(06-09-2018, 08:23 PM)southern bellz Wrote: 1) How do you feel about regional involvement in the election so far?

It looks like this election will be the least active in a long time, despite being the most competitive and having only one incumbent running for re-election. We're electing a whole new slate of ministers, but not many questions are being asked of the candidates. Last year's June election had about 100 more posts at this point!

(06-09-2018, 08:23 PM)southern bellz Wrote: 2) Do you believe the Cabinet should go back to using formal statements as the primary means we communicate in the NSGP forums?

I do believe that we should be issuing formal statements more often, rather than having individual ministers post themselves in NSGP. I think we haven't because the past several administrations have been too scared, too risk averse, or too above it all to take a unified public stance. There's a pervasive belief in our politics of the moment that we should ignore almost everything going on outside of TSP, because getting involved either a) is beneath us as a region, or b) will incur "drama." Predictably, this has meant our enemies and adversaries have gotten the privilege of writing history unchallenged. When I was MoFA in 2014, it was common practice for all major regions to issue formal statements on major events in the game. We knew where regions stood, and those statements tended to be a lot more reasoned and debate-provoking than the current "shitposting" obsession. There's a time and place for taunting, but that shouldn't be all we do in NSGP.

(06-09-2018, 08:23 PM)southern bellz Wrote: 3) If a minister disagreed got elected on a platform different than the agenda you are proposing the prime minister set (or simply disagrees) for the agenda you set out.  If it came down to it, who's view should have supremacy?

Like I explained above, if their disagreement was so strong that they would obstruct the rest of the Cabinet, then I reasonably would expect them to resign or face recall. If their disagreement isn't so strong, and they're willing to compromise, then that's the preferable path.