To all military facilities and installations of the Kingdom of Talossa,
As Minister of Defence, I am hereby directing that flags on all military facilities, installations, and buildings be lowered to half staff for the next seven days in respect of the passing of the Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal Highness, Prince Phillip.

Gen. Txoteu Davinescu
Minister of Defence

Quote from: Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on March 31, 2021, 10:50:31 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on March 31, 2021, 09:36:16 PMI repeat again that you guys had two months to wake up and suggest amendments here. Our current system, where a Bill is Clarked with 5 days before voting and its opponents go "miéida sant, we didn't think you were serious! Please stop!" is ludicrous and leads to bad law.

You posted a first draft of this bill on February 10th.  I pointed out huge problems on February 13th, and you said nothing for a very long time.  Then more than a month later, on March 17th -- again, that's only two weeks ago! -- you posted the new draft.  Within the week, you received detailed feedback on these specific problems.  That discussion continued in good faith and in detail right up until March 24th, at which point you Clarked the bill.

Perhaps you are thinking of some other bill?  Since you're not describing what you did with this one.  There was no way for anyone to know that you'd just abandoned your first draft after the February exchange -- you never said, "I do see the problem here, so let's fix it."  You just stopped replying and said nothing for a month.  I am not a mind reader.

I also had no way to know that you never looked up the laws you were repealing.  It never would have occurred to me to ask if you'd done that, since such a question would seem very insulting for me to ask.  I certainly would have helped you find them if I had known.  I usually just google "Wisconsin statutes," which is an easy way to get there for me.

I hope that the Ziu sees these manifold problems and more time can be taken to fix this.  You have Clarked numerous bills this term and I'm not sure a single one has lost even one vote from your party, however, so that seems unlikely.

You do understand that the Ziu seeks counsel, not because we have to... but because we chose to. The legislative body of this Kingdom is a separate entity... not part of the Sovereign's day to day. We heard your input... and while we do appreciate the Regent's desire to be a bit more involved (WAY more than John has in a while)... you also need to learn to stay in the lane of the office you hold. We as a legislative body spend far too much time arguing with the Sovereign/Regent over freaking nonsense. The duties of the Government are handled by the Ziu... not by you... and we will be a better nation when that is clearly understood.

Additionally, I want to make clear that my point is... the investiture is not at the permission of the Sovereign, it's the Government acting through their Majesty. The Sovereign doesn't, without a very damn good reason, have the right to block any investiture.

*Sigh* Might I bring to the Regent's attention that there are not, have not, and was never intended to ever be a "First", "Second", "Third" or whatever "Ceremony of Investiture". Investiture was never intended to be a number thing. QEII doesn't sequence Investitures and neither should we. Honors are, if awarded, at the end of Cosa... by the Sovereign's hand. Not, mind you, by the Sovereign's playing God with honours of the Government & State! Land Grants (Earldoms and Baronies, etc) are the exclusive domain of the Sovereign... and I am getting increasingly frustrated with the overstepping of those rights... specifically by you. With all do respect, this is NOT your sandbox... it isn't even King John's. You and the office you hold exist because the one that is supposed to be here doing a VERY narrow-fielded job... isn't. Orders and Honours of the Government or State, unless the Sovereign... or in this case Regent... has a very good reason not to award, should be awarded with appropriate respect as described.

Per on all
ÜC on VoC

Gen. Davinescu, MC

The Office of the Commandant is now taking applications for the following position:

Aide-de-camp – This billet is to act as the personal assistant to the Commandant. Duties will be but not limited to: help with time and daily management, scheduling of meetings, correspondence, and note taking, etc...

The individual assigned to this position will assume the rank of Colonel and will be posted to RTMC Headquarters at Mitchell House, Port Maxhestic, Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Talossa as his/her primary billet.

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps - The Office of the Commandant of the Royal Talossan Marine Corps is looking for an individual willing to assume the duties of Sergeant Major of the Corps.

The duties of the office shall include, but not be limited to the following:

1. Serve as senior enlisted advisor to the Commandant and his Staff.
2. Serve as liaison between the enlisted members of the RTMC and the Commandant and his Staff.
3. Promote the training and advancement of enlisted members of the Corps.
4. Assume other duties as assigned by the Commandant.

The individual assigned to this position will assume the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major and will be posted to RTMC Headquarters at Mitchell House, Port Maxhestic, Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Talossa as his/her primary billet.

Good Evening,
To clarify, thanks to my own records being a bit scrambled, Vice Admiral Ardpresteir is the Vice Chief of Naval Operations under Branch Chief, Navy Board member and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Brad Holmes. If you boys wanna fight over who's going to be top dog in the RTN... please remember that such disagreements are addressed at ten paces with matching caliber Nerf pistols.

Cheers,
Gen. Txoteu Davinescu, O.SPM, SRFS
Minister of Defence
Navy Board Member
Commandant, RTMC

Interesting idea... however, wouldn't that give Cosa members even more votes if members of the Cabana?

Davinescu

On December 23, 2020/XLI, in my duties as Deputy Attorney General, I called for nominations for the role of Community Jurist, as set out in 55RZ7 / El Lexhatx G.13.2, in a post on Wittenberg (https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=628.0).

Three Talossan citizens nominated themselves for this role: Senator Ián Plätschisch, Túischac'h Txosue Roibeardescù, and Secretary of State Dr Txec dal Nordselva. All these being fine candidates, the Deputy Attorney General accordingly recommended all these names to the Regent (acting for the King) for appointment as Community Jurists, under El Lex G.13.2.1, by Wittenberg private message.

The Regent raised an objection to naming Dr Nordselva to the role, arguing that this set up an impermissible "separation of powers" conflict with his role as Secretary of State. The both the Ministry and Government did not agree with this assessment.

Previously, the Regent and the Government had agreed that making the Seneschál a CJ would be inappropriate, because most lawsuits in Talossa are against the Government. Such matters do not, in the Government's opinion, arise for the Secretary of State. Moreover, Dr. Nordselva, as a former CpI Justice, is the most eminently qualified of the three.

The Government asked the Regent, therefore, to officially name s:reux. Plätschisch and Roibeardescù as CJs, and to announce publicly why he was rejecting the Government's recommendation of Dr. Nordselva, so as to start a public discussion on the question. The Regent refused to do this, instead insisting that the Government continue to "discuss", via Wittenberg PM, his assertion of an impermissible separation of powers conflict between the Secretary of State's office and being a Community Justice. The Government found itself at a loss as to how to do so, because we simply, point-blank disagree with the Regent on this point.

We continue to not understand why the Regent refuses to nominate s:reux Plätschisch and Roibeardescù, about whom there is no debate as to their qualification. And we decline to waste further time. Thankfully, the law provides an alternative to the Regent's demand that we "DEBATE HIM".

Therefore, again under El Lexh G.13.2.1, the Ministry of Justice hereby recommends s:reux Ián Plätschisch, Txosué Roibeardescù, and Dr Txec dal Nordselva, to the Cort pü Inalt to be named as Community Jurists (CJ).

Respectfully,
Þon Txoteu É. Davinescu, O.SPM
Deputy Attorney General

Azul,
In my duties as Deputy (Acting) A-Xh, I have been asked to submit names for consideration as Community Jurists (CJ) under provisions of 55RZ7. CJs are a

If you are interested in serving as a Cort Magistrate, and after review of the below guidelines, please reach out to me.

Thanks,
Deputy A-Xh Davinescu

13.2. The Ziu establishes the General Cort of Talossa, which shall be an inferior nisi prius cort, cort of first instance, and of general jurisdiction consistent with Article VIII of the Organic Law.

13.2.1. Any citizen of Talossa who has satisfied the Ministry of Justice of their knowledge of Talossan law and jurisprudence, and of their good character, may be recommended to the King or to the Cort pü Inalt to be named as a Community Jurist (CJ).

13.2.2. Community Jurists may be deprived of this designation by the Cort pü Înalt, upon presentation of a preponderance of evidence by the Ministry of Justice that their good character or their legal knowledge is no longer satisfactory.

13.2.3. The Clerk of Courts shall appoint, by random selection, a single Community Jurist to preside over the General Cort for any case arising under this section.

13.2.3.1. If no qualified CJ is available to hear a given case, the Clerk of Corts shall appoint a single Judge of the Cort pü Inalt to preside over the General Cort for that case.

13.2.4. The judicial official presiding over a matter in the General Cort of Talossa shall be styled as "Magistrate" for the purposes of that proceeding.

13.2.5. Unless an appeal lies as of right, an aggrieved party to an action may seek leave to appeal any determination of the General Cort to the Cort pü Inalt.

13.2.6. A Magistrate may not sit as a Judge on the Cort pü Inalt for any appeal related to a proceeding over which they presided as a a magistrate.

13.2.7. A Magistrate must recuse themselves from a matter upon a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Acting until promoted to Admiral, as the CNO is Navy Board-level. Think Board of Admiralty

Anyone else?

Editorial note... the Title I Revision is not properly noted to me, Txoteu Davinescu

Thanks (there's so many of us damn Txoteus running around!)

Cheers,
Gen. Davinescu, MoD, MC

Azul,
Greetings members of the MoD, staff, officers, and enlisted personnel, as we prepare to close out 2020... we at the Ministry would like to conduct a Census of our current members. The Census is simple, including the following information:

Name
Rank/Rate
Branch
Position
Date of Appointment/Commission

For example, I will start:

Txoteu Davinescu, O.SPM
General
Royal Talossan Marine Corps
Commandant
July, 2016

Thanks in advance,
General Txoteu Davinescu, O.SPM
Minister of Defence

I would like to request this be Clarked

Txoteu Davinescu, O.SPM, MC