[center][h2]DEMOCRACY: Bassong Administration (1993-)[/h2][/center][hr][hr]
[b]Week 6, October 1993[/b]

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[i]Symbol for Samuel Bassong's Liberty Coalition Government (1993-)[/i][/center]

To those unfamiliar with the Samgolan culture and history of provincial protectors, the National Militias seemed anomalous in nature. Adhering to their own code, they were self-supplied raiders that--as their leader, [b]Mostafa Lahbibi[/b] preached--did not "[i]participate in the politics of neocolonialist nation states held up by the West[/i]." The [i]Islamic Army[/i] lived up to its namesake, sticking mostly to the heavily rural, impoverished Muslim majorities in the border states where the Samgolan state existed only on paper. The Islamic Army had its own uniforms, its own code of honor and its own laws. In many villages and settlements, the community lived under this codex and in reward reaped the benefit of local protection from Lahbibi's soldiery. At it's apex in 1991, the Islamic Army comprised nearly 22,000 recruits, and the claim of its strength, without the turned cheek of Rubusana, was now muddled.

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[i]Soldiers of the Islamic Army, circa 1992[/i][/center]
On October 7th, President Bassong signed [b]Executive Order 16[/b], authorizing an attachment of the [b]Samgolan Army[/b] to head into Ziwa to dissuade a potential attack from Lahbibi's army. The question, relevant to be discussed in one of the eight meetings with Minister of Security David Desange, President Bassong and Minister of Defense Oluwasegun Teleola that took place between September 30th and October 5th was the [b]intended strength[/b] of the intended detachment. General of the Samgolan Army, Yemi Farose argued that a strong presence was the only answer in order to "[i]reestablish the Samgolan state within Samgolan boundaries[/i]." It was undetermined the position of Minister of Defense Oluwasegun Teleola, though there was no doubt he would most certainly put in his own opinion. Taking on the National Militias was not to be such a black and white issue.

To the disenfranchised masses there, the Islamic Army performed kind--some might suggest humanitarian--acts such as bringing supplies to geographically hard to reach villages, running out and even having public trials of criminals in the region and protecting Muslims from the separate but no less radical Christian militias that were less numerical but just as zealous. While sending out the Samgolan Army into the hinterland was an easy task, establishing the policy of the army was another task all together.

[hider=Taking on the National Militias]
[color=662d91][b][u]Key Decision: The Size of the Army[/u][/b][/color] (FOR: [i]Minister of Defense, Oluwasegun Teleola[/i] | [b]PM Response to GM[/b])
1. [b]Send the 4th "Onige" Infantry Division[/b]: An entire, semi-autonomous infantry division--encompassing 8,800 soldiers on paper and an attachment of APC's is necessary to ensure we send enough firepower into the region to complete it's strategical and tactical objectives. Ensuring we do not walk into a conflict ill-equipped is our top priority. [+3 Strength]

2. [b]Send the the 144th Infantry Brigade[/b]: A brigade of 2,800 soldiers are all that is necessary to begin the first phase of our mission: to show that Samgola has stabilized and that those Samgolan citizens need not suffer under the oppression of lawless bandits and thugs. If necessary, we can escalate the situation but the 144th Infantry Brigade, the "Blue Berets," are famed for their humanitarian aid missions. [+3 Compassion]

[color=f26522][b][u]Key Decision: Policy on the National Militias[/u][/b][/color] (FOR: [i]President Samuel Bassong[/i] | [b]PM Response to GM[/b])
1. [b]Retaking the Borderlands[/b]: Deploring our soldiers is a necessary evil, but they are being deployed to retake the lands that have fallen from state control. This policy emphasizes strength by driving out the enemy, engaging them where necessary and attempting as a secondary objective the capture or ultimate destruction of Mostafa Lahbibi who is considered a central driving force in maintaining the [b]Islamic Army[/b]. [+5 Strength. Sets [b]National Militia Policy[/b] as [i]Retake the Borderlands[/i].]

2. [b]Preemptive Community Policing and Deescalating Lawlessness[/b]: Those we will walk among are our citizens. They are not enemy combatants and should not be treated as such. The policy of preemptive community policing and deescalating lawlessness should be used to emphasize our strength in the region without flexing our muscles. We will seek to provide aid and reestablish government control in friendly cities and villages and extend out from these areas as necessary, engaging the militias only if absolutely necessary to avoid turning an area ravaged by the Civil War into a battlefield once more. [+5 Compassion. Sets [b]National Militia Policy[/b] as [i]Preemptive Community Policing and Deescalating Lawlessness[/i].][/hider]

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[i]Samgolan Army, 1993 during training exercises[/i][/center]

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[hider=PROPOSALS][hider=Freedom of Health Act]
[b][u]Preamble[/u][/b]: Whereas this bill will aim to legalize the existence of private healthcare facilities and provide the opportunity for the private sector to sell medicinal remedies and treatment directly to the public.

[u]Article 1[/u]: The monopoly of the National Hospitals over the healthcare industry of Samgola will be ended. Private healthcare clinics shall be permitted to be established in parallel to the public healthcare system, to allow those Samgolan citizens for whom supremely expedient and quality care is a priority to pay for their medical treatment of their own accord. ([i]Liberty[/i])
[u]Article 2[/u]: Private medical companies will be able to legally distribute and advertise medicinal remedies as a product directly to the public, under the regulation of the Department of Labour & Health.
[u]Article 3[/u]: Newly created medicinal remedies will be protected under current patent law within Samgola. [/hider]
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[hider=VOTING]
1. [b]1993-1994 Budget[/b] | [[b][color=green]YES[/color][/b]: 136 | [b][color=red]NO[/color][/b]: 83 | [b]ABSTAIN[/b]: 0] [[b]PASS[/b]]

2. [hider=National War Monuments Bill]
Authored by Abe Hamdot, Samgolan Dawn

[b]Overview[/b]: This proposal will create a national monument for the soldiers of the Samgolan army who died during the civil war. The initial cost of the monument is $31,000,000 with an additional $4,500,000 to maintain the monument each year.

[u]Article 1[/u]. A national monument is any place controlled, funded and operated by the government and open to citizenry of the state. [Neutral]
[u]Article 2[/u]. Create a national monument in Kamidye for the soldiers of the Samgolan army who died during the war. Their names would be scrawled across the large monument, inscribed with their Date of Birth and Date of Death. [Generosity]
[u]Article 3[/u]. The national monument will become a national park run,ruled and regulated by the state. Furthermore, An open area unused within the capital limits will be used as the base for the monument. [Cooperation]
[u]Article 4[/u]. This bill will increase the corporate Tax to 23% for additional funding for the national monument. After it’s creation it would be protected and maintained by the Department of Security. [Cooperation]
[u]Article 5[/u]. The bill will go into effect immediately after it is passed and given 30 days for the cabinet to allocate funding and begin arrangements for the bill. [Neutral]

[[b][color=green]YES[/color][/b]: 59 | [b][color=red]NO[/color][/b]: 125 | [b]ABSTAIN[/b]: 0] [[b]FAIL[/b]]
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[hider=ONGOING]
1. [b]Unemployment[/b]: At its simplest this is a count of the percentage of your population who aren't in gainful employment. Adjusted to omit those citizens who are not actively seeking work for one reason or another.
* [b]Current[/b]: 21%
* [b]Effecting[/b]: [b][color=red]Number of Poor, Trade Unionist Approval, Number of Commuters, GDP[/color][/b][/hider]

[center]Every [b]6 Hours[/b], a week passes.
[u]Currently[/u]: Week 6 of 16, October 1993 ([i]Turn 1[/i])[/center]