[I&W] Minister of Defense Vanouze
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by Kixtart
As many of you might remember i asked a question in one of my last articles (http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-i-w-how-many-this-time--964149/1/20). The question was: How many this time? Well I am about to answer part of that question.
First I want to ask everybody what, in your eyes, it means to be minister? Why would you like or not like to be minister? Is it for the fancy title or the position of power? Or is it for the good of the country and because you want to help make this country a better place?
We have a new government and to my surprise (as many of you were also) the people in charge had decided to use Vanouze as the Minister of Defense (MoD). Let us discuss and see if that was a wise decision or a wrong one.
Erepublik is based on fighting wars and it is more than half of the fun. So the MoD is an important position because he is the one preparing the UNL for war and co-ordinates with our allies. The following is a quote from the Dutch Constitution that is still used by most as we still do not have an UNL Constitution:
“[Article 17]D. The following ministries have a fixed position, meaning they cannot be removed and their posts must be fille😛
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Ministerie van Defensie.”
So being MoD is very important, that person is responsible for keeping in touch with Peace and supporting them when necessary. So you can imagine Kixtart’s surprise when he found out that our MoD wasn’t even registered on the PEACE forums. So first he contacted Andreas who was also unable to figure out what Vanouze was doing so Kixtart posted a question to the Mo😨
http://www.enetherlands.nl/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2419&start=10 on Monday the 12th. Until today, Thursday the 15th, Vanouze hasn’t bothered answering this question or hasn’t joined the forums.
And there is plenty to do at the MoD as for example our elite soldiers aren’t active any more. These soldiers are the Flying Dutchmen and our previous MoD started to reform them (http://www.enetherlands.nl/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2727) but now they are inactive. Why isn’t anything done???
LSD is part of the coalition and they had a few ideas for the Defense Department, but nothing is done there(http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-libertarian-social-democrats-on-government1-954503/1/20).
The government is, and has been, aware of this for quite a while now but as one government member put it: The Ministerie of Defensie isn’t important right now. Well the constitution said otherwise and why does this position exist of the government believes that the generals can take care of everything? Why assign someone in the first place? Is it the fancy title or the position of power?
I hope the government and President will finally take some action and remove Vanouze from office because copy and pasting battle orders and make a small weekly news part isn’t an active minister. The UNL deserves more!!!
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I just noticed the weekly news where vanouze wrote something but this also just shows that he has no idea what he is doing:
"Most of it will be used by the Flying Dutchman and the Commando Corps as these are the units that go on missions frequently,
The Flying Dutchmen arent active so they arent using any money and dont go on missions frequently!!!
Well said.
If I&W thinks it's that important that vanouze gets replaced, they can force his resignation by starting a vote of no confidence about the MoD.
Something that will be done soon but it is also something that the government should do themselves!!!
Btw, I've first asked AndreasIsaksson about this (2009-10-06), since he is eUNL representative on PEACE now. He sent a PM to Vanouze to register, since the MoD has an advisory function there. When this still hasn't been done after a few days I made that comment.
yes, it's the responsibility of the opposition that a MoD goes inactive, so we should take the initiative for it.
(sense the sarcasm)
the first responsibility of maintaning active minister's, as well as making sure the ministers are able to do their tasks, is by the government itself. if they fail to notice this, the opposition can point it out. that's what's done now. next step will probably be a voting for no confidence, but if the government is failing to recognize it themselves then they might very well try to keep Vanouze in his post..
Frerk, commmmmeeeeee back!
(sont fort IW, ils maitrisent l'art du contre-feu à la perfection...)
Fire Vanouze -> Get new MoD
It's that simple...
good article, voted 🙂
I agree with this article 😃
@vanouze:
Presque aussi fort que le PS français à ce petit jeu.
Just goes to show that experience helps!
You can't start a vote of confidence, BP and LSD support their ministers and they are a majority.
@ bicky/slivever: Je peux parler français aussi
@garmr: some of them might see sense in replacing an inactive minister 🙂
He does his job... We ask no more...
I agree with John de Lange, it's good to hear I&W's opinion and I hope they will do something with it. There is no use in guessing at the outcome on beforehand, you can't say how all the members of the BP and LSD think. I do hope to see a reaction of vanouze on this.
I think all Ministers should be active without regard to how important anyone believes the position is. Also, I believe Ministers should use all tools available to them, in this case the PEACE forums for the MoD. To me, it's not a question of experience, but rather a question of one simply attempting the job and being active.
A person who is active and asking questions is far more valuable than a knowledgable person who is inactive and unwilling.
I agree with Sarah. And I want to stress that you guys are not the only ones thinking this, and that the government has debated over this already.
To@Garmr : Et?
Rewrite #3 of this comment.
I cannot be bothered anymore. I think alot of the comments to this post are purely about instigating, stabbing and trolling... and I think I fell for one of the trolls.
Congratz. Irony 1 - 0 Steingrimur.
Quote Dalyn: He does his job... We ask no more...
You clearly didn;t read the article. The point is hes not doing his job. A major part of the job is PEACE.
and irt Sarah: You said it perfectly!