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Election Day

Every now and again I find the time to write an article, and today, I have found the time to write an article (Hurray). Obviously as it is the 4th, what better is there to write about than the up and coming CP elections? This is, long term followers of my paper (if any of you are left) will know a hobby of mine.

There are a range of candidates in the USA, including and old fan of mine with a shiny head. However, I’m not going to talk about other countries and their elections, when my vast experience and knowledge can be applied to offer some guidance of to who to vote for in our own elections. This can easily be done by breaking down manifestos and offering some insights of what a manifesto really says.

This I feel I can do as I have written many many manifesto’s for myself and for friends in other countries, most of which were successful. So, sit back, and if you have any doubts over who to vote for on Sunday, consider this breakdown of the candidates articles as a guide.

Before we really get into the swing of things, lets look at the experience each candidate has;


Experience points are necessary to evolve

Kevy Shawaddywaddy

Kevin Long-name as he is known in certain social circles is another regular in the House of Commons, having been elected 6 times. He is a past Unity Party President and an accomplished writer.

He has served in a handful of ministries, and this past month he has been The Minister of Home Affairs, and Deputy-Prime Minister. Two of the most important roles in government.

He has served in the military and taken an active part in domestic tasks the nation has been fronted with. You may remember him from his popular population statistics articles which he published over the course of the past year.

Chortlin’

Throughout his (number of months here) months on eRepublik, Jhorlin has been a regular face in the house of commons, being elected 7 times. He held the position fo Minister of Rations under Jamesw.

In June he somewhat controversially attempted to PTO The Unity Party in a final bid to defend the dis-functional House of Lords. At this time he was CGS, but was removed via a vote of no confidence several months ago.

He has held a fair few ranks in the army, including roles in the Royal Guard and Special Forces Support group. (of which I was a member 😃)

He has been instrumental in the UKRP, where he has coordinated elections and acted as an advisor for several months.

Now, onto the policies



Domestic
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-kevy-the-domestic-bit--1588962/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-jhorlin-cp-manifesto-1-the-home-front-cabinet-apps--1588293/1/20

Domestic policies for a country our size are absolutely paramount. A competent MoHA is needed and the small workforce the forums provides has to be centralised and well organised for the ministry to work efficiently. Retention and recruitment are the pillars of society, but what do our CP candidates say about it?

Kevy Shabado here outlines his plans for the Ministries of Home Affairs and Communications, and gives us a good clear indication of what is to be done, why it is to be done and gives us indications of how it shall be done. They are generally speaking good ideas, and they seem sensible and workable. His time as MoHA has obviously paid off when it comes to making domestic policy.

In comparison, Jhorlin’s policies and ideas seem fewer, and he hasn’t said too much about the hows or whys. One thing I personally disagree with is the creation of ‘mini’ ministries within the MoHA. This is mainly due to my pragmatic outlook on policies, and the simple fact that the grand days of large MoHA’s are over and now it is difficult to get many people applying to take part. To make best use of the workers, a fluid workforce that can be assigned to any domestic role is absolutely essential, and splitting up the ministry only serves to split up and restrict the workforce.

Another slightly odd idea is that of the cabinet secretary running a shadow cabinet. This to me is really puzzling. For one, shadow cabinets have existed in the past, it isn’t a new idea and isn’t something that needs to be made into a policy. Secondly, what if the opposition don’t want to form a shadow cabinet? The government can’t really force them to do so. The final odd thing is, if I was to form a shadow cabinet, I certainly wouldn’t want the Cabinet Secretary of the government in power to have anything to do with it. If shadow cabinets became common I feel they would only serve to increase partisanship, and increase the likelihood of CP’s to choose their own lackeys for cabinet members rather than choosing people based on merit.

To conclude, Jhor’s lack of involvement in domestic roles seems to be reflected in his policies. Rather than looking at what the MoHA can realistically be doing, or what a shadow cabinet run by the government would realistically result in, he seems to just create policies to fill space on the manifesto. Which isn’t a great sign. However there are redeeming factors; weekly reports from the MoLA is a fairly good idea, and can serve to open our political system to a broader audience.



Economics
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-jhorlin-cp-manifesto-2-dig-for-victory-1590563/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-kevy-economics-cabinet-applications-1591387/1/20

It is often hard to think of what to say in Economic manifestos, after all maintaining the status quo is often a good choice. However there is always room for ideas, and with the new resources being launched and a revamp of the economic module a good deal of thought was needed to decide on how to manage the countries finances.

Our new resources however seem to have escaped one of our candidates, who opens with what is traditionally seen as a domestic issue, that of our gifting schemes. Kevy Shadodo has practically written an essay on the new resources and how they will affect our country, as well as outlining his plans for utilising them. Both candidates then proceed to deal with the Ministries of Finance and Profit.

Both are interested in preparing an auxiliary MoF should the current one ever leave or die horribly in a place crash over scotland, and both want to see a small expansion of roles. Jhorlin wants to restart Currency trading as a means to make money and identity potential MoF’s, whereas Kevy wants to have a dependable uMoF to report to the house of commons, thus giving HoC something to mull over.

Regarding the MoP (profit) Jhorlin intends to integrate it into the MoT. He oddly states that they have many Q4 houses but nothing to do with them. It is somewhat surprising that with that knowledge he wouldn’t have created a more interesting domestic policy. But I digress. Kevy Shabado instead wants to team up with the MoT to see how the MoP can be used once the admins release information on company migration. This seems to be the more sensible route, keeping in mind that with the module changes it is important to assess the new position we will find ourselves in before deciding what to do with government assets.

In the closing remarks of their manifestos, Jhorlin does mention the new resources (he was aware of them after all) and Kevy states that GM’s will be apply to apply to get their workers gifted. An idea that was used years ago and is in the current climate perhaps a good one to reintroduce, seeing as GM’s are perhaps more active and aware than their workers. What Jhorlin says about new regions is almost exactly the opposite to what Kevy has said.

Jhor feels that it could be worth the investment to ‘region swap’ ourselves to our allies resources in some sort of agreement in order to boost our productivity. Region swapping is of course somewhat out dated seeing as the admins removed the retreat button, but the idea could still be done. Unfortunately, Kevy shabado crunched some numbers and pointed out that the costs of acquiring foreign regions far outweigh the benefit, especially with our current population.

All in all, it seems that Kevy Shabado has put a lot more thought into the economic manifesto and put greater consideration into the changes of the economic module that Jhorlin had considered necessary, and the result of that is a much more in depth analysis and manifesto on Kevy’s behalf.



Military/FA
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-kevy-the-long-awaited-military-foreign-affairs-manifesto--1593440/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-jhorlin-cp-manifesto-3-the-sun-never-sets-1592524/1/20

In this article, I shan’t be looking at the Foreign policy of either candidate. It is often generic and similiar, purely because there is often little to be said on the matter. Good foreign policy is the result of competent MoFA’s and an administrations ability to deal with any crisis that should come their way.

Military policy however is something that I suppose many people had high expectations for; as a past CGS was running for CP. Unfortunately, there is very little to say on what Jhorlin has written. Mainly because he doesn’t have a military policy. It consists entirely of either the obvious or what is already present - and even then it isn’t very extensive. Tomazim put it better than I, saying;

“So you will do what everyone else would do? Nothing even remotely new here.”

It may be unsurprising then that yet again, Kevy Shaboobie has outdone Jhorlin’s policy. He has produced a good analysis and a firm set of policies that include new ideas such as the development of our non-IRC factions, the MoHA aiding in recruitment., greater media presence and of course recruitment (that both candidates call for).



To Summarise;

Jhorlin and I may not always agree on things, but I saw his manifestos as somewhat a let down. I think many people expected slightly more then what was produced, and especially on the military front. I was also disappointed to see elements of mudslinging in some of his articles, direct attacks Kevy Shaba-the-huts role in the current government and the odd off the cuff remark are present in his manifestos.

The irony is that if Kevy had lowered himself to that, he would have had a lot more ammo to use.

I would imagine a lot of the readers expected a summary similiar to this to be produced from me, a TUP’ite, but I don’t write manifesto critiques based on who I want to win. I genuinely call it as I see it. I didn’t intend to write this article until I saw the mudslinging and figured, “someone has got to call them out on it before it becomes common place”.

The fact that this may seem in favour of one candidate is a product of the manifestos I have been presented with, and the fact that one set consistently out-does the other.



I for one, shall be voting for Kevy Shabado.
Thanks for reading.
HM, Mr Woldy .
OBE, KCVS, MC, DIFA.
Formerly CP, SG.