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Day 2,277, 11:53 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom by Bohemond4

Dear TUP members and the UK,

After three successful terms as Party President by Lord Farhan I am once again stepping up to take up the mantle of Party President of The Unity Party.

For years The Unity Party has been the leaders of the UK - in innovation, reform and progression of our bold nation. In diplomacy and politics we are the most successful party and I intend to carry this on throughout my term.

There have been discussions recently in the UK about our legislative body and the role it currently plays in relation to the government. The general consensus is that Congress is lazy, inactive and uninformed. The reasons for this are varied but, I believe, they are two-fold. The first being the change to an MPP system with only list MPs as opposed to regional elections where you could choose your candidate. The second being the Congressional Carrot to recruit new players.


Congress…

So how can we change this? I believe that we need to look first and foremost at how we select congress members. I believe that TUP, despite the changes, has always been one of the parties to consistently bring out a majority of top rate candidates.

But I am not so sure we are doing the best we can do.

Ideally, I would run 40 active, informed individuals who you know and can trust to make a good decision. But I don’t have 40 active willing informed individuals on hand, I have near 20 (usually).

Unity Candidates will be selected and ordered based on the following:

1) Sign up on the Forum thread and complete filling out a questionnaire - the basic prerequisite to be an official candidate

2) Preference, and thus a higher order, will be given to those who publish an ingame article

3) Further preference will be given to anyone who is IRC active.

Please note, that if there are any issues you have with the forums/irc message me as I don’t intend to cut active citizens out of government.

I believe that this will further encourage an active Congress, and is hardly a change to selection process TUP has used for months, each is designed to ensure that myself, as Party President, can see who is the best person to run for Congress.



However, I believe that activity, while essential, it is also necessary for Congress to be informed. This will ensure Congress knows what they are doing and so I will encourage Unity Candidates to read widely from other nations media and to ask questions of their party elders. I will also be compiling a Guide to Congress discussing each law Congress can propose and pass and what we believe to be the best way to handle that law. I will be discussing it with every Party President in the top 6 and offering them co-authorship so we create a handbook that every Party can utilise for their members.

I hope that you will elect me on the 15th.

Bohemond4
Viscount of Cambridge
The Unity Party