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The Palindrome of Grenopia

OOC: I’m running for President. One of my ideas is to replace named cabinet roles (e.g. Secretary of Public Opinion) with generic official positions. But why?

This might sound a little drastic, but there is logic behind it. In many previous governments, one of the largest problems presidents have faced is trying to assemble an active cabinet and keep it engaged and focused. This isn’t an attack on cabinet members; having been very inactive at points in my NU life, I understand that life can get in the way (regularly) and that we can’t expect perfection from each government official. That said, there are things we can do to make sure our government services do not suffer as a result.

I will abolish all named cabinet roles (with a slight exception, discussed later) and replace them with a number of generic official positions. The president will distribute responsibilities to these members as they would like and will have the authority to change who holds which powers at any time, allowing them to respond to circumstances which might make a cabinet member inactive or less active than they previously were. It’s not a drastic change, and a cabinet of some form will still exist; it’s simply a way to prevent extreme, almost unnecessary activity in certain areas of government and no activity whatsoever in others.

In order to ensure that there is a definitive figure of authority on roleplay matters, however, the position of Internal Affairs Secretary will remain (although roleplay powers may be granted to other cabinet members).

We are not removing aspects of the government - we’re just changing them slightly so that they appear less officious. It will always be clear who has control over what (and who you should contact if you need to).

An example:
The President chooses an IA Secretary (nation A) and three other officials to work in their government (nations B, C and D)
They might decide to give nation B (who is one of the most active) privileges over polling, embassies and welcome telegrams
They might decide to give nations C and D, who are not so active, work to do with exit telegrams
Say nation B becomes less active during the term; to reflect this, the President may redistribute their important privileges to more active officials

Another benefit of this is that it removes significance from the government and its political game and adds significance to the real tasks of administration and work that we have to do everyday in order to keep a roleplay region running well. Throughout my presidency, I want to make the government focused on day-to-day necessities rather than the pomp of ‘Secretaries’, Assemblies and unneeded regulations.

I have much experience in writing and editing legislation and I can certainly affect the vast changes required to existing laws to make this policy a reality. The legislation will be simple and easy to understand.

Hurona, Imperial korintheya, AusValia, Of denmarkia, and 1 otherArwindom

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