[center][h2]DEMOCRACY: Week 15, 1994[/h2][b]Discord[/b]: https://discord.gg/f7kuc5[/center][hr][hr] [center][u]Bassong Government[/u]: ??% Approval[/center][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/V13OX0g.png[/img] [i]Symbol for Samuel Bassong's Liberty Coalition Government (1993-)[/i][/center] [u][b]March 9th[/b][/u] [b]FLS 91.5[/b], [u]Flagbearers Listening Post Station[/u] "[i]..tuning into FLS 91.5, the Flagbearer Listening Post. We've got Osiah Esigun on the line. Osiah, can you hear me?[/i]" [color=662d91]"[i]I can, Malcolm. Thanks for having me.[/i]"[/color] "[i]You've officially chartered the FNP, the Flagbearers of Nambé Province, is that right?[/i]" [color=662d91]"[i]It is.[/i]"[/color] "[i]And why is that Osiah?[/i]" [color=662d91]"[i]We're tired. We've given the administration a chance but it looks as if they can't handle it.[/i]"[/color] "[i]Can you explain for the listeners, Osiah?[/i]" [color=662d91]"[i]We've got cabinet positions unfilled. Wasteful spending. I've.. I've got family in Ziwa, Malcolm. I cannot even visit them, okay? My sister, in your very own city, is in JAIL. The Justice Bureau told her, 'we'll help you,' over and over. They did nothing! They lied to her, Malcolm.[/i]"[/color] "[i]Look, I hear you my friend. We're going to take a quick break and then when we come back, Osiah's plan to expand the Flagbearers reach.[/i]" [The [b]Flagbearers[/b] gain +119 Members.] [b][u]March 10th[/u][/b] The [b]Samgolan Technocratic Union[/b] raises nearly a quarter of a million dollars in Dabrado and Kamidye and takes on new donors in anticipation of the 1996 elections. [b][u]March 11th[/u][/b] The [b]Tabongei Standoff[/b] ends when Samgolan S.F.T.4, [i]Special Forces Team 4[/i] is ordered to breach the area. With the element of surprise on their side, General Biya's report cited: "[i].. mixed results of the operation were linked to the request by the Bureau [of Defense] to take prisoners, which undoubtedly reduced the effectiveness of the operator's mission parameters. Although prisoners were taken, five of the six members of S.F.T.4 involved were killed or critically injured and 86 of 811 hostages were injured in the ensuing shoot out.[/i]" [-4.25% Approval of the [u]Bureau of Defense[/u]. +2% to Goal in "Peacekeeping in Ziwa." -5 Samgolan Soldiers.] [center][img]https://beegeagle.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/na-sf-team.jpg[/img] [i]The six operatives of S.F.T. 4, taken hours before the disastrous raid. Only First Sergeant Teowi Azoba (center left) was uninjured, March 1994[/i][/center] [b][u]March 12th[/u][/b] Unemployment takes another strike when the [b]Allied Constructive Cooperative[/b] hires another 7,000 workers to begin construction of the first "national highway" in the province of Nambé. [-0.91% Unemployment] [b][u]March 13th[/u][/b] The [b]Labour Front[/b] party, working alongside [b]Samgola Dawn[/b], amends the [b]Governmental Oversight Bill[/b] by introducing [u]Article II.[/u] [b][u]March 14th[/u][/b] A poor woman named Ese Edigun in rural Soussiam, pulled over for reckless driving while allegedly late for work is interviewed by the [b]Soussiam Central[/b]. In the interview she explains how she was turned away by the Bureau of Justice outreach center for weeks, constantly being promised to be given counsel for her upcoming court day. Without counsel, she was sentenced and immediately jailed for nineteen days until family and friends could bail her out. The interview hits page 3 and is widely circulated through the Province. [-1.2% Approval for the [u]Bureau of Justice[/u] for not aiding a citizen with legal counsel, +$250,000 in Bureaucratic Fees.] [b][u]March 16th[/u][/b] Another district of Shu-Shu's are finished in Tenkossé City and another (near) 15,000 homeless find shelter there. Homelessness successfully drops below six percent. [-1.00% Homelessness] [hr][hr] [hider=PROPOSALS][b]Parliamentary Military Oversight[/b] Preamble: Due to the actions taken in Ziwa, with armed forces and now airstrikes, we feel it necessary that the National Assembly should have a say in what actions the military take on foreign or natural soil. [u]Article 1[/u]. Whenever a military action is taken by the president, he has 20 days to inform the assembly of all actions being taken where and why. The Assembly will then vote for approval, without approval the actions must cease.If the president doesn’t inform the assembly within the allotted time nor cease all actions taken when voted upon, an impeachment process shall begin[Political] [b]The Governmental Oversight Bill[/b] [u]Preamble[/u]: The aim of this bill is to ensure democratic process and government transparency within the First Republic of Samgola through the provision of a number of legal articles designed to enshrine the rights of democracy, assure proper conduct and hold to good account the government in it's administration of the nation. [u]Article 1[/u]: There shall be a Shadow Cabinet composed of a group of politicians who hold a political post with their party, but whose party are not in government and are in opposition. This Shadow Cabinet will form an alternative cabinet to that of the government whose responsibility is to scrutinize their corresponding Government ministers, develop alternative policies and hold the Government to account for its actions and responses. The Shadow Cabinet will be led by the Leader of the Opposition, a role which will usually be held by a member of the largest opposition party within the National Assembly. [Political] [u]Article 2[/u]: There shall be the role of Speaker created within the National Assembly. The Speaker shall preside over the debates of the National Assembly, assuring proper conduct and order is maintained during debate. It is within the power of the Speaker to punish MNAs who break these rules of conduct during debate through temporary banishment from the chamber of the National Assembly. This position shall be held by an MNA elected from among their own ranks and whom will hold this position until the next elections after which the position of Speaker will again be voted on by the National Assembly. To assure the neutrality of the Speaker, the position of Speaker shall remain strictly non-partisan, and is required to renounce all affiliation with his or her former political party when taking office as well as when leaving the office, nor may they take part in debates or votes unless required to break a tie. [Political] [b]Aviation Safety Act[/b] [u]Overview[/u]: This bill will provide a significant tax credit to Samgola Air in order to encourage investment into the safety and innovation of the aviation industry. [u]Article 1[/u]: Samgola Air will be granted a tax credit of $8 billion, in which they can use to invest into the safety and innovation of the aviation industry. (Competition) [u]Article 2[/u]: The investments made into safety and innovation by Samgola Air shall include the training and hiring of new engineers, aircraft mechanics and other technical and safety professionals from among the Samgolan population. (Generosity)[/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]: 12.69% * [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]: 5.57% * [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 15 of 16, March 1994 ([i]Turn 2[/i]) [Week 16 begins at [i]11:24 P.M. C.S.T.[/i]][/center]