An International Interview - Ronell of New Zealand
Reximus
~It's too bloody quiet
~The crazy cat lady is bored, and scaring our citizens
Instead of writing an article saying that it is too quiet, or posting random animal pictures, I decided to have an interview with Ronell (AKA Tabithi).
She is a notable New Zealander, and serves as their Minister of Foreign Affairs. In addition, she is their representative to the Circle of Trust Court, and is one of the judges on the panel that decided who was at fault.
And now... The Interview!
Note: The interview was conducted over IRC, so I will be putting it together in the best way possible, without changing her words, but maybe by combining a few lines of text. This is my first IRC interview, so bear with me.
Diplomatic Dialogue: What is the current state of the CoT Supreme Court trial, between Chile and Australia?
Ronell: The CoT trial is over; the verdict has been issued to the Secretary General and CoT HQ.
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😨When will the verdict be announced?
Ronell: I have no idea, but my guess is that it will announced in the next week.
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😨What options were there for the Judges to vote for?
Ronell: There were three options: to find Chile at fault, to find Australia at fault, or to find both of them at fault.
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😨Was there any bias that you noticed? Did Chile have a vote in the Court? What about the USA?
Ronell: There wasn't any bias, all judges worked on what we found. We all voted independently, so none of us could impact each other. No, Chile didn't have a vote, and the US didn't either, since they are only a Trial Member.
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😨How close was the final result?
Ronell: The verdict we reached passed wit a 60% majority.
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😨If Australia wins the trial, what will be expected of Chile? And what would happen if Chile didn't comply?
Ronell: I don't know, Reximus. And that's an honest answer.
😛I could only assume the regions would be returned.
Then Ronell offered to tell me some of the evidence that the Court had access to.
Ronell: 1. Fighters in Government or Congress were fighting against their nation, and for Chile. I discounted this, however, since both sides were doing it. 2. Xavier Griffith, the CP, openly admitted in PM to then-CP of the US Fingerguns that he was considering joining TWO, which violates the NAP, which says Australia should move pro-CoT. 3. For about a month, Australia still held MPPs with CoT member nations and allies.
Thanks to Ronell!
Some analysis of the interview, if you aren't too bored already.
~ CoT HQ has had the decision for some time now, and has yet to release it. This leads me to believe that the ruling was either for Australia, or that both parties were guilty, which may have an outcome that would not be favourable to Chile.
~ The 60% majority that passed the verdict means that the Court had somewhat set out goals and evidence, or that all the judges were thoroughly convinced one way or the other.
~ The three main points of evidence are split - 1 is for Chile, 1 is for Australia, and 1 is neutral.
A List of CoT Judges
Belgium - Jofroi
Bulgaria - eRichard Parker
Chile - Cryssor
Indonesia - Demon War
Japan - Koppanyi Ferenc
Lithuania - Udra
Macedonia - AdMiRaL TrEnCh
Mexico - Smells
Moldova - Lady Indra
New Zealand - Tabithi
Paraguay - Obiwan Kenobi 01
Peru - NWOurboros01
South Korea - Kor_Sohn
Source: A handy link I found in one of the restricted channel of CoT, #CoTWO. Don't try to tell me its an informal thing, they are allied. Pretty neat, huh?
English playwright and author William Shakespeare said,
The jury, passing on the prisoner's life,
May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two
Guiltier than him they try.
Who is really guilty? (I personally love this quote.)
Reximus
Press Director, Diplomatic Dialogue
Comments
Thanks for the update!
voted 🙂
Gonna guess it's for Chile
Gotta love how information is twisted and always taken out of context don't you? I asked TWO if they would accept our membership if we applied because Indo was constantly NEung us and threatening us whole CoT sat on its hands and did nothing. Of course, I wasn't asked to give any evidence by the court either : )
Ronell asked me for some specific stuff regarding battle orders and Lady asked me for an over-view of how I perceived the situation. That's it. It seems that the belief is that the people involved in the situation have little to contribute since, you know, they were actually there.
The only other person I know who was asked was Valentyme because... still don't really know... but I suspect its because he hangs with Roboa so must be cool.
obviously they will hide behind the 'both at fault' option.
good stuff!
60% also implies that 3 of the 13 judges didn't vote. It is also interesting how "Nobody at fault" wasn't one of the options.
Didn't think about that. Now, Chile didn't vote. Maybe Indonesia didn't either, or some neutral nations, though it was anonymous.
Now that I think about it some more... if abstentions don't count, then as few as 3/5 judges could have agreed, and the others sat out.
Where was the Indonesia at fault option?
Or Argentina at fault for that matter 😛
I'm going to have to be the first person to bring up the reference of a Kangaroo Court, right?
That Ronell sounds a very cool chick.
I have this instinctive desire to believe everything she says.
Besides Binda's cat pics have brought me out in ehives : (
Good work.
If they rule 'both at fault' that's far better than their preferred outcome. It also puts matters back on track.
Well for me to feel any like with CoT we would need our lands returned, that would be a far better outcome than what I have heard many say.
I for one, blame BenP for quitting.
I miss him 🙁