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Tzeuteclan
15-12-2005, 06:27
Micheal Peabody
Asociated Press.

After a prolonged vacation, the head of The Dominion of Tzeuteclan was faced with presedan setting problems. Upon the cabinet's return to the House of the Sun, as Tzeuteclan's Parliament is known, a difficult week was ahead of them.

First on the order of importance came the upcoming Nazi sympatizers rally. After hearing the opinions of human rights activists, as well as Holocaust Remembered spokesperson, the Cabinet withdrew for a three hour long meeting. The main problem of the issue, as we find out from internal sources, was the conflict of "political vs. personal freedoms".

As most of our readers may not know, 1980. Edict on Freedoms, passed by the reformatory Tzeuteclan parliament, severely limited political freedoms in the country, also eliminating democratic elections, and substituing them with bi-yearly "votes of confidence". In a UN criticesed move, Tzeuteclan swept up various "anti-state" elements, and voted, by a huge majority, the change in the name to Dominion of Tzeuteclan.

The edict, as defended by the Cabinet, serves to differentiate political and personal freedoms, lowering the first for the benefit of the others. In the following years, as the various political groups were closed, or forced into joining the ruling party, more money was donated in various non-governmental groups, such as the Women's Safe House, and like. In a revolutionary act, the current government passed the Marital Equality laws, forcibly separating marriage from the religious institutions, and widening the definition of marriage, to allow for same sex marriages.

Taken all this into consideration, the cabinet was now faced with a problem regarding the category of freedoms, in the case of Nazi sympathizers. Is advocating Nazi regime a part of personal freedom protected by the Edict, or is it a political freedom, forbidden by the Edict. As our internal sources confirm, the debate on the matter was extremely hot, with even improvisation of projectiles in cases of contradictory opinions.

But, in the end, after three hours of heated debate behind the closed doors, the Cabinet emerged with a joint statement:

"It is our mutual agreement that the right to advocate for a political structure is inherently more political then personal freedom.", Cabinet's Internal minister, Stephen Xhiaznou declared, "As such, we are passing the legislation of banning public gathering promoting political structures, including the upcoming Nazi rally."

"You can do and say whatever you want at your home, but don't carry that to our streets.", Mr Xhiaznou directed to Nazi sympathisers.

The rest of the pending issues was met in a lighter tone, of which is the increased tax on automobile import one. The move was defended by the need of the Dominion to maintain internal self-sufficiency and to present a complete market to international import-export commerce.

The last issue at the day was met with a singleminded agreement. When presented by the plight for defence of human cloning, and stem cell research, the Cabinet members merely looked at one another and unanimously agreed that medical research is, not only important healthwise, but also a potential for an export technology. Thus the Medical Sciences law was passed, enabling greater freedom in medical research, unhinged by various religious-political groups.

So much for now, from The Dominion of Tzeuteclan, Where the Sun meets the Gods.

(OOC: first post here, wasn't sure where to put it, sorry if I got it wrong)
Macisikan
15-12-2005, 06:39
(OOC: yep, you can put it here... or in International Incidents. Either/or. Welcome to NS by the way...
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"...is not expected to alter the agenda.

His Imperial Majesty's Government has refused to comment on the recent Tezu- Tzu-" the reporter is clearly having trouble with the word "-Tzeuteclan, I apologise there, move to ban Nazi rallies. The External Affairs Ministry has labelled it "an internal matter of the... Tzeuteclan Dominion" and not a matter for Imperial comment.

Attempts to get a comment on that nation's stance on stem cells elicited no reaction, although a senior official was overheard to ask if Tzeuteclan was a real nation, or if our correspondant had made it up.

We should caution our international viewers that this reaction is typical when a nation new to the international scene has yet to register on the Government radar.

Officials of the Ministry have since confirmed Tzeuteclan's existence, and are "monitoring the situation".

States-General spokesman Joshua..."