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Topic Started: Dec 27 2011, 06:42 PM (57 Views)
New Erussia

Public Watch Code passes

Early this morning the New Erussian General of Internal Affairs announced the successful signing of a bill that would allow the placement of a Public Camera Grid through out major cities in New Erussia. This comes months after an incident where several armed citizens attacked a New Erussian Military Police Chief which resulted in the death of the Chief. Citagrad as well as other major cities have also released numbers showing that violent crimes against the few minority groups in New Erussia have also went up and almost doubled.

Grand Commander Drecq Lexenstar stated that despite the protest from the populace about the worry of "invasion of privacy" that all Public areas where belonging to the nation and therefore the Government reserved the right to take any measures needed to ensure the safety and security of its people. When asked by another news station about the idea of cameras placed near homes the Grand Commander stated that such would be an open violation of privacy and that such actions would not be authorized.

Many citizens that opposed the measure feel that the Government may see this as a chance to begin monitoring civilian actions which would be against the Privacy Act. However many find the words of the Grand Commander to be somewhat reassuring. The new system referred to as the Capital Watch Project will begin next spring and should be completed in the Capital city within a year. Other major cities have noted they will also be starting their own projects and that they will be trying hard to keep up with the capital cities project timeline.

Edited by New Erussia, Dec 28 2011, 05:11 PM.
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Waste bill lays waste to New Erussian Corporations

Corporations in New Erussia received news late this afternoon that failure to comply with new Environmental Laws and the new laws dealing with waste disposal would result in large fines and possible take over by the New Erussian G.O.C. program. The General of Internal Affairs along with the Civil General of New Erussia announced that plans where in the works to increase the standards of waste disposal and management due to recent reports of increased carbon emissions as well as possible contamination of several water supplies after several big named industrial companies were found to be in violation of dumping laws.

The new laws will go into effect later this year. The Grand Commander of New Erussia has stated that he would sign the new bill soon as it passes the Board of Generals.

Several companies have announced plans to cut their current workforce and cut production with possible plants closing due to the increased costs to their waste disposal operations. The New Erussian Public Services that handles all the public trash and waste pickup has stated that it would be expanding its pick up services to industrial services that are not part of the GOC plan for a small price.
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Government takes large gold find

Late yesterday afternoon the Board of Generals sent an emergency bill to the Grand Commander to sign that would allow the Government to take control of a recently discovered gold deposit within one of New Erussia's waterways. A group of friends scuba diving off the coast of a lakes shore trade waterway found the gold deposit and reported it to the local Military Police. The friends stated that they felt that they should get to keep the gold as they where the ones to find it. However under New Erussian Law any deposits found must be reported to the local authorities to ensure that it is not something illegal.

Despite their intentions to return to the area and claim their booty from the waterway the Military Police on orders from the General of Internal Affairs were ordered to keep all civilians out of the area and maintain order until an executive order was made from the Grand Commander.

It has not yet be estimated as to how much the gold deposit will yield but the Grand Commander has stated that while the greater majority of the gold will be collected for the nations use to increase its economic structure that the people that found it will be just compensated for their finds.


Breastfeeding controversy ends

Just hours ago the Grand Commander signed the last bill of the day announcing the end of the long drawn out controversy between ultra right wing conservatives of the Radical Conservative Party (RCP) and the Imperial Nationalist Party (INP) about the right of mothers to breastfeed out in public. The debate stems from a case that happened 8 months ago when a women was arrested for "indecent exposure" when several citizens called the local Military Police about her exposing her breast in a public park.

When the authorities arrived they found Kathren Kurrnov breastfeeding her son on a park bench. Under the law at that time with more then 3 creditable witnesses seeing her expose herself she was to be arrested and held in jail till further notice. The child was taken into Erussian Child Security Services *ECSS* until the child's father came to pick him up. The mother spent the next 2 weeks in jail before being acquitted of all charges.

Law makers on the INP stated that it was the "god given right" of all mothers to breastfeed their children anywhere they needed to, however the RCP stated that such things were best left at home in the privacy of one's own place and that while in public they should be required to bottle feed. The INP announced that this victory would serve as a platform for further developments into rights for women. The RCP stated that it would appeal the ruling in the next General meeting of the Assembly.
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New Erussian Power goes Green

In a decision that changed the face of the New Erussian Power grid the nations power grid will be changed over from the current use of fossil fuel based production such as coal and oil to a new green economically more stable system that would rely on the use of multiple solar and wind based power production facilities. The question now in many citizens minds is what will be done with the extra resources from the mines and oil production facilities. The answer to the proposed problem was later answered by the Grand Commander himself.

"Extra oil and coal reserves will be sold to our allies as well as placed into reserves in case of future needs."

It is expected that the first set of solar and wind power facilities will be active within the next year with a future production of about 4 more plants to follow soon after. The Civil Engineer division is expecting to have moved all power grids to the new systems 3 years after the completion of the final system network.


Grand Commander announces end to Special Interest groups

Late yesterday afternoon the Board of Generals announced the termination of all special interest groups within the capital building and all other government held facilities. This comes months after the scandal involving General of the Civil Defense Forces and a multinational arms company that was selling weapons to the military at higher prices and sending some of that money to the General as a favor for the Government Contract.

"We must not forget that many citizens have opinions about how we should guide our nation and unfortunately these special interest groups were suppose to be their voice," stated the Grand Commander. "However in recent times it is less about voicing the opinions and concerns of the people and has become more about who is throwing the most money around. These are sad times we live in."

The Grand Commander also announced that the company that was involved in the most recent scandal was placed under GOC control and would be working along side another GOC based arms group to being a joint military project.


New Erussian Civil Defense Forces being operations

Late last night the New Erussian CDF began operations within many cities and towns within the nation in search for militia's that are operating within New Erussian Territory. Four different paramilitary groups linked to parties within New Erussia are targets for the CDF which are following a nation wide "Burn Order" to terminate these paramilitaries who have not signed the recent agreement between the New Erussian Board of Generals and the Department of National Defense which keeps records of any and all paramilitaries and militias.

The New Erussian CDF is said to have encountered stiff resistance in the New Erussian Territory to the south which is a hotbed of anti New Erussian Military Government groups. The Democratic Union of Erussia and the Erussian Republican Army both operate out of a town named Bugali.

Other then this information there has been no further reports.
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