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| Nentsia | May 16 2014, 09:20 AM Post #1 |
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De Batavier![]() Chancellor Schimmelpenninck Published Major Social Reforms Chancellor Schimmelpenninck has finally forwarded his expected reforms to the parliament for debate ![]() 326 AR -- Chancellor Hendrick Schimmelpenninck has published the major social reforms that the government announced and has forwarded them to the Staaten-Generaal for debate and review. It concerns a package of measures and law proposals that will fundamentally change the Batavian society and the future of this country. The reforms, going under the name of the ''Great Reform Bill'', are likely to be approved by the parliament as it has the support of the so-called ''Grand Coalition'', a majority of government parties. The biggest issue on the Great Reform Bill is the question of women's suffrage. The Batavian Commonwealth is one of the last democratic states in Oracia without universal women's suffrage. At this point, only unmarried women above the age of 21 can vote while married women have no voting rights. This situation has its historical roots in a time when the Batavian Commonwealth extended its election franchise to ''one vote per household'', in which only male suffrage existed as men were seen as the household heads. For many decades the conservatives have managed to stop the advance of the independent woman, but with this bill Batavia will finally have universal women's suffrage above the age of 21. This reform was one of the Social democratic SDP's election promises and analysts believe they will benefit the most from the women's vote - although the electoral changes will be minimal. Another major reform that the government is proposing with this bill is on education. Although most Batavians currently enjoy public education, the government wants that in 10 years, the majority of the children in Batavia receive private education. Through a new law, private schools are forced to accept all paying students as long as they have the capacity and a maximum fee for private schools will be established to prevent the fees from running too high. Lower income families will receive a government subsidy to ensure all children can go to school. The ministry of education, currently led by Otto van Dalsen-Brinkerhoff, will increase the number of quality inspections by the Nationale Onderwijscommissie (National Education Commission) to preserve the quality of our education. The gradual privatization of the education system was one of the goals of the IDU and is supposed to save billions of taxpayer's money. The third significant reform touches upon the criminal justice system. A new law should legalize ''vigilante-ism'' again, allowing communities and civilians to actively participate in protecting their neighbourhoods against criminals and helping the law enforcement agencies in capturing suspects. Civilians will be allowed to form vigilante groups under the strict supervision of the Association for Public Safety which cooperates with the Ministry of Justice, the Office of Public Prosecutors, national and local police organizations. Chancellor Schimmelpenninck writes that the goal of all these reforms is to ''modernize'' and ''strengthen'' the Batavian society and the ties between the citizenry and the government. This package of reforms, that includes many more smaller changes, should ''eliminate the overdue work'' of the government to prepare the country for the future. ''After the economic and fiscal modernizations and reforms under the first term of President Keiser, it is now time to finish the job and modernize the rest of Batavia's society.'' If the Great Reform Bill passes the parliament, it will be a historical moment for the country as Batavia will then finally have universal women's suffrage. The Women's Association has responded with moderate enthusiasm, stating that they welcome the bill but that they still fear the parliament might block the legislation - as it has done so often in the past with this issue. |
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| Nentsia | Oct 4 2014, 02:58 AM Post #16 |
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De Batavier![]() President Barentsz Parliamentary Address over Carpatho-Batavian Crisis President Barentsz: 'I swear that I will continue that struggle to my dying day, even if it's the last thing I do!' ![]() 329 AR -- President Barentsz has given a fiery address to the Staaten-Generaal, a move that shows how important he thinks the matter is. The president came to the parliament to inform the House about the latest developments in the Batavian-Carpathian diplomatic crisis, to explain his strategy and to defend his request that the parliament should draft a resolution to authorize the president to use the armed forces against another country. President Barentsz: [applause] ''To the Right Honourable Speaker of the Estates-General, I stand before you here today as a humble president. I stand here today in the service of this sacred institution, in the service of the Batavian people [rumbling]. I can inform you, Honourable Speaker, that the Carpathian government is under the utmost pressure of both friend and foe recently, and that even nations of which my administration did not expect it have joined the ranks of the international community to speak out against the injustices inflicted against the Batavian Commonwealth and her citizens! [yeah!] I have given the ambassadors of the Batavian Commonwealth the task to express the Batavian government's gratitude for this sign of support to Arkiania, Hahklallah, Aurentina and Akitsu. To the Right Honourable Gentlemen of the Estates, I do solemnly hope, and I encourage with every vein in my body, all nations of Caprecia, Nysa and the Trilateral Alliance to follow this example and to distance themselves from the Allied States of Carpathia and its utterly scandalous policies, aimed at the impairment of Batavia's national interests and well-being! [yeah!] Right Honourable Speaker, the Carpathian government seems to have been changing their political discourse rather rapidly with the mounting of international pressure and criticism on their heedless - and I must say irrational - foreign policy decisions. [laughing] It is true... [order!] ...esteemed deputies and representatives of the Estates-General, that I and my advisers spent quite some hours to understand the logic of the Carpathian government's decision to put us... on the list of Axis of Evil countries rather than themselves! [laughter] ...And after a whole night, we concluded that there is none! [laughter] You may laugh, and indeed it would be comical, if it not proved just how dangerous irrational regimes are the security of our country. [yeah!] The Carpathian government motivated its decisions against our country by saying, and I quote, 'that all military threats shall be taken very seriously and that any aggressive action against the Allied States will be taken as an act of war'... [booing] ...Gentlemen, I do not know what the Carpathian politicians have been drinking or eating... and I am no doctor, but I'd advise them to consume less of it. [laughter] The Carpathian government must have wrongly interpreted my administration's consideration to send military advisors to the neighbouring countries of D'Hara as... a threat of war against Carpathia itself. Bollocks. Bollocks! Bollocks! [rumor] [Order!] Yes we are considering to send advisors to the state of Zara, yes we are hoping that it would prevent more conflicts in the region and yes the ultimate goal would be to prevent further need for Carpathian military interventionism! We've all seen how they have managed the Abere Crisis. The Carpathian government has apparently not only misunderstood us, they have decided to impose the heaviest possible sanctions upon our God-given country over an entirely and exclusively domestic political debate. No decisions were or have been taken, it was still an ongoing debate between the executive and the legislature, but somehow the Carpathian government has decided to sanction us, to violate the rights of Batavian nationals, over what is ultimately - a Batavian political debate. [booing] [Order!] I raise the question, your Right Honourable Speaker, what then, in God's name, should Batavia do? How can one even deal properly with a country that threatens with war, after a mere domestic political debate? [booing] Honourable Gentlemen, I very well understand the need to stay calm in such a situation. But calmness is not to be confused with naivity. Hence I request of this gracious institution, the Estates-General, to give me the authorization to use the Batavian Armed Forces against Carpathia should its irrational regime decide to follow up its threats with military action against our country over our domestic issues. [shouting] [Order! Order!] Thank you honourable Speaker! I'd like to remind the Estates of the fact that Carpathia has listed our country amongst the Axis of Evil, which is a threat in itself for the Carpathian government seeks to depose the governments of Axis of Evil countries. Carpathia is waging an un-declared war, an economic and diplomatic war against the Batavian Commonwealth and its citizens. A war with destruction as its long-term goal. Carpathia has systematically been seeking to destroy the people that do not fit in their totalitarian model. They expect other countries to obey their orders and to fear their might, but Batavia has never feared anyone and it has never obeyed a foreign ruler! I only ask of this parliament, to untie my hands so that I can deal with this major threat without restraint. Do not let me enter the cage with a tiger, without my hunting rifle! [cheering] Honourable Speaker, I assure you, and I am a man of my word... [laughter] that I have no intention of escalating the crisis that exists now between Carpathia and Batavia. I welcome the intervention of the Carpathian 'Dictator' - I'm not joking, that is his formal title [laughter] - to halt the forced deportation of Batavian nationals. [yeah!] What also surprised me personally, is that Dictator Wolfe called -us- 'fascists'... [booing] I will have to be honest here, I think it is a great compliment. It is a great compliment that the good-looking Dictator Wolfe, thinks we all look like him, like a fascist! [laughter] [Order! Order! Order!] His political intervention however, only seems as an act of sensibleness. Other than halting the deportation of our citizens, Dictator Wolfe has confirmed Carpathia's decision to completely boycott our country, confiscate the property of Batavian citizens... Oh I must stop there for a minute. Wolfe has clarified that the 'confiscation of property' was intended only against business assets, and not at personal belongings... What a strange statement! That is exactly what the whole world is so angry about! Nothing, honourable gentlemen, absolutely nothing gives the Carpathian government the right to lay its fingers on the posessions of Batavian citizens - whether it concerns personal belongings or business assets - they rightfully belong to their owners - the Batavian citizens! [yeah!] But perhaps this proves just the true nature of Communism: It's state-sanctioned theft. [yeah!] If the Carpathian government has any decency left, they reverse their actions, pick up that phone and apologize to us and the Batavian people, and we shall do as God tells us - that is to forgive them for their errors. [booing] I understand the anger of the Estates, but I am not an angry man, nor can I conduct a proper foreign policy on the basis of anger or vengeance. If the Carpathian government does not retreat from its position and if it does not reverse its scandalous measures, then I shall do everything in my power to isolate them internationally, cripple their government and fight them in every way I can to defend the honour, the justice and liberty of the Batavian people. And by god, I swear that I will continue that struggle to my dying day, even if it's the last thing I do! [cheering!] Thank you! Justice shall be done! Thank you, Honourable Speaker!'' [Order! Order! Order! *throws hammer away*] The parliament will vote tomorrow over the War Powers Resolution. 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| Nentsia | Oct 5 2014, 02:34 AM Post #17 |
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De Batavier![]() Batavian Far-Right Protest March Against Carpathia 'The Batavian army should be sent to protect Batavian civilians' ![]() 329 AR -- Several thousands marched through Nieuwkaap to protest against the Carpathian government and its 'anti-Batavian' policies. The protest march was held by the far-right 'Bataafsche Volksunie' or the BVU. The march attracted some 3000 people, giving rise to a new debate on how big the far-right threat exactly is in Batavia. The BVU itself rejects labels like ''far-right'' or ''fascist'', because they are in their own words not ''opposed to democracy'', they seek to ''preserve it for the Batavian people''. Three thousand people marched through the Batavian capital under heavy police protection - in order to prevent full scale riots between the protestors and the leftist student unions that organized anti-fascist gangs to hunt down the 'fascists'. Three people were arrested, says the Nieuwkaap police spokesman. The BVU spokesman, who refused to give his name, says that the march is a protest against both the Carpathian and the Batavian governments. It is directed against the Carpathian government for its ''direct attack on the rights of Batavian citizens and its attempts to hurt the Batavian nation'', but the protest is also aimed at the Batavian parliament and president Barentsz who in the BVU's eyes show ''a lack of courage and the lack of willpower to defend the Batavian people at home and abroad against Communist aggression''. The march ended before the Batavian ministry of defence, where the BVU speakers called for support for the Batavian military and they expressed their hope that ''the politicians would dare to be firm and allow the Batavian army to do its job: protecting Batavian civilians''. The BVU, the Batavian People's Union, is a small far-right movement that originated from the impoverished neighbourhoods of the North-Batavian cities. It's cause is to ''preserve Batavian democracy and to liberate the Batavian people from immigration, crime, corporate power and the liberal-socialist political establishment''. Some of its members in the past have attacked immigrants and local politicians. They are probably most well-known for an incident two years ago, when dozens of BVU hooligans clashed with the Marxist students who had been occupying Nieuwkaap University buildings. Twelve people were injured and needed medical treatment in the hospital after the battle, that was ended by the police. The BVU has been characterized as a far-right party by most Batavians, not only because of the violent behaviour of its members, but also because of its statements such as ''immigration is a biological threat to the purity of Batavia''. Political analyst and historian Paul Vonk explains that the BVU should not be discarded as a ''fascist movement''. ''By calling them simply fascists, we put a label on them that makes us stop trying to understand their movement as 'fascist' simply means something like 'evil' - which requires no understanding or explanation. And if we fail to understand their movement properly, we may some day have to accept they have gained a considerable number of followers.'' Paul Vonk warns that the danger of the BVU lies precisely in the fact that they are not a true fascist movement, but something new that has been adapted to the circumstances of our present-day society. ''The danger of the BVU lies not so much in the neo-fascist sympathies of some of its members, but in the ability of the movement to adapt and style itself as a movement of the people, the common man - giving expression to his true frustrations and desires.'' Vonk doesn't think of the BVU as a fascist movement, or even a re-incarnation of fascism. ''Fascism would imply that this movement posesses a coherent and systematic ideology, with a philosophical view on humanity and an interpretation of human history. I think that is a little bit too much credit for the BVU, which is little more than a glorified gang of political hooligans.'' ''That doesn't mean they could have fascist sympathies or that they are not dangerous,'' continues Vonk, ''but I do not think that the movement itself posesses such a systematized ideology. They have no real ideology. They are a movement of people who feel threatened. They fear they are losing their job, social status and most of all: they fear losing their identity. The BVU is a reactive movement, a populist movement that tries to combat political and social developments in our society and claims to do that on behalf of the urban resentful, impoverished and powerless Batavian white people.'' According to Vonk this is the reason why the BVU is so dangerous to the political stability of Batavia. ''This reactive, populist movement, precisely because it lacks a coherent ideology, is capable of constantly adapting itself to changing circumstances and to embrace other ideas that will increase their following. The BVU is a movement that gives expression to the resentments of the Batavian white underclass and this is why they have the potential to gain millions of supporters, especially if they manage to rid themselves of their violent reputation.'' The far-left SVB parliamentary group leader stated, in response to the BVU march, that he wants the Batavian constitutional court to look into the possibilities to ban the BVU. He said that the BVU could be declared a ''criminal organization'' for its involvement in the attacks on immigrants. Other News:
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| Nentsia | Oct 13 2014, 03:38 AM Post #18 |
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De Batavier![]() More Batavian Foreign Assets Seized Another Communist state has blatantly confiscated property of Batavian nationals ![]() 330 AR -- Foreign minister Van Agteren is sounding the alarms to the world leaders of Caprecia as Western Cardohesia has decided to forcibly nationalize Batavian and other foreign business assets and land. This is the second time in a short period that property owned by Batavian citizens is being confiscated and that their individual rights are being violated. Batavia is calling upon the international community to defend the global investment climate against these ''brutal attacks'' on the right to property. The Batavian government and parliament discovered the issue through the Cardohesian press. The Batavian foreign ministry immediately responded by summoning the Cardohesian ambassador who had to explain the decisions of his government. Foreign minister Van Agteren has given the ambassador the task to report the Batavian objections to the nationalisation plans to his government. Van Agteren said to the press that he was very disappointed that the Cardohesian government took the nationalisation decisions so quickly, without informing the governments who are also affected by these policies. ''I fear the Cardohesian government rushed this decision so that they wouldn't have to deal with foreign pressure because this issue of course affects a great number of countries whose citizens are being unfairly treated.'' The Foreign minister had to explain the situation to the Staaten-Generaal. The National Party demanded that the government imposed sanctions on Western-Cardohesia. The foreign minister stated that he is ''keeping all options on the table'' and that he has learned from the Carpathia Crisis. ''The Carpathian case shows that it is not wise to fire all our ammunition all at once. We will take one step at a time. At this moment I am trying to mobilize the Great Entente to form a coalition to defend the interests and investments of the Great Entente citizens.'' The Foreign minister agreed with the Social Democrats to consult other countries as well, and that there is more at stake than Batavian national interests. He agrees that there is a new trend going on in the world, which involves the violation of property rights - regardless of international law and established treaties concerning foreign investment and trade. The president of the Batavian Central Bank encouraged Batavians with investments or assets in socialist or communist states to withdraw them as soon as possible. Several prominent Batavian investment companies have said to this newspaper that they have already started to withdraw some of their investments in several TA and TA-aligned countries. Other News:
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| Nentsia | Oct 14 2014, 09:05 AM Post #19 |
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De Batavier![]() Batavian Government Presents Counter-measures Foreign Minister Van Agteren has presented his measures to protect Batavian investors ![]() 330 AR -- Foreign minister Ruud van Agteren held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the latest developments in the foreign nationalization scandals. The minister also presented a package of measures to protect Batavian investors and trade interests. Van Agteren is under heavy pressure of the parliament to protect Batavian citizens and investors under the recent trend of nationalizations in other countries. ''Ikan Tzicnal, the President of Western Cardohesia, has shown his true face'', began Van Agteren to the present journalists. ''He has shown what he really is: an un-bending demagogue. A man who plays with his rhetorical skills to cover up the fact that he has ruined the reputation of his country. After that show of his, no one will dare to put their money in Cardohesia anymore. And I say it out loud to the world: take your stuff and leave that country while you still can!'' Van Agteren's face remained unmoved as usual, and he characteristically smoked his cigar while informing the press and the nation. ''First of all... Mr Tzicnal apparently failed to understand what I meant by 'brutal attacks'. The limitations of his brain are his own problems. Secondly. Mr Tzicnal then gets lost in his own semantics about 'private property'. Thirdly, he recites the constitution of Cardohesia as proof of the legality of its decisions. Esteemed gentlemen, may recite the exact same phrase to you: The entire wealth of the country in its different forms, irrespective of ownership, shall be subordinated to the general interest...State initiative in economic activity is recognised. Essential resources or services may be reserved by law to the public sector, speciallyin the case of monopolies. Likewise, state intervention in companies may be imposed when the public interest so demands ...While all nations have a sovereign right to formulate their own constitutions - it doesn't mean that anything you put in there is lawful. With the exact same reasoning as the Cardohesian constitution does here, they could justify the enslavement of their own people or serfdom - the only requirement would be that it is beneficial to the 'general interest'. And the 'general interest' is of course impossible to define and extremely vague - easily abused by a government with totalitarian ambitions. Is it, gentlemen, truly in the general interest of the Cardohesian people to nationalize the few foreign investments made in the country, while scaring all remaining foreign investors away? I dare to argue that the general interest of the Cardohesian people is to stimulate and attract foreign investment, generating jobs and raising the standards of living! ...If they don't want to listen to my moral views on the whole issue, I bet that they'd want to listen to my materialistic arguments - they claim to be materialists after all. Well here it is. We could've come to a reasonable solution, like gentlemen. If they had consulted us before taking any decisions. They'd have the best of both worlds: redistribute the wealth, and maintain a good trade reputation... And where President Tzicnal claims there are no treaties, I'd like to remind him that all countries where Batavian's have investments have established investment treaties with the Batavian government in which they promise to respect the investments of the Batavian investors and vice versa. What annoys me, personally, is that President Tzicnal is now whining about me expressing ''threats'' to Cardohesia. I understand, as Tzicnal is a leader under siege who needs an enemy to rally the people behind him, but I have never expressed any threat at all. When I was saying 'Im keeping all options on the table', I admit it, I was merely using political slang for saying ''I do not know what to do yet and I am open to all advice''. Not all of us make rash decisions like the Carpathians or the Cardohesians. And I must also remind mr Tzicnal, who I allegedly threatened, that the Batavian government has not laid a finger on Cardohesian-owned property and that we don't intend to. The only aggressor in this whole conflict is president Tzicnal. I have respect for the Cardohesian people and their Revolution, but not for the decisions of president Tzicnal. They should learn from the Montarians or the Falseans: they practice socialism without messing with the property of foreigners.'' Ruud van Agteren took his time to counter the accusations made by the Cardohesian president. He refused however, to speak of a diplomatic crisis. According to the Batavian government, this affair is not a crisis like the one with Carpathia. The government sees the issue as a trade conflict in which the Batavian government is standing up for the interest of Batavian traders and investors in Cardohesia. The foreign minister does recognize however that the 'trade conflict' with Cardohesia is part of a broader international development that also involved the Carpathian crisis. He has therefore prepared a package of measures to protect Batavian trade interests amidst this international ''storm''.
Ruud van Agteren also added that Batavia has temporarily withdrawn its ambassador from Cardohesia out of protest. The embassy itself remains opened. Other News:
Edited by Nentsia, Oct 14 2014, 09:13 AM.
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