Gavárþic'h for Senator

[Dréu Gavárþic'h]

Fellow Vuodeans--

My name is Alexandreu Gavártgic'h and I would like to announce my candidacy for the Senate seat representing the Province of Vuode.

I have served as a Member of the Cosa in the 38th, 39th, and 40th Cosas, during which time I did not miss voting on a single Clark (though, if Government v. Chancery ever gets ruled on, it looks like I may have one Clark struck off my perfect voting record). I am currently the Scribe of Abbavilla, and the Shadow Distáin. To give you an idea of my ideology, my past political affiliations have included the LRT, CRO, and PP. I was one of the two co-drafters of the Vuodean Constitution, and for a while published the Talossan Newspaper, "La Voce Talossan"

My Platform:
1. Minimal Environmental Impact

Our world is the most precious possession we have because, without it, we could not have what we consider to be our most precious possessions: our spouses, children, houses, cars, etc. I want to make sure that our Earth and the human race stay around for a long time. However, there is a huge threat to our world and the people on it: Global Warming. Therefore, we, the Talossan people must fight against this horrible thing by renting webspace from "green" companies, encouraging green habits in Talossan houses, and urge citizens to make their friends and family aware of this growing problem.

2. Incorporation of Cestours

As of the moment, there are two citizens living in the GTA and three old-growthers in Talossa. This is absolutely shameful and I urge action now! We must engage in more "Project Groundborne"s and other advertising schemes (Perhaps getting ad space on the sides of buses would be very effective) in order increase the former-cestour population of the RT. As for old growthers, we most act to keep the OG's we have active in the communtiy, and work to attract past old growthers who have drifted away from Talossa.

3. Electoral Reform

The current system of voting is clearly unfair, it does not account for strategic voting, vote-splitting, or the "spoiler" effect. I reccomend and promise to draft legislation that we use a system called Instant Runoff Voting to ensure fair elections (An example of vote-splitting happened in the 38th Cosa elections where the "Leftist" vote was split between more reformist CCCP and the more radical LRT.

4. Encouraging el glhetg

El glhetg is the co-official language of Talossa, but it is not often used as such because many people do not understand it. Therefore, I advocate free classes for Talossan citizens and mandatory classes for government employees (perhaps with a civil service test) along with the mandatory translation of all government documents into el glhetg.

5. Fostering of inter-Talossan relations

There is no reason not to engage our fellow Talossans, who share our rich culture and heritage. We must remember that many Republicans are the reason our great nationette is the way it is today. Therefore, we must welcome them into our nation and arms with open hearts and open minds.

6. Currency & Stamps

For too long has the currency issue been sitting idly on the table. We must put our glorious currency in the hands of our citizens! As for stamps, the design has been finalized and some letters bearing stamps have already been printed. Let's get some government funding!

7. Nationalisation of Webspace Payment

Few people know this, but King John I actually pays the cost of hosting Kingdomoftalossa.net and our ad on google from his own pocket. This is grossly unfair to him, and we need to move the responsibility from his pocket to the treasury. Thanks dear King for your service, but it's time we took control of the situtation.

8. Senatorial Transparency

The Senate Reform Acts II failed. Why? Because the Senate refused to pass them. As Senator I will reform the Senate in order to make sure that Senators are kept accountable to their constituents. No longer shall Senators be allowed to dose off for 3/4 of their term, only to wake up when election time draws near.

9. Judicial Reform

I support the establishment of lower provincial Cort's, so that when a decision is made, it may be appealed and reconsidered. Everyone should have the right to appeal, but under the current system, they do not. Let's change that.

Vote Gavártgic'h!
Alexandreu Gavártgic'h

[Dréu Gavárþic'h]

I welcome any questions (even if they're not from Vuodeans) about my platform, my views on this or that, or my favorite pizzeria in Brooklyn.

[Trotxâ]

Okay - here's one for you:

How many good, interested, hard-working citizens have you personally driven away from this province, and from this nation?

Just wondering...

T

[Breneir Itravilatx]

In lieu of the previous question I would like to pose one for the candidate:

How many good, interested, hard-working citizens have you engaged and encouraged to remain in this province and in this Kingdom?

I suspect the answer to this most recent question will be far higher than zero. Which is probably the answer to the preceding question.

Dreu, good luck in your candidacy. And I look forward to working with you in the Senate.

[Dréu Gavárþic'h]

I was really hoping for serious and related questions/comments/concerns. M-M is really beating us down.

However, I would think it unfair of me to leave any questions unanswered. Therefore:

How many good, interested, hard-working citizens have you personally driven away from this province, and from this nation?

Well, I'd say that I haven't driven any from this province or nation (as could be expected). I may have radical views, but there are people with equally reactionary views that haven't driven me from this nation. If I drove you from this nation, and for some reason you could muster the power to post against me here, but not vote on the constitution, or on 2 consecutive Clarks, I apologise. However, IMHO, apathy is what "drove you out," not me.

How many good, interested, hard-working citizens have you engaged and encouraged to remain in this province and in this Kingdom?

I hope more than a few

Dréu

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

S:reu Gavárþic'h :

I hope you don't mind an interloper here...

You and I have disagreed on many a subject in our time here. We have crossed verbal swords more than we both care to count, I believe.

While, as we say down here in the South, "I ain't got no dog in this fight" - I was wondering if you can explain to the citizens of Vuode your stance on many of the issues we have discussed?

If you are unsure of what I am talking about, I can bring up some of the topics we have bantered over.

[Eðo Grischun]

I don't have any questions at present for the candidate, however, I would like to take a moment to wish him the very best of luck in the upcoming election and I am glad that he is standing for the province. I can think of no better citizen to act in the best interests of the local population here in Vuode.



...and yes, it is most very nice to see Sir T after I don't know how many months.


... oh I just want to add this ... While Candidate Gavártgic'h states that he was one of two co-drafters of the Vuodean constitution I would like to say, as the other co-drafter, that Dreu put in most of the work. I only helped out with about five or six articles of the entire draft and helped to find solutions to a few language and prose problems. Candidate Gavártgic'h was the PRIMARY AUTHOR.

[Adam Grigoriu]

I'm all for your candidacy, but I agree with Capt. Preston, we need to bring up the issues. I'm liking the debate in M-M. Let's bring up some issues here. I'll bring up the first, if nobody minds, plagiarizing Capt. Preston (Sorry Mick).

An Act is proposed, that is rather controversial. After a month of strong debate, it comes up for a vote.

After reviewing all the arguments, you have decided to vote against the Act. You have problems with it's intent, and oppose certain procedures that the Act will put in place, but the citizens are for the Act.

When the final day has come, the Act is going to Pass in the Cosa. The Senate is Tied 3-3 in it's vote, so yours will be the deciding vote.

My question is: "Do you vote how your Citizens want you to vote, or do you vote how your conscience want you to vote? And why?

[Dréu Gavárþic'h]

"Do you vote how your Citizens want you to vote, or do you vote how your conscience want you to vote? And why?

I quite like this question. Thank you for bringing it up! Unfortunately, the answer is not as simple as you may have hoped. I think it highly depends on the context of the situation. If this legislation, for example, would destroy the judiciary, or make someone a dictator, even if my constituents supported it, I would have to vote against. This sort of legislation would destroy Talossa, and as Vuode's representative to the Federal Government of Talossa it would be a violation of my office to do such.

However, if the legislation was less clearly destructive to the structure of Talossa itself, then I think the voice of my constituents should override my own thoughts. For instance, if a bill which would make voting secret in Talossa should come up, I would probably want to vote for it. However, if the citizens of Vuode said no way, I would see no other path but to vote against it, and hope that in the future, their minds will change.

I was wondering if you can explain to the citizens of Vuode your stance on many of the issues we have discussed?

Well, the records of our arguments exist on Witt already, and many of them are touched upon in my platform. However, if you would like to bring up a topic so that I can go more in depth about my views on it, please feel free to.

Dréu

Edit: Typo

[Adam Grigoriu]

In my personal opinion, that's a very good answer. That's kind of what I was hoping for, actually.