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Changes, changes everywhere; What is going on in our region?
Topic Started: Jan 31 2005, 10:25 AM (68 Views)
tsrill
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Now that I am not involved in any trials anymore (and I hope it stays that for a while) I can finally speak out what I have been thinking about for quite some time.

Recently there are lot of tensions in this region, and uncanningly they seemed to start at the same time that I got more politically active in the region. Why? I asked myself. Is it my fault, am I blowing things up here? I analyzed things further (analyzing stuff is my daily work anyway ;) ), and came to another conclusion, and you can say that I was quite relieved at that. The answer, as I saw it, was much more fundamental and had a much deeper origin. I realized that at the same time that I became more political active, a lot of other people became newly involved at the same time. Are they to blame? Is the whole bunch of us together blowing the place up? Again I came to a "no". What are the things that lead to these tensions? The formation of an electoral commission, the review of old laws, procedures and practices and formalizing them. Apparently there is a driving force for these reforms. Most of them add some bureaucracy, but at the same time they do make things clearer and more transparent (although this sounds a bit like a contradiction). The old "elite" (although I do not like the word elite in a forum context as it makes no sense in a small community) is replaced by new people, with stepping down from their offices the "oldies" lose power and privileges. And respect: it is hard to become a normal citizen again after a prolongued time in power and see others taking the region in a new course of direction, I know from experience.

The extra bureacracy and formalizing can only be done because the region feels safe. In the past many people have put a lot of effort in keeping this region free from invasions and takeovers. There hard work has made us feel safe. This gives us the opportunity to explore other aspects and possibility of this region. When I first came here, the emphasis of the government was very strongly on intelligence and defence. Fudgie remembered me recently that some day a charter amendment had been made to give one of the other departments (region IIRC) at least some responsibility. In the recent half year or so, the emphasis has shifted towards the other departments. We are shifting from a community that works to keep the south pacific region in the nationstates game safe from hostile takeovers to a full micro"nation". The hard work of the people before us has made this possible, and I want to hand out a big THANK YOU! :salute:
We should not throw their heritage away, keep an eye out for pontential threads, but since these processes has been set up and standardized, we have time to build and improve the internal structure of our region. And a lot of changes are necessary, in my opinion. The Charter and the way this government is set up reflect the emphasis on military and intelligence. There is one central authority in our government and that is the Cabinet. The cabinet holds has the executive power, the juridical power and also has a big say in legislative affairs. The people who said up this system were well-intended and did not abuse the tremendous power they had; they had knew their successors and had faith in them. However, as time progresses and generation after generation of players hold the offices, we can no longer guarantee that everyone, some day in the future, has the same high standards.
Therefore, the region has to change, and it is changing. Not out fo disrespect of the pioneers, but to continue the good work they started, namely to create a safe and prospering region.

-Tsrill
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I don't think anyone will disagree with you. You have more or less pointed at the dot on the page.

Do you have anything specific to suggest?
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tsrill
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Thanks :).

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Do you have anything specific to suggest?


That is an entire other story... ;). Not at the moment, but I'll see if I can come up with something. Which I will first discuss in teh cabinet ;).

Well, one thing which I'm trying to implement already, is more openness, especially for cabinet matters; to announce and spread the word what we are doing. I'm nto quite sure how this relates to my speech now, as I am tired and have not much time atm.
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