| Real News #6 - Court and Cabinet try to Cancel Gameside Democracy |
![[Image: IWLqCUy.png]](https://i.imgur.com/IWLqCUy.png) Year 18 | 17 August 2020 REAL NEWS
COURT AND CABINET TRY TO CANCEL GAMESIDE DEMOCRACY Gale Weathers | News Editor The High Court ruled on August 12 that voting in Local Council elections cannot be restricted without a constitutional law and ordered the Election Commissioner to ensure that all nations who were kept from voting in the two rounds are allowed to cast their votes. This has led to a fierce political struggle with Delegate Amerion, the Court and the Cabinet on one side, and the Assembly and the Local Council on the other side. Shortly after the Court issued its ruling, the Cabinet issued an executive order that sought to cancel Local Council elections. Sources close to the Cabinet claim that this is part of the grand plan designed by Delegate Amerion to slowly gain total control over the region; as the source said, the Court was tasked with ensuring that elections were impractical by opening up voting to puppet manipulation, then the Cabinet was supposed to cancel elections by arguing that holding them was impractical. The main flaw in the plan was the fierce resistant from the Assembly: several legislators have criticised the ruling and have sided with the Local Council in demanding a restoration of its right to restrict voting to Native WA members. Facing criticism from legislators, the Cabinet was forced to back down and overturn the executive order. When asked for comment, Colonel Llama, Press Secretary for the Delegate, rejected any claims that Amerion is involved in the crisis and called these "the results of too much SPIT" before entering a meeting with Minister of Regional Affairs Seraph and Chief Justice Kris Kringle. In the midst of this crisis the Assembly found itself playing the unlikely role of ally to the Local Council. Various legislators have introduced bills to give the Local Council the power to restrict voting. There are currently five competing bills, all aimed at giving the Local Council the power to govern its own affairs and void the recent Court ruling. The most discussed bill is the one submitted by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandaoguo, which would amend the Charter to give the Local Council the power to pass constitutional laws. It is unclear as of yet which bill the Assembly will pass, but this show of unity with the Local Council has shown that Amerion's plan has met a formidable opponent. The South Pacific Independent News Network (SPINN) is an independent news organisation established in 2003 with the goal of providing good, insightful and timely commentary on regional events for the citizens of the South Pacific. This publication is satirical and does not necessarily reflect the facts or the views of the Editorial Board. Content is published via pseudonyms. The SPINN is not associated with the Government of the South Pacific. |
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