Hell The Great
One of the main things our non-bearded overlord has proposed this month, is a reshaping of the governance systems, or as many others have termed, circlejerk. To cut a long story short, the vocal minority of one who pushed for a complete codification of every possible situation, has since departed our shores. In his wake, we have a bloated process which few bother to understand, and even fewer follow.
In the current system of Dictator - Government - Congress, there needs to be a much simpler system, which instead of dictating process, simply dictates roles. Instead of having a constitution that we expect each branch of government to follow (although by now we're all quietly accepting this will hardly ever be the case), we simply need a system which offers each President, and each successive Congress a template on which they can build their own processes and approaches. Whilst I can understand that Arrlo, as well as others have made the case for cutting the role of dictator to fix this issue, I think that spending a million CC is just one part of any solution; ultimately there will be a day where our dictator is removed. Until that day arrives, however, my proposal is simply as follows.
It is time to cut the bureaucracy and accept the realities of the game that we're for some reason, still playing. We cannot bind future governments or congresses with detailed processes based on an if A then B approach. First and foremost, such an approach is without a doubt, not working, and not being followed because it is not working. Secondly, with an ever decreasing population, it's hard enough to fill cabinet, let alone congress with people who have the time or drive to care about and enforce such an approach. As such, I offer the following as a template to replace our 'Constitution';
The Dictator
- Will push buttons as/when instructed to by the President, or a Minister.
The President
- Will tell the dictator which, if any, minister(s) can make emergency proposals in his/her absence.
- Will run 'Head of Congress' elections promptly each month
- Will select a cabinet and be responsible for the day to day running of the country.
- Will ensure congress is given a clear explanation of any in-game proposal and why such a proposal is being made
- Is ultimately responsible for any and all decisions and actions of cabinet.
Congress
- Will vote for a leader who will be responsible for the running of congress as and how they see fit.
- Will hold the government to account by requesting reports as and when they feel necessary.
- Will individually decide whether to support any government in-game proposal or not
Party Presidents
- Will nominate one congressmember on the 26th to run for 'Head of Congress' and ensure that this nomination is given to the President in a timely manner.
Any suggestions or improvements are welcome, and I encourage congress/the speaker to continue this discussion to ensure that as soon as possible, a more realistic and streamlined system of governance is in place.
Comments
you are voting for him because you have lack of grey matter
tl;dr: Arrlo is too sexy, vote for him.
I'd like to see an article from arrlo Tbf. I'm backing him though. So...
I may be a monster but I don't have a beard...
you mean in addition to the one he posted - http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-arrlo-manifesto-for-cp-2607955/1/20
Thanks for pointing that out Paul. I hadn't actually seen it till now and just saw the Madelina one
The madelina one is literally identical so I would like to see him actually say something new at some point. At the moment he's just got the same article twice, it gives off a sort of weird not-really-trying message to me personally.
Hello Rob.
I wrote the manifesto in a gdoc so my party could read it to decide if they would back me before I published it for the rest of the population to read. Madelina however published it first in case people couldn't access the gdoc-- I don't have a problem with that.
If a manifesto being published twice is a problem for people then I suggest that they vote for you and your two excellent articles. o7
Yeah that's all cool it just seemed a bit redundant getting told the same thing twice
Comon now Rob, most things have to be told 12 times and ppl still claim they werent informed 😁
StrongeRR, you're not a citizen, so this is not any of your concern. You wouldn't like it if I were to pop into one of your country's political discussions and trash the participants.
I wholeheartedly support Arrlo, particularly since we really do need a total overhaul of our foreign affairs and military alliance status. We've made some bad mistakes with that in the past which led to our being wiped a number of times and ending up in an alliance with a bunch of other countries who are in equally dire straits. We may be small potatoes when it comes to the map, but with the right contacts, we might grow.
[UKPP] Why we're supporting Arrlo
TUP was the only party that contacted us.
WTF KING WILLY 4 CP
He actually didn't demand it this month :/
I DEMAND IT ON.HIS BEHALF
I AM CHAPP1E REBORN
we'll find you an alliance job somewhere, dw
Please get rid of all the legislation!
Some things never change 🙂. I'll vote Arrlo.
A couple more role definitions would be helpful. For instance, who does CS applications - cabinet or congress? I don't care how they're done, but it would be handy to know who does then, otherwise nobody will but everyone will argue.