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The Shazbotdom Imperial Parliament

Shazbotdom
14-02-2008, 02:10
PARLIAMENT CLOSED MEETING?
Orriginally Posted in the Berwin Times
By: Victor K. Nackson

Earlier today the Supreme Emperor and the Ministers of the different departments went into a closed meeting for the final dicussion and a possible vote on the reformation of the Shazbotdom Imperial Parliament. Since 10am this morning Shazbotdom Standard Time, the doors to the Supreme Emperor's office have been locked shut to keep reporters, staff of the Imperial Palace, and members of the community partaking in the Tours of the Imperial Palace out while they hash out the last few details of the bill and come to a vote.

With this occuring, the people of the Shazbotdom Empire wonder what is going on within the confined walls of the Supreme Emperor's office. Staff off the Imperial Palace as well as those civilians partaking in the tours have attempted to listen in through the doors and walls, but the room was specifically designed to be sound proof so meetings like this could take place without the details of the meeting becomming public knoledge. This reporter took to the streets this afternoon to get statments from the general public about this closed meeting. Below are what those people had to say. Their names have been withheld as thats what they checked on the release forms.

"Why do they feel that this sort of information needs to be kept from us? Arn't we entitled to know what goes on?"

"This sort of thing is why the Parliament needs to be reformed. These closed meetings are becomming more and more botherson."

"I personally don't really care what happens. The leadership of this nation has been doing a good job so far, so why are people worried about this?"

With these mixed reviews from the public, this reporter can only assume that with this vote, the people will get the representation that they feel is needed.

Although some of the information that has been leaked from the Shazbotdom Imperial Palace suggests that the Shazbotdom Mainland, as well as the Colonies, will be subdivided into different area's. These area's will help to make sure that there will be representation from all walks of life within the Empire. These numbers that were given to this reporter are said to be the exact number of 'regions' that each area of the Empire will be divided into.

Shazbotdom_________20
Alraibris_____________15
Bolrasha____________15
Halnara_____________15
Shazbotdom Miroxia___10

More information about the ReFormation of the Shazbotdom Imperial Parliament will be released as it is recieved to the newspaper.
Shazbotdom
14-02-2008, 06:16
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JOINT MESSAGE FROM THE SHAZBOTDOM EMPIRE
Greetings to those in the International Community,
The Shazbotdom Empire is taking yet another step towards being a better Democratic Socialist nation. Today, with a vote of 5 to 1, the Ministers and the Supreme Emperor have initiated a vote of the populace in 3 weeks time to determine who will represent those same people in the newly Reformed Shazbotdom Imperial Parliament. Great lengths have been made to ensure that the numbers for this new Parliament will benefit not only the Shazbotdom Mainland, but also the Empire as a whole.

With this formation of the new Shazbotdom Imperial Parliament, over 80% of the decisions of happenings within Shazbotdom will be rerouted to them. Although this will not be something that will happen right away, it will be staggered so that the Parliament will not be overwhelmed with several hundred matters happening all at once.

The following is a short hand version of the Bill as it was passed earlier today:

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ReForming of the Parliament
Due to the ever increasing load of work bestowed upon the Supreme Emperor and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Supreme Emperor has decided that it was time to ReForm the old Shazbotdom Imperial Parliament. With a hopefully better representation of the people of the Shazbotdom Empire, the Supreme Emperor will form the Parliament in two houses, the House of Commons and the House of The Senate. The numbers of each person being able to be elected to both houses depends on the number of Regions that the Empire will be sub-divided into. The Division of these regions will be as follows.

AREA NAME___________________NUMBER OF REGIONS
Shazbotdom__________________20
Alraibris _____________________15
Bolrasha _____________________15
Halnara _____________________15
Shazbotdom Miroxia____________10

The House of Commons
Within the House of Commons there will be roughly 750 Seats. Each region of Shazbotdom will be allowed to elect a specific amount of people to represent them in the House of Commons. This will be determined by the population of each region at the time of the last Cencus.

The House of The Senate
Within the Senate there will be 75 seats. With one person being elected from each of the Regions. These people are to be people of importance from each of the regions. Although it is not required that these people have money, it is required that they put some sort of effort into helping their regions to be a better place in the Shazbotdom Empire.

Elections of Representatives
The Elections will be staggered. With Half of each house being elected every two years, to four year terms. This will ensure that at no one time will everyone from both houses be up for election at the same time. We also have noticed that this will be a problem for the Senate as there is an odd number of seats. This will be corrected as 37 will go through an election one year, and then two years later the remaining 38 will go through their election.

The Elections
The Elections will be internal and specific to the region that the candidates for each position are located in. No one from one region can vote for a candidate for another.
Proof of Candidacy

To be able to run in an election, one must be able to prove the following:
1. That they are able to run.
2. That they are of good health so they may live out their entire term.
3. That they are able to travel long distances as needed.
Proof of Citizenship

To vote in an election, a person entering a polling place needs to prove that they are a law abiding citizen of the Shazbotdom Empire in these way:
1. A utility bill from at least 60 days prior to the election.
2. A valid regional drivers license.
3. A Shazbotdom Government issued ID Card.
Shazbotdom
14-02-2008, 21:12
Bump
United Trailer Parks
14-02-2008, 21:18
OOC: sorry its so short

International Communique

To: Shazbotdom Government
From: Desk of Azuala, Head Associate

It is our greatest wishes that your nation hold together during this reforming of your parliment, We offer our prayers and hope that this move will help in your quest for global prosperity and wealth.

Best wishes,
Azuala
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Shazbotdom
14-02-2008, 23:58
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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME EMPEROR
MR LARRY WILLIAMS
OPEN MESSAGE
Dear Mrs. Azuala,
Thank you for your warm wishes. We are hoping that this process does go smoothly as well. A lot is ahead of us here in the Shazbotdom Empire, and this is one step towards better equality.
Shazbotdom
18-02-2008, 02:43
BUMPeroni
Anagonia
18-02-2008, 03:22
Message from the United Republic of Anagonia

It is with deep solidarity that we exclaim happiness at the showing of the democratic process and the interest in better representing the people. We do hope you have good times ahead.

Your friends in Anagonia,
Caster Oblivion
Chief of Foreign Affairs and Activities
Shazbotdom
19-02-2008, 00:26
Message from the United Republic of Anagonia

It is with deep solidarity that we exclaim happiness at the showing of the democratic process and the interest in better representing the people. We do hope you have good times ahead.

Your friends in Anagonia,
Caster Oblivion
Chief of Foreign Affairs and Activities

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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME EMPEROR
MR LARRY WILLIAMS
OPEN MESSAGE
Dear Mr. Oblivion
Thank you for your warm wishes. We are hoping that this process does go smoothly as well. A lot is ahead of us here in the Shazbotdom Empire, and this is one step towards better equality.