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Liberal Reform Party of Thaecia [LRP]


Liberal Reform Party
[LRP]

Liberal Reform Party of Thaecia

The Liberal Reform Party of Thaecia is a new political party which stands for change in Thaecia that brings us closer to the ideals and foundations of Thaecia in the modern political age. The Liberal Reform Party advocates for the abolition of regulations in the Thaecian government in favour of a political system that fosters a Thaecian sense of community, identity, and liberty to bring to the region the maximum.

The problem with the previous party system is that parties sought majorities, power, and control, without an interest to change anything or do anything once in power. Nothing was passed and nothing changed. The Liberal Reform Party is much for Thaecian politics reform as it is for partisan reform. This is not a return to the good-old-days with rose tinted glasses; it is taking what has worked for Thaecia and applying it to the modern day, with our modern values, and modern culture.

Policies

Domestic Affairs
  • The foundations and building blocks of Thaecia should remain in place. Reforming Thaecia is not about holding a revolution and upturning the long standing political system that has brought the region success and growth for four years. Reforming Thaecia is about taking the offerings of Thaecia's political and executive system and utilising them to modern aims, rather than dividing the region over the details of how the system functions.

  • Congress should be bicameral. The House of Commons should have no less than nine seats; the Senate should have no less than seven seats, divided between two classes. Congress should only be expanded when the region has the population to sustain it, and demand for more seats.

  • Ministerial confirmations should adopt a unanimous consent system. Confirmations should not be abolished in favour of recalls, because it is proven that confirmation failures are more frequent and thus more effective as a check than recalls are. However, confirmation failures are in their own right exceedingly rare. To account for this, nominees should take office immediately and Senators given the opportunity to object for up to a week after the nomination. If Senators reject, a confirmation hearing occurs. This allows for the government to have quick work, and for Senators to ask questions of the nominees if they feel the need.

  • The Prime Minister should not be restricted by the constitutional requirement to have certain Ministries. Some Ministries should be required and enshrined in law, such as the Ministry of Defence, for its own reasons. Ensuring the government has a reasonable composition is important. But the legal requirement to have a Domestic Affairs Minister is now archaic and long gone, because modern Thaecia is no longer just about recruitment. Integration and recruitment are not the same portfolios anymore. The Prime Minister should have the power to build their Cabinet as they need to.

  • Secretaries should be enshrined into law. Prime Ministerial candidates for years have been promising secretaries and appointing them to bypass Congress. Congress's confirmation process is important and should not have to be avoided like this. Creating legislation to formalise secretaries will make them accountable to the law like ministers, and will be able to aid ministers in dividing their portfolios into smaller jobs rather than loading too much legislation on at once and inducing burnout.

  • Attorneys should return to the law registry. The previous law was repealed because there was no reason to update the bar exam or have legal defence as there was nothing to incentivise engagement or force the existence of the bar exam. Enshrining the legal requirement to attorneys will ensure it exists forever. Attorneys should be able to take a personal role in giving statements in the High Court on ongoing cases, to ensure that the High Court has a wide variety of opinions available to take from on any case.

Foreign Affairs
  • Ambassadors should be reintegrated into foreign affairs. There is a problem with foreign affairs and that is that it is too gatekept from the everyday members of Thaecia. The region also has a problem with engagement with allies. There is too much of a reliance on big names in the community. If big name individuals one day leave the region, our connection with our allies will be lost. This is why we support opening up the foreign affairs ministry to newcomers and giving them ambassador roles to forge connections with our international partners.

  • Thaecia should remain staunchly anti-griefer independent. We must remain true to the values we have fought hard to maintain and reach balance and alliance with regions from across gameplay. There are few regions quite like us left and we must cling on to what makes us unique.

Cultural Affairs
  • The Ministry of Roleplay should be refounded. A stigma exists around the idea of "politicising" the roleplay or otherwise putting the ministry of roleplay in government. This was acceptable when the roleplay from 2019 to 2021 was active and flourishing, introducing many members of the region into our community who without, Thaecia would be a very different place today. The problem lies in the fact that the roleplay is not like this anymore. Ministers are active because they apply, are confirmed, and must work to stay in office and win power again. The roleplay is silent because it is governed by the same few people for a long time, and new admins do not have a reason to change anything without a boss that has a vested interest in seeing it succeed. The roleplay should be again led by a minister who constantly brings in fresh new ideas and gameplay to keep the roleplay active.

  • The Assembly of Roleplay should be folded into the roleplay ministry and moved offsite. The Assembly of Roleplay was a noble project with good intentions but ultimately failed execution. The roleplay minister should be taking charge of this assembly, where they will have a vested interest in making it succeed. It should be integrated fully with the rest of the roleplay offsite. The roleplay minister governing the assembly will also give a good opportunity for newcomers to learn how to lead a chamber in a calmer environment to encourage them to join Thaecian politics in a way that is executive focused rather than wholly politically driven.

Party Constitution

  1. All citizens of Thaecia are entitled to apply to join the Liberal Reform Party. The Party Chairperson and their Deputy may eject a member by joint consent at any time. An interim leader cannot eject members from the party.

  2. The Party Chair shall be elected every four months, after the conclusion of the Prime Ministerial elections. They shall run on a ticket with their Deputy. There must always be a serving Deputy. If their Deputy vacates office during term, the Party Chair shall select a new deputy who will be confirmed by a simple majority vote of party members. If the Party Chair vacates office during term, their Deputy shall serve as interim leader whilst a special election is held. A special election shall not be held within 14 days of a regularly scheduled Party Chair election.

  3. Members may sign a petition to remove the Party Chair. If eight members sign the petition then a vote shall be held on removal of the Party Chair. If the vote succeeds by a simple majority the Party Chair shall vacate office and a special election shall be held.

  4. Any change to the Party Constitution must be agreed upon by the Party Chair and a 3/5ths majority vote of party members.

Members

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