Your Movement, Your Democracy
•
by MDU Press Office
Welcome to the release of the MDU party manifesto.
What does MDU stand for i hear you ask? Our full name is the Movement for Democratic Unity.
A party that along with many other things is geared towards letting new players have a bigger voice in politics.
So here it is:
A More Prosperous Country
Being Libertarian, the MDU believes in as free a market as possible, with as little government intervention as possible. However support for both new and successful companies is essential to our economy’s health, and each situation will be judged according to itself. We also believe it is the duty of the government to report on what government funds are being spent on; accountability is key for a united democratic nation.
Thus the MDU believes in:
-Increasing government accountability. There should be a valid reason for the government taking the citizen’s money and not just in the sense of "it might rain tomorrow". The MDU believes that the government has more reporting responsibilities towards the public. Therefore the MDU would introduce a planned budget where citizens can see how much the government plan to spend over the next coming month, split into all the major categories. The budget would require Parliamentary approval, in order to combat corruption and increase justice and accountability.
-The government should provide a clear monthly plan at the begining of each presidential term. It should assign a percentage of monies to each department (gov org) for use on relevant activities.
e.g. Treasury 50% ,MoD 20%, DoW 15%
- Creating a new office to advise and aid in the setting up of new companies, and offer low interest loans in return for company shares.
- Keep government interference in the economy as a whole as low as possible, this includes not propping up failing companies, but aiding workers of failing companies to find new jobs.
- Greater Power to the Unions, all employees should be entitled to see their wages reimbursed by the company if it had run out of cash or Raw Material.
- Increasing foreign trade links and using trade as a means of establishing social & military alliances.
- Keeping the population aware of the dangers of those who would wish to interfere more in the economy, and have a state controlled financial sector.
Helping the citizen
The MDU strongly believes in acurrent divide between the government and populace. We strongly believe in the idea that the people are the state, and wish to get the citizen more involved in the running of their nation. We also believe that not enough is done for new citizens in eUK to guide them into life in the New World, and to encourage them to get involved and feel a sense of national pride.
The MDU therefore aims to:
- Support the creation of a more organisations including
a) 'New Citizen Department' which would incorporate the Housing the Homeless scheme, and answer all questions a new citizen may have. It will re-direct new citizens to the appropriate departments (i.e. DoW for Work)
b) Department of Entertainment
- This will ensure the fair running of activities such as bookies, lottery etc
- It will recieve a budget each month to help towards prizes for competitions and activities played by erepublikans outside of the game itself (the current racing league)
- Encourage citizens to get more involved on the eUK forums, and have their say on political issues. The MDU also believes in making all party manifestos available in one wiki page so new citizens can easily see differences between parties.
- Encourage citizens to join the reservists, and instill a sense of national pride. This involves informing new citizens more on the history of eUK.
On the Political Front
The Movement for Democratic Unity believes strongly in political cooperation between non-extremist parties, and is against 'negative politics' - for example trying to win an election by questioning some-ones person or character rather than focusing on policy. the MDU will however defend its core values and constantly seek to protect the free market, the liberty of the citizen and the independence of the nation. The MDU will never enter coalition with or support a fellow party which threatens any of these values with its policies. We believe politics starts at a regional level and will press for more regional devolution.
The MDU thus believe:
- In supporting genuinely good ideas from other parties, not simply opposing just because they are not our own.
-In the reconstruction of a regional political system and the rewarding of active local NHS directors for their efforts.
- In encouraging more citizens to become involved in Politics.
- In pursuing the defence of the core values of a free market, the liberty of the citizen and the independence of the nation.
- In promoting MDU ideas through our press office & encouraging healthy political debate from all sides.
On the International Stage
The MDU approaches foreign affairs from an Institutional Realist approach. This means that while we acknowledge survivalism and that states are by nature inherently selfish actors and will therefore make rational choices that promote their own interests we also recognise the power of international institutions, organizations and treaties/alliances that can through mass pressure, expectation & force alter state behavior.
Thus the MDU believes:
- International Organizations, treaties and groups such as Atlantis etc are invaluable and necessary for the security and stability of eUK. We will work to promote and strengthen such groups, and endeavour to take a leading role within them.
- While being part of such organizations is important, eUK should maintain a strong security force to safeguard its independance, and that of its allies. This means the MoD, Paratroopers & Reservists funding being reformed. The paras should have the ability to be less restricted in there activities, and be able to actively ingage in many practice exercises.
MDU would encourage all citizens to become reservists. MDU strongly believes this is would not only increase the security of eUK, but also draw the population together and instill a sense of pride in eUK and its armed forces.
- The MDU supports eUK intervention in the case of aggressive nations unfairly occupying other states. The MDU views expansionist states as a risk to our own security, even if not directly threatened.
So, join the MDU today and help us to become bigger and better. We are the party where anyone can have a big voice!
Visit the Party - http://www.erepublik.com/en/party/movement-for-democratic-unity-1612/1
Find out about us - http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/MDU
UNITE FOR CHANGE, UNITE FOR DEMOCRACY!
Facebook
Twitter
Discord
Comments
Great article. (voted)
This prooves that the MDU could grow. It's not just an inactive small party.
Good luck MDU !!
PS: maybe you could include the fact that the MDU has at least one congressmen.
you have my vote
I as a member of MDU am glad that we finally got the released, and i hope that people will start to see past the size of parties, and only join those on the front page!
As a new citizen to the United Kingdom of eRepublik, your party already seems like a very positive one. I very much like your idea of 'No negative campaigning', and that alone has made me admire your party, only 20 minutes into play.
If I may, I'd like to ask a few questions about your policies.
- What if it does 'Rain tomorrow'? I agree that citizens should see where their money is going, but surely if something happens the government need to have cash on hand?
- What would you say to those against your policy of intervening against injustice in other countries, and to those who'd say "It's not our business?"
If this is the wrong place for this, my apologies.
Some of your policies are contradictory. The government having shares in companies will inevitably conflict with your policy on no interference.
Don't get me wrong (and certainly don't construe this as negative politics) but there doesn't seem to be anything terribly new. It all seems to rely upon large promotion campaigns, which have been undertaken before, and measures are often taken to try to resolve the issues in hand.
How would your party deal with a lack of man-power in all of these 'encouraging' campaigns? They are immensely time-consuming, and the response is often very small. How do you propose do deal with this?
Twaters - as an MDU member i'd like to reaffirm our commitment to the free market, its one of our core values.
And while I understand your concern about what could be construed as contradiction of interests, the policy must be read as a whole, and the idea understood. We do not mean nationalization of companies at all, and we do not mean the propping up of failing companies, or interference in how companies are run. We mean support for good ideas that could otherwise struggle, we mean enabling the populace to achieve their goals, but not interfering past support at the creation stage. We want to get more presence in congress and discuss & debate our ideas further. Independance of the citizen, of the company and of the nation are key.
I'd like to tie this into how you say theres nothing new in the policy. Firstly I believe this is untrue, I believe we have a fresh approach with some great ideas. But I'd also like to point out we do not dismiss other parties ideas simply because we didn't create them. We are a positive party for positive change. A good idea is a good idea. We want to see more coorperation, less negativity, and more involvement.
Yes, it takes time. I'm not going to lie and say that more involvement in the eUK political system is highly necessary. But we're a growing state - approximately 100 new citizens a day. We need to encourage as much as possible. Yes it will take an effort, but we believe we have the manpower out there, it just needs to be directed organised and advised better. Change takes time, but its something the MDU firmly believes we are able to make to eUK.
Dean - The MDU does not suggest that the government not have an emergency fund, rather that the whole process be more see through. Citizens have the right to know what their money is being spent on. Why money is being kept back, how it is being moved. Things like this take time and manpower of course - we know that, and we know that time and manpower are often lacking. But all our policies link in, and we genuinely believe we can get more involvement in eUK politics, in fact we believe its essential. What with all the current negativity in party politics, the clear disillusionment/lack of knowledge in the system and how one can actually get involved things will not progress at the pace we believe they should.
Yes there are eUK forums, yes citizens can read and write publications. But with the population we have, vs. the active involvement in politics, numbers don't add up as we believe they should. In my personal opinion this is partly down to the fall of regional politics in v1. But we shouldn't merely accept that, and thats why MDU wants to get our regional politics back as a player in the political system in this country.
I am a 3 day old eUK citizen and I quite agree with your policy on helping the newbies. I still don't understand how to join a political party or how to join the army? Do I have to pay to unlock these features? I am a lost sheep and need help!!
@Serafina: certain options become available once you reach a certain XP level. Joining the army at 5 and I think the same for a political party. If you have more questions, feel free to message me.
I'm also a noob herebut from what I've read of the other party manifesto's I get the impression that your party is the best organised and most willing to help fellow newcomers.
When I have sufficient XP's I intend to join and would like to help in some way in the role of 'Noob Development"