Weekly News
February 17-24, 2019
ELECTION FOR CHAIR TO COMMENCE SHORTLY
The Assembly will soon once again convene for the election of Chair. The position is the principal office in the Assembly and they perform a role similar to that of a Cabinet Minister in a government ministry. The Chair presides over the legislative process and is responsible for maintaining order and decorum, helping guide Assembly debate into the creation of bills, creating voting threads. and recording votes.
The incumbent, @
Amerion, has signalled for the past month his desire to step back from official duties. "While I have enjoyed my time as Chair tremendously, I am raring to return to the private sector and tend to some personal projects I have long had in the pipeline," the Chair said. "However, I will miss interacting with Legislators a great deal but am supremely confident that my successor will continue and improve on the good work the Office of Assembly Affairs has done this past four months."
It is thought that current Deputy Chair @
Bzerneleg will contest the election, with his press office having recently released a
statement on his intentions:
"Although I have not made a decision on this, I am giving it very serious consideration. But all I can tell you is that I love the Assembly with all my heart. Honestly, I can't talk about my time in TSP without talking about this legislature and the wonderful people I work with. So, from now up until the nomination process of the election, I will be considering a run and will be making an official statement soon. Stay tuned!"
Should he run, the first-term Deputy will become a frontrunner in the race. A recent poll conducted by the Office of Assembly Affairs reveals strong support for the potential contender, scoring him second only to the current Chair.
The election is slated to begin on the 24
th of February.
POTENTIAL RISE IN ENDORSEMENT CAP
The
World Assembly endorsement cap may be increased in the coming week. Currently set at 350, the cap is a limit on how many endorsements a nation in the South Pacific is legally allowed to have. A nation's endorsement count should not be higher than the limit. This restriction acts as a security measure to prevent nations from having too many endorsements and being in the danger zone of pulling a coup.
"We have enough CRS endorsements for the cap lift to 400. Only wait for the delegate to satisfy the requirement (hitting 650)," said @
USoVietnam, coordinator of the
Southern World Assembly Initiative (SWAN). "We will become the GCR with the second highest cap in NationStates if that happens."
A rise in the endorsement cap will be the first since September 2018 and will continue the upward trend since the implementation of SWAN.
MOMA NAKARI BEGINS TERM WITH A STRONG START
Barely settled into her office, newly elected Minister of Military Affairs @
Nakari has begun on a strong foot. In a weekly update distributed on the South Pacific's Discord server (#Military Affairs), the Minister had this to report:
SPSF Weekly Report #1 (14/02 - 21/02)
Transition week. We started working on a new guide project, did a few chase defences, and liberated
Yorkshire, a region so old it has never had a founder. We also worked with ANTIFA to liberate a region raided by Nazis - over 30 jumpers were involved, with a pile of more than 60 endorsements. A good start I think.
Members involved: @
Nakari, @
Kurnugia, @
Roavin, @
Bzerneleg, @
Ryccia, and @'South Asians'.
Friendly forces worked with: TGW, TITO, ANTIFA (many regions working together, such as our ally the NPA)
Defences:
The Belyeet Pact
Animal House
Homelands
Liberations:
Yorkshire
The Empire of Lights
Piles:
The Empire of Lights
In her campaign, Nakari pledged to commit to regular military operations as a way of improving the overall capabilities of the South Pacific Special Forces. "We need to flex our R/D muscles, or they’ll grow weak and out of practice when we need them," the then-candidate argued. "So I will try and organize run-style operations at least once a week, along with our traditional policy of always being able to nip into collaborative operations when they’re available."