[Complete][SC] At Vote: Condemn Lazarus

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Condemn Lazarus

Category: Condemnation | Nominee (region): lazarus | Proposed by: nephmir | Resolution link | World Assembly forum thread

Description: The Security Council,

Recognizes Lazarus as a region where newly returning nations are refounded,

States that regions of this nature and function are to uphold their duties and to remain open to all nations, ideologies, and opinions,

Identifies Lazarus as an Imperialist, Deformed Worker's State and Authoritarian Regime; the Lazarene government identifies their populace as "villagers, peasants, [and] urban workers" and its culture resembling that of a "socialist society", in which citizens' political and civil freedoms and rights are heavily restricted,

Recalls that the current Lazarene government came to power through the use of deception, fooling the citizens of Lazarus into voting them into power, upon which inspired rebellion, followed by holding the region with military force and removing the democratic government from power, banishing them without a trial or consensus of the citizens, and implementing a new socialist regime,

Concerned that despite claims made by this regime, the Lazarene government does not act upon the best interests of the people of Lazarus, simultaneously calling themselves the "People's Republic of Lazarus" despite the fact that no democratic elections have taken place; under the command of the current, oppressive World Assembly Delegate, Funkadelia, who declared itself dictator of Lazarus "until further notice", citizens that sought or expressed desires for democracy were humiliated, shunned, and permanently banned from Lazarus and its territory,

Disgusted that the Lazarene government exercises "brainwashing" tactics to maintain control over its own people and to prevent rebellion; this technique involves using false statements and propaganda to create the illusion that Lazarus is a utopian existence, and that all other regions, excluding close allies, are incompetent, incorrect, and misguided, and need to be destroyed; furthermore, Lazarus refers to themselves as "Anti-Imperialist", despite being built upon an imperialist foundation through use of imperialist means, fighting to spread their culture and using counter-intelligence to damage the public image of and often destroy regions, and corrupting its people into thinking that they are "pure Defenders",

Horrified that despite self-identifying as "Defenders", Lazarus has supported organizations actively participating in destructive tactics, often leading to the destruction of innocent regions or their communities, as well as supporting forum destruction,

Nauseated by Lazarus' intolerance, in which the Lazarene foreign policy and government exhibits civil, social, and cultural intolerance,

Concerned that Lazarus' citizens and "working class" live under a highly oppressive regime, in which civil rights are highly restricted, including but not limited to:

A complete disregard for freedom of speech

Freedom of assembly restricted to no more than groups of 26

Living under a secret police, which enforces all laws and watches all citizens at all times,

Angered that Lazarus constantly dismisses scientific and economic advancement, looking down upon citizens with free thought, discouraging new ideas beyond that of the advancement of the Lazarene culture and ideology,

Concerned that this destructive, manipulative, irrational, and deceptive behavior is permitted to continue unopposed by this council,

Wishing to warn nations not to approach this deceptive and dangerous region,

Hereby Condemns Lazarus.
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Ministry vote recommendation: Against

Ministry Review
Written by HMS Unicorn

The current resolution at vote, seeking to condemn Lazarus, continues the pattern of badly-written proposals submitted by this author. The grounds provided for the condemnation are either obfuscation or flat out fabrications. For instance, Lazarus does not have the freedom of assembly restricted, and certainly does not have a secret policy. There is absolutely no evidence to support the accusation of supporting forum destruction, which is a very serious allegation to make against any nation or region in NationStates. And while, like all governments, the Lazarene government produces propaganda to support its policies, this propaganda can hardly be described as "brainwashing" or the thought police the proposal makes it sound like.

Given the lack of substantiation of the allegations and the fabrication of the facts used to substantiate it, we recommend a vote against this this condemnation proposal.
 
This went to vote yesterday minor, after Liberate Islam got pulled from the queue. I cast a vote against shortly afterwards, though I didn't have time to start the forum vote.

I am strongly Against this resolution. Most of it is inaccurate, with a big part being just entirely fabricated information.
 
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