EGELEÓNEPirates to the congress?September 24th 5136The extraparliamentary group known as Unión de Psiconautas y Piratas (UPP) has announced their intent to run in the 5141 elections.
After their numerous rallies based around the country, they have gained a surprising amount of support, especially from known criminal organizations due to their very permissive ideas.
Captain Elias Álvarez, The President of UPP has been criticized for his criminal history and convictions for piracy, drug abuse, drug trafficking, illegal distribution of copyrighted material and illegal sales of narcotics, but Captain Álvarez has stated that he has changed and wishes to stay clear of crimes, and is instead campaigning with his party to decriminalize or legalize offenses that should be legal according to him.
Among decriminalizing various offenses, the members of UPP are actively campaign for restricting the powers of law enforcement, removing regulations on anything involving one's own body and health, incentives to promote local businesses instead of big corporations or national industries and less strict gun laws. Among their official agenda, many party members have stated their intent to support most bills that would lessen the government's involvement in what people can and can't do.
Many in opposition of UPP have voiced their concern in social media, calling them extremists, anarchists and outright criminals, Although many of the members are ex-convicts and there are even former anarchist activists among their ranks, the party has declined any support for illegal activities or extremism.
UPP's Flag and LogoThere UPP has already motioned 2 bills to the congress, one for the abolition of recreational drug laws, and one for the abolition of copyright laws, but it is unlikely that these bills will gain much support among the parties in congress. The support for said bills has been varying in the eyes of the public. Many who would like to experiment, and drug users have shown their support for the
Psychonauts Act, but there is a lot of opposition to it, from concerned parents to anti-drug activists. The
Total Media Freedom Act, which proposes the abolition of copyright laws, making every piece of art and media free to use and distribute for the public, also proposed by the UPP has received more support from the general public, especially from people in poverty, many of which claim that it is too expensive to go to the movies. But there is a hard opposition to it by professionals of the media industry. Filmmaker Isabella Valverde called the Total Media Freedom Act "an attempt to legalize theft of honest entertainment and media"
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