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Santo andreo wrote:

Denolia

I refuse to entertain this. I came to run a campaign and I will do so. Your justice of the Supreme Court chose to come out and write an entire RMB post. I on the other hand will move on and run my campaign to the best of my ability. So if Castenor wants me to answer its questions or debate questions I will gladly do so.

I wasn’t attempting to be antagonistic. If I was, I sincerely apologize, as that was not my intention. I guess I saw it as a way to give a chance for all parties to provide evidence for their respective claims.

On an unrelated note, we have a Supreme Court? What were you referring to?

The Medical Techno-Federation of Doctors Orvos

by The Medical Techno-Federation of Doctors Orvos

RESPONSES TO CASTENOR QUESTIONS!

Castenor wrote:

1.. You mention how you and Beer Boi are important in FNR. You make a list of positions and all that jazz. My question is: How has this prepared you for the Presidency? What has it taught you? How will positions that you will continue to hold (namely Cartographer) affect your performance as President?

2.. What are your plans for MoRP? Why not make it an appointed position so you as Cartographer can remain in control of how it’s run? Make sure it’s someone dedicated, prepared, and active?

3.. What’s with the Cultural rename? Works fine as Culture IMO. What are your plans for this Ministry? How will you employ new staffers?

4.. What are your plans for MoD? Do you have any plans specifically in mind for using the Military to grow closer to our allies? How will you recruit new soldiers?

5.. What are your plans for FA? How will you bring us closer to our allies? What kind of partnerships should we be focusing on? Will you be seeking to expand, decrease, or keep the number of embassies the same? Who do you see as our top three allies and how will you keep it that way? Do you wish to grow closer with our top allies mostly, or focus on everyone equally? How will foreign updates work? How will you employ new ambassadors?

6.. In my experience, Immigration ministries function a lot better when you’re not forcing them into new functions. Immigration and Internal Affairs aren’t that much alike. Pushing them together will give everyone more duties and complicate our system. This will make both sides of the Ministry less efficient, all in the name of making less Ministries. I get that you want to streamline things, but that doesn’t always mean merging or doing away with ministries, especially if they are important. No real question posed here, but if you could address my opinions as questioning, that would be great.

7.. I disagree with the reasoning behind the aforementioned merger. IA is not as cut and dry as “keep people here”. IA, for the most part afaik, runs the Newspaper, which we’ll get to in a second, but in my experience, Newspapers ALWAYS need dedicated Ministries for them. Attempts in TEP, at least, to merge it with a new function are always failures. Not to mention how different “Inform the people” is from “Recruit people to the region”. Again, this is more of an opinionated commentary to be addressed than hard questions.

8.. So MoRA is basically “Office of the VP”? Why does this need staffers? Will it have an elected position then? In which case, what if that’s not the VP? How will a Deputy Minister be chosen? Are they technically Vice Vice President? Why not just give its duties to the Vice President in general and avoid the complicated bureaucracy of it all? Isn’t this just “Chief of Staff duties” but with extra steps?

9.. You mention that MoRA is not needed, but you don’t mention why. Do you not think that such a position is beneficial to connecting the community to the government? Why not? Were there any specific performance issues that led to this decision? Don’t you think using the same name will confuse people? If you wanted to disband it why didn’t you just disband it? Why the complicated nonsense?

10.. To the newspaper. As I mentioned before, the newspaper is ALWAYS in need of its own Ministry. Shoving it off to culture with the excuse that “It entertains” is rather weak in my opinion. MoC already has a lot of important duties. How do we know that this won’t crash and burn the newspaper, bringing down our Cultural department with it? Tearing this away from MoIA turns MoIA into practically nothing as far as I am aware, which justifies merging it, I suppose, but I would just drop it entirely. Here, it seems like this will absolutely 100% overwhelm the Ministry of Culture, which is already lacking in staff.

11.. I just realized that MoIA also does dispatches. Apologies. Instead of editing my past points like a normal person, I will make this addendum: Still. Keep it separate. Dispatches, Newspaper, whatever. Information. Should stay together or be apart independently, like in TEP. It makes no sense for recruiters to also be given the massive task of maintaining and modernizing our dispatches. Like MoC with the newspaper, it just seems like this is setting the Ministry up to crash and burn under the pressure of so many responsibilities and duties with this number of staff and no clear program to employ more. All this might sound good on paper, that you’re simplifying the system and clearly defining a chunk of duties, but I’ve seen attempts like this in TEP, and idealized as they are, they always end with the Ministries buckling under the pressure. Only here, the Ministries cannot be reorganized in the middle of a term (afaik) which means it will be stuck like this for three months.

12.. You mention for like a second that you have Community Manager and Advisor positions. Does this mean that you are bringing back those appointed positions? If so, it addresses my point about MoRA being removed, but it also confuses things seeing as you said we don’t need it anymore. Also, what’s your reasoning behind bringing back Advisors? Do you have any people in mind for all those positions?

13.. “I promise I will revitalize FNR by ensuring the activity of the Ministers”

How?

14.. “have FNR Nations increase once again”

How? Especially since you’re distracting recruiters with a lot of new duties?

15.. What are your thoughts on transparency? How will you ensure it in your administration?

16.. I probably was a tad harsher than usual here (that’s saying something) but I want to repeat: No hard feelings. Both you and Heav are great folks with good heads on your shoulders. May the best candidate win.

Castenor wrote:

Doctors Orvos

For the points that this dude addressed, feel free to ignore them unless you have something specifically new to add. Otherwise, just reply to the ones he didn’t and then to this and it should be complete.

1:As I already said in the previous Presidential Election "Well, being the Deputy Minister and then the Minister of Immigration surely helped me understand how Ministries and the Government in general work, while in a certain sense RP Manager was like a unelected President of the RP with the Moderators as the Government, so by that I would say I already have experience with leading people in important positions, I think a good leader need to be active, patient with people, nice and must know when he need to impose his authority when the situation requires it and must know the government system he is operating, and I believe of have these traits.", which partialy respond to the question, as for the rest, I belive the cartographer position will not affect my performance as president at all thanks to all the time I have, furthermore I will partialy be relieved of the RP Moderation duties as there will be a democratic elected RP Minister instead of a RP Manager, which if I become President I will not hold.

Sparsdan wrote:

2. It has always been planned that the MoRP will be an elected position, not an appointed one. Its true that RP is a specific beast altogether, but always putting in charge people who are chosen by someone else and not the people seem to go against the very nature of our democracy. I find it a bit presumptive of you to say that we should make sure to find someone dedicated, prepared and active. I believe that the RPers themselves know who can represent them the best, and will vote for such a person as they deem appropriate - and would not wish us to force on them someone we choose, or some other future president will choose. Power to the people, my friend, power to the people.

3:Just a slight rename for represent that Culture will, in case I win, also have the FNR Herald/newspaper, I would like if the Cultural Affairs Minister could finish what I started in my Culture term and having much more interregional events.

Sparsdan wrote:

5. Communication, its all about communication. Most of the current ambassadors and diplomats are only rarely active in regions they stay in, and generally don't much mingle with the locals and try to be a part of their society, too. I think that can be changed. You yourself are the best example of how diplomatic relationships can be made much better by friendly activity and mixing of citizens in different regions. Would our relationships with TEP be the same without you being our ambassador to them and simultaneously their ambassador to us? I doubt it. Its truly a unique thing, but such unique examples we have to promote and strive to find them in other regions. Heaveria, afaik, is quite active in Kaer Solas, while Thaelle in The Rejected Realms (if I remember). I think such opportunities should be used in foreign affairs and, by extension, in culture.

I think the primary partnership we want are those that will enable us to promote activity - meaning inter-regional events like the bracket tournament and such - and those that will llow us to have good fun in the company of good people. Nothing more, nothing else. Idealism of course come into it, but only in a limited way. Fascist regions are, of course, a big no-no.

Concerning the number of embassies, I believe we need to keep them at such a number that we can staff them with good ambassadors and promote real relations, not just "here is embassy and goodbye". Its not about the number of them, its about the depth. I would not be against more relations, but they need to make sense and there should be reasonable interest from both sides, as I have seen, for example, with Wintercrest.

I will not name top 3 allies, I feel that would be insulting against the rest of them. All allies are equal, though of course some relations are deeper than others. Those that know it, know it.

Foreign updates will work in mostly the same was as they do now, I see nothing wrong with them. New ambassadors will be employed normally, though better explanations of what is expected of them will be done.

6. This was something we discussed at length, and decided this would be the best course of action. The "proximity", you could say, of Immigration and Internal Affairs isn't so close, true, but that is not a problem in itself. The minister himself does not - and indeed, should not - do all the work. The staff can do most of the recruitment - its very easy anyway and not very time consuming - while he can focus on dispatches. Or, the deputy can do that? The possibilities are endless, and the minister can decided for himself as long as the job gets done, of course with consultation of the VP. Ministers are not robots, as are not the staff members of ministries.

7. The explanation is lacking a bit there, but retention is a part of the job that should be shared by more ministries, from culture to the newly established ones. Newspaper might need a ministry of its own, but honestly, making one for it while its still in the diaper phase is not much useful, there is still far too much to resolve in terms or organization. I will feel more comfortable appoint someone to a position where he would be responsible for the newspaper, if necessary, rather than making it a strictly elected position. As with the beginning of RP, I feel it's not appropriate to elect someone in this phase of the process. In the future, should the necessity of it prove, a new ministry can be established by the next government.

8. What? I have no idea what you're talking about. Ministry of Regional Administration will be abolished completely, and most of its job will transfer to VP - myself.

9. It is needed, but I don't believe a minister is needed for it. A VP can handle it, and I believe he should, as he stands in between the president and the government as his right hand - the "executioner" of his will, if you would. The specific issue is that such a position, frankly, took manpower from ministries that need it more for a ministry that does not do enough work; using the calendar, making sure people do their job and such is an extension of VP's duties, and makes sense as such. There is no complicated nonsense, nothing uses the same name - Regional Administration gets abolished, and that's it. I don't see where you get notions about any complications, it just gets disbanded.

10. Nah.

11. Answer 6. is good for this too.

12. Yes, Community Manager and Advisors to the President will stay. It does not complicate anything - "nothing changes" is probably the simplest it can get, friend.

13. By being much stricter about inactivity. Ministers will be forced to inform the cabinet if they know they will be inactive, if only for a day, and will be asked to resign if they knew their period of inactivity could be longer. The biweekly cabinet meetings the current president My Nation did worked well, but not much was enforced when the ministers didn't react properly. I intend to change that.

14. Recruiters will not be distracted. I understand you don't have as much experience with it considering TEP does not need to recruit, but recruiting is very easy thanks to our bot and the processes we have; it can be done very easily at any time, for example when watching a movie or gaming. Other duties don't come into it. If you become staff in the new ministry, you decide what you focus on - and if you want to focus only on recruitment, as do some citizens that are not even affiliated in any ministry and yet recruit very often (like Emaha), its completely okay, and your name will be recognized, as it is now every month due to manual recruitment leadership board. Also, I donate ton of stamps, that helps.

15. Mostly the same processes as previously, there's not much to make better.

16. I just made you eat your words on multiple points. You can do better mate.

These responses from me and Sparsdan should answer everthing.

If you haven't yet don't forget to check my campaign!

Orvos for FNR President mid-2021

Orvos Campaign Interview

:Breaking news! i'm Tv reporterball and we received the news that Doctors Orvos, current elected Minister of Culture and the appointed RP Manager and Cartographer, has declared his candidacy for President, again, and i'm here in Italy, specifically in the Emilia-Romagna region, even more specifically in a little town on a hill, to interview Mr Doctors Orvos, let's ring the doorbell...

Click

(WILD ORVOS APPEARS!)

START OF THE INTERVIEW TO ORVOS!

:Wait, Tv reporterball? didn't Castenor kill you?.

:Reports of my death were greatly exaggerated Mr.Doctors Orvos

:Alright, also, Orvos will do.

:Alright Orvos, we should start the interview, are you ready?

:I have done this before, I can do this again, so yeah, i'm ready!

:First question! since you have declared your candidacy for President you must have a Vice, who is it?

:Sparsdan.

:Wait, I think I know that name...

:Yeah, it should be familiar, isn't it? after all he is a very important person in FNR, let me show you.

(Spardan Discord Profile Image)

ALL POSITIONS THAT ARE HOLD OR WERE HOLD BY SPARSDAN.

:Wait, was the last image relevant?

:Oh, I have put that for error.

:Alright... anyway, yeah, he looks very important to FNR.

:And i'm also pretty important if I can say it myself, over the course of 1 year I have been The Deputy Minister of Immigration, The Minister of Immigration, The RP Manager, the Cartographer and the Minister of Culture, plus I have created the current RP and it's map.

:Alright, second question! what Ministries will be there under you if you win the presidency?

:FNR Erit omnis divisa in partes tredecim

:Ohhhh, latin yet again!

:Yeah, it means "FNR will be divided in thirreeen parts", but I guess I screwed up with latin again probably, anyway thats beyond the point, talking about points i also made yet another map for illustrate my point!

:As you can see under my presidency FNR will be divided like this!

:Oh, good, this time you haven't implied that you are gonna win by putting the president office where your RP nation is.

:Yeah, I wouldn't ever dare to give such subliminal messages.

:Wait...

:What?

:I just noticed this.

:Isn't this where your RP colony is? and you put the presidential office there...

:Oh, it's just a coincidence...

:Sure, anyway, let me check this map now, there the Ministry of Roleplaying... good that it's gonna be restabilished, there is also Culture Affairs which I presume is normal Culture... there is Defence and Foreign Affairs, for now it seems the usual.

:Again, look better.

:Wait, Regional Management? and where are Immigration and Internal Affairs?

:Yeah, you see, it's pratically a merge of Immigration and Internal Affairs, My reasoning behind combining Immigration and Internal Affairs is:both Immigration and Internal Affairs are incomplete ministries, Immigration is just all about recruiting, they tell you that you also need to try to convince people to remain but other than welcome them that goal is very vague on how to do it, while Internal Affairs as much more clear on how to convince people to remain and Internal Affairs alone doesn't do much actualy, so, Immigration and Internal Affairs when combined should complete each other.

:I see, where is Regional Admnistration?

:Wait, this can be responded by my running mate Sparsdan.

:It's responsabilities will be given to the Vice President, Vice president doesn't do that much otherwise, and this is not particularly time-consuming. It will help if VP spends more time with ministers helping them around with their tasks and managing everyone's time - including his own. Thus, it connects the VP more with his cabinet while also disbanding a ministry that is not needed, and people interested in the government can be used in better positions.

:I see, what Ministry will be responsable of the Newspaper?

:Ministry of Cultural Affairs, as it should have always been, you see the currently The Ministry of Culture organizes game sessions and fun events in general, while the Ministry of Communication, a Ministry that existed months ago and of which many who are reading this probably aren't aware of, used to produce the FNR News Paper, the FNR News Paper talked about the events that happened in FNR and in our former RP, in theory the current Ministry of Internal Affairs have the job of writing the FNR News Paper, but sadly it's still in developtment, I want to finish the revival of the FNR News Paper, but did it really make sense as it's own Ministry? and did it make sense as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? think about it, The Ministry of Culture is works to entertain FNR Members, and what the FNR NewsPaper did? entertain FNR Members! both Ministries had the same purpose but in different ways, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs job are convince people to remain in FNR and update the dispatches, what does The Ministry of Internal Affairs really have in common with the FNR News Paper? We want to inform the Citizens of The Free Nations Region about the happenings in the Free Nations Region in a fun manner. I deem that it only make sense that the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Communication have to be combined to form the Ministry of Cultural Affairs

:I see, can you explain if possible the responsabilities of the Ministries that will be under you if you win?

:I can,

The Ministry of Regional Management job?

Recruit, welcoming new FNR Members and ensuring the satisitifaction of the citizens/user retention but also and innovating the methods of recruitment but will also update the dispatches and create needed dispatches in the FNR official nation and cordinating outward communication with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, oh, and also helping new members in the Q&A helps.

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs job?

Planning regional and inter-regional events, working on and releasing regulary the FNR News Paper, planning game and music sessions and hosting the debate clue mainly, but also assuring that the engagement of FNR citizens is high and new FNR residents are acquired through inter-regional events.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs job?

Managing diplomatic relationships with others regions, assigning ambassadors to the regions with which we have embassies, closing and opening embassies and ensuing inter-regional treaties mainly, but also ensure a positive outward communication & regional image and coordinating military communication with the Ministry of Defense and ensuring Interregional Cultural exchange by working with the Minister of Cultural Affairs

The Ministry of Defense job?

Managing all matters regarding the Free Nations Defense Association. Advising the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President regarding Regional Security. Provide monthly military reports.

And last but not any less important The Ministry of Roleplay job,

the Ministry of Roleplaying wouldn't have executives (unless you count the roleplayers themselfes) and instead the ones helping the Minister and Deputy Minister of roleplaying are appointed RP IC Moderators, the Minister and his Deputy when elected will become RP IC Moderators by default, the Minister of RP and his Deputy job are managing all things RP Related except map (The map will be still be managed by the Cartographer, myself) and ensuring that the roleplayers are having fun.

Thats all for the Ministers.

:Alright Orvos, how do you...

:Why are you showing me the Italian region called Lazio?

:Fool! i'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you! thats not Lazio! thats the ancient Roman Kingdom!

:But why you are showing Rome again?

:You want me to show Rome again? good! here we go!

:...Alright....

:Reject modern nation! we must all return to ancient Rome!

:Anyway... what others plans do you have for your term if you win?

:Well, if i'm elected the positions of President advisors and Community Manager will continue to exist, the Advisors of the President advice the President while the Community Manager will ensure that the Government and the citizens remain in contact and in good relationships, regarding promises I promise I will revitalize FNR by ensuring the activity of the Ministers, I promise to stop the stagnation and have FNR Nations increase once again, I promise to ensure that the FNR News Paper will exist and released regulary, I promise a more organised government. That doesn't only works to retain the current system but actually works to make it better to help in the progress of FNR, i'm confident that I will bring FNR to new heights and I pledge to replicate the big success of our current RP on a region-wide scale during my Presidency, thats all.

:Alright Orvos, thanks for this very... interesting interview

:It was nothing, just my duty, and now it's time for my dramatic exit!

END OF THE INTERVIEW TO ORVOS! ORVOS FOR PRESIDENT OF FNR 2021!

Special thanks to Phoenician state for making the countryball for Tv reporter this time around.

by The Medical Techno-Federation of Doctors Orvos

Also, here also a short summary of my campaign.

Summary of Orvos presidential campaign.

Campaign summary:
• Revamp of ministries
-o Ministry of Roleplay is going to be reestablished.
-o Ministry of Cultural Affairs is going to be responsible for the newspaper of FNR along with the staff.
-o Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs will stay the same.
-o Ministry of Immigration and Internal Affairs will be merged to a new Ministry of Regional Management and will combine both of them.
-o Ministry of Regional Administration will be abolished, and its work will go to the vice-president.
• Community Manager and Advisor to the President positions will continue to exist.
• Newspaper will be released regularly
• Recruitment of nations will be better organized, with periodic tournaments
• Activity of the ministers themselves will be better regulated; if a minister will know he won’t have enough time for his ministry, he will be asked to take a short leave of absence
or, in case of a long-term inactivity, will be asked to resign beforehand.
-o Inactivity will be dealt with more severely than before, and every minister will be tasked with finding a deputy as soon as possible, along with active staff that will truly help him with his work.
-o We’ll make full use of the Vanguard council. Any inactive ministry will be quickly taken care of by the council, ensuring that the critically important work of every ministry will always be done.
• Revamp of the VP and his work. We feel the position of vice president was not utilized properly in previous administrations, and we feel the VP should be responsible for handling the management of the work that the president has given the ministers – taking care that the job is done on time and in a suitable manner, along with the use of the calendar.

People of nolan

My Nation wrote:

Gufand's running for Speaker, not Delegate. :P

Silly me. Anyways, I really don't know. Better check both dispatches.

My Nation

People of nolan

The United States of Emaha

Denolia wrote:

Ok, so I have a totally serious plan to save the region, here’s the proposal:

You give me : Complete and utter dictatorial power over the region.
You receive : Nothing lmao.

Nothing will go wrong there!

Also, I'm choosing Obets for WA Delegate.
They have plans that I would never come up with.

Denolia

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43468201

Hello fellow Freemen and Freewomen!

I would just like to drop this here once again:

FNR April General Elections: All Campaigns and Debates!

by The United States of Emaha

...

The Free Nations Region

Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016

FNR April General Elections: All Campaigns, All Debates!

This dispatch is intended to provide an easy to read overview of all debates and discussions with our candidates. Moreover, you can also find links to all campaign dispatches.

Here is a list of who is running for each office in the upcoming April General Elections:

President:
Doctors Orvos
Heaveria

World Assembly Delegate:
Obets
Narvatus (Incumbent)

Speaker of the Assembly:
Gufand (Incumbent)
Santo andreo
People of nolan

Presidential Candidates:

Doctors Orvos (Running mate: Sparsdan):

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1528535

Cross post from a discord, question asked by Thaelle aka Dyl: page=rmb/postid=43453257

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43468612

Castenor (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43471595

Sparsdan (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43473269

Sparsdan on the regional military: page=rmb/postid=43473301

Doctors Orvos replying to Castenor's questions: page=rmb/postid=43473390

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43474529

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43475420

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43476114

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43476583

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43476815

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43476972

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43477032

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43477295

Heaveria (Running mate: Tyuleniy):

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1528236

Cross post from a discord, question asked by Thaelle aka Dyl: page=rmb/postid=43452449

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43467620

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43467671

Tyuleniy:page=rmb/postid=43468012

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43468141

Tyuleniy: page=rmb/postid=43468198

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43468214

Castenor (only 1 is relevant for Heaveria): page=rmb/postid=43477032

Heaveria replying to Castenor's questions: page=rmb/postid=43479445

World Assembly Delegate Candidates:

Obets:

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1527175

Debate:

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43413149

Obets: page=rmb/postid=43414874

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43416175

Obets: page=rmb/postid=43417032

Castenor (using his other nation Aivintis): page=rmb/postid=43439639

Narvatus:

page=dispatch/id=1527244

Obets replying to Narvatus' campaign: page=rmb/postid=43470915

Castenor (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43477080

Speaker Candidates:

Gufand:

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1527526

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43476083

Gufand (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43478041

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43478284

Gufand: page=rmb/postid=43478514

Santo Andreo:

Santo Andreo has dropped from the Speaker race, citing that he had erred in the race and seeks forgiveness. Santo Andreo did not reply to debate questions asked by Castenor but rather accused him of flaming in a telegram without providing evidence.

Santo andreo's statement: page=rmb/postid=43491640

People of Nolan:

page=dispatch/id=1527363

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43416515

People of nolan: page=rmb/postid=43419171

Castenor (again, using Aivintis): page=rmb/postid=43439639

People of nolan: page=rmb/postid=43441276

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43441291

People of nolan: page=rmb/postid=43441330

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It is now completely up to date including Narvatus' campaign as well as all debates that have happened so far.

Seeing how active our RMB has been the last few days, I believe that this is an especially useful resource for our voters.

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Electoral Commissioner

My Nation and Tyuleniy

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43468201

Emaha wrote:

Hello fellow Freemen and Freewomen!

I would just like to drop this here once again:

FNR April General Elections: All Campaigns and Debates!

by The United States of Emaha

...

The Free Nations Region

Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016

FNR April General Elections: All Campaigns, All Debates!

This dispatch is intended to provide an easy to read overview of all debates and discussions with our candidates. Moreover, you can also find links to all campaign dispatches.

Here is a list of who is running for each office in the upcoming April General Elections:

President:
Doctors Orvos
Heaveria

World Assembly Delegate:
Obets
Narvatus (Incumbent)

Speaker of the Assembly:
Gufand (Incumbent)
Santo andreo
People of nolan

Presidential Candidates:

Doctors Orvos (Running mate: Sparsdan):

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1528535

Cross post from a discord, question asked by Thaelle aka Dyl: page=rmb/postid=43453257

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43468612

Castenor (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43471595

Sparsdan (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43473269

Sparsdan on the regional military: page=rmb/postid=43473301

Doctors Orvos replying to Castenor's questions: page=rmb/postid=43473390

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43474529

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43475420

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43476114

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43476583

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43476815

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43476972

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43477032

Sparsdan: page=rmb/postid=43477295

Heaveria (Running mate: Tyuleniy):

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1528236

Cross post from a discord, question asked by Thaelle aka Dyl: page=rmb/postid=43452449

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43467620

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43467671

Tyuleniy:page=rmb/postid=43468012

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43468141

Tyuleniy: page=rmb/postid=43468198

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43468214

Castenor (only 1 is relevant for Heaveria): page=rmb/postid=43477032

Heaveria replying to Castenor's questions: page=rmb/postid=43479445

World Assembly Delegate Candidates:

Obets:

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1527175

Debate:

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43413149

Obets: page=rmb/postid=43414874

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43416175

Obets: page=rmb/postid=43417032

Castenor (using his other nation Aivintis): page=rmb/postid=43439639

Narvatus:

page=dispatch/id=1527244

Obets replying to Narvatus' campaign: page=rmb/postid=43470915

Castenor (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43477080

Speaker Candidates:

Gufand:

The campaign dispatch can be found here:
page=dispatch/id=1527526

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43476083

Gufand (open the spoiler): page=rmb/postid=43478041

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43478284

Gufand: page=rmb/postid=43478514

Santo Andreo:

Santo andreo's statement: page=rmb/postid=43491640

People of Nolan:

page=dispatch/id=1527363

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43416515

People of nolan: page=rmb/postid=43419171

Castenor (again, using Aivintis): page=rmb/postid=43439639

People of nolan: page=rmb/postid=43441276

Castenor: page=rmb/postid=43441291

People of nolan: page=rmb/postid=43441330

Region Page | Master Dispatch | All Laws | Link

Our Discord
The Free Nations Region

The Federal Republic of Today in History

It is now completely up to date including Narvatus' campaign as well as all debates that have happened so far.

Seeing how active our RMB has been the last few days, I believe that this is an especially useful resource for our voters.

Emaha
Electoral Commissioner

Thank you for this! It's very helpful.

Emaha, Sparsdan, and Tyuleniy

7th April 1994 (27 years ago): Violence erupts in Rwanda, foreshadowing genocide

On 7 April 1994, violence fuels the launch of what would become the worst episode of genocide since World War II: the massacre of an estimated 500,000 to 1 million innocent civilian Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Following the first wave of massacres, Rwandan forces manage to discourage international intervention with the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeeping officers. The Tutsis, a minority group that made up about 10 percent of Rwanda’s population, received no assistance from the international community, although the United Nations later conceded that a mere 5,000 soldiers deployed at the outset would have stopped the wholesale slaughter.

The immediate roots of the 1994 genocide dated back to the early 1990s, when President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, began using anti-Tutsi rhetoric to consolidate his power among the Hutus. Beginning in October 1990, there were several massacres of hundreds of Tutsis. Although the two ethnic groups were very similar, sharing the same language and culture for centuries, the law required registration based on ethnicity. The government and army began to assemble the Interahamwe (meaning “those who attack together”) and prepared for the elimination of the Tutsis by arming Hutus with guns and machetes. In January 1994, the United Nations forces in Rwanda warned that larger massacres were imminent.

On 6 April 1994, President Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down. It is not known if the attack was carried out by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Tutsi military organization stationed outside the country at the time, or by Hutu extremists trying to instigate a mass killing. In any event, Hutu extremists in the military, led by Colonel Theoneste Bagosora, immediately went into action, murdering Tutsis and moderate Hutus within hours of the crash.

The Belgian peacekeepers were killed the next day, a key factor in the withdrawal of U.N. forces from Rwanda. Soon afterward, the radio stations in Rwanda were broadcasting appeals to the Hutu majority to kill all Tutsis in the country. The army and the national police directed the slaughter, sometimes threatening Hutu civilians when persuasion didn’t work. Thousands of innocent people were hacked to death with machetes by their neighbors. Despite the horrific crimes, the international community, including the United States, hesitated to take any action. They wrongly ascribed the genocide to chaos amid tribal war. President Bill Clinton later called America’s failure to do anything to stop the genocide “the biggest regret” of his administration.

It was left to the RPF, led by Paul Kagame, to begin an ultimately successful military campaign for control of Rwanda. By the summer, the RPF had defeated the Hutu forces and driven them out of the country and into several neighboring nations. However, by that time, an estimated 75 percent of the Tutsis living in Rwanda had been murdered.

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Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana_%281980%29.jpg

Juvénal Habyarimana in 1980.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Paul_Kagame_2014.jpg

Paul Kagame, commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front for most of the Civil War. He is the 6th and current president of Rwanda, having taken office in 2000.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Belgian_Soldier_Memorial.jpg/1280px-Belgian_Soldier_Memorial.jpg

The building in which ten Belgian UNAMIR soldiers were massacred and mutilated. Today the site is preserved as a memorial for the soldiers.
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Photographs of genocide victims displayed at the Genocide Memorial Center in Kigali.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/civil-war-erupts-in-rwanda

Gullyslanarmaing, Tyuleniy, and Malevos

Sparsdan wrote:

2. We discussed this, but the idea was rebuked by the electoral commitee that is not willing to do separate elections for only RP folk. We would be for it otherwise. This is the second best option.

6. I don't feel like that, but you're free to voice your opinion on the matter of course. We'll see in due time whether our way proves to be the right one.

8. Yeah, it will a bit. I think we didn't choose exactly a brilliant name, and I might see if we won't change it when announcing the positions themselves.

12. Yes. I'll not name them, however. I can say that I'd like Vostrov to stay as the Community Manager as I believe they do a brilliant job. I could also mention that in the case we win, you will be asked to become one of the advisors, as you were during my tenure as a president.

13. It is extreme, yes; one day, I wouldn't say exactly, more like a day I'll write "hey, what's up? Are you okay? If you cannot be online at this time, please let us know" and with 3 days and more, then more drastic solutions will come up. I'm nothing if not understanding, unexpected things happen to everyone and sometimes you just can't be online, its a game, after all. Whnever it is possible, however, I'd like, to get at least a short message "sorry man, I'll be out for 3 days" so I can say "yeah, not a problem, your deputy will do your job for a while" and some such. This should happen on an individual basis, really, every person is different and acts differently under particular circumstances; VP should be resolving such things on his own discretion.

Concerning LOA, yeah, sure. I don't see a problem as long as I'm told and as long as they aren't very frequent.

Heaveria's plan seems, like all his plans, good to me on the outside, but a bit too rigid. A little too German. I like to take more personal approach with ministers and members of the government - we're all different, anyways.

14. Yes.

16. Ouch.

2. I find it hard to believe that it is illegal to host a vote among RP members alone. It’s not a real “election”, it’s an appointment made after an unofficial survey. At least that’s how I see it. I don’t think it would/should be illegal to do votes that aren’t specifically elections. I feel like this should be pushed more.

6. Because like if I was MoC again, I would die if I had to do everything I was doing to manage the Ministry and also do a newspaper. Specific example, but if it’s how I feel it is possible that others feel the same way.

8. Ministry of Engagement. Ministry of Enrichment. Ministry of Retention. Something along those lines could accurately represent what it’s all about. I mean not like exactly any of those, but something similar, based on the ideas of the Ministry’s duties/goals. This isn’t a real election point anymore I’m just spitting ideas.

13. I would consider a more “Empower the Deputy for situations like these” than a “Look to removing Minister for situations like these”. At least in the beginning.

13.5. “a bit too rigid. A little too German” is this a jab at the Schlieffen Plan?

14. Okay. A mean old man Zukchiva this dude says we should recruit new nations for TEP let’s get it done.

My Nation and Emaha

The Eternal Crusade State of Valid

Denolia wrote:

On an unrelated note, we have a Supreme Court? What were you referring to?

Yes. I am a member of our Judicial Branch, which handles trials and judicial review.

Valid and Denolia

Castenor wrote:

Yes. I am a member of our Judicial Branch, which handles trials and judicial review.

Denolia wrote:

-snip-

On an unrelated note, we have a Supreme Court? What were you referring to?

I'm a member of the Supreme Court as well. They call me a Chief Justice but we mostly vote on things.

Obets

yeesh I'm gone for an hour and there are 30 new posts

Emaha, The mikalan empire, and Denolia

Sparsdan

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Castenor wrote:

13. I would consider a more “Empower the Deputy for situations like these” than a “Look to removing Minister for situations like these”. At least in the beginning.

13.5. “a bit too rigid. A little too German” is this a jab at the Schlieffen Plan?

14. Okay. A mean old man Zukchiva this dude says we should recruit new nations for TEP let’s get it done.

2. I didn't say its illegal, I said election committee does not want to do it, mostly because they feel it would be too much work. Ask them for reasons, not me.

6. They may, but that is a problem with any change - people can feel uncomfortable with them in the first week. It will come unto itself.

13. That goes hand in hand.

13.5. Hah, no, but it could be!

14. AMOM and Zuk are right in this case. Maybe. You should discuss it in TEP Discord announcement channel, that's the proper place for it.

Zukchiva, My Nation, Emaha, and Castenor

New heights

The Goin' Silent of Zukchiva

When you just ended a break and you have 300+ notifications:

Zukchiva, Emaha, Castenor, Tyuleniy, and 2 othersObets, and The mikalan empire

Edited

The East Pacific

Castenor wrote:

13. I would consider a more “Empower the Deputy for situations like these” than a “Look to removing Minister for situations like these”. At least in the beginning.

13.5. “a bit too rigid. A little too German” is this a jab at the Schlieffen Plan?

14. Okay. A mean old man Zukchiva this dude says we should recruit new nations for TEP let’s get it done.

I have no context about this but lets do this /s

Sparsdan wrote:

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2. I didn't say its illegal, I said election committee does not want to do it, mostly because they feel it would be too much work. Ask them for reasons, not me.

6. They may, but that is a problem with any change - people can feel uncomfortable with them in the first week. It will come unto itself.

13. That goes hand in hand.

13.5. Hah, no, but it could be!

14. AMOM and Zuk are right in this case. Maybe. You should discuss it in TEP Discord announcement channel, that's the proper place for it.

die

Heaveria please ban this noob for suggesting heresy. Chatting in announcements? Cardinal sin

Heaveria, Narvatus, Emaha, Castenor, and 1 otherSparsdan

Post self-deleted by Zukchiva.

Santo andreo

if you don't mind sending your questions ill more than happy to answer your debate questions and any more you have.

by The Federal Republic of Gufand

Gufand wrote:

Gufand for Speaker! As you can see above, I'm running for re-election, and I've got my campaign dispatch, any questions you have about it just quote or mention me.

Aivintis I'm not scared of you... Anyways, here it is

Gufand For Speaker! - April 2021

Draft: Subjected to changes

Gufand For Speaker!
April 2021

Who am I?
I am Gufand, your current speaker, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. I've been working in the government for a few months now, and I know my job very well. I've been fulfilling the duties of the office since then, and I, if re-elected, will keep doing so, and will develop further what should I be doing to encourage more people to get onboard and be active in the legislature.

Achievements so far
Throughout my term, there had been a bunch of achievements in the legislature

The legislature reached its' 50th vote
The legislature had a record-breaking 12 votes in 6 days
Debates being more active in Discord, and now they were brought to the RMB.

What do I plan?
I've planned a few more achievements I'd like to get done in my next term:

Increase the amount of bills presented to the legislature, this can be done through encouragement messages, going along other messages posted related to the legislature. Anyone would also be able to contact me if they have any questions, to ensure the quallity of bills, if they are correctly written, and so on.
Release monthly a legislative update through a regional telegram, this and the goal mentioned above could be done together.

Secondary Achievements

Post a dispatch to serve as a guide(Similar to My Nation's one, but updated) to help future speakers, and to make work faster, and more efficient.
Centralize, and compile all existing laws and rules for the legislature into 1 law, to ease the job of the Speaker, and accessibillity from the general public to the legal texts, establishing the Legislature.

1.. Do you really think that encouragement alone is enough to increase activity in the legislature? There’s nothing else that you can think of that would work?

2.. How will your legislative update TG be structured? Don’t you think more telegrams could potentially overwhelm the people?

3.. What would this guide contain?

4.. As a Magister in TEP I’ve seen a lot of efforts to ease the legislature by compiling smaller laws regarding similar things into one big one. In the end, parts are always cut off into their own laws. How will you make sure the length/contents of this new centralized legislative procedures law is reasonable? What if it can’t be without splitting some of it?

5.. What are some areas of law you think need to be worked on? Be as specific or as general as you’d like.

6.. Will the debate system change in any way?

7.. How will you make use of the Deputy Speaker position?

My Nation, Emaha, and Gufand

Sparsdan wrote:

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2. I didn't say its illegal, I said election committee does not want to do it, mostly because they feel it would be too much work. Ask them for reasons, not me.

6. They may, but that is a problem with any change - people can feel uncomfortable with them in the first week. It will come unto itself.

13. That goes hand in hand.

13.5. Hah, no, but it could be!

14. AMOM and Zuk are right in this case. Maybe. You should discuss it in TEP Discord announcement channel, that's the proper place for it.

2. They don’t have to do anything, it’s not an official election.

14. You’re right.

Santo andreo wrote:

if you don't mind sending your questions ill more than happy to answer your debate questions and any more you have.

I already did, remember? You sent me a telegram about it?

Santo andreo

Castenor wrote:

I already did, remember? You sent me a telegram about it?

Okay then.

Sparsdan

Castenor wrote:

2. They don’t have to do anything, it’s not an official election.

I'm not sure doing it unofficially is the way it should go. Most of the troubles we had with the previous RP region - and there were lots - were precisely because everything was done unofficially and the presidents just kinda ignored whatever was happening and whatever the community wanted until it was too late. You might be right that an elected RP minister is not the right way to go, but I say - let us try it, let us see what works in practice. I very much appreciate your TEP experience, but we gotta to things our way sometimes, too, otherwise we won't find out if there's a better way. Sparsdan way often isn't the way that works the best, but its the way that makes people interested, active, and having fun. That's the Sparsdan way.

Vote Orvos, vote Sparsdan.

Castenor and Doctors Orvos

Sparsdan wrote:

Vote Orvos, vote Sparsdan.

Fair I suppose, although that whole “President doesn’t give a damn” issue can be solved with the President giving a damn :p

Speaking of which, I’ve noticed you’ve been answering most of my questions, and you’ve been quick to respond and firm in your answer. That’s 100000000000x the normal VP activity, almost as if you were running yourself. Will this be what it will be like with Orvos as President? His VP being more active in addressing issues and making decisions independently of the President? How will your dynamic work, and how will it be similar or different to past President-Vice President relationships?

Sparsdan

Castenor wrote:

Fair I suppose, although that whole “President doesn’t give a damn” issue can be solved with the President giving a damn :p

What a great question, thank you for it. As could've been seen, I was active also as My Nation's VP, and helped him run his government, being quite active in areas like Foreign Relations and communication. My Nation, however, did almost all of the overall cabinet strategy, legislature etc., and overruled me immediately when I went a bit too far in ideas incompatible with his campaign.

Its gonna be the same with Orvos and myself. I'm not that good a guy to plan everything into meticulous detail - I'm a guy that thinks of things, brainstorms, and then lets better people sort the trash from the good and then either starts working on things himself, or gives the work to the right people at the right time.

So no, the decisions and addressing all governmental issues will still be almost completely the work president Orvos, as it was with My Nation. You can imagine me as the public face of the government, the guy who puts into motion the actual work Orvos and the ministers will do. I do admit its a novel way or defining VP's work in FNR, but its what I do, and its something that works.

It is also true I often take point if any crisis (god forbid) happens in FNR. That's usually because I'm online, experienced in dealing with them and very quick to react. Still, anything I do is always with the agreement and knowledge of the president, and it won't be different this time around.

Castenor and Doctors Orvos