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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Polites » Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:27 am

OOC: P̶r̶a̶e̶t̶o̶r̶ Rector :D
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Aethan » Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:27 am

OOC: Whoops, too much Latin for one day :lol: Fixed
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Aethan » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:22 pm

Selucia implements a more participatory democracy
The Senate approves, with 543 votes in favor and none against, the transformation of the nation into a semi-direct democracy

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Icons to differentiate the three plebiscites approved by the Senate: Rectoral, Senatorial y Popular

The Rector Panegyris Priscian and the Leader of the Opposition Helena Romilia Nennia have already left their mark on the history of Selucia. With 543 votes in favor (In Marea-Civis Sinistram and Factio Republicana) and none against - Populares has abstained - the proposal of Panegyris Priscian to make citizens participate in national and regional politics, taken to paper and to the Senate by Helena Romilia Nennia has just been approved.

The proposal, fundamental pillar of the policy of democracy in collaboration with the people that Panegyris Priscian announced that he intended to carry out just after being elected Rector of Selucia in 4491, collects the three types of plebiscites that, from now on, may be used to consult citizens and give them a voice and vote in the government of their own nation.

"This is an important step in the advancement of democracy in Selucia, one of the oldest democracies in Terra"
the Rector said,
"thanks to this law, today our nation once again gives an example of democratic quality, and I want to thank greatly the effort made by the Dux Oppositionis, Mrs. Nennia, in the drafting of this law. Although our political parties are currently at the ideological antipodes, it has once again been shown that the dignity and political height of our nation goes beyond colors or political parties. We work daily to improve the lifes of our citizens, and what better way to do that than to allow themto take part in the government? For this reason, with this law, the three types of plebiscites that will serve to legislate are officially established in our nation. However, we must be clear that this is not a door open to hatred or attempting to violate human rights or democracy in our nation. Citizens must be wise and use these mechanisms properly, because otherwise, their existence would have no meaning.


The law approved by the Senate, which establishes that plebiscites will be valid as long as there is a favorable vote of more than 50% and there is a participation of more than 50% of registered voters, establishes the following points:

Romilian Law on Decrees of the Plebs

Senators,

As suggested by His Excellency Rector Priscian, our political system will be greatly enhanced by the introduction of formal procedures for the initiation and conduct of referendums. Given that the Republic does not yet have such procedures, we propose their establishment under the suggestions issued by the governing party. With the passing of this bill the following proposals shall be implemented and shall become part of Selucia's constitution:

I. Decrees of the Plebs ("Plebis Scita") shall be recognized as an official source of legislation.

II. Plebis Scita can be initiated by the Rector, the Senate, or by the citizens.

III. In order to be valid a Plebis Scitum must reach a quorum of at least 50% of all registered voters and must pass with a simple (50%) majority of those that vote.

IV. Rectoral Plebiscites

a. Plebis Scita initiated by the Rector shall be known as Rectoral Plebiscites.

b. The Rector may initiate a Plebiscite after informing the Senate.

c. A Rectoral Plebiscite may be organized on any topic, but may not contradict the rights and freedoms of Selucian citizens as established by the Bill of Rights of the Republic (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=577421).

d. As an act of secondary legislation, a Rectoral Plebiscite is subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court and may be overturned if found to be in violation of the Constitution or international treaties.

e. A Rectoral Plebiscite shall not carry the force of law until it is implemented as legislation by the Senate. The Senate is not obliged to implement the results of the Plebiscite into law.

f. A Rectoral Plebiscite must be organized concurrently with the first general election after the initiation of the Plebiscite. Should a general election take place less than a year after the initiation of the Plebiscite, the Plebiscite shall be organized concurrently with the following general election.

V. Senatorial Plebiscites

a. Plebis Scita initiated by the Senate shall be known as Senatorial Plebiscites.

b. Any Senator may propose the initiation of a Plebiscite. A simple (50%) majority of the Senate must vote in favor of the organization of the Plebiscite. The Senator proposing the Plebiscite is responsible for overseeing its organization and its results.

c. A Senatorial Plebiscite can be organized on any topic.

d. As an act of primary legislation a Senatorial Plebiscite shall be subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court but may not be overturned. Should the Plebiscite be found to violate the Constitution or international treaties, the Supreme Court may issue a declaration of incompatibility. The Senate shall have the ability to accept the Court's ruling or reject it and amend the text of the Plebiscite.

e. A Senatorial Plebiscite shall not carry the force of law until it is implemented as legislation by the Senate. The Senate is not obliged to implement the results of the Plebiscite into law.

f. A Senatorial Plebiscite must be organized concurrently with the first general election after the initiation of the Plebiscite. Should a general election take place less than a year after the initiation of the Plebiscite, the Plebiscite shall be organized concurrently with the following general election.

VI. Popular Plebiscites

a. Plebis Scita initiated by the citizens shall be known as Popular Plebiscites.

b. The Senate is obliged to organize a Popular Plebiscite if valid signatures of 5% of all registered voters are collected within 18 months.

c. A Popular Plebiscite may not contradict the Constitution, international treaties, or the existing primary legislation passed by the Senate (OOC: so basically a popular referendum covers laws that are not part of the game system; these referendums don't need to be RPd and no bill tracking them is necessary).

d. Popular Plebiscites are subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court and may be overturned if found to be in conflict with the Constitution, international treaties, or primary legislation passed by the Senate.

e. A Popular Plebiscite may be organized at any point within 18 months from its initiation and need not coincide with a general election.

f. A Popular Plebiscite carries force of law and can only be amended or repealed by a subsequent Popular Plebiscite or an act of the Senate.
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Aethan » Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:39 am

Selucia launches operation "Breakwater"
The ministry of defense of the island nation announces the renewal and repair of the national fleet and containment plans in the face of "the extreme instability that plagues the continent"

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The Minister of Defence of Selucia, Mushad al-Saud, after a meeting of the Majatran Sea Guard

Mushad al-Saud, Minister of Defence of Selucia since 4491, announced this morning after a meeting of the Majatran Sea Guard (http://classic.particracy.net/viewtreat ... atyid=3931) the intention of his government to advance in the development and improvement of the Navy, the most advanced military branch of Selucia due to its condition of insular country.

The minister said that he has made the decision after finding that the fleet "has not passed an appropriate revision or a draft improvement for decades" and therefore believes that it is time to get down to work. In this way, he has advanced that his department has already been in contact with military companies, both national and international, to find the best project for the Navy. Among the plans of the Minister is the completion of the construction of the aircraft carrier "Fragor", started decades ago but paralyzed, in order to introduce powerful improvements to put the country at the forefront of naval armament. Similarly, the Minister has proposed to distribute more evenly the berthing ports of the heavier ships so that, if necessary, they can provide greater efficiency.

He has also taken the opportunity to contact the governments of Pontesi and Kafuristan to formally ask them to join the Alliance and be able to protect more effectively the entrance to the inland sea that bathes the continent of Majatra.

Finally, the Minister has spoken of the "Breakwater" plan, with which he intends to build 3 more Air-defence destroyers, which will join the already existing "Tempestas" and "Tenebra", so that each province of the country can have one in its port, and distribute the five Anti-submarine destroyers ("Virtus", "Scutum", "Turris", "Animus" and "Equus") between the provinces.

The Rector of Selucia criticizes the Third World nations
Panegyris Priscian laments the legacy left in Dovani and asks the international community to work for its full democratization

The Rector of Selucia, Panegyris Priscian, declared today in a press conference to be "dismayed" by the news coming from Dovani in relation to many of its countries, which have fallen into authoritarian and undemocratic regimes.

"It is extremely sad to see what is happening in Dovani. As democrats, no nation on Terra should look away from the situation that is being experienced in nations like Utari Mosir, which is carrying out a genocide against minorities resident in its territory. Or Suyu Llaqta and Liore, where authoritarian and undemocratic regimes have been established in power. Unfortunately, this whole situation is a legacy of having done things wrong for a long time. Never enough attention has been paid to what is known as "Third World" except when it was to obtain some political or economic benefit, and here we have the results. Although we are not supporters of the embargoes, as announced by Lourenne, because we believe that the people who end up being affected are the plain people, while the government, which does not really care about the people for whom they would have to govern, will continue to enjoy their privileges. We hope that the international community will work together to find a better solution to a problem that, if not solved, will end up exploding in the face of all nations, regardless of the continent to which we belong ".
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Aethan » Fri Dec 07, 2018 7:23 pm

In Marea urges government partners to appoint seventh member of Supreme Court
It corresponds to the Praetor of Insularia (Popular) to choose the member who will occupy the chair left by Benignus Lunda in 4494

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Left: Benedicta Aegea, Arcadia Sessius and Mercurius Sapientia; Right: Iohannes Ianuarius Caligula, Lucretia Cassia, Iuppiter Pomponius; Center: Vacant place

In Marea-Civis Sinistram, the party of Rector Panegyris Priscian who governs Selucia in a coalition with the Populares, has this afternoon urged its government partners to choose the judge who will replace Benignus Lunda in the seat of Insularia in the Supreme Court, the highest judicial institution in the country.

According to the system of election, implanted in 4433 by the Velian Law, of the seven members that make up the court five are appointed by the Praetors of the provinces of the nation, while the two remaining appointments correspond to the Minister of Justice (appointing the Iudex Maximus) and the Leader of the Opposition. In this way, Benedicta Aegea was chosen as Iudex Maxima, while the Praetors of Cor Patriae and Oriensos (IMCS) chose respectively Arcadia Sessius and Mercurius Sapientia, the three judges considered progressive. For its part, Factio Republicana was able to choose two of the members, Lucretia Cassia from the Praetor de Occidentria (Thomas Hirtius) and Iuppiter Pomponius from the leaders of the opposition. Populares has the responsibility to appoint the judges of Insularia and Marestella. However, after the elections of 4495, they lost the Praetorship of Marestella, which fell into the hands of Factio Republicana allowing the conservative party to appoint another judge, in this case Iohannes Ianuarius Caligula, another conservative figure within the judicial world. In this way, the balances in the court are right now equal, with three progressive judges and three conservatives in the Supreme Court.

For this reason, members of In Marea have asked Populares not to be delayed with their election because otherwise, it could happen as happened with Marestella, where the Populares missed the opportunity to place the first progressive judge for the region since the entrance in force of the Velian Law. In the aquamarine party they fear that, if the judge is not appointed with enough time, Factio Republicana will get Insularia's Praetorship now that In Marea has been losing influence in the region for years and in this way, to place the first conservative judge for the region, the only one that has obtained a progressist judge in the three previous courts.

Other voices within the party, however, call for more calm. The Velian Law establishes in section XIV that if one of its members is not appointed in a period of 5 years, that decision will correspond to the Minister of Justice, in this case, Rubeus Indra, of In Marea. As the Fourth Court was inaugurated in the year 4494, this article would take effect immediately in January 4499, two months before the maximum term for the new electoral convocation where Factio Republicana could win Insularia and endow the Supreme Court with its third consecutive term with conservative majority (only the First Court had a progressive majority of 5-2, while the following had a conservative majority of 3-4 and 2-5, the most recent).

The appointments and decisions of the Supreme Court are a media event in Selucia, which brings together millions of people in front of televisions and on the streets to celebrate or regret the elections and decisions of its members.
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Polites » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:36 pm

"Apathy is Death"
Interview with Dux Oppositionis Helena Romilia Nennia on political participation, inequality, and sovereignty.

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September 4497 - Our reporter has conducted an interview with the Dux Oppositionis and leader of the Republican Party, Helena Romilia Nennia. Below is a lightly edited transcript of that interview.

Interviewer: Ms. Nennia, thank you for this opportunity. I will begin by asking, why do you think your party has so far failed to win the position of Rector in the twenty years since it was established?

Helena Romilia Nennia: I believe that our difficulty comes from the fact that our message is very demanding. We are not the party that just hands down freedom and democracy and prosperity to citizens. We demand something in return. And what we demand is very difficult - we demand nothing more or less than civic virtue.


I: What do you understand by civic virtue, and why do you think it is something that the state should demand of its citizens?

HRN: For Republicans virtue is, first and foremost an art. It is the ability to shape external uncontrollable circumstances into favorable outcomes. As such politics is that which constantly comes into being, and not the natural end of human association. There can be no conventional morality in the production of the political process, which is why our understanding of virtue is so demanding. It demands prudence and wisdom, and requires that citizens know when to be just and when to be cruel. It requires a certain democratic skillset from both leaders and citizens, one that can only emerge as a result of conflict. A virtuous citizenry is one that is mobilized and critical, that recognizes and reacts to domination by the powerful, that is equipped to abolish the institutions that enable it and replace them with new ones better able to continue the conflict between the few and the many. And this view of virtue is unattractive for most people, not only because it is demanding, but also because it is potentially unruly and destabilizing by requiring the constant mobilization of the citizenry in the pursuit of their fundamental desire to remain self-governing.



I: Don't people ultimately want stability?

HRN: Stability is not a reasonable goal because, ultimately, human beings are not built for it. Stability leads to apathy, and apathy is death. All politics, everywhere, is nothing but a never-ending conflict between two classes of people, the few, whose insatiable appetite will make them try to oppress as many people as they can, and the many, who want nothing else but not to be dominated. This requires the many to always maintain hyper-vigilance towards political and economic elites, even in liberal democratic states where, theoretically, there are no formal aristocratic orders. This is precisely why we believe that those that are the few in Selucia should be recognized and pointed out as such, so that the people know towards whom they must remain vigilant.



I: But isn't the institution of a formal aristocracy ultimately undemocratic and unrepublican due to its establishment of formal inequality between citizens?

HRN: Perhaps, but I think that, counterintuitively, formal political inequality will result in more substantive equality in practice. Recognizing capitalists and politicians as members of a formal Selucian nobility will provoke the people into indignation. It will force them to think of themselves not as equal citizens in a democratic republic, but as plebeians. By being recognized officially as inferior classes, ordinary citizens will be mobilized into vigilance towards elite citizens. This imposes a serious mental strain on the citizenry, who would rather not be reminded of their inferiority, but it is something that will bring to light the class conflict inherent to politics and guarantee genuinely democratic outcomes. Our inspiration for these policies is the First Republic where the extensive participation of the people in the Republic's public life, on the one hand, and the nobility's insatiable desire to oppress them, on the other, resulted in class conflict and discord. This conflict was the main cause of Selucia's greatness, as class struggle led to the preservation of liberty at home and expansion abroad. But this order was almost savage, which is what explains the difficulty of reintroducing such institutionalized conflict in modern times.


I: Didn't the Conflict of the Orders doom the First Republic and lead to the rise of Fascism?

HRN: Yes, it did, but without institutionalized class conflict that would have happened much sooner. The ambition of the nobility would have corrupted the Republic long before the people themselves were corrupted. Left to their own devices the elites cannot manage themselves and are a danger to themselves and their regimes. Contrary to received wisdom on the nature of the "masses", it is not they that are afflicted with base and unlimited desires. Common people are more keenly aware of their own limitations and more dedicated to the common good. That is why, contrary to traditional liberal democratic practice, it is necessary not only to represent the people, but to have them directly participate in government, so that they can more effectively control and patrol the elites. The First Republic, largely by happenstance, stumbled upon a brilliant innovation: it constituted the Plebeians, the lowliest citizens, as the universal class by making the laws made by the Plebs with the exclusion of the elites mandatory for all citizens. If you read the 19th century pamphlet "What is the Plebs?" (OOC: What Is the Third Estate?) you will see that for the ancient Selucians the nation is born when the Plebs is constituted as a totality through the exclusion of the privileged. So what we can learn from the First Republic is that we must move beyond the liberal conception that reduces politics to the management of a pre-political sphere of individual interests and that we must establish a popular General Will capable of shaping its own destiny and whose sovereignty is absolute and unlimited.



I: Many will, for good reason, accuse this emphasis on the "General Will" as a stand-in for Fascism. How would you respond to such an accusation?

HRN: This is not something new. The liberal Left has always tried to stigmatize any statist, institutionalist, communitarian, or Republican position as "Fascist" or totalitarian. That is obviously not true and pure slander. We need a return to the state and to absolute obedience to the will of the people if we are to have any chance of confronting and dismantling capitalism. What I would ask instead is this: what has neoliberal globalism brought humanity? Over the last centuries we have seen that a society based on pure unhindered individuals endowed with inalienable rights, separated from any social ties and communal duties, is a society formed of sex addicts, consumers of antidepressants, and frantic seekers of belonging and meaning. Capitalism unites humanity by transforming it into a massive supermarket. It eliminates differences, destroys popular cultures, and annihilates all forms of solidarity that used to be created by religion, traditions, and families. And just as we must confront political and economic elites at the national level, we must also confront the globocratic transnational elites that extend their power all over the globe. No matter how much the dominant powers like Vanuku or the Consortium Alliance may criticize socialism for its destruction of borders, a criticism that is not without cause, they forget that borders and sovereignty were destroyed long ago by capitalism. The capitalist has no other homeland than that where he obtains the greatest profit. That is why we reject both the cosmopolitan humanitarianism of the Left and the globocratic neoliberalism of the Right and instead call for a return to unlimited and unconditional sovereignty.


I: Your party has long been campaigning for unconditional sovereignty, regardless of the democratic nature of the regime. Doesn't such an emphasis on sovereignty justify abuses committed by undemocratic governments against their citizens?

HRN: A brief overview of Selucian and Terran history shows that, when popular sovereignty overthrew absolute monarchy and empire, a claim to absolute and unlimited power was a necessary precondition for the exercise of popular will. Liberal and cosmopolitan critics of unlimited sovereignty confuse absolute power with despotism, but that is a false reading. The General Will, although absolute, has nothing in common with arbitrary power, quite the contrary. The means of preserving the power of the people is through the citizenry exercising their collective will through the unlimited supremacy of their representative, the State. The forgotten right of the sovereign to act with impunity did not mean tyranny, but rather the central importance of the will of the People. That is why we must be resolute in our condemnation of the unprecedented erosion of national sovereignty since the establishment of the World Congress. Otherwise, without unlimited sovereignty, the old democratic slogan "Power to the People!" has been rendered meaningless. What we have instead is a very small number of rich and strong countries that have both the ambition and the power to interfere in other countries' affairs. The doctrine that promotes human rights over sovereignty does nothing but promote hegemonic politics under humanitarian pretexts.



I: But if absolute sovereignty is necessary for democracy, would it not follow then that it is conditional on the sovereign state being democratic itself?

HRN: That sounds like an intuitive response, but no. Sovereignty must be unconditional if it is to have any meaning. This newfangled concept of "Pichardian sovereignty", where sovereignty is conditioned on the state not committing crimes against humanity, although on the face of it seems to reaffirm national sovereignty, is part and parcel of the same globalizing trend towards the hollowing out of sovereign democracy in favor of transnational elites and strong and rich hegemonic powers. This new doctrine has the perverse effect of replacing political responsibility with paternalism. If states are made responsible to the international community for their internal policies, they end up being held accountable for their people rather than to their people. By emphasizing the security functions of state sovereignty to the detriment of its representative functions, "Pichardian sovereignty" establishes the paternalism of strong states over weaker ones and of states over their people. If states have to justify their authority to other states, then the rights of the peoples which they represent are made dependent on international permission. To reject the sovereign supremacy of any state is to reject the right of its people to unfettered representative government. You cannot question the rights of a state without questioning the rights of the people within that state. And to come back to your question, even oppressed people have some degree of political relations with their state. They do not have any such relations with international organizations or foreign powers on which to hold them accountable.


I: Lastly, what are your thoughts and expectations regarding the upcoming elections?

HRN: As far as I'm concerned, the last fifteen years of Left-wing governance have been, and I don't use these words lightly, an unmitigated disaster. The Populares are probably the most incompetent party ever to have governed our Republic in the last few centuries. Crisis after crisis has passed with no reaction from Ms. Andronicus, and although Mr. Priscian has been a significant improvement, his policies are not much better. Pledging our citizens' lives to the defense of mainland Majatran nations without asking anything from them in return, lukewarm criticisms against Lourenne's interference in the internal affairs of Utari Mosir and Suyu Llaqta, and his government's own demand for regime change in the Third World mark him as unsuited for the Rectorship. Rector Priscian correctly affirmed that our two parties are at the ideological antipodes. His party is the party of the professional classes, the cosmopolitan middle class, the educated and upwardly mobile, the "progressive" globetrotters enamored by the cosmopolitan glamour of the jet-set, while we are the party of the common folk and represent the genuine interests of the popular classes against the elites. If elected Rector I will continue the positive policies implemented by the Left, such as the modernization of our armed forces, but I will break with their disastrous policies. Under Republican leadership Selucia will once again become a champion of absolute sovereignty and will do everything in our power to bring the principle of non-interference to the global stage. I will make sure that the Republic will challenge the hegemonic policies of Vanuku, Kazulia, and Deltaria and the globalizing elite ruling the World Congress. I will make Selucia the most committed champion of patriotic democracy and the rights of all peoples to unfettered representative governments with no pre-conditions. And I will fight for the power of the popular classes against domestic and foreign elites by daily reminding them of their inferiority and inequality and by arousing their suspicion and hatred towards those that think of themselves as their betters.
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Aethan » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:45 pm

Selucian government holds emergency meeting after latest news from Pontesi
Panegyris Priscian considers "unacceptable" the discriminatory policies being applied by the new government of the Republican Party in the neighboring nation

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Panegyris Priscian arriving to the emergency meeting, followed by the Selucian Ambassador and Selucian Consul to Pontesi

The government of Selucia, headed by Panegyris Priscian, held an emergency meeting this afternoon after it was learned that the new government of Pontesi, led by the resurgent Republican Party, has begun a massive approval of laws aimed at the "crush of Communism, Socialism, Liberals and Ahmadists in Pontesi" in the words of the President himself, Sarkis Manukyan. According to different media reports, the security forces of the neighboring country have begun to deport or enslave a large number of foreigners residing in the country, both legal and illegal, after the approval of laws in favor of slavery, segregation and discrimination against certain groups such as women or the LGBT community.

The Praetor Priscian has announced at the end of the emergency meeting, that has counted with the presence of the Selucian Ambassador to Pontesi, that he will immediately contact the government of Pontesi to address the issue, and has urged all the population of Selucian nationality resident in the country that does not feel secure to go to the embassy in order to be repatriated. The Minister of Defense, Mushad al-Saud, has already announced the shipment of ships to transport those citizens who so wish.

"The situation that is happening right now in Pontesi is deplorable, I do not know what support President Manukyan speaks to our nation against Istalia, but this is not the way. Although it is true that we are in favor of a greater balance of forces in Majatra, we are not going to be participants or accomplices of the violence towards any citizen, be it from Selucia, Istalia, Pontesi, or from any other nation that is residing in the neighboring country. We ask the Pontesian government to reverse in the approval of these laws that can not bring anything good or else, we will be forced to act proportionately in response to this attack."
said Panegyris Priscian, who also took the opportunity to criticize the recent interview of Dux Oppositionis, Helena Romilia Nennia, who said that, if she were to reach the Rectorship, she would defend the concept of "national sovereignty for all" above all else.

"Is this what Ms. Nennia was looking for? Does she want to go out and explain to the families of any citizen of our nation that are being enslaved or detained in Pontesi, that she can not do anything because Pontesi is entitled to apply their own national laws? Is it her who wants to be an accomplice to the violation of human rights? This is not about politics, it is about humanity and about knowing what is right and what is wrong."


The Foreign Minister confirms the proposal to host the headquarters of the World Congress
Patroclo Hepphesius supports the idea of Ms. Nennia to host in the national territory the largest international organization in Terra

Selucian foreign minister, Patroclo Hepphesius, confirmed this afternoon that, if a possible solution to the recent conflict over the sovereignty of Whale Island between Temania and the World Congress was not found, Selucia would propose without problems its territory as a new headquarters for the international organism.

Despite "feeling upset" by the fact that the Leader of the Opposition had decided to skip the protocol and not report her intentions to the government, the minister has supported her words although he has argued that the first thing is to resolve the conflict with Temania.

"Although I do not share the attitude of Ms. Nennia regarding her decision not to inform the government or the Senate, both representatives of the popular power of Selucia, and of which Factio Republicana occupies only the opposition, something that must be remembered from here henceforth if she do not want to unleash an institutional conflict, from the government we support her words and we offer the territory of Selucia as the new headquarters of the World Congress in case there is no solution to the current conflict with Temania. The priority should be to find a solution that satisfy both parties, but if this is not possible, the Selucian government is more than willing to host this organization. Our nation has a long history of neutrality and mediation in conflicts - even though Factio Republicana has sometimes tried to bombard that neutrality by allying themselves with quite conflictive and undemocratic nations - and it would not be a problem to accommodate the facilities of the World Congress in selucian territory "
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Re: Ephemeris Seluciana (Selucian Daily)

Postby Polites » Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:50 am

Opposition Reacts to Pontesian Crisis
Helena Romilia Nennia on Republican regime in Pontesi

June 4498 - With the ongoing international crisis caused by the introduction of slavery and anti-foreigner policies under Pontesi's Republican Party, the Republicans in Selucia were placed in an awkward position, as just days before the Selucian Republican leader had publicly supported the right of all nations to absolute and unconditional sovereignty. Under these circumstances, the Leader of the Opposition and chair of the Republican Party Helena Romilia Nennia issued a brief statement aiming to clean her party's image:

We find the current regime governing Pontesi to be profoundly unpatriotic. For us Republicans the opposite of patriotism is corruption, that is self-interest, and the so-called "Republican" regime across the straits is as corrupt as can be. Had anyone attempted any similar policy in Selucia we would have called for their public execution. However, it is not to Selucia or Istalia or the "international community" that the Pontesian regime has to answer. It is to the Pontesian people and nobody else. The moralizing liberal globalists like nothing more than to portray perpetrators of human rights violations as irrational evil doers, when they are in fact motivated by political goals. Understanding the rational and instrumental nature of the violence perpetrated in Pontesi opens opportunities for negotiations and peaceful settlements, through diplomatic initiatives and pressure. This opportunity is lost if, as always happens, the conflict between the Pontesian regime and the "international community" is portrayed as one between "good and evil", and as a result all peaceful opportunities are immediately taken off the table. The cosmopolitan globocracy has thus taught aspiring dictators a very valuable lesson: if they implement outrageous policies the drums of war will immediately sound, allowing them to portray themselves as the only defenders of their nation's sovereignty, dismissing any internal opposition as potential traitors, and forcing whatever reformists may exist within their governments to rally behind the leader, faced with the existential threat of foreign invasion. For the sake of the Pontesian people, we will continue to call for absolute and unconditional respect for Pontesi's national sovereignty, so that the Pontesian government will have no choice but to answer to the Pontesian people for their crimes. If the "international community" desire peace and order in Pontesi, they will do well to leave Pontesian matters to the Pontesian people.
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Selucia confirms attendance to emergency meeting in Cildania and bilateral meeting with President of Pontesi
The Selucian government faces an international challenge without recent precedents just a few months before the elections

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Probius Titius, Selucian Ambassador to the World Congress, will represent the island nation in the emergency summit in Cildania

In a statement issued this afternoon by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government of Selucia chaired by Panegyris Priscian has confirmed its attendance to the emergency meeting to be held in Qart Qildar in relation to the latest political actions undertaken by the republican government of Pontesi , such as the reintroduction of slavery or the expulsion of immigrants. In the same press release, it is reported that the President of Pontesi, Sarkis Manukyan, had agreed to meet with the Rector of Selucia, Mr. Priscian, who would be currently traveling to the capital of the country.

In Selucia, which in just a few months celebrates new elections whose outcome is difficult to predict after the dissolution of Populares, government partners of In Marea, this issue is being treated with the utmost importance as it is related with a neighbouring nation with an important percentage of Selucian population. For this reason, the government has announced that the Selucian delegation that will attend Cildania to that emergency meeting will be headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Patroclo Hepphesius, and by the Ambassador of Selucia in the World Congress, Probius Titius.

Shortly before leaving for the capital of Cildania both have made a statement to the press:

"I find the words that the opposition leader has used to refer to the situation we are currently going through to be of a terrible irresponsibility, she has shown that she does not care about the lives of the citizens of Selucia, a nation of which she claims to be an advocate defender of the common people. She has once again put forward principles that do not stand on their own to justify an undemocratic regime that threatens civil rights, the lives of its compatriots. It is a sad day for Factio Republicana, no doubt. They have fallen in the most absolute shame. And the worrying thing is that no one from her party has come out to contradict her, because it shows to what extent Factio Republicana is in agreement with the xenophobic and discriminatory ideals that are being carried out in our neighboring country, and that they would like to be able to apply in Selucia."
Mr. Hepphesius has declared.

The ambassador announced that Mr. Priscian will try to mediate with the President of Pontesi to guarantee the safety of his fellow citizens and, at the same time, try to stop the rapid democratic decline of Pontesi.

"As a nation with a broad shared history, the latest events are extremely alarming, and we hope that the Rector will be able to mediate something, both for our compatriots and for the rest of foreigners who are currently threatened by the Pontesian government."


The ambassador also took the opportunity to criticize that the government of Istalia has allowed the contempt to Selucia when the government of the island nation, the only official body that represents the country, has quickly set itself against the attack on the citizens of Italy.

"It seems that the blood that quickly rises to the heads of the citizens of Istalia clouds their minds. That they burn Selucian flags and criticize us for the words of a party that is not in the government, but in the opposition, and that currently has a total of 0 ministries from which to have any influence on government decisions, while the government chaired by In Marea-Civis Sinistram has shown its utmost rejection of the attack on freedoms that has occurred in Pontesi seems to me an absolute irresponsibility. We hope that the Istalian government will make its citizens see the truth, or this will be a big stain in our diplomatic relations.


The government also confirms that the first families of Selucian citizens have begun to be repatriated.
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