The Affairs of Congress, August-September 2012 : Special Edition #1
Day 1,743, 02:57
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by Zodiarque
Hi, eJapan, it's Zodiarque!
1. New Official Military Units Naming (Discussion and Vote)
The New Naming proposal was voted. From now on :
1st & 2nd Divisions MU shall be called The Imperial Military Academy (IMA).
3rd & 4th Divisions MU shall The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
Therefore I signed the bill and order its enforcement.
You can make inquiries of all the effective programs you may be provided in the Ministry of Defense Forum section.
Speak up! : Currently, the renewal process of our Military system is going on with New MU Graphics being investigated there. Please, come and give everyone your opinion about how the Avatar frames and Logos shall be like.
2. Interim Solutions to Congressional Emptiness (Discussion and Vote)
As our eCountry has been wiped, we shall remain without any possibility to own an In-Game Congress for an undetermined time. Country President will then own all the keys to our future in its hands. However, there are issues, other than "In-Game mechanics" related matters, that Congress uses to deal with.
People of eJapan choosed to state on the use of Referenda to administrate every matters that may conjure up to us. Therefore I signed the bill and enforced it right away. That was the last bill I signed as Speaker of Congress.
That explained, I'm now seeking your attention for you are already asked to state on a rather important decision for the future of our eCountry.
3. Referendum #1 :
Hereby, all citizens are asked to state on the Circle of Trust Membership Proposal that was discussed here during almost 48h.
Proposal is the following : With our position as a trial member of CoT coming to an end, it is necessary for eJapan to consider its options, whether it aims to take the step forward and become a fully established member of COT or not.
To that proposal, you may answer, in anticipation of a possible vote from CoT in favor of our integration :
1. Accept and join CoT.
2. Decline and stay out.
3. Abstain.
Speak up! : The vote is currently being hold about it there. It is open to every citizens as part of the new administrating system. So please, come and vote.
/!\IMPORTANT/!\ : I wanted to remind you all of some Forum Congress rules which will help us go through all those procedures smoothly.
a. Votes in Comments won't be taken into consideration. Registration and masking are easy proceeded.
b. Only "Vote choice" is for the [Vote] thread whereas waffle remains to the [Discussion] thread.
That's all for today. If you would like to inquire more about every little discussions that are currently being held and participate, then I cannot encourage you more to join the forums and get you Citizen mask now. Registration is made in a minute and all you need is to write a post in the appropriate section there and an In-Game Private Message to me Zodiarque as I am also Moderator of the Forums.
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Good job.
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Vote to join CoT!
This "referendum" will not represent the will of the whole nation.
Forum users are not equal with Japanese citizens.
Forum uses are equal to those that want their will represent if they're not forum users they dont care, simple.
Any citizen that wants to make their voice heard could sign up to the forums and vote today. Failure to do so should and is counted as an abstaining vote.
There are many people in this country who don't want to go to chat and don't want to go on the forums.
What more fair way you have in mind Geezus?
Simply let people play as they think. And please don't create new rules for them.
Play as they think??? We are talking about joining an alliance. Votes are on the forum. If you care for your country you will force yourself to come and vote. If you care for yourself only, then it would be a waste of time. We need rules, and if you do not accept those rules you can NOT simple play against them!
They dont want to go to forums and chat, then they dont want to be heard.
Every country has rules and compared to them our rules are small.
Play as they think = be lazy/two click? Please.....i think we're better than this.
"If you care for your country you will.... "
That is what I'm talking about
and you say me what sould i do.
1. so youre saying they dont care?
2. unless you want the country to die, yes we are
I just say there are people who care for this country but thinking different and don't want to follow your rules. Maybe they want simply fight for their country.
If they think different, they should participate to change the rules not ignore them. That's plain anarchy, in other words they dont care.
Then I'm the first anarchist dictator! 🙂
Sorry to disapoint you but in Anarchy there's no kind of leader.....
If you want to fight for your country, do so in a fashion that counts. Don't be that lone soldier who disobeys orders only because you wanna kill some tangoes (enemies)--make your shots count, use teamwork.
Geezus, you are asking people to be those lone soldiers. The only way Japan will become great is through teamwork (organized fighting and economics). For this, we have forums and chat, and people should participate. Anarchy will not get us anywhere Geezus.
センパーファイ、日本国！
Geezus, in this game there are individual decisions and group decisions and being part of an alliance is a decision we can only take as a group.
Allowing only individual decisions that's the definition of anarchy and against the logic of the game.
If you don't like the way we take the decision you are free to suggest another one.
But if you believe we are not a group and don't have mutual interests, that is your problem.
I know anarchy doesnt have leader.
And I'm not and anarchist and not a dictator.
But these are your critics about me. This is a contradiction!
How can you not be anarchist and a dictator if you have already proclaimed yourself an anarchist dictator in your above post? That would be a contradiction, right?
Well unless you're a flip flopper...then you're no better than Mitt Romney, lol.
My original comment was:
Then I'm the first anarchist dictator! + SMILEY But the SMILEY was cut down
I don't ask people to anything!
I'm asking You to stop instruct people and let them walk on their own way!
We need to instruct people so that the country can before stronger. If you can't see that then this country will get no where, we can't even be a proper pain in the a** against Taiwan thinking like that.
How can i get access at the forum?
Every country in the world has a government with a CP and cabinet ministers. That will never change. We will never be a country without out one, and we won't just let people do their own thing. If you choose not to belong and fight for your country so be it, but you don't have the right to stop others from making Japan into a successful country Geezus.
Why do you think your way is better than the others? Or the last month was so sucessfully for us?
I don't think so.
I don't know any good reason why we should follow your instructions.
We don't think our way is better, it's just that the others don't bother showing us their way. We're waiting for it and we will decide with democracy. On the forums of course.
Also I find it hilarious for someone who is a party president and who has put themselves forward as a country presidential candidate to tell someone else to 'let them walk their own way'.
You don't want people walking their way, you want people walking your way.
He hasn't even asked his party if they want him as CP, I'm quite sure of that. If he did, he shouted it and only a handful answered, which doesn't count as the will of the party because people shouldn't be forced to look at shouts.
"Why do you think your way is better than the others?"
Whose way would that be? No one here as any more say than others. The way Japan is going is the way that its citizens vote to go. There is a proposal on the forums. People vote 'yes' or 'no' it's simple.
Japan is following the people's way.
@Natsu Natsume write a mask application post here: http://nippon.freeforums.org/applications-f84.html
The national forums and national chat are an extention necessary to every country, it shouldn't be ignored or discarded. In every country, decisions are made, vote on, etc...
It's done by the citizens who want to go their own way but want to share that "way" with others.
We're open to that as well, they just need to share.
Geezus, tell me which country in Erepublik does not have a forum/IRC and tell me in which country proposals in-game are not debated before (on forums, articles, IRC...)?
thx to all who helped me 🙂
sry for off topic
Forum is a great thing, and if there is something important to discuse, you can make some posting like this one. So people can decide if they want to join the forum or not.
I hope that I'm PP because many people trust is my decissions. I never forget to help them if they needed. They know I make only decissions what is good for them.
So i don't think i have to make vote procedure before my decissions.
And I'm not agains your play on the forums, if it makes you fun. And this is really usefull sometimes.
But don't try to make it mandatory.
It is not mandatory. If you want to get into office, then is mandatory (in practice, still not in theory). You are PP because the other candidate was/is highly inactive. And if you are sure people in your party support you, why not give elections to show it for the health of democracy.
No one said it's mandatory. Game mechanics are completely independant of the forum.
Any player may enjoy its game the way s/he wants and no one will ever deny it. But I think that kind of player is missing a part of that game which is Republic simulation. That supposes democracy and this is what we try to enforce there by encouraging people to come and take part of something bigger than theirselves.
But again, people may decline the offer, and they are not to blame. Just a choice.
Can you tell me a country where the citizens are voteing in all question? I think you have a false idea about democracy!
I get the right to do some thing and I can use this rights. If people are not satisfied with me then they can take back these rights on the next election. This is democracy and not what you say.
Lol, that's ignorance not democracy....
"Can you tell me a country where the citizens are voteing in all question?"
IRL: Switzerland
and in almost every democratic country the citizens have a right to call a referendum if they are not ok with the decision their government takes.
If I was a member of Team Nippon, trust me I would run against you on next elections. But I am not and for now your party is stuck with you. Can I tell you of nations were citizeins decide on all matters. No, I think there is none (but remember that these are special events). You have not gave answears to my question. You think that people should not decide what alliance to join by a referendum? You would just use your divine right and brain to make that decision?
anarchist dictator? Yes you are a bit. You would make all the decisions on your own and let all the people do what they want. If you win CP, but I would not count much on that.
You really think Obama is a dictator because he forget to make a vote procedure when US were shut Osama? Or do you think any tax raising is possible IRL if the citizens are asked?
I don't know Swizterland well but I can't imagine their democracy works different as at the other country.
(Of course there are questions where vote is neccessary but these are not to frequented)
Listen, if we would get NE by some nation... there would be no vote by people, referendum. Then there would be a quick reaction from our governmet.But things like military naming, joining an alliance, maybe even MPPs can be dealt by a referendum. I repeat this is only for some time, until we get a real Congress (in-game). This eRepublik not real life. I do not think Obama is a dictator, but how is that important in eRepublik?
Now we have no congress. That is means our CP have the full right to join to alliances or make MPPs.
No referendum is neccesary if CP can make his decission without this.
Seconds i think forum is not a good place to make referendum because (too) active players are over-represented on the forum.
"too active players are over represented in the forum".
You think multies and two-clickers should make this decisions.
And you would like to be that CP, right? No sorry, never CP has unlimited power. And it is stupid to call that democracy. And that is what you did. Everybody can join the forum. They do not have to, but if they wish to help japan it other ways than fight, fight, fight they do.
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CP has no unlimited power. Please don't try to misinterpret my sentences. The rights of the CP is clearly defined by the game mechanics. And this is not too much. But that is a fact Nowe can make MPP alone!
Yes the CP can do many things in-game. But all those should/must/are first voted on the forums. Nowe can make a MPP but everybody can say:he broke a rule. No president can be president without the support of the active population (and they are on the forums). You do not have it.