NationStates Jolt Archive

Reporter: "Good Evening and welcome to this special edition of Rotovian National News... In a shocking and bizzare move the Senate passed the Bill of Desolution effectively stripping both itself and the Lower House of all power and surrendering it the President.

The move followed a month of disputes between the four major parties of Rotovia and in the words of the leader of the Conservative that is just the downside of a mult party system sometimes, besides it (The Senate) could no longer run".

Though this has come as no shock to political commentators who have been watching the gradual rifts in the Senate which colminated last month when the Senate could no longer pass legislation and had to pass all law by Emergency Decree. Which only requires the support of the President and 20 Senators.

The President has been vested with the full power of the Parliament and will be appointed a Tribunate Council that will consist of senior Cabnet members and in effect run as a miny Parliament with the authority to veto his decisions creating a system of checks and balances.

When asked about the move the President commented that at the next available opportunity early elections will be called to elect a new Parliament.

We'll keep you up to date as the facts come in"

This move towards dictatorship is viewed with the utmost hostility by the Democraticlly elected Government of Dyelli Beybi.

This move towards dictatorship is viewed with the utmost hostility by the Democraticlly elected Government of Dyelli Beybi."We assure you that is not the intention of this move. It was with great conisderation that it was felt that in order for our government to function at all the method of democracy need to be altered on a temporary basis"

-Speaker of the House

Official Communiqué from the Embassy of the Macisikani Empire to the Government of Rotovia.

I must inform you that the government of Macisikan is rather concerned about this development, particuarly with regard to its effects on the talks currently being held in Arn-Maciska about the Prossian conflict.
It is our hope that neither the talks, nor our relations with Rotovia are damaged or impeded by this development.

Archbishop Alexius Valnard, Macisikani Ambassador to Rotovia.

Aust applauds your ruler on this discision and would ask you to see what has happened to your Lady in Aust we have bad news...

"I am most shocked by the Senate's decision and as honoured as I am, I dare not take the sceptor of a tyrant. Instead half the current members of the Upper and Lower House shall combine to form an interum Parliament to be known as the Central House. It will in effect by vested with all of the powers of state and I will lead our nation based upon that until the earliest possible opportunity to call and election, something I hope to do within the month"

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Press conference called by the Macisikani Ambassador, Archbishop Alexius Valnard:
"We are pleased to hear of the Rotovian President's assaurences. I have met President Baccheus, and believe him to be an honourable man whose word is set in stone; if he says he will not become a dictator, than I believe him.
I shall do my best to assaure my superiors that Rotovia remains a fair and free state.
However, I must relay the tentative concerns expressed in Arn-Maciska by His Holy Majesty's government that this development in Rotovia may endanger the Prossian Peace Talks.
Thank you, no questions."

Oops, double post.

Despite initial misgivings, Dyelli Beybi is prepared to assume that Rotovia is not planning a reform towards Dictatorship. Dyelli Beybi will watch the situation closely.