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Brototh for Convention Leader - Strong & Stable
"The splendid thing about falling apart silently... is that you can start over as many times as you like."
[A Thousand Flamingoes]
I used this manifesto format so much that somehow Theresa May's quotes found their way in. And Charles D.B. King.Hello there Thaecia! My name is Brototh, but you might also know me as Cinema.
We are entering into the most important stage of Thaecian history and it is up to all of us to step up and contribute to it. Whether that be through government, or just hanging around Thaecia and keeping our region active, everyone can play their own individual role. The upcoming Constitutional Convention is of paramount importance in regards to ensuring that our region's next Fifth Constitution will provide a strong and stable basis for the future of Thaecia. That is why I am running for Leader of the Convention, in order to provide a strong and stable leadership for the region during these troubling times.
I'm straightforward - I have a political party, the National Reform Party, and I want those policies to be passed. However, you are not electing me based on my policies in regards to the Constitutional Convention; I am not running for member, I am running for Leader. The responsibility of the Leader is to ensure the smooth running of the convention: to set up debates, to control votes, to ensure that business proceeds in an orderly fashion. It's critical that Thaecia has leadership in this time that has experience and is proven to be a strong leader. I fulfil these qualities to their full extent. If you're not convinced by my words, let my curriculum vitae speak for itself.
I have served as:
Prime Minister of Thaecia
President / World Assembly Delegate of Thaecia
Speaker of the House of Commons & Member of Parliament
Chairperson of the Senate & Senator
Chief & Associate Justice
Minister for Domestic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defence.
It is hopefully evident that I am an extremely qualified candidate for this position, and I hope that when you consider who should be ensuring that our convention progresses in an orderly fashion, you consider me for Convention Leader. I strongly believe that I am the best candidate for the position. I am not coming in here to 'lead' Thaecia, and I am not seeking any sort of power from the position as Convention Leader. Instead, my long time experience through Thaecian government, including in roles identical to this one, being Speaker and Chairperson, will enable strong and stable leadership in the coming weeks.
When you get the ballot for Convention Leader - vote Strong and Stable; Vote Brototh.
If you're interested in my wider policies and plans to save Thaecia, I invite you to check out my political party's manifesto below.
Strongly Committed to Parliamentarianism; Thaecia Stronger Reformed
When Thaecia brought almost everyone in we had a strong Congress that was the root for this region. Now it is time to bring Thaecia back to this time that we all look back on fondly, this is what has made Thaecia SHINE. But still recognising the days of modern politics that must embrace the executive as well as the primary leadership of Thaecia. It is clear that the Congress of Thaecia is the key to our activity otherwise we would not have gone through this way. It is our proposal that we must embrace Congress as the key component of our region and turn it into a PERSISTENTLY ACTIVE regard of the government. If we do not do this, we will only end back up here in five more years once we have run out of legislation again. Bringing the Legislative and Executive aspects of our region together will fuse them into a permanently active solution for as long as we can think of.
11 seat, one chamber House of Commons: resembling the most successful size of our lower house, without the baggage of a bicameral system to juggle. This will enable revitalised party politics with a reason for parties to battle for the legislature, giving our region activity in political gaming again, which brought almost all of us to Thaecian politics.
Prime Minister and Cabinet sitting in the House, ensuring that the legislature must be executively focused, with the Prime Minister holding the host of regular parliamentarian leadership powers, enabling a powerful executive led legislature.
A reduced Executive to three Ministers to reduce the juggle of too many disconnected departments, instead prioritising Secretaries as new Deputy Ministers who have the authority to manage their department of the ministry giving Deputies a reason to engage with the region, even if not in politics, which has before been absent; Ministers instead will take an overarching leadership role, rather than necessarily a direct role in all regards.
There will be one Minister of Domestic Affairs, who will handle the current domestic portfolio, plus the legal portfolio. Domestic Affairs will be divided into three secretaries; Integration, Recruitment, Administration. Removing the workload from one single minister will enable more people to be involved in Thaecian government and spread the workload evenly.
One Minister of Foreign Affairs, who will handle the current foreign portfolio, plus the defence portfolio. Foreign Affairs will be divided into two secretaries; Diplomacy, Defence. This is not a commitment to a consistently active army; instead, it is a commitment to maintaining the structure for the potential of an armed forces in the future. Neglecting the armed forces entirely would be a mistake.
One Minister of Cultural Affairs, who will handle the current cultural portfolio, plus roleplay and communications. There will be three secretaries; Events, Roleplay, News. The recreation of the Thaecian Newspaper will give a way for the onsite community to interact and the specialisation of an Events Secretary will allow for the hosting of events to be specifically delegated rather than roped into one overloaded cultural minister.
The aforementioned nationalisation of the Roleplay. The Roleplay is what brought many people into Thaecia, and its neglect through its autonomous system has caused it to slowly decay. Bringing it into the fold as a key part of our region is necessary for continued survival of our system.
A separately elected Speaker of the House who will serve as a purely neutral arbitrator of debates, rather than a political position that is unnecessarily fought over at the beginning of terms.
A simplified electoral system of standard single-transferable vote. The decimal system for the transfer of votes is arguably fairer and more democratic; weighted votes are arguably fairer and more democratic. However, in a region where there are less than 100 active people, the usage of systems designed for elections with millions of votes cast is ridiculous and reduces the Electoral Commission to those with maths degrees. It should not take intense training to run the democratic system. Under our new electoral system all votes will be worth one vote and equally transferred.
Once every 4 months, House of Commons elections - that's practically it. There is electoral overload in Thaecia. Prime Minister, House, Senate, Delegate. The abolition of the Senate and fusion of the House and Prime Minister will ensure that the Electoral Commission is not overloaded with consistent elections, resulting in the EC needing replacement every few months. The Speaker will be elected alongside the House of Commons through instant runoff voting. Additionally, if the House of Commons has a snap-election called mid-term, the new election will begin a new term; this will ensure there are not snap-elections too close to the start of a new term to be meaningful.
The replacement of Delegate elections with a new challenge system. The Delegate is a typically non-political role and should function as such. Under our new system, the Delegate will be elected to a six-month term. After their term expires, they will not leave office, but instead become susceptible to challenge, where any Thaecian can run against them with five sponsors, instigating an election between the Delegate and their challenger. This will ensure there are no more unnecessary elections for Delegate when they are outrageously popular as a non-political symbol.
Monthly designated positions for snap elections. Instead of a consistent barrage of snap elections, they will occur on a regularly designated period halfway through every month. This will reduce election congestion and resolve the major issues with snap elections.
The installation of new royal-esque Houses and Noble Titles. We will be developing a unique system of royal titles to recognise Thaecian's achievements, beyond the current three-tier limited Order of Thaecia system, ranging from Duchies to Counties to Baronies. The region's culture and theme will be intensely developed through the introduction of a set of houses and titles, allowing Thaecians to identify with groups of other Thaecians. These Houses will also compete in regional cultural events for points to earn different prizes. This will incentivise involvement in cultural games for Thaecians.
