by Auditorii » Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:01 am
Mosriak Today
Administrative Divisions Reform Law passes General Council
April 4680
Cise, Cise Prefecture - Sergekh Aydarkhanovich Elesin, Minister of the Interior announced that the "Administrative Divisions Reform Law" had passed the Legislative Council after several years of debate. The ADRL, as it is commonly called, outlines for the first time a dedicated plan for administrative divisions within Utari Mosir. The brainchild of the plan, the Minister of the Interior, called the passage of the legislation "...the first major leap to rule of law in Utari Mosir." The ADRL established a Prefecture and Sub-Prefecture structure. Prefectures are lead by a democratically, directly elected Prefect and a similarly elected Prefecture General Council. Sub-Prefectures are similar to counties in Baltusia or shires in Luthori. Sub-Prefectures maintain a Sub-Prefect who is likewise directly elected and a Sub-Prefecture General Council. Beneath Sub-Prefectures are three classifications: Cities, Towns, and Villages; these are based largely on population. Each one of these classifications maintains a directly elected Mayor and either a City General Council, a Town General Council or a Village General Council. A special caveat in the law grants the Ministry of the Interior the authority to make certain large cities and special areas "City-Prefectures" which grant them Prefecture status. The first of these was directly included in the legislation, the Cise City Prefecture was formed and centralized the overall administration of the Mosriak capital underneath it.
The ADRL also assigns some responsibilities to prefectures, for instance in accordance with the law each prefecture now maintains a locally hired, but centrally controlled police force. The Mosriak National Police will oversee the various prefecture-based police forces. While the MNP headquarters will ultimately have command and control over the local police force, the prefecture police forces will have locally trained and hired police that will have to meet a universal standard set by the MNP overall. This was done to alleviate the high cost of a centralized police force according to Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister.
The investment from the Dorvish prompted the Minister of Minister of Economics and Commerce, Hara Tsumemasa, to use the funds to open a new headquarters for Utari Mosir Railways in Cise. The investment, which began nearly 2 years ago has seen hundreds of miles of track laid down in cooperation with the Dorvish State Railways and the Dorvish contractors that were brought over to assisting the building of the first major series of railways in Utari Mosir. The first major leg of the project was to connect Cise to the now second largest city in Utari Mosir, Horokeu-kotan which is located more towards central Utari Mosir and sits on the coast of the Sea of Carina. The third major leg of the project, expected to be completed within the next year, will be to connect to the far eastern city of Kisevsk, the second largest port in Utari Mosir and the home to the largest population of Kepo's in Utari Mosir. The Economics and Commerce Minister also confirmed that Cise International Airport was being expanded to accommodate several new terminals and offered them to various airlines for open competition; it is likely that regional airlines will dominate the new terminals as they are reported to have funded 25% of the new terminals but sources remain sketchy on such information. The Dorvish military advisors have expanded parts of Cise International already due to the necessity to train the Utari Mosir Defense Forces on several dozen new types of aircraft, mostly rotary wing. It is likely that the Utari Mosir Air Force will take on the air base following the departure of the Dorvish military advisors. The State Economic Council announced a measure backing 25% of initial public offerings in Utari Mosir following the tumultuous two year limited trading on the Cise Stock Exchange. The idea behind backing will be "shore up" investor confidence.