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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby Occam » Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:02 pm

Pontesi set to defy World Council
April 4406

The newly formed Progressive Party has introduced a bill (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=571887) that not only opposes the establishment of a World Congress Budget Office, but makes any payments to the World Congress contingent on the explicit approval by the Pontesian Legislature. While the Bill has not passed yet, the Progressive Party holds a narrow majority in the legislature.
Furthermore several unnamed sources inside the Progressive Party have asserted that the Progressive Party will not vote for approval of any such payments.
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby Occam » Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:49 pm

Pontesi disacknowledges World Council
March 4408

With a new bill the governing Progressive Party has doubled down on its opposition to the World Council. With immediate effect the nation of Pontesi completely disacknowledges the World Council. Head of State Calvin Morris explained the decision:
The so-called "World Council" serves only one purpose: to allow the imperialistic powers to give their warmongering and bullying of smaller powers the appearence of legitimacy. We would be fools to assist them in this disgusting enterprise.
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby cb15 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:10 am

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Anarchy has consumed Pontesi. President Calvin Harris the ruling Progressive Party have mysteriously disappeared from the nation, and riots errupted across the country as police and the military have been unsure of what to do without leaders to guide them. Now, however, a new light has shown across Pontesi, as wealthy heiress Sophia Faye has announced that she has founded a new political movement, the Movement for Pontesi, to found a new government. Ms. Faye is the daughter of Simon Faye, a well-known businessman with a fortune of over 300 billion Luthori Pounds. The Movement has scheduled elections for later this year so that they can get to work making changes to the constitution to ensure a new government. Ms. Faye has confirmed that she is running for the office of President. Many political commentators are worried that this will just lead to the creation of another dictatorship that rises to power in the name of a restoration of democracy, but in a press conference, Ms. Faye did assure reporters that she would not establish a dictatorship "unless it is mandated by the people." Pontesian News Network commentator David Wright has disputed this, of course, saying in a monologue on his nightly show that
Sophia Faye isn't stupid. She wrote her thesis for her doctorate on political science on how dictatorships fail and how they can do better, and she's only 25 years old, which means that she has a long life in front of her. I think that this Movement deal is just a ploy for her to rise to power. Of course, I hope I am wrong, and we will have to see what "reforms" are implemented at the beginning of the new constitutional convention, but I really am skeptical of her saying that she's going to be a democratic leader.

Of course, we will have to wait and see until the convention what happens, but the Post will be there reporting on the events.
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby cb15 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:01 pm

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Above: Avaganin Sophia Faye arrives in Dawnstar to lead the government.
Avaganin Sophia Faye has arrived in Dawnstar to preside of the new government, with constitutional reforms expected to be put up to referendum in a few weeks. Her Movement for Pontesi was the sole winner of the elections, so Faye effectively controls the government now, with the expectation being now that she will be able to implement her favored reforms. More to come from Dawnstar.
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby cb15 » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:46 am

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Above: High Chancellor Sophia Faye takes a national tour to assess the damage made by the riots.
As the Post has previously stated, prior to the installation of Sophia Faye as High Chancellor, Pontesi was swept with riots due to the sudden disappearance of the government. Now, all five regional governors have signed a letter for the High Chancellor saying that the nation was in ruins and that a massive infrastructure project needed to take place. The letter said that
Our towns and cities have been destroyed. We need a federal infrastructure project to rebuild our nation in the wake of the riots.

Additionally, the new constitutional reform bill is expected to pass, which will shrink the size of the Parliamentary Assembly to 100 and merge the offices of President and Chairmen into the singular office of High Chancellor.
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby Rosetta » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:25 pm

PONTESIAN POST

Election, big win for "Vox Populi" - the UOL doesn't convince at all - interwiew to Liberals leader

Blackthorn - The 4428 elections left the exact same scenario as 4424: 100 seats for the center party "Vox Populi" which, unlike the previous elections, had to compete with a newborn liberal force the "Union of Liberals".
The latter participated in the elections presenting their manifesto where they preached a free and unregulated market along with progressive social positions but the Liberals took only 0.06%.
To understand more, we interviewed the leader of the Liberal Union, Mr. Francis Polet.
Mr. Polet, you have not taken many votes in the elections, about 40,000, why?
Unfortunately we have wrong type of campaign we have communicated our ideologies for Pontesi but we have not reinforced with the voters and then we appeared as a force without a clear idea, so the voters have "gone on the safe side" voting for the "Vox Populi ".
Ok,Recently you have presented a constitutional reform that involves the use of the Luthorian at the offices of the state and simplifies the elections. Please, talk about it.
Simply, Luthorian is one of the most understood languages in the world and also in Pontesi while Selucian is much less understood. Even your newspaper writes its articles in Luthorian. We want to reform this country in a federalist sense for a more immediate, secure and speedy management of state resources. Moreover, we want to raise the age in which you reach adulthood by 1 year and as you have already anticipated, we want to do the elections every 4 years and not every 4 and 2 months ... it makes no sense!
It is true that you would like to return to the World Council?
Exactly, now we can not do anything but we will soon ask for a meeting with Minister Escobar to discuss this topic, it is important for us to come out of isolation and I believe that returning to the WC can bring benefits to Pontesi.
Thank you, Mr. Polet...good luck with UOL
Thank to you for this interwiew!
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby tracemanxp » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:30 am

Senate poised to pass reforms proposed by the New Progressive Party of Pontesi later this year
May 5, 4473

The New Progressive Party of Pontesi registered during a time when the Senate was empty. They called for an early election that took place in August of last year to fill the Senate. Being the only active party, they easily took the legislative body, as well as proposed and passed a cabinet to effectively run the nation.

By September, NPPoP Chairman Apel Ohanyan put forth a bill calling for constitutional reform. A call to restore the Head of State position to that of a democratically-elected Federal President, a change of the National Flag to an older design that better represents the nation, ensuring that government employees promise political independence, and an expansion of the Senate to seat 499 senators to better represent the people; the NPPoP wishes to restore democracy in Pontesi following an attempt by the previous administration to turn Pontesi into an empire.

Along with this, the NPPoP proposed reform packages on ecology and civil liberties to enact more environmentally-friendly and socially liberal policies. With unanimous consent expected from the Senate, all of these reforms are expected to pass easily by the end of the year. Mr. Ohanyan also wanted to clarify that he doesn't intend for his party to rule Pontesi as a one-party state or suppress opposition. He went on to detail how important it is to a democracy for those that want to see change to get involved in politics. He hopes to see more than just his party in the Senate in the future.
Lodamese Democratic Progressive Party - Commonwealth of Lodamun ACTIVE
New Progressive Party of Pontesi - Serenissima Res Publica Pontesiae (Pontesi) INACTIVE
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby tracemanxp » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:53 pm

New Progressive Party proposes a repeal of Anti-World Congress laws
September 13, 4475

The NPPoP would like to open international dialogue for Pontesi once more by repealing a couple of World Congress-defying laws that were passed nearly 7 decades ago. These laws were proposed and passed by the Progressive Party(unrelated to the NPPoP) in 4406 and 4408 respectively, seemingly in retaliation to a change in the format of the World Congress that resulted in the greatest powers of Terra being given permanent seats on the Security Council. President Ohanyan states that these laws have harmed our nation's reputation and he would like Pontesi to be open to the international stage once more.

The repeal was brought to the Senate floor earlier this month and has proceeded to a vote. Given the certainty of the bill's passage, President Ohanyan is preparing to decide on a nomination of Pontesi's representative to the World Congress.
Lodamese Democratic Progressive Party - Commonwealth of Lodamun ACTIVE
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby tracemanxp » Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:18 am

Ambassador to the World Congress appointed following repeal of Anti-WC laws
May 15, 4476

The repeal of the laws defying the World Congress has just passed the Senate unianimously this month(http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=585199). President Ohanyan didn't hesitate to appoint the Pontesian Ambassador to the World Congress. The person for the job is Arpiar Nazaryan, a former staffer of Foreign Affairs Minister Lori Nigosian. Mr. Nazaryan had expressed interest in foreign affairs with President Ohanyan back before the NPPoP was formed. The Federal President has a lot of confidence in Mr. Nazaryan and is looking forward to Pontesi taking part in international dialogue.
Lodamese Democratic Progressive Party - Commonwealth of Lodamun ACTIVE
New Progressive Party of Pontesi - Serenissima Res Publica Pontesiae (Pontesi) INACTIVE
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Re: Pontesian Enquirer

Postby Rafland » Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:28 pm

PONTESIAN ELECTION FRAUD BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!

We are going to change Pontesi to a Republic and that EVERYTHING is state owned! We will seek to eliminate the Istalian left-wing purge that is trying to influence the whole of Terra. This maybe a short headline but we have rigged the election by bribing and spies changing the ballot papers.
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