Miyagiyoda for President
Miyagiyoda
Know your history to avoid repeating it
I understand Russia went pear-shaped but not for the reason many think it did.
The primary issue made was the way Congress decided the deal. Put yourself in my shoes for a moment and understand why I did what I did. I opened a post in the Congress closed chambers to discuss the proposal. Zansi then suspended the forums in a FU to the community in an unrelated matter. I then took the same names who have access to Congress Closed Chambers, and opened an in-game thread instead to side-step the disruption on government business.
The thing I was thus crucified for was upholding the access permissions we have had in place for as long as I can remember instead of expanding it to people then considered PTOers and deviant by the community at the time. I seriously did consider including them as part of my unity drive, but the matter was too important to be side-tracked. I obviously should have gone with my gut instead of prevailing sense. I was wrong in this.I tried to correct it by moving discussion into the National assembly instead.
The next issue was the rental amounts from Russia. It was disappointingly low, but no less than what Brazil were paying. After discussion, I came back with a new offer as rightly demanded by the community. There was unhappiness about a) doing it at all (spillover from issue 1) and b) the actual rental amount.
Russian Deal --valid or not
a) I chose to uphold the Congress decision and took personal responsibility because I wanted their honest opinion without concern for liability. I don't apologise for this. It had to be done to move South Africa forward. People were obviously butt-hurt, but I made a promise and kept it.
As annoying as it was; my sacrifice to create an alternative for South Africa was worth it. Having Russia here has proven to be useful this month -- the timing for the RW to get 1 region for Congress was off because we were scrambling without a plan. The concept of competition for our favour remains solid.
b) I totally agree that the initial rental amount was low, but this was the result of it being a tertiary priority during the initial negotiation. We pushed for more, but were more concerned with hooking Russia into coming into South Africa. We knew we were going to end the Brazil rental and needed to have a financial alternate and access to a new ally in place. The rental amount was resubmit to the National Assembly but got constantly derailed while we thrashed out an acceptable number. Funny enough, the number we agreed to is what Leon (staunchest opponent to the entire affair) finally agreed to with Russia. Kudos to him on the re-negotiation, but like all affairs of state, success is built on the work of successive administrations
Past Results
The goal of my term was to exit the agreement with Brazil, try avoid a war, but prepare for one should Brazil react as badly as expected. Part of this plan was to solicit TWO for MPPs while getting the good-will of CUA. My foreign affairs were sunk by Leon and Claudio by having Argentine and Uruguayan MPPs proposed too soon for me to guarantee the TWO support. The nett result is all the TWO work going down the toilet as the presidency was sabotaged to put Leon in office. That's politics.
I still try to get TWO MPPs, but they are not interested in dealing with an unstable country. They have seen the what the CP says and how Congress vote is totally random and untrustworthy and just a waste of time. Not my assessment -- theirs. We need to get some synergy going with an entire nation pulling in the same direction. This comes from giving each administration the room to act without sabotage. We did it this term in the name of a country on the map. All of us need to learn to respect the ballot, and restrict our fights to elections.
So what will my term be about?
Exactly the same as what I started last time. We need to land at least 1 big TWO nation as an MPP. Love you guys, but Slovenia quite doesn't cut it. Serbia is the most likely. Poland is a possibility. UK (ACT) is very probable. Any 2 of those is a major win for South Africa.
We need to continue working with CUA. The course has been set. They are not a bad lot, but concerns remain about how well they cooperate. We need to get into their HQ and actively coordinate instead of guessing their strategies like we are doing now. The military machine is not aided when shrouded in mystery.
Defence
We need to get defence sorted properly. DoD orders are erratic and there is no communication with the War Council or the MU Commanders (who should all be co-opted into the War Council as a matter of pragmatism anyway). South Africa have been buying victories with Combat Orders. Our pockets are deep, but we cannot do this forever as a matter of policy. Basic economics says that we will eventually exhaust personal budgets and the public funds. Perhaps not this month or even the next 6 months, but you don't get rich by spending irresponsibly, and you certainly don't stay rich by cutting off all income while increasing your spending.
Leon has gotten cash from the RBA dispensed via the Desert Lion and the eSAAF have easily spent as much donated by me, Grimstone and Kuckuck to keep the walls over 50%. Leon may even have dipped in his own pocket too -- but he's not telling. Once Brazil is out, this spending eases off as we only have to defend Northern Cape, fight for allies, and perhaps defend/initiate the odd Air Strike.
Deals
I personally think we have a healthy economic relationship in Russia, but I also know common economic sense does not prevail against nationalism. I also do not expect Russia to be around long after August. Brazil also desperately want to still be friends. There may be options in CUA. We can take all, some or none. The National Assembly will decide in a civilised way.
We have options. If we choose to keep all our duplicate resources, then we need secure a new form of income if we want to pay for support programs. I propose a coordinated military machine to earn us cash and increase activity. If done cleverly, we can side-step the mercenary label... or we can embrace it to increase our population. Again, something that needs public discussion because it has a dramatic effect on the community. No CP can make a unilateral decision on this; just initiate and facilitate discussion.
Economics 101
Love Hennock, but his economic programs are insane. This is unfortunately a matter for Congress to deal with as much as the Presidency. I still want Congress to take personal responsibility for Immigration and Domestic Affairs. They need a proper job and focus so that they can become constructive within the community again. This can only happen if they have to take responsibility for their actions. Right now, they are a headache and obstacle. The Presidency also need to be forced to plan like grown ups and budget. A budget shows a plan. The whole ad hoc way we do things means we randomly drift without plan or purpose.
What does South Africa need.
A President's job is present the country's view while nudging it in a specific direction to achieve agreed goals. Its like herding cats, but you have to keep smiling and nodding encouragingly. Constant communication is essential which is why they assemble a team.
Unfortunately, we also only have a handful of people who actually work in our governments, so it ends up being a solo act in many spheres with most not even existing in South Africa. CP's who act unilaterally don't help. Then you have the normal problem all countries face with losing half of cabinet mid-term and needing to take up the slack or promote the deputies we don't have enough of.
This needs to change if we are going to have consistent government.
Security/immigration and sometimes MoDA tend to tick over (no offense, but I see what other governments do by comparison). Information and education are dead because they need real writing talent, inspiration by the bucket and time. Can you remember when last we had an education article that was about learning to play the game instead of how to get free stuff? This is made worse by our low birth rate which makes is it all a little frustrating and dull.
Our real problem is in foreign affairs and defence. They require a depth in people to cover 24/7 and an IRC presence to actually make headway with foreign powers in a country where most citizens shun the medium. Its all very chatty and social to butter each other up for when you need that favour; but it needs constant doing and the time to do it or you don't build real relationships. This cannot happen without people prepared to do it.
Without changing our sit back and watch culture, South Africa cannot progress. Putting the same people in the same jobs all the time is burning them out. What are we going to do when they have also had enough?
Our attitude to government
I will not criticise Leon's administration because it is a pointless exercise. We all have firm opinions. I do take exception to how what everyone else is doing to prevent South Africa from failing is being totally dismissed. Their loyalty to the country is bigger than personal politics. Respect their ability to do that. Do not mistake cooperation for the good of South africa for accepting the status quo.
There are two kind of people in this country: those who sit back and wait for a collapsed state before considering a new path; and those who see the bus coming and try to take corrective action before we have to deal with a failed state. I strongly encourage you to move to the latter camp. The former only encourage inactivity and nihilism in a country that desperately needs to grow.
Be part of the solution instead of cheering on the problem.
Will you stand up?
Regardless of the outcome, I invite all other candidates into my cabinet and offer to serve in theirs. Standing for this job is enough testament that your heart is in the right place. Its not for sissies. All governments build upon the success of all the previous governments. Good governments keep the good and whittle out the bad. Bad governments fail to learn or take advantage of others' successes. Let's keep moving forward.
Amandla, Awethu.
Power to the people.
Take back your destiny.
TL
😉RMiyagiyoda for President.
Comments
About congress:
You would just create a message group in-game and let congressmen vote there. Or you would ask them to move new forums. But no, you wanted to make poll with congressmen that obviously support your plan.
About Russian deal:
Signing a deal with MUCH MORE payment was the best thing to do. If we kick them out without aggreement, they hadn't pay us anything despite they hold our regions for 1 month. Because you let them hold our regions without any published treaty.
About TWO MPPs:
If we didn't force you with congress to sign MPPs with Uruguay and Argentina, you were still begging Brazil's help.
You see that our plan worked, don't try to make it looks like something you already planned now.
About the situation of treasury:
We have millions of CC. I think we spent so little against Brazil. Freedom should have be more expensive. Also we got 400 golds from Russia this month so I think current government spent nothing from budget.
About communication:
I, as a tank of South Africa, know every battle plan. Where to hit, where to not. As I see, Grim, Greekpwner, thekoki, kuckuck, Gregor and few more people also aware of what's going on.
And If we don't know what's the strategies of CUA, how Leon said "just wait 5-6 days for freedom" and we did gain it exactly 6 days later.?
TL😉R: You are good person and good citizen. But you proved that you are not able to lead this country and got impeached for the first time in the history of this country. Since I'm here at least.
I open by stating that I understand that there is nothing I can say that will change your mind. It is made up and is your reality. I respond to address these point for other readers who are not predisposed.
About congress:
You did not actually read what happened and do not care for the truth. I included everyone who had access to the Congress Closed-Chambers except 1 person who was not on my friend list and did not accept within 12 hours. This was an ingame thread accessible to all. There was no preselection, and there were no weird access permission to deal with. The entire Congress Leadership were there and nobody called foul as we moved from discussion to a vote. I accept full responsibility for the final implementation because I wanted honest opinions instead of political gerrymandering. that stands. Those are the facts.
About Russian deal:
Don't believe me; read Khotko (Russian President Mini-Pro) comments further down on the payment amount. You are wrong about Russia leaving if we asked. You do not trust them, fine. I choose to act in trust over fear. This is why we made the deal.
About TWO MPPs:
Pure opinion. Try focus on my actual statement. Did we get TWO MPPs this term? Ask yourself why.
About the situation of treasury:
I did not say they overspent. The war spending has been very low key because of allied help and multiple fronts for Brazil. The public programs have had a smaller uptake than anticipated. What I did say is that all governments should have a public budget so that we are all on the same page for national priorities.
About communication:
I as the Commander of the eSAAF MU, member of the War Council and member of the Tanks message group do not. I find out about every battle after it starts. The only exception was the first NE battle where I was instructed to tell people we strike at Day Change. I have never been told what CUA's priorities are. I hope Leon has been told.
The 5-6 days win did not happen the way you think it did. We were meant to lose Northern Cape since it was a damage drain -- except nobody knew this except Leon. Halfway through the battle Greekpwner asked for funding. We discussed Combat Orders when Leon then told us we to lose the RW. eSAAf had already privately funded Combat Orders and thought it could not hurt to use the battle to test thresholds. We were too good at our job and kept winning Northern Cape anyway. Leon approached CUA who then joined us at Day Change to secure the victory. That is the day the war turned and certainly not according to some unknown plan in Leon's head. Note that its is after we communicated we coordinated and won.
Voted.
I want to revive ECoSA as soon as we have Congress again if im in a position to, hopefully i'll be able to attract more people with the know how.
I would vote for you if i wasn't already voting for Leon. You seem qualified.
Is Leon going to run again??
I hope so
We don't need a Congress to revive Ecosa. We still have a National Assembly and Emergency Congress to legislate their will if need be.
Admin/Zanzi/Al Kazar still hasnt set it up on the forums 🙁.
I want to move on to amending some laws but hes MIA.
I thought everyone would have learnt by now that we play eRepublik and run OUR government by OUR rules and not how Al tells you to do it.
The forums are a useful tool . . .
You do not need special permissions set up to do your business. You have a discussion area in National Assembly accessible by people with cs and list of names allowed to vote. Use a vote thread instead of anonymous poll... you will be amazed at how more responsible representatives are with a public voting record.
Good luck Miyagi, and I hope that if you get elected, that you will have a better term.
You are really good person, I wasn't expect this much co-operation from you in my term. However, I still think that you are not good enough to lead this country. We are done with Brazil, no need to open that page again. Good luck.
I don't agree with you Leon. He did what he thought was best, but circumstances turned against him and you had Al in your pocket. It is time we should leave the bad behind and go forward and not repeat what has happened. We now need to create some good.
Brazil is out now, and we should now strive to keep it that way.
Miyagi can be a very good CP if he is given the chance to prove himself.
We voted for him and sent to the office. It's a great chance, isn't it?
Then you impeached him. Lets give him a chance to show that he can be a good CP. Can you do that?
"We" impeached him for a reason.
No, you did, Leon. You did the proposal and the rest is history. Even so, you still did not answer my question
My role in the eSAAF is to serve South Africa. My loyalty is to the country above all. If we start getting petty about which elected Presidents we will or will not serve then the country will implode into a dysfunctional mess. You compete at elections and cooperate between elections within the limits of consensus -- that is the civilised way to run a country. I do not want to live in a nation of backroom deals and secret agendas. Life is too short.
20 people agreed with Leon, Nickerball. The Congress changed and the nay-sayer got a majority and the kind of leader they wanted. Opinions shift.
I was impeached because Leon and crew believed that I would block the radical course Congress chose. They chose not to communicate publicly and instead reacted in fear and ignorance of what the Presidency may do even though it only wields consensual power. They expected a petty reaction and did not get it nor understand it. This is why the Colombia MPP inexplicably pissed them off more because it showed a willingness to adapt to the public will instead of reinforcing their demonisation. It did not serve the agenda.
Its just politics, we live with the results, and move along.
What the past two month have demonstrated is that we need to find a better balance. We need a fully interactive Congress instead of aa missing 50%, we need to accept ballot results on issues to move along instead of pointless rehashing, and we need to balance leadership with adequate discussion, and work harder at consensus building if we are to be effective.
How can we reach consensus if there is no discussions? Its a one man government
That we can change by changing the one man.
Good Luck Miyagi.
Greetings, Miyagi.
Actually, the amount we spend today equals the one we would have spent on your terms.
Don't forget we would have had to spend 2*10k СCs on an MPP connection.
That's why I eagerly agreed to negotiate with Leon, and will be glad to extend this manner.
But it, of course, rests with the next Country Presidents of eRussia and eSouth Africa.
You are good at inspiring people, even greater at running a MU when pressured, but I must agree with the above comments. eSA needed a team player, someone to charge into battle with his comrades, but when your turn came you stayed at the back and let your comrades take the flak.
Good luck.
Did he do that??
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/no-power-to-the-people--2277570/1/20
Yeah, I read your article, but it's not to say he did it. Too many people like to throw accusations around. You did that article when Al closed the forum down to only a handful of people and now you walk around pushing your breast out and say that is what Miyagi did, he left us behind. It's a bit unfair, I would say.
He didn't leave us behind, he stayed behind. Leon left us behind - by making his own calls.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/South-Africa/129054
21 people would at least partially agree with me.
"He didn't leave us behind, he stayed behind. Leon left us behind - by making his own calls."
So its okay for a guy to not communicate up to your standards as long as they do something you agree with? Is the problem really leaving people in the dark or just not doing your will?
There was a strategic reason for using Congress Closed-Chambers. Leaking the information would have compromised the success of the operation. In retrospect, perhaps not the best reason, but we're all variable under tight time constraints. The final justification was that it was a temporary arrangement to serve a very specific goal. The intention was not to exclude, but rather to gather a representative opinion to make a strategic decision with security concerns. What is more representative than your Congress?
Still laughing at the notion of the incumbent as a team player.... really? Or are you just trolling us?
Meh, I just don't feel like arguing at this time. The SA I know is dead. We got freedom, but we've lost many great personalities.
If you build it they will come.
Good luck
V!
TheKoki for CP, and we will be the bes eCountry in the eWorld ...... 😁)
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"Brazil also desperately want to still be friends."
Uh, what? Friends with the country that wiped us with the intent to deny us Congress? Lolno. That's never gonna happen. Both sides already burned that bridge. It's time to accept that and move on.
Finish the paragraph. I was listing available options and not a policy.
And...I'm pretty sure I just said why that wasn't an available option.
The point remains its still ours to decide. The door is only closed if we choose to close it.
You had your chance and proved you would suspend the rights of people and overrule congress to get your way. I will sooner vote for Leon because at least with Leon we stand a chance militarily.
Thank you for your endorsement.
I like TL😉R version 😉
I'm offended by this article and I will truncate it from my memory.
To0 be honest I would move back to eSA if I could just to vote Miyagi in so that we dont have to deal with Leon anymore but Aus is great, no Leon here
Good luck. Against "Sinba" threat, my vote will be yours.