Eluvatar for Speaker

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Eluvatar

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The position of Speaker of the Regional Assembly is a keystone of the grand structure of TNP, holding together the Regional Assembly as a functioning legislature. I have experience doing this difficult dance and would like to use it to help TNP.

Order

The first function of the Speaker is to run the procedures of the Regional Assembly smoothly and fairly. As Speaker, I will implement simple, fair, and informal rules for how a proposal becomes worthy of Formal Discussion and voting. Yes, I will simply give up that procedural power of the Speaker in order to provide fair and democratic government. I have experience running such procedures in the Lexicon, having been its last Speaker of the Senate.

Freedom

The second function of the Speaker, as implemented by a recent constitutional amendment, is to help the MoIIA in the registration of members as a "Registration Official." As I believe, and the constitution and TNP law 8 clearly indicate, that the MoIIA is still primarily responsible for registration, I will simply assist them as much as they need (while maintaining the necessary oversight).

Security

The third function of the Speaker is to preside over the Security Council. I know that I can manage that successfully, having good intelligence on endorsements in TNP and the ability to share that intelligence with Security Council members. I will make sure the Security Council runs smoothly and without hitches.

Leadership

The fourth function of the Speaker, less necessary but perhaps more important than the other three, is to provide a leader for the Legislature, a guiding figure. The elected Speaker represents the RA as a whole, in every action. I will take this responsibility seriously, maintaining decorum where necessary and a good sense of fun when appropriate.

Any questions?

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I would like to first state that I am pleased to see 2 candidates for the position of Speaker. These questions will also be given to your opponent.

Are there any specific reforms/changes/policies that you would like to introduce if elected to the Speakership? If there are, in what way do you see them benefiting our government and society? Also, what potential detriments do you see if your ideal reforms are not implemented or are otherwise unable to be implemented?

Merci.
 
These questions will be fielded to both Speaker candidates at this time:

1) What do you think is the legislative procedure (i.e. FD, length of discussion, length of vote, etc.) most detrimental to the legislative process at this time and why?
2) What, in your opinion, is the biggest issue facing TNP right now that the RA has the power to correct?

Thank you, and I wish you and Duchess the best of luck in your campaigns.
 
Like the last Speaker, would you actively take part in discussions in the Regional Assembly or prefer to stay neutral?

Also, would you continue the previous Speaker's idea of PMing all RA members?
 
Dalimbar:
I would like to first state that I am pleased to see 2 candidates for the position of Speaker. These questions will also be given to your opponent.

Are there any specific reforms/changes/policies that you would like to introduce if elected to the Speakership? If there are, in what way do you see them benefiting our government and society? Also, what potential detriments do you see if your ideal reforms are not implemented or are otherwise unable to be implemented?

Merci.
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Yes, competition for positions is always a good sign.

As I noted in the first section of my campaign statement, I intend to create a set of simple informal rules governing how proposals advance:

X number of RA members supporting a bill will lead to it going into Formal Discussion, and automatically going to a vote after Y days unless during Formal Discussion it loses that support.

Not precisely sure what X and Y should be-- I'll set up some informal polls to decide that immediately upon becoming speaker. Now it would be within my power to start binding myself to those rules immediately, but it might also be wise to pass them as RA internal procedures for future speakers benefit.

If such rules are not implemented we just keep the worry of a Speaker possibly abusing their position-- both dangerous in and of itself and disruptive in the making of such accusations.

Separately, and less specifically, I would work with the Legislators in the "Leadership" role of the Speaker to find what changes they want to make and help organize that process. Obviously, as I don't yet know precisely what it is that the Legislators as a whole want, I can't say what it is that I will propose-- I intend to use informal polls to ascertain what it is.

Monte Ozarka:
These questions will be fielded to both Speaker candidates at this time:

1) What do you think is the legislative procedure (i.e. FD, length of discussion, length of vote, etc.) most detrimental to the legislative process at this time and why?
2) What, in your opinion, is the biggest issue facing TNP right now that the RA has the power to correct?

Thank you, and I wish you and Duchess the best of luck in your campaigns.
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1 ) I think that the distinction between preliminary discussion and formal discussion is unnecessary, but that perhaps most detrimental to the legislative process is the lack of confidence that the Speaker will be fair-- with clear conditions for a bill going to discussion I intend to deal with that problem. This lack of confidence is a problem because it leads to wrangling instead of legislating, and potentially decisions not to bother proposing something out of a belief it won't get anywhere.

2 ) The RA has the power to correct the agglomerated problems with our system of government. It is the RA and the RA exclusively which has the power to make changes to improve it. As I mentioned above, I intend to poll the RA on what changes should be made, and then help the RA move forward on them.

Emperor Matthuis:
Like the last Speaker, would you actively take part in discussions in the Regional Assembly or prefer to stay neutral?

Also, would you continue the previous Speaker's idea or PMing all RA members?
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I intend to take part in legislative discussions-- however I intend to make it perfectly clear that when I state such views they are entirely ex officio and to make each and every action I take as Speaker be based on simple guidelines I set in advance. I do not believe it necessary for me to muzzle myself upon taking the Speaker's office-- but I do believe that its powers should not be abused to further one's political agenda.

I believe that an opt-in newsletter would be better than an opt-out newsletter as there are many in the RA who do not wish to take part in legislative activities-- and who can blame them? As the Regional Assembly is effectively the 'citizens' of the Region, it would not be appropriate to require them to legislate, or bother then with repetitive mass mailings.

Thank you for the questions, I am quite ready to answer more.
 
Do you honestly believe that an endo script is the only requirement for running the security council? Do you have other experience in leading such councils and can you ensure that the results of such votes would be made clear to the electorate quickly and fairly?

What exactly do you plan to do with the regional assembly?

Thanks in Advance
 
Vitrionia:
Do you honestly believe that an endo script is the only requirement for running the security council? Do you have other experience in leading such councils and can you ensure that the results of such votes would be made clear to the electorate quickly and fairly?

What exactly do you plan to do with the regional assembly?

Thanks in Advance
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No, I do not. I believe that it is useful, but that the main requirement is the ability to be continuously alert.

As Minister of Regional Security in Taijitu, (and previously High Councillor of Regional Security under Sovereign Dixie in the Lexicon, before the High Council's dissolution) I have experience with security and alertness. As a former Speaker I believe I have experience running votes and announcing them.

What do I plan to do with the Regional Assembly? As I have stated, I would begin a series of informal polls on various subjects and then make proposals in line with their results.

Edit: As that probably wasn't specific enough.

Some of these subjects would include things such as "How do you believe TNP should handle Duality?" and "Should we have an economic system? If so, what kind?" et cetera.
 
Both you and your opponent have expressed distinct ideas that are aimed at legislature progression through the RA. What advantages do you think your 'rule based'* improvements have over your opponents 'timeframe based'* improvements?

* just to make clear they are my terms, I'm sure the candidates would call them something different.
 
Namyeknom:
Both you and your opponent have expressed distinct ideas that are aimed at legislature progression through the RA. What advantages do you think your 'rule based'* improvements have over your opponents 'timeframe based'* improvements?

* just to make clear they are my terms, I'm sure the candidates would call them something different.
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I propose rule-based progression in order to make the RA and not the Speaker decide what is frivolous and what should be voted on at all.

As the Constitution requires that "frivolous" proposals not be voted on, under a strictly timeframe based scheme, the Speaker must reserve the power to personally decide a proposal to be frivolous-- I believe that it is not appropriate for the Speaker to exercise so immense and easily abusable a power.
 
This is going around to all candidates, so make it good :P

What is your favorite colour, how does that colour make you feel, and what does this colour represent to you, with RL examples please?
 
Dalimbar:
This is going around to all candidates, so make it good :P

What is your favorite colour, how does that colour make you feel, and what does this colour represent to you, with RL examples please?
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I like the colour blue. It is the colour of the cool distant world around us, and also the brilliant and beautiful world. It is the colour of the sky invitingly above and clear waters below. Blue makes me sad and joyful at once, in the most appropriate of feelings.

It is the colour of my family's first car that didn't have a gaping hole in it.

It is the colour of most of my clothing.

Interestingly, it is not in fact cool, as blue light is the hottest light, except perhaps violet.
 
Winter Vacationers:
The Duchess has mentioned requiring RA applicants to disclose their NS history and other nations. What is your opinion on this?
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Given the stated intention behind this of then using this disclosure to block members from certain regions, I find this potentially quite disappointing.

Let us look at what the result of such a rule would be.

Say the nation of Aliceland lives in the Region of Wonderland. Say Wonderland has an army that most of the region does not participate in (much like TNP) and this army often clashes with NPA. The player behind Aliceland (who might or might not be in the Wonderland Army) makes Bobland and applies to the RA-- such a rule would require him/her to make themselves vulnerable right as they join by saying they have a nation in Wonderland, making many members prejudiced against them immediately. Sure it would be right and proper for Bobland to reveal their connection to Aliceland, but they should not be required to say so to everyone all at once and immediately upon joining-- it would be better for Bobland to have a chance to show who they are independent of their regional affiliation first.
 
Eluvatar;

I'm interested to hear your ideas on how to deal with in-house security, something that the Speaker of the Regional Assembly could surely play a large role in.

Yours,
The Duchess
 
Eluvatar, as an extension of the duchess' question in the post immediately preceding this one, I'm curious what your opinion is regarding the NPIA and what ought to bed one to fix the serious flaws in our intelligence infrastructure, or lack thereof, here in TNP.
 
carlottaguidicelli:
Eluvatar;

I'm interested to hear your ideas on how to deal with in-house security, something that the Speaker of the Regional Assembly could surely play a large role in.

Yours,
The Duchess
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While I do understand fears for the security of TNP with the openness of our suffrage, I believe that this openness is of great value.

The nations of the North Pacific have the inherent right to participate in this government and, unlike a founded region, I view the establishment of a club-like legislature that votes on its own admissions as potentially dangerous to that right. I see the nations of TNP as all having rights in TNP-- therefore I believe that there must be some class of citizenship which is open to all such nations to join freely, without ardurous review by some Senate-like body.

At the same time, I see our current security procedures as just this side of non-existent. I appreciate the RA requirement of identifying your UN nation-- but I believe that, if there should be a lower class of citizenship open to all, then there should also be a more advanced class which is required to have a UN nation. The requirement to say what your UN nation is if one can simply say "I don't have a UN nation" does not seem particularly effective to me, and I believe that is something that is worth reexamining.

Yes I understand that there are those out there who refuse to have a UN nation. I agree that such nations should be permitted some level of participation. However the requirement to reveal your UN nation, ensuring there is but one of you registered, is relatively toothless as it is.

To sum up: I do not believe in making the RA as it stands into a senate-like self-reviewing body as the system stands right now. I am however worried about the current system viz-a-viz UN nations.

If I am elected Speaker I will set up an informal poll on this issue and then work with the Assembly to address it.
 
Gaspo:
Eluvatar, as an extension of the duchess' question in the post immediately preceding this one, I'm curious what your opinion is regarding the NPIA and what ought to bed one to fix the serious flaws in our intelligence infrastructure, or lack thereof, here in TNP.
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The problem with the NPIA, as far as I am aware, is that it lacks anchoring (aka oversight) to the regional government. There are two potential results from this:

1. That the NPIA might do too little-- without oversight by the government there may not be someone fighting to keep the NPIA active and the NPIA may neglect essential activities.

2. That the NPIA may do too much-- without safeguards the organization may be tempted to, and see no barrier to doing things the people of the region do not want, such as (arguably) the possible action undertaking viz-a-viz the New Pacific Order.

Now, I certainly agree with the need for intelligence agencies to keep their affairs secret. But that means, in my opinion, secret primarily from outsiders and the people as a whole, not from the main leadership of the government.

I do not believe the NPIA should hold secrets from the commander-in-chief; in this case the Prime Minister.

If elected Speaker I will ask the Regional Assembly to (again) review the relationship between the government and the NPIA. Just as with other issues I will ask the Assembly to address, I will organize informal polls which will ask specific questions about that relationship and what it should be.
 
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