Current Congressional Votes Including Blacklisting WTP Leadership
Stormin EwokJedi
This article comes sooner than I expected my next one to come out but I and others feel it is needed to explain in more detail what is happening in Congress at the moment. Misinformation due to some players using discord and others not is bound to happen. I will try to set the current events straight and am always happy to answer any discord messages or in-game mail messages.
We have 2 active votes taking place in Congress at the moment. The simple one is:
Amend the Government Program Eligibility Act to Cover Illegal Immigration
This was opened for discussion by DMJ (Fed & Deputy Speaker), then moved to a proposal and vote by Arrden (BSP & Deputy Speaker).
The change proposed is:
“Players who enter the eUSA illegally (without approval by IES) are not eligible for government-funded programs until cleared by IES”
The main reason for this is the never-ending battle against rogue approvals by sitting congress members who bring in new citizens, join their party, and then take government funds without following the widely accepted and congress-approved laws.
The vote as of this article is 10 yes, 1 abstain, 0 no votes.
Some confusion about what exactly we were discussing was presented by those who don’t use discord as congress members and the full text of the proposed change has been provided.
I expect this will continue the voting trend as pass easily.
The other active vote is as follows:
Blacklist WTP leadership - SteffanoS and Dominar Rygel XVI for repeated violations of IES protocols and improper use of communication channels regularly.
This was opened for discussion by Henry William French (BSP) and brought to proposal and vote by myself (Rough Riders)
Anytime leaders of a party, let alone the highest populated party, are directly voted on in a vote it will bring about tension, misinformation, and conflict.
The eUS has had a very clear, long-established IES protocol which includes the application, investigation, approval by the IES director, then approval by any available sitting congress member (delegates do not have the in-game ability to do this).
As for government communication channels, if my memory is correct on our shared history, BSP and WTP pushed for in-game voting for those that make the active decision to not engage in the META (discord, old forums, telegram). This was passed with plenty of bi-partisan support as a show of good faith to bring our political parties together to function better.
Included in this in-game voting were clear instructions for vote threads, etc. to contain only the required responses per the direction of the Speaker and his/her team. WTP leadership has consistently violated these directives, causing tension between WTP and the other parties.
This vote is not a vote against WTP in the slightest as it will be portrayed by Dom and SteffanoS no doubt, but a vote directly against their refusal to follow the majority voted on and approved policies for how we govern ourselves in the eUS.
For those of you newer to the game, the META was the game for the supermajority of players for many years. The eUS Code and Constitution have been written, edited, and watched over by keen minds for well over a decade now. This isn’t a rag-tag operation we run in the eUS when we follow our established policies, in fact, it’s one of the most organized countries in the game. The people who love playing the META are who thanks go to for preserving a key part of the old game that still is who we are as the eUS today.
Another statement you will hear from the leaders of WTP is that this is a PTO. If the entire country wanted to PTO the WTP, it would already be done. There is no plan to do this because this vote again, is only targeted at the 2 leaders. Many of us hope the WTP elects new leadership to regain some of its former golden days and join the rest of the parties in moving our country forward without absurdities, hostile language, and refusal to follow established policies.
I am well aware many didn’t want to put their name on this article and write it, as it would make them “partisan”. I’m not partisan if you know me. I founded the Rough Riders in an attempt to end partisanship along with incredible other founders you know well. I’ve had game friends in every party, and many of them joined me in the Rough Riders. I can only promise you that this isn’t an attack on WTP, but on the leadership. If any of you think Voots and Thee Dude are heavy in political partisanship you are clueless.
In the end, this vote will pass and they will both be blacklisted. As of writing this article vote stands at:
18 yes, 2 abstain, 2 no - discord voting
5 yes, 6 no, 2 abstain - in-game voting
I truly look forward to WTP analyzing their leadership choices by electing new blood or someone who wishes to work with the rest of our country and prosper together.
Stormin EwokJedi
Comments
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Love seeing the communication out of congress! Getting information out is critical in this game.
Great job
My 2 cents: Yes to blacklist noone is immune to the rules not even Dominars! and two how do you get rogue congress member's they are voted in by the people how do you get illegal immigrants when they are approved? clear definitions needed.
The party president set the slate of congress members every month. They have that sole authority by the game mechanics. Hopefully, parties have a method to vet and educate members and that parties are looking to make sure their PP is setting the slate according to the internal workings of the party.
Yes but my point is everyone picks a party of member's they want to put into congress regardless of the pp making his sole pick.
To gain citizenship, yes by the game mechanics, all you need to do is beg a congressman and then they can use one of their citizenship passes to grant it. However, in the eUS we have set up a system to vet and examine individuals who want to become eUS citizens. There is an application and then our IES director lets congress know when they have been approved. To immigrate to the eUS you need to fill out this application: http://tinyurl.com/eUSA-IES-Application
I understand how it all works. congress members are individually discipline on there citizen allowance without IES approval. It has happened ALOT in the past. that is why IES was picked for there swiftness to get to applications before a congress member can be BEGGED...lol
It is a pleasure as a citizen to have a communicative congress, many times things happen in the country without our knowledge and that are of public interest, I hope that this type of communication continues to be given because it is not only useful for citizens but also benefit congressmen, many times it would seem that they do nothing more than receive their medal and their monthly gold.
I would like to say this to the WTP players.
At 1 time not so long ago BSP was the opposition party.
In that time Arrden and I took all the proper measures to ensure the safety of BSP members by teaching them not to break the laws currently set in place by congress.
When we did have an issue with something we tried to find a way to change it without putting our party, or it's members in danger of being called a PTO party, or something that could lead to them, or us being blacklisted from congress.
If WTP leadership truly cared they would have done the same.
I would also like to say had they taken the time to hop on discord to take part in the discussion instead of just popping in for the vote to say it was to PTO WTP the outcome may have been different for them.
This is NOT about PTO WTP. This is about blacklisting the 2 players running WTP who may have felt they were immune to any repercussions for breaking the laws set by congress because they ran the #1 party.
I hope WTP will take the time to read this and make the change in leadership that will take their party in a direction that works with eUSA NOT against it.
Thank you for keeping us informed.
Hopefully some positive changes will come of this
Good article
But what about their Dom’s multis, shouldn’t they be held to the same level of scrutiny? Or is the bot question to sensitive for Congress to discuss ....
'The eUS has had a very clear, long-established IES protocol which includes the application, investigation, approval by the IES director, then approval by any available sitting congress member'
I would like to know the criteria for the investigation of immigrants. Just what is investigated?
Ubuntu has answered this one many times before and I’m positive he would readily do it again. He does a very solid job.
Once I resigned from Congress, just to immigrate and test the IES protocols, there were not any .... I applied and was granted CS without ANY conversation with anyone!
Like with most things in the eUS government, it is just something to use to try and punish anyone going against the establishment. I always enjoy the memory of bribing the owls to behave like the establishment demands ... Next step secret payments?
For returning citizens I wouldn't imagine much would be needed outside of application. They are already a known entity.
Thanks for the info o7
Hoping to see positive changes all over
yes, that type of propaganda died from first edition
Look in on your Congress anytime on the eUSA Discord server: http://discord.gg/Acawntx6
I offer you an extended answer to your article here:
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-great-party-we-the-people--2762905
congratulations with article, happy because was last one. Hugs