Voice of Solentia"The News Solentia Wants!"
June 2947
Solentian Supreme Court Justices take seats for first time in historyHALION - The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Solentia, Alexander Davis, flanked by the six Associate Judges, was introduced to the nation by Supreme President Helen Brown today. The seven Justices took office after an exhausting Supreme Court creation ordeal that began with the introduction of the
Supreme Court of Solentia Act of 2943 and culminated finally today in front of the Supreme Court Building.
Former Minister of Justice Alexander Davis became the first Chief Justice of the Solentian Supreme Court after Supreme Presidential nomination and a Senate confirmation vote of 79 - 0, with 21 abstentions.Chief Justice Davis formally resigned his previous office as Solentian Minister of Justice, prompting Supreme President Brown to propose a new cabinet, which is expected to pass, as it is the same formation as the current cabinet, and simply replaces the Chief Justice.
As Minister of Justice, Davis introduced the aforementioned piece of legislation and began the Supreme Court creation process. For this reason, both the Supreme President and Senate believe him to be the right man for the first Chief Justiceship.
Joining Chief Justice Davis on the first Court are Associate Justice Harold Ollerenshaw (appointed by the Conservative and Morality Party), Associate Justice Hanna Bentham-Mill (Utilitarian Party of Solentia appointment), Associate Justice Daniel Adon (Federal Independent Party appointment), Associate Justice Anthony Bronson (CPS appointment), and Associate Justices Sarah Watkins and John Paul White, both of whom were nominated by Supreme President Brown and approved by the Senate.
Of interest is the fact that already the Senate confirmation of candidates has created road bumps for the Supreme President. Associate Justice Sarah Watkins was a compromise candidate after the Supreme President's first candidate, Michael Newman, was rejected by the Senate on disagreements about racial supremacy. Senator Keith Juras (Tory) said: "My Party is one of equality and justice for all. Whilst we respect the right of Mr. Newman to express his opinion and to campaign for the, quite reasonable, rights of the Solentian, we cannot in good faith place our support in a Justice who would deem the rights of some to be above the rights of others based purely on race."
Conservative leadership 'worried' by Axis victory in KalopiaALYA - Solentia has never been active internationally. The last notable non-Conservative or RadNat foray into international politics was the Solentia-Wantuni friendship pact that made Federal Independent founder George Bailen famous. That was 2400. Wantuni no longer exists.
So despite the fact that the Conservative Party of Solentia or its subsidiaries has from time to time attempted to open the notoriously isolated nation to the rest of Terra, it's still only the rare moment when a Solentian politician will directly address the issues of the world beyond Solentia's borders. But today in Alya, Nukeya, as close to the Kalopian border as Solentian politicians are likely to go, CPS up-and-comer Grant Randall addressed a party gathering to discuss the political situation in Solentia's western neighbor.
Grant Randall, a candidate for CPS Chairmanship in the next primary, spoke to supporters in Alya about Axis domination of Majatra."I know," said Randall to a crowd of 5,000 CPS members. "That in Halion there's a tendency to ignore the world outside our borders. Senators will debate for years how to spend a budget surplus in Orame but ignore the millions of children suffering and dying all across Terra. Some of the parties in the Senate will tell you that this is the way it has always been; that 'Solentia first' is the best Solentia, and that to nose around in the business of other nations will lead to other nations nosing in ours. But I ask you, is this kind of nationalism, this isolationism, this naivety really the way that the world ought to be run? People are dying and we have the means to help. Should we not help just because we don't want to risk our own discomfort?
"I say no. I reject the isolationism of the past. Terra in general and Majatra in particular is engulfed by a massive superalliance which exploits the weak for the benefit of the strong, and Solentians are not stupid. Four of Majatra's sixteen nations are not Axis-signatories, and that number will likely soon be three, following the defeat of the Kalopian Regime Coalition only miles from here.
"This superpower has stifled all competition; Zardugal, Luthori, Rutania and Vanuku grow rich upon the backs of enslaved Dovani natives in colonies which cover half of Terra while Selucia and Al Badara, both Majatran Axis nations, stand on the brink of war. Where is the benefit for the Majatran? Solentia stands as a testament to the fact that nations may survive without the 'protection' of the Axis, and I use that term loosely, who is the Axis defending signatory nations from but itself? The Zardugali, the Luthori, these are the aggressive imperialists of the world. Globalists that would see the expansion of their empires on the backs of smaller Axis nations.
"So I beg you, nations of Majatra and of all Terra. Consider your place in the power structure which the Axis leadership has created. Do you or they truly benefit more from your silent consent to their imperialism? We as Solentians must consider aligning ourselves with the nations of our continent which reject Axis globalism. We as Majatrans and as Terrans must do this. We must stand against the Axis in favor of our neighbors, who do not use us for their own advancement. We must forge a Majatran Union and defend ourselves from foreign influence in favor of continental allies. Already the Jelbanians are rejecting Axis influence! Rise, nations of Terra. Throw off the yolks of your colonialist oppressors!"
Just a bunch of shit.