[center][h2]DEMOCRACY: Week 7, 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]

[b][h2]May[/h2][/b]
[b][u]May 1st[/u][/b]
The [b]Samgolan Technocratic Union[/b] proposes the [b]Tax Income Reduction Bill[/b] in the National Assembly.

[b][u]May 2nd[/u][/b]
Polling, performed by the [b]Samgolan Technocratic Union[/b] is performed and the results are sent to the S.T.U. Party Headquarters in Kamidye.

[b][u]May 5th[/u][/b]
Hearings on the [b]Samgolan Patriotic Party[/b] begins, scrutinizing to the fullest degree the actions of every one of the more than dozen different MNA's. It is hypothesized that no less than 9 of the 15 MNA's were involved in the Mahol Scandal, aiding in the reallocation of funds, 'fudging' paperwork and participating in actions to cover up the scandal.

[b][u]May 6th[/u][/b]
One of the nine MNA's involved--an MNA serving the [b]16th Seat of Makumbe[/b], officially resigns.

[b][u]May 7th[/u][/b]
The [b]Samgolan Patriotic Party[/b] is officially dissolved. The other fourteen MNA's who have no resigned are immediately stripped of their position and MP's are sent to their house for their arrest. One of the fourteen is found in his home dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the temple. An emergency [u]Special Election[/u] for those fifteen National Assembly seats will be held, to be decided in three works at the end of May.


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[hider=PROPOSALS][b]Freedom of Choice Act[/b]
[b]Overview[/b]: The freedom of choice act will provide the citizens the freedom and opportunity to decide what they put into their bodies and allow for the loosening of arbitrary restrictions placed on health industries

[u]Article 1[/u]: The government will not actively place regulation on private healthcare industries, instead they will only recommend health and safety legislation to these privately created clinics providing them the opportunity to set their own standards. (Competition)
[u]Article 2[/u]: The process known as “gender reassignment surgery” will no longer be made illegal in the health industries, instead the government will take no stance on the surgery and whether a private clinic wishes to perform it. Public clinics will perform the surgery with the recommendation of a health professional. (Liberty)
[u]Article 3[/u]: The process known as “In-virtro fertilization” will be made legal. Public health clinics will require that a couple present legal documentation proving their marriage, however such restrictions will not apply to private clinics. (Liberty)
[u]Article 4[/u]: The advertisement of legal substances that are classified as addictive or harmful will no longer be regulated by the government. (Liberty)

[b]Parliamentary Military Oversight Bill[/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]An Act to Amend the Cabinet of Samgola to Appoint a Minister of the Lawful Protection Bureau[/b]
[u]Overview[/u]: Whereas Article 7 - Subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Samgolan Republic requires that the Cabinet of Samgola be ratified by the agreement of more than one half of the National Assembly, and whereas executive action over the Lawful Protection Bureau is currently held by the President in lieu of an appointed minister (subject to the agreement of the National Assembly as according to Article 7 - Subsection 4 of the Constitution of the Samgolan Republic), the following provision shall be resolved.

Article 1: Obiang M. Nguema shall be appointed Minister of Lawful Protection. ((Political))

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[hider=VOTING][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][/hider]
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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]: 11.88%
* [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 7, 1994 ([i]Turn 3[/i])
[Week 8 begins at [i]5:30 A.M. C.S.T., 3/7/2018[/i]][/center]