by differences of language. The greater dissimilarity between the accents, inflections, metrical conditions, syllabic structure and so on, of two languages, the greater the changes that fortunately may occur in the “emigrated” melody. I say “fortunately” because this phenomenon itself engenders and further increases in its number of types and sub-types. I have used the term “crossing and recrossing”. Now, the “recrossing” generally takes place this way. A Sudberger melody is taken over, let us say, by the Namanjans and “Namanjised”; this Namanjised form may then be retaken by the Sudbergers and so “re-Sudbergised”. But – and again I say fortunately – this re-Sudbergised form will be different from the original Sudberger. Numerous factors explain the almost uninterrupted exchange of melodies:social conditions, deliberate or forced migrations and colonisations of individuals or peoples. As everybody knows, Southwestern Anthe is inhabited by many small peoples, each numbering about ten million or even less, and there are no insurmountable geographical obstacles at the frontiers. Some districts have a completely mixed population, the result of war devastation which has been followed by colonisation to fill the gaps. Continued contact between these peoples has been quite easy. And there have been great migrations where peoples have mixed and reciprocally influenced their respective languages and folk music. Contact with foreign material not only results in an exchange of melodies, but– and this is still more important – it gives an impulse to the development of new styles. At the same time, the more or less ancient styles are generally well preserved, too, which still further enhances the richness of the music. The trend toward transformation of foreign melodies prevents the complete fusion of the music of these peoples. The material of each, however heterogeneous in origin, receives its marked individuality. The situation of folk music in Southwestern Anthe may be summed up thus: as a result of uninterrupted reciprocal influence upon the folk music of these peoples there is an immense variety and a wealth of melodies and melodic types. The “cultural impurity” finally attained is definitely beneficial. And now let us look at the opposite picture. If you visit a town on Pallene or one of its surrounding villages, you will hear folkmusic of a rather unified and simple structure which is, nevertheless, highly interesting. Then if you go, let us say, as far as Camara del Sueño and listen to the folk music, you will hear exactly the same types of music. I don‘t know very much about the migrations and history of the Sector's North, but I should say that such uniformity in so large a territory indicates that there have been comparatively few migrations and changes of population. Also there is another factor. The Pallene people many times outnumber those small peoples of Southwestern Anthe; they live in a far larger territory and are not intermingled with peoples of different culture and language. It is obvious that if there remains any hope for the survival of folk music in the near or distant future (a rather doubtful outcome considering the rapid intrusion of higher civilisation into the more remote parts of the sector), an artificial erection of Great Walls to separate peoples from each other bodes no good for its development. A complete separation from foreign influences means stagnation: well assimilated foreign impulses offer possibilities of enrichment. Canasta_Nasty fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Aleixo Espindola, National Construction Party "I have seen some arguing against the newly proposed Constitutional Amendment that seeks to define and protect our national culture. Allow me to make an argument by analogy."  "Here let us suppose we have an example of Anthen food. Delicious, freshly made with ingredients and techniques that have been cultivated for centuries."  "And here, we have an example of traditional Anthen food as it might be interpreted by members of a minority or immigrant community. No less delicious, it takes use of the ingredients present but reimagines them under a new context, without either stealing or imposing."  "Finally, we have an example of food as it might become, a cautionary tale of a world where Anthen customs are neither protected nor even recognized. This is a cheap rip-off that attempts to commoditize our culture for the sake of profits to a handful of people with no stake in our success of history of struggling alongside us. "Our culture must be protected from appropriation, and the proposed constitutional amendment would set in motion a process by which we could begin creating new categories of intellectual and cultural property. Perhaps even a system of labeling certain export commodities "de origen controlado" to set them apart, for instance. It is a sensible step to take to safeguard our culture from the many influences that would undermine it - perhaps one or two of them are nefarious but most of them simply blind, random market-work. As far as immigrants and minority communities are concerned, the bill recognizes both the reality that we do not live in a truly homogenous society, and that we do not desire to do so. We must, however, live in a unified and indivisible society. That is what the Amendment under consideration calls for." DOCTOR ZIMBARDO fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Manuel Cobos Free Constitutionalist Party Before I cast my votes for this session, I would like to ask a question about the proposed Royal Powers constitutional amendment. (Also known as CA-2) It's a serious and important question. When it came time to finalize that amendment during committee, the Autonomy Movement delegation pledged their support on the condition that, and I quote, "this is the last such committee ever made on the subject." However, my friends, allow me to draw your attention to the full title that the royal powers bill was submitted under: "CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment" The title of the bill directly threatens more amendments. Is this not a blatant violation of the agreement that was reached to even get that amendment finalized by the committee?!
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 Santo Auspitz, the Bishop of Maravilla National Construction Party PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - Abstain, though something needs to be done here, and we do certainly need those machines. My stance is the First Secretary's yet again - perhaps this is something we should workshop together. The educational components are very intriguing. PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA. PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA. PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA. PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA. PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA. PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA. PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA. PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA. PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA. PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA. PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY. Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA, with my thanks to Snr. Amalden. A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY. Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA. Begrudgingly. CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - Abstain. Erwin the German fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Manuel Cobos Free Constitutionalist Party Also, I should probably mention my main objection to the actual text of the "First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment" as well. If I may, please allow me to direct people's attention to the first clause: quote:1. The Monarch shall have the power to pardon criminal offenses from a citizen of Anthe, subject to an override by a 75% veto vote in the House of Deputies. First, as a practical matter, I worry that the Pardon powers given here may undermine the results of the current investigation of the crimes of the De Luna security regime. If the Queen were to issue pardons, perhaps in the spirit of "national unity," a house override would be extremely unlikely. I worry that this clause could be used to let killers and torturers run free. And second, in a more high-minded and theoretical sense, I believe that this provision would effectively turn the House of Representatives into a court of appeals higher than the Supreme Court, ultimately undermining the authority of the courts. People on the committee have denied that this is the case, but I have no doubt in my heart that this is true. If the Queen were to issue a Pardon, it would be up to the House to decide whether or not that Pardon is valid. And, naturally, the first thing we would have to ask would be: "Is this person really guilty?" There's no way to talk about the merits of a pardon without talking about the merits of the case that caused it! The house debate would effectively turn into a criminal trial where neither defendant nor prosecution are present! While I am of course a proponent of checks and balances, this specific proposal checks the power of the monarch and court in a completely misguided manner. I voted against this specific proposal, I voted against the bill in committee because of it, and soon I will vote against it on the house floor! Takanago fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Oct 1, 2020 |
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Seddik Bouchareb سدك بوشارب FCP PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - YEA PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - NAY It is a complete non-starter to allow testimony which cannot be cross examined into a trial. Should this pass, the FCP will seek to amend it to not prejudice trials against the accused. PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - YEA Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - YEA Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - NAY CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY It's worth digging into the complete ridiculousness of the National Unity Amendment which serves two main purposes, to prevent the extension the vote in order to "protect" the household system, and to inscribe into the constitution the justification for segregation and chauvinist violence. It is the nature of cultures, languages, religions to change and grow. Whenever two systems of belief or sets of cultural practices come into contact they adapt. Any attempt to "protect" Anthen culture from outside influences is doomed to violence against Anthens seen to "betray" by introducing or adopting influences that Sr. Situ considers foreign. Suffice it to say if Situ's chauvinism had been the norm in our own past, the Churches, an incredibly syncretic institution drawing from a vast array of influences could never have come into existence. Each source would have kept to their own "unique" channel, drying up in a pitiless desert instead of merging and flowing together to the sea. Whatever criticisms I have against the Churches, I must without reservation defend their openness to the traditions, hopes, and aspirations of the broadest layers of humanity against the petty narrowness of this amendment. Canasta_Nasty fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Oct 1, 2020 |
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From the Times of Anthe:quote:Flag Referendum passes with massive support, new standard to be immediately adopted 
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 Lucio Valens FCP Colleagues, I tend not to make comments when I participate in the voting procedure. However circumstances are forcing me to speak out about a matter of grave importance, one that relates directly to our role in this house, and to the basic truths about our moon. It is well known to us that the monarch recently announced and organised a referendum on our flag. This referendum did not pass through the house, and it did not pass through the executive branch of government. It was not organised on the ground level by the Office of the Interior but rather by independent local organisations contracted by the royal palace. It was, in essence, a glorified opinion poll, except that with opinion polls the methodology is known, the results are presented with margins of error, and most importantly, they do not in themselves guide national policy. Colleagues, the conditions in which the referendum was held render it null and void. Its results are legally illegitimate, and factually questionable. The queen has therefore decided unilaterally that the flag of Anthe should change. Furthermore she has done so outside of her constitutional authority, as no mention of state symbols is given in the section of the constitution relating to the monarch. And while it may be true that the FCP does not approve of the current structure of the constitution, we also recognise its legal authority and seek to change it with lawful means. Any deputy that approves of the Queen’s actions with regards to the flag of Anthe is endorsing an outright rejection of the constitution and rendering it into an entirely optional document, launching a direct assault on the rule of law and the legitimacy of the state apparatus. Such a dangerous precedent must not be set, and it absolutely must not be given the approval of the house. Colleagues, I call upon you to collaborate on the forthcoming legislative session to determine an appropriate response to the crown’s overreach and take measures to ensure that such flagrant abuse of a position of authority does not occur again. PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - YEA PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - Abstain PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - NAY PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - YEA Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - YEA Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - NAY CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY
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 Deputy Exequiel de Heliotropo, member of the Education Committee and Judicial Appointment Committee PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - NAY PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - NAY PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY Clayren fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Oct 2, 2020 00:14
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 Jullian Situ NCP PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA. PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA. PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA. PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - NAY. PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA. PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA. PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA. PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - NAY. PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY. PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA. PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY. Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY. Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - YEA  Sr. Bouchareb and his party have raised these same unthinking criticisms against the National Unity amendment again and again, and so I must apologise if I repeat myself. There is no reasonable court in the world that would examine two concurrent lines in the constitution that in one gave protection to our indigenous culture and in the other reaffirmed the multicultural nature of our nation, and then choose to believe this let any segregationist, or prejudicial law stand. This amendment would not encase Anthen culture in amber, anymore than teaching our language in schools prevents loan words from other cultures existing in our language, not at all. This amendment would ensure that it is not the role of the state to change Anthen culture unilaterally and force the people to grudgingly come along, but to provide legislation to catch up with the people's creative energy and cultural metamorphoses. An image of small government non-meddling that at any other time the FCP would support. But we all know these criticisms against symbolic language are a distraction from the FCP's true issue with the amendment, the recognition of an indivisible Anthe unable to be parceled off to the highest bidder. WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Oct 2, 2020 02:04
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 Acero Amalden Royalist Alliance PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - Abstain PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY paragon1 fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Oct 2, 2020 03:18
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Danno Pheal Royal Alliance PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act- Abstain PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act- YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act- YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640- YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University- YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act- YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act- YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works- YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act- Abstain PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act- Abstain PB-42, or the Land Committee Act- YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act- NAY Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act- YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act- Abstain Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment- YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment- Abstain
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Oct 2, 2020 03:32
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 Belen Ahmad, First Secretary Royal Alliance PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act- NAY; I support every article of this proposed Act except 5 and 6, which I think would be disastrous for our domestic machine and vehicle industries if applied. Opening up our growing industries to unfair competition with foreign behemoths and monopolies would be akin to flooding a vegetable garden because we think that water is good for plants. PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA; The Summit has proven to be an excellent idea and I applaud the Bishop for his program's success. A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY; A constitutional amendment of this sort cannot be considered without more time to dwell on what we mean by culture, and by specific protections.
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Oct 2, 2020 04:17
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Aleixo Espindola, National Construction Party PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY. PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA. PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA. PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA. PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - ABSTAIN. PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA. PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA. PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA. PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA. PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY. PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA. PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY. Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY. Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - YEA From: Deputy A. Espindola To: <unknown list> CC: <jsitu, sauspitz, yochoa, afueros, yleung, csaturnino, dbarrangui...> BCC: <unknown> Sub: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: Please Show This To Diego !! HA !! HA!! A liberal heterodox illegal immigrant FCP lawyer professor and abortion doctor was teaching a class on Aurrutia II. “Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship the free market of atomized individuals and ideas, and accept that it is the most highly-evolved form of polity that the world has ever known, even greater than the National Salvation government.” At this moment, a brave, patriotic, pro-Church Knight of the Armored Infantry, a champion who had served 1500 tours of duty and understood the necessity of war and fully supported all military decisions made by the General Staff stood up and held a rock. “What nationality is this rock?” he asked. The arrogant professor smirked his PhD smile and smugly replied “Nobody’s, you stupid nationalist.” “Wrong,” said the brilliant war hero. “It’s been sitting in Flor de Nochabuena since the Intervention. If nationalism was fake… then it wouldn’t have been sanctified by the holy blood of our martyred national heroes.” The professor was visibly shaken and dropped his copy of a sixth draft revision of the Constitution. He stormed out of the room, his eyes full of liberal crocodile tears. There is no doubt that at this point our professor, the owner-editor of a liberal broadsheet, wished he could enjoy the camaraderie of his fellow Anthens and become more than a sophist liberal egghead. He wished so much that he had a gun to shoot himself from embarrassment, but he himself had petitioned against them! The 500 students all applauded and registered NCP that day. A falcon named “Solidarity Government” flew into the room and perched atop the Anthen flag and shed a tear on the chalk board. He reminded the students of the necessity of the DCI and encouraged them all to purchase firearms. The pledge of allegiance was read several times, and God himself showed up and enacted non-radical social reforms across the country. Admiral de Luna watched all of this with great joy, smiling from Heaven. The professor lost his tenure and was fired the next day. He mysteriously lost his life later that year and the coroner found that he died from chronic atheism. The university used the money that would have paid his salary to demolish the philosophy department building and erect a statue of Colonel Carla Juvarra in its place. DOCTOR ZIMBARDO fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Manuel Cobos Free Constitutionalist Party PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - YEA PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - Abstain PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - NAY, for reasons I shall get into below PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA, despite some reservations PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - YEA    A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - YEA CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - NAY, unsurprisingly CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY --- As for PB-38, the Eight-Hour Act, I will repeat here the remarks I expressed during the drafting session. The act fails to take into consideration the great number of salaried professions for which the eight-hour shift might not be the best fit. For example, most of Anthe's workers work in some form of agriculture. As we all know, with farm work there are some parts of the year where much more work is required than others. Would it not be fair and appropriate for farm workers to negotiate some sort of deal where they agree to work longer hours during harvest and planting season, in exchange for a longer break before or after? What about people whose job physically requires them to be at their workplace for longer periods of time? What about train operators, who must stay on the train for journeys longer than eight hours? What about people who work on the orbital side of the space elevator? Should we expect them to commute down to the moon's surface every eight hours? I know that its easy to throw around accusations of people voting against these bills being "anti-worker," (A certain party leader certainly does this all the time...) but in case it's not obvious, I want to say that I am not voting against this bill out of some desire to oppress Anthen workers. I think it's entirely fair for professional associations, like the ALCA to negotiate and demand hours that they think are fair. But overly-broad regulation like this interferes with that. This bill doesn't let unions make deals that accommodate seasonal labor, and it doesn't let them negotiate reasonable shifts which might not fit the standard 8-40 schedule. It is well intentioned, but it is misguided. Takanago fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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 Irena Serrano National Construction Party PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA. PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA. PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA. PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA. PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA. PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA. PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA. PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA. PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY. PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA. PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY. Amendments under consideration A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY. Constitutional Amendments under consideration CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - YEA. kirsus fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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 Duchess Miranda Alvarez-Cuevas Got some things distracting me, so for this one going to Vote Straight FCP Party Line
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 Don Ostap Secretary of State Royal Alliance tatankatonk posted:
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 Yazmin Ochoa, NCP PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY. PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA. PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA. PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA. PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA. PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA. PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA. PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA. PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA. PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY. PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA. PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY. A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA. A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY. CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA. CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - ABSTAIN.
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A Short History of Isidor De Luna and the Intervention Era (3580-3600), Part II: The Republic of Anthe to the beginning of the Third Hyadic War -------------------------------------------------------------- "It sometimes happens in a nation where opinions are divided that the balance between parties breaks down and one of them acquires an irresistible preponderence. It breaks all obstacles, crushes its adversary, and exploits the whole of society for its own benefit. But beneath this apparent unanimity deep divisions and real opposition still lie hidden." --------------------------------------------------------------  From The Great Anthen Encyclopedia, 40th ed. (pub. 3632) The events of 80 White Rain 3444, in which no one had died, even by accident, had changed the political nature of the country, though this fact was disguised to contemporary observers behind the volume at which the Republic's founding figures proclaimed their loyalty to the most popular elements of the Monarchy. Only a few hundred well-wishers accompanied the aging figure of Aurrutia II to the ship which would bear her and her eldest daughter to Biberach (Aurrutia's second daughter would stay near the family's remaining estates in Heliotropo, and thus occasion the split of the former royal line of Anthe into its senior and cadet branches), but the old woman had the foresight to observe that the Republic would last "until the new currents dissolved all memory of responsibility." The Republicans who came to power in 3444 -- 145 years after Anthen independence -- hoped to give Anthe the riches and stability of its impressive neighbor, Pallene. Their number represented some of the greatest polymaths, political theorists, and statesmen of the era, with representatives from both the greatest noble households -- Felix Yzaguirre, P. L. Juaraguiberry, Elema de Ortega, Umar al-Baydh Espil, Graciela de Beltráo -- and that rising class of professionals, lawyers, and doctors of medicine or philosophy -- Yahya and Fatima Martinez, Hipolito Yhu, Manuela Lopes, and Maria Brava. Their program emphasized above all else the utility and grandeur of a society organized by formal laws and governed by consensus, for the purpose of promoting and securing the common liberty and security of all. Long-standing resentments of autocracy, arbitrary decree, and cruel absurdity excused by backwards tradition burned within this generation of reformers and visionaries, and they set out to create a new order to replace the old one. Following the gathering of Anthe's notables at an Extraordinary Congress in 3444, a constitution was created in 3445, securing the rights which the Republicans had long sought - above all else, rights of trade, worship, speech, and the alteration of sovereign office between elected officials. The first President of the Anthen Republic, Hipolito Yhu, began immediately to build what he referred to as the 'new foundation' of Anthe, by targeting the old and unsteady one with law after law. All the old outrages were the first to be overthrown, with capital and corporal punishment abolished in 3446. Then the formal legal freedom of the peons from the lands, laws, and customs of their old landed masters was achieved through the universal law of free labor of 3447, where no Anthen was to be barred from travel or movement by work-contracts (aging partisans of the Monarchy insisted that Anthen freedom had really been achieved when Aurrutia I forbade slavery on Anthe forever a hundred years prior). For the first time, every Anthen could vote, regardless of station or holdings. Banditry was firmly and finally abolished across the moon, railroads and canals began to link the great cities and estates, and land, goods, and titles began to be freely bought and sold. Nor did the uneasy institutions which had been the traditional allies of the Monarch escape the Republicans' attentions. The Churches of the Eternal Sovereign Mercy were stripped of their official position as the religion of the state, and social ceremonies like marriages, divorces, and funerals were taken from the priests and given to local government men to officiate and recognize. For the first time, the church courts (those followers of the Monarch who had been both judges and priests, and held jurisdiction over disputes involving the Churches) were brought under secular oversight, and members of the clerical orders stood trial in civil courts. When the Republic continued to expand its efforts in education, the Churches were surprised to learn that these new schools would be taught by secular schoolmasters and teachers. The other pillar of the old order, the military, survived only with a massive reduction in its budget, and with its officers stripped of many of their former perquisites. They had no more recourse to independent military courts, nor could they expect to be appointed to high-ranking positions in the civil bureaucracy as administrators, since those positions would be filled by civilian figures. Judges had their power to determine guilt or innocence sharply reduced, and conviction or acquittal was left to juries of peers of the accused. A sharp observer may wonder how this was all achieved when the efforts of the Monarchy had been so ferociously opposed by those same great noble families whose scions were now occupying prominent positions in the Republic. Their class antipathy towards the Church and the military is partly explained by their old antagonisms being merely updated by the new current of secularism and anti-clericalism. But the first generation of Republicans was positively eager in rooting out those ancient obligations owed to and privileges claimed by the great nobles, and dissolving them in the great solvent of a rationalized and uniform legal system, leaving historians to debate over their motivations as a group. But whatever the nobles’ reasons, modern historians can judge their effects quite easily: slowly but surely, the great and powerful began to create a society where the law granted all formal equality, where the nobles were stripped of their lordly dues -- and freed from their lordly responsibilities.  Over the next century, the wealth of Anthe grew by leaps and bounds. Republicanismo, associated with the freedom granted by rationality, future prosperity, and some unnamed but glorious national destiny, seemed to carry away all its ideological rivals before it - no longer did the Churches inspire the loyalty they once had, and even the memory of the Monarch faded with time. Foreign trade increased, as did interest in foreign affairs, until Anthens once again found themselves in possession of hegemony over their neighbors - Ashtabula and Laibach both agreed to more or less unequal treaties ensuring the Anthen Senado had an outsized say in their respective internal affairs, and Corrientes began to become more and more dominated by Anthen mining interests until one too many palace intrigues there led to the unlucky jungle moon being incorporated as a protectorate, under Anthen protection. While the League found itself wracked by the chaos of the neverending Silent Interregnum, the Anthen Navy earned its spurs by inflicting a pair of sharp defeats on the Divine League Navy in two Hyadic Wars, so that Biberach ended up paying a portion of its customs revenue to the Senado while Anthen traders enjoyed the freedom of unbound travel throughout the Western Taurus past San Felipe. Yet by the 3560s, something imperceptible had changed within the nation's consciousness. A sector-wide economic crash of unparalleled scope and depth in 3563 seemed to freeze Anthens in a mood of forced introspection, and more and more began to be disquieted by what they saw. As if waking up from a spell, they began to behold their society not from the perspective of what it could become, but what it was, and what it could not become.  Republicanismo had splintered into more than eighteen parties, most often on the basis of personal and petty reasons, and each controlled and defended its own complicated webs of patronage networks. As a result, entry into politics was practically impossible for the un-connected, or for anyone who earnestly sought a solution to Anthe’s myriad social problems. Politics and parties had long since ceased to be driven by ideologies, or even real personalities, and had become a struggle over access to the spoils of patronage which the machines could produce. People came to the cities to enjoy the easy, short life of gunmen for ward bosses as often as they came to find honest work, and even crime was not controlled by career criminals but by party officials, who employed the former in their endless violent feuds. Elections had transformed from public days of celebration to solemn confirmations for those chosen by the great and noble, where hushed and fearful lines of voters stood to deposit their ballots as they were told -- or at least the ones who were trusted to vote: the rest, if they were seen on the street, would receive a gun butt to the back of the head and be told ‘ya votaste, pronto para tu casa.’ The great '63 Crash, as well as the two failed harvests that followed, caused an acceleration towards economic concentration that had long been in the making. Having been free to purchase land as they liked, the great landowning class bought what remained of Anthen smallholders on the cheap in the depths of economic depression, and had long since become used to using the ministries and Army to seize lands held by monasteries and villages. The Senado was controlled by the same families, so bills seeking to make life a little more bearable for the working people died on the floor; it was not uncommon for men and women who advocated for those bills, or workers associations, to be found lifeless one morning by the train tracks, or the sewers, or even just in the middle of the street. Prospects for those who found themselves prosecuted by the government were, if anything, even more grim, for the Senado and its families had not hesitated to bring back the worst of the old judicial tortures when persuasion seemed to lose its powers. By the 3560s, hanging, the breaking wheel, and even simply hanging offenders up and tearing them open had been re-instated, and people made their way around town surrounded by the mouldering remains of those executed by the Republic in the name of public order and respect for property. The executions fell most heavily on the small people, of course, for juries had also more or less ceased to function, except as instruments which could be bought and sold like anything else. Courts could no longer be sure of convicting a powerful Anthen who executed their social rival in broad daylight, as they would discover every prospective juror to be either bought or intimidated -- in the most infamous example of the impunity with which the rich and powerful operated, the reforming Senator Persia Evarista was shot to death on the floor of the Senado in 3569, and her killer was never found despite the presence of dozens of eyewitnesses. The Late Anthen Republic, observers agreed, had become a cruel place. quote:That the world was and will be a piece of trash  No one caught the sharp edge of that cruelty more than the Churches and the ethno-linguistic minorities on Anthe -- as the Republic and republicanismo accelerated towards something unseen, plagued by a formless anxiety, it raged and lashed first the communities it had always blamed, and then at those it had come to blame of late: the backwards and the alien. The Churches, even stripped of their power and prestige, remained the center of what was beginning to be called anti-republicanismo, and the Republic responded with a ferocity and ruthlessness which began to disquiet even the most ardent Senadores. When priests and holy figures refused to swear oaths of loyalty to the government, they were flogged to death or beheaded or shot en masse by firing squads in public squares, and when simple people in the countryside drove out tax collectors or magistrates, platoons of Army troopers would return to bayonet and shoot them, and turned the churches they sheltered in into charnel houses. Possessing figures or images of the saints became an offense punishable by imprisonment, in conditions which more often than not led to death by disease or overwork. When a widespread rebellion broke out in 3554 against a law declaring the Republic a secular state, and outlawing religious schools, public religious ceremonies, and the wearing of religious dress, the Army enforced the law in a bloody campaign of repression centered in the South and West. Innumerable instances of summary executions, detentions, torture, and intimidation were recorded, and Army columns marched through those areas known to support the Churches, burning everything they came across. The campaigns culminated in the terrible Siege of Santiesteban de Piadoso in 3559, where more than two thousand families sought refuge in that ancient monastery, and the Army bombarded it with modern artillery until all were martyred. The ethno-linguistic minorities on the Moon caught similar treatment at the hands of the Senado, as they became the targets of longstanding campaign which blamed them for the stagnation and malaise which gripped more of society every day. By 3560, Anthen had been made the only public language of the Republic, and an Anthen speaking a foreign language could be fined or imprisoned on charges of 'social pollution.' Schools teaching in languages other than Anthen were closed, towns renamed, and entire regions given over to martial law -- in time, darker impulses began to find public expression as explanations were sought for the minorities' 'failure' to properly assimilate, and free reign was given to intellectuals who conducted sterilization and enforced segregation on those who were deemed physiognomically unfit to govern themselves.  Thus by 3570, it was not surprising that it took an undeniable catastrophe to jolt Anthens into reversing the apparently terminal decline of their society. In that year, a new strain of the feared Bloody Fever appeared on Anthe, taking advantage of the moon's appallingly fragmented public health system to spread into every corner of the habitable zone. By the time the virus was declared defeated four years later, over four million Anthens were dead, and the Bloody Fever had failed to spare the great noble houses as cholera and typhoid seemed to do. Something had to be done, enough people agreed. In the elections of 3574 the 61-year old reformer Jorge de Tamarin (widely respected as one of the few truly honest politicians in the Senado) was elected President and imbued with extraordinary powers of state. The new President worked with such effectiveness and zeal that he comfortably won a second term in 3578, and it was expected that he would go on to end the interminable social conflicts between Republic, Churches, foreigners, and rural folk as brilliantly as he had begun to solve the problems of the courts, crime, and political machines. Then in 3579, Corrientes's government -- previously loyal to its Anthen overlords -- declared that it would renege on a treaty with Anthe which forbade Corrientes from imposing taxes on Anthen mining concerns on the jungle moon. Anthe and De Tamarin prepared to despatch a routine punitive expedition to sort out the Correntinos. They were surprised by the government of Corrientes unilaterally declaring an end to all forms of Anthen suzerainty, and certainly taken aback by the Correntinos inviting the Hyadic League to absorb it as a new protectorate in exchange for protection from Anthen depredations.  Jorge Carlos Hosayn de Tamarin y Brid, President of Anthe The Senado was not overly concerned by the prospects of war or the statute of its opponents, though, and declared war on the Hyadic League for the third time on 7 Black Wind, 3579. tatankatonk fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Oct 3, 2020 |
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 Countess San Saturnino, NCP PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - NAY PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - YEA  August Meier, Autonomy Movement PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - NAY PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - Abstain PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - YEA PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY  Carla Juvarra, Steel Pact PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - NAY PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - NAY PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - NAY PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - NAY PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - NAY PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - NAY PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - NAY PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - NAY A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - NAY A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - NAY CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - YEA CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - YEA  Ali Hakkar, FCP PB-32, or the Revised Agricultural Modernization and Rural Support Act - YEA PB-33, or the College Land Grant Act - YEA PB-34, or the Domestic Labor Act - YEA PB-35, or the The Modernization of Education on Anthe Act of 3640 - YEA PB-36, or the Act to Found a University - YEA PB-37, or the Anthen Banking Act - YEA PB-38, or the Eight-Hour Act - YEA PB-39, or the Law for the Creation of the Department of Public Works - NAY PB-40, or the Victim's Rights Act - YEA PB-41, or the Rights of the Accused Act - YEA PB-42, or the Land Committee Act - YEA PB-43, or the Fair Sales Tax Act - YEA A-2, or the Amendment to the Decennial Educator's Summit Act - YEA A-3, or the Reasonable Foreign Exchange Regulation Act - YEA CA-2, or the First Expansion of Royal Powers Amendment - NAY CA-3, or the National Unity Amendment - NAY
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