The Political Tracker (Suspended)

[GAworth]

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Merger Referendum in the West, Shua leaves the Senate, Atlasia debates drugs, incest and inactivity and GAworth is back!

July 26th:

With the acitivity crisis in the regional goverments reaching boiling point in the past month with most regions struggling to find candidates or having a good amount of inactive officeholders, it seems many have reacted to address this issue as soon as possible. Governor Cranberry and Governor Arturo Belano opened the booth on a referendum regarding the potential merge of the Pacific and the Midwest, and like The Observer already pointed out, the referendum faces strong turnout and a negative response in the Pacific and low turnout and a lack of a true lead in the Midwest, which means that both regions will have to find new ways of avoiding stagnation. In the meantime, Cranberry and the Federalist Pacific Council continue to work as hard as they can, and the Midwest has recovered a valuable asset with the sudden return of former SoIA, Representative and Progressive Union Chair GAworth, who while promising to get back slowly might very well end up involved in the regional government soon. The Northeast also made the headlines with The Same Love Act, a polemic act that legalized incest and that, while passing the Assembly with a 5-0 vote drew harsh criticism by Former Presidential Candidate Winfield and from The Mideast Telegraph. It seems the Era of Lawsuits will continue as well, since while the Simfan case was dismissed by the Supreme Court Justice Oakvale has announced that the court will take TNF's case against Vice-President Windjammer, which means the Senate has to continue without a PPT.

The Senate continues to struggle to find new bills, but discussion is now animated into new proposals by Senator TNF to legalize hard drugs like cocaine and heroin (which has been rejected by a good part of the Senate) and introduce new holidays for Atlasia, which have sparked an interesting debate in those issues. GM Napoleon has released drug use numbers as well, with the revelation that about half the nation drinks and a quarter either smokes marijuana or tobacco, with other drugs not surpassing ten percent. Sadly, the Senate suffered a crippling blow with the loss of Shua, as the Democratic-Republican Senator (one of the most active and capable members of the Senate) announced that he will not serve the rest of his term, which means a special election will probably be held next week. It's too early to talk about potential candidates, but some believe some of the At-Large candidates will jump at the opportunity of winning this seat. In party news, the Federalists and the Laborites are getting closer to their new platforms, and both are expected to finally close their conventions in one or two weeks (and after all they have lasted quite a while). Finally, loonyism is back into the public agenda with newcomer WrathOfTheGods, a new Atlasia who has proposed a series of interesting (if completely insane) proposals to solve conflicts and issues like the supposed crisis in Venezuela (which requires clarification).

You are very kind calling me an asset. I will take a hard look at returning to the Althing, or a merged legislature, depending on the outcome of the vote.

[GAworth]

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