Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Yesterday at 12:30:55 PMYayyy, delighted to have you, Mximo! Welcome!

Does this mean that the OPEN party endorses the performance in office of the outgoing Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs? And his attitude to Terpelaziuns?

I'd love it if some of those who were around in the early days could provide their memories. Sir Tamorán unfortunately can't be with us so he asked me to pass on his thoughts. But I'd love to hear more from @GV or @Gjermund Higraff, who were among the original revolutionaries, or @mpf or @anglatzara who (like me) jumped on board in the first month or so.

Twenty years ago today, the Talossan Republic was founded when eleven citizens seized control of Wittenberg X, in reaction to the increasing intolerance and abuse of King Robert I. A full history of events in the lead-up to that time is found in A Nation Sundered, by Gödafrïeu Valcádac'h (@GV) who took part in these events.

These events marked the first time in history when Talossa as a nation not only asserted itself against its King, but succeeded. Many more such events (the abdication of KR1 in August 2005, Reunision in April 2012, and of course this year's monarchy reform) have emphasised this - but the Revolution of Calondă Gün was the first to succeed.

QuoteI'm proud to say I was a part of a Talossan republic. And I'm proud of all those who worked hard to make such a republic. On this, the twentieth anniversary of our revolution, we should honor those who fought for true Talossan ideals of freedom, independence, and the dignity of the Talossan people. Long live Talossa!

- Sir Tamorán dal Navă (@grubi), first President of the Talossan Republic

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Yesterday at 01:00:22 AMYou've tried to state that it was opposition from the TNC that prevented a cross-partisan cabinet. This is not the entire truth.  As it is also untrue that I attempted to sabotage Braneu.

Be very, very careful here. You defused partisan tensions greatly by being big enough to do a public U-turn on the monarchy issue and help draft a good compromise. But if we are going to start relitigating the events of December-January last, the lid will pop off a big ol' can of worms.

QuoteWait, wasn't Bentxami also considered for a cabinet post?

That was a suggestion we got from Þerxh in late January. The Free Democrats turned it down because this came after Bråneu was run out from the Kingdom and, for some reason, we decided the situation was very different at that point from when we offered Lüc.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on May 30, 2024, 08:43:33 PMYou offered Sir Luc the Finance Ministry in early December 2023 and he declined. This is in your post from 1 December 2023 titled "Budget Bill."

This is not what happened. True, Sir Lüc was not very enthusiastic about joining Cabinet as Finance Minister, but he was prepared to "take one for the team", as (a) the Government had been left high and dry by a leading figure quitting and attempting to sabotage a TNC-FreeDem agreement; (b) Lüc was in the best position as a FreeDem-aligned independent to bridge the gap. But it was Bråneu's decision to drop the proposal himself as he felt real enthusiasm would be required; this was a decision made without consulting Lüc.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on May 30, 2024, 10:20:17 AMI'd proposed a regular review and updating of catchment areas but this was rejected without reason.

Well, no, not no reason. Free Democrats gave plenty of reasons, whether you liked them or not.

There does seem to be cross-party consensus for some kind of major review, despite your specific proposals from last time not getting the vote.

Quote2. Micronationalism
Talossa has a rich history that deserves the utmost respect. We must have a representative at every MicroCon to affirm our prominent status. We must establish a taskforce dedicated to building relations with the most prosperous and influential micronations.

Any comment on the performance of the Foreign Minister in the outgoing Government? ;)

Priority One (or near to it) for a Free Democrat-led government will be actually putting an end to the ongoing saga of the National Database.

I have personally been yelling about this for more than two years now. The Secretary of State has also been continuously grumbling over the last two years about how it's impossible to do more than the basics with the current system without citizen M-P Furxhéir's help, and he's often unavailable.

The last Government promised a committee to replace the Database. Nothing ever happened, for reasons that seem to boil down to "the Minister of Technology was too busy". Fair enough; but the rest of his Government don't seem to have been much busier.

We will move away from this Database by the end of the 60th Cosa. Hopefully we'll have a full replacement running by then - just perhaps, we might have to go back to running things manually for a while. But we can no longer tolerate the status quo. We can't tolerate the tech guys sitting around talking about a new total solution but nothing ever gets done and we don't get any partial solutions.

Free Democrats get things done.

Quote from: mximo on May 29, 2024, 11:25:59 AMAzul,

The house will be udpdated in Time.

Mximo Carbonèl

Supplementary question, esteemed Túischac'h!

Given that there is literally no more time left, that the Cosa will be dissolved in mere days, would the Minister like to confirm that nothing has happened?

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on May 29, 2024, 05:22:01 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on May 29, 2024, 05:15:52 PMMore seriously, the Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs is not up for re-election this time, but the guy who was Seneschal in that government will be. I myself have been in the position of "I can't fire this Minister, even though he's incompetent/uncommunicative, because there's no replacement". But I paid, as you say, a political price for it.

Yes, you did, and good on Talossan voters for making you pay it, Miestra.

As the outgoing Distáin, I suppose I should ask you what you think of the performance of the Minister of Defence/Foreign Affairs?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on May 29, 2024, 08:20:16 AMI having nothing but respect for the recent forbearance and integrity of the Free Democrats over the past term.  That's thanks in large part to your leadership, I'm sure.

I accept the sincere compliment and the goodwill, but I acted for only the most selfish reasons! Those being: there is no political benefit in mindless partisanship when your opponent is going in a direction of mutual benefit. As a political strategy, this clearly succeeded this term; and I've always been sincere in wanting to turn down the overall levels of mindless partisanship. My thanks will always go to the two Senescháis this term for making the effort.

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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on May 28, 2024, 07:49:23 PM(I mean, in the last FreeDems government, I remember one oppositionist being quite persistent asking about what we were doing to the Zouaves. Fair play to him; but I would have never thought of just saying "shut up and go away, it's a state secret".)

Saying that it's just not a priority is always going to be a fair answer, but it's an answer that you might pay for during a campaign.

Probably you can say the same for "I'll tell you later". :D

More seriously, the Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs is not up for re-election this time, but the guy who was Seneschal in that government will be. I myself have been in the position of "I can't fire this Minister, even though he's incompetent/uncommunicative, because there's no replacement". But I paid, as you say, a political price for it.

Well, you can't really be a centrist party if there's no "Right wing". The TNC (by which I mean the Breneir/AD TNC, not Breneir's microparty of yore) was effectively the "centre-Right" because it regrouped the RUMP/Balançéu constituency - which has now lost its raison d'être. This is what I was getting at with the lack of any ideological "protein" in any of the Té-En-Tzell's programs (except Bråneu's mandatory coalition idea?). The FreeDems is putting up a mild reformist (centre-Left) platform, and I believe there is going to be a firebreathing republican option on the ballot as well. So that might be the new axis, against which *someone* is going to have to be the centre-Right, if not the Right.

One of the failures of the Free Democrats this term have been that we were so focused on getting a solution to the constitutional issue that we slacked off on Duty One of any opposition, holding the Government to account. And the outgoing TNC government, despite their Seneschal being a polite chap, did, as we say around these parts, the square root of not very much. The complete flop of the Database Commission, and the fact that our web presence is now on the incumbent MinTech's personal server, is perhaps the most shocking. The implosion of the TNC might make it more difficult to run on that in the election, but to the extent that individual candidates/parties were responsible in the outgoing Government, we can still question whether they'd do anything different next time.

(I mean, in the last FreeDems government, I remember one oppositionist being quite persistent asking about what we were doing to the Zouaves. Fair play to him; but I would have never thought of just saying "shut up and go away, it's a state secret".)

Quote from: Bråneu Excelsio on May 28, 2024, 06:24:03 PMWhen I Joined I had no idea what the Cosa was and didn't understand why would I care about one seat in it; now I'm spending 2 coffees worth of money for 1 seat.

1 vote will get you at least 2, maybe 3 seats!

(redirected from the official Chancery thread because I doubt Txec will be happy with people clogging it up like we are)

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Quote from: Bråneu Excelsio on May 26, 2024, 08:17:09 PMPARTY REGISTRATION

* Civilian Outreach for Fun and Enjoyable Events.

* Initials
 (COFFEE)


* 50 word statement:
I have dedicated my energy to promote the values of healthy coexistence, Community, the Arts, Fun and Excitement.
My goal is to unite people through shared vissions and bring unity and positivity to Talossa; to balance different viewpoints and unite Talossa for a better future.

* Party Leader: @Bråneu Excelsio.

Arts you say? Sounds interesting.

Before you arrived I was the hyperactive dude for a while too, but even before knowing what was going on, I was recluted by the same guy who recluted you and had to quit everything later on, tricky little thing, politics.

I am always interested in how that citizen was so good at "recluting" people when the Free Democrats couldn't, even when approaching newbies right out of the immigration queue - but I suppose where all that ended up with the current "TNC potato sack" breaking. It's harder to recruit to a party of principle but it means a more resilient party in the long run.

QuoteIt's a good idea to stay out of politics, but having a seat in the Cosa is kind of fun. If you can afford the $10 dollars, making your own party seems fun, isn't it?

It is kind of fun, but it also means you become a "main character" in politics, with people from all sides lobbying you for your vote, to join their coalition, etc, and you make enemies as fast as you make friends. This is why we brought in the provision for "1 seat for new citizens", to bring in a low-stakes way to start in politics. For some reason people have just not been interested in that. Wild, as 1 seat in the last Cosa would have changed everything.