[center][h2]DEMOCRACY: Bassong Administration (1993-)[/h2][/center][hr][hr]
[b]Week 11, November 1993[/b]

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

Half way through November, they came for Mahol. The [b]Provincial Police[/b] and select members of the [b]Samgolan Army[/b] were summarily dispatched to Bourem and given orders to disarm and the S.D.S.F. and apprehend Zan Mahol. There was some discussion within Samgola Dawn circles about resisting or fleeing the country, but Mahol was apprehended at 9:01 A.M. at the Samgola Dawn research center. He, and 21 other aides were arrested. Throughout the week nearly 800 S.D.S.F. members were apprehended, but distinguishing between those members who were members of the Samgola Dawn party and those were part of the S.D.S.F. was difficult as there was no official roll call. On November 19th, Mahol was arraigned in Kamidye and given an official court date for the beginning of his trial at the [b]Kamidye 1st Circuit Court[/b]: January 12th, 1994. The Bassong administration made no provisions or requests on Zan Mahol's position as Party Leader of the Samgola Dawn leadership. [[b]Samgola Dawn[/b] loses -800 Activists. [b]Samgola Dawn[/b] loses 3 Strength. [b]Samgola Dawn[/b] loses 7.50% Trustworthiness. [b]Democratic Alliance for Reform[/b], [b]Liberal Democrats[/b] and [b]Samgolan Patriotic Party[/b] gains +1 Strength and +2.50% Trustworthiness.

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[i]Members of the Samgola Dawn Security Force are patted down before their arrest, Bourem, 1993[/i][/center]
The first campaigning in Dabrado begins with candidates from the Labour Front and Samgolan Patriotic Party hitting the ground early for the one seat up for election. And the [b]Freedom Health Act[/b] passes. The bill, per the Constitution of Samgola will immediately go into effect. [[b]Liberal Democrats[/b] may add this bill to their dossier on their Character Sheets.]

Additionally, the [b]Samgolan Technocratic Union[/b]'s attempt to privatize the Kamidye Rail with the [b]Kamidye Rail Line Construction Bill[/b] failed 43-139, with only meager support coming from capitalist Liberal Democrats. The work on the Kamidye Rail Line [u]Expansion[/u] was slated to officially begin in early December, but reports reached the [u]Ministry of Welfare[/u] that the 21.3% unemployment rate had begun to have side effects. It was now an estimate almost one out of every twelve was now Samgolans was without a home. The [b]Kamidye Rail Line[/b] had hired nearly 17,000 new contractors in anticipation of the one hundred and thirty million dollar expansion program.

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[i]One in twelve Samgolans are now reportedly without a home, 1993[/i][/center]

With unemployment still at 21.3% but expected to drop after the [b]Kamidye Line Expansion[/b] begins, the amount of Samgolans unable to afford to pay their bills had continued to drop and it was being reported that in Tenkossé City and Kamidye homeless was approaching double digits, while  in the outlying rural areas was significantly lower but still prominent enough to be reported by the [b]Bureau of Welfare[/b].

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[hider=Lawful Protection Bureau]
[b]Overview[/b]: This bill proposes the creation of the Lawful Protection Bureau whose sole purpose is to prevent unlawful arrests and try to find ambiguous laws or loopholes to protect the rights of the Samgolan citizens. It’s initial cost will be $1,500,000.

[u]Article I[/u]: The Lawful Protection Bureau will investigate any arrest to find if the arrest is unlawful or not. If the arrest is found unlawful and against the rights of the citizen, the citizen will be pardoned and the offending officer will be fined and/or fired. Another responsibility the Lawful Protection Bureau must do is find ambiguous laws as well as loopholes, and bring them to the attention of the National Assembly.[Liberty][/hider][/hider]
[hider=VOTING][/hider]
[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]: 21.3%
* [b]Effecting[/b]: [b][color=red]Number of Poor, Trade Unionist Approval, Number of Commuters, GDP[/color][/b]

2. [b]Homelessness[/b]: Homelessness is a situation where a significant number of a nation's citizens can no longer afford a house and are forced to live on the streets, upsetting the poor, the liberals, and the middle class. Homeless is caused by high rates of Poverty and Unemployment. 
* [b]Current[/b]: 8.44%
* [b]Effecting[/b]: [b][color=red]Poverty Rating, Number of Poor, GDP.[/color][/b] [b][color=green]Number of Socialists[/color][/b].[/hider]

[center]Every [b]6 Hours[/b], a week passes.
[u]Currently[/u]: Week 11 of 16, November 1993 ([i]Turn 1[/i])[/center]