GOVT TAKES RISKY APPROACH TO CZARIST ERA
Old Royal Palace in Deltaria, now a national museum
August 21, 3625
In a bombshell move by the government, a slew of investigations are being formed to investigate and in some cases dredge up the past with Deltaria. A spokesman for the President said that after lengthy meetings with lawyers, government officials, people and activists the decision was made to begin full, and official investigations into past human rights crimes. While many nations in Terra, especially Zardugal were critical of what were at times extreme human rights abuses, many in Deltaria are wary of taking up the conversation in any erst, for fear it could set off violent tensions along ethnic, class and social status lines. Indeed, to many outside observers the many human rights abuses and crimes committed in the recent past is such a list that is so extreme that many pundits around the world at the time mocked the rulers for their old fashioned ways and reasoning. Government officials stated that commission hearings would start in October and be supervised by the People's National Assembly and the Justice Ministry. Given the wide range and depth of the issues here numerous commissions have been created to examine history from the days of the old Civil War to the oligarchic regime that was recently overthrown. Already the Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of Justice has issued warrants and summons to dozens of individuals over past actions with the regime.
However ulterior motives can be detected in these stunning moves. Several NPU sources say pressure has been building to modernize Deltaria in a fast way and many voiced the opinion of finally assessing and banishing the demons from their past once and for all. Human rights activists have long complained over suppression of rights and now with a supposedly pro-modern and nominally left wing party in power, many have been rallying local support to pressure officials into acting. Part of the past protests have been over demands for justice and truth over the extent of abuses the people took in the past 150 years.
Finally another factor is in play: finally taking out the old guard. Many of the old, landed noble families, intensely opposed to the new government's program and bemoaning their loss of prestige and power will no doubt take a hard, and potentially fatal hit from any unearthed and confirmed allegations. Such families have long acted with impunity and even the powerful Czars had to tend to their interests carefully. However with the rise of democratic governance and people demanding accountability it appears the old nobility and families will finally end. Too many families were complicit in mass oppression and human rights crimes and because they have been so entangled in the power of the state, it is hard, nay impossible to see how they come out of this unscathed.
ECONOMIC REFORMS SWEEP NATION
The Bank of Deltaria, where sweeping new reforms were announced
August 23, 3625
After enduring months of protest and tension with the left wing of the NPU, members of that faction applauded the new Economic Reform Act which is sure to please those on the left while those reactionary elements are fuming once again. The Bank of Deltaria has gained new powers to regulate the currency which it says will prove a valuable tool in its arsenal. Meanwhile for the first time in decades the stock and money markets will come under effective regulation and monopolies will be broken up into smaller companies to improve competition. Energy companies are also subject to new regulation regarding prices and service and in a decisive win for the left, more regulation has been added to protect child labourers and workers.
However many caution the pace of reforms is coming too quick. 75 economists have drafted and are circulating a letter among academic circles asking the government to slow down its massive reform process while many members of the old guard are publicly bashing the reforms and calling for a return to the older system, which was simply an unholy fusion between unbridled capitalism and old fashioned feudalism.
New nuclear program in the works
August 30th, 3625
In a footnote printed at the very back of a briefing from the Defense Ministry, a nuclear weapons research program is being started. That is all.