Mina

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Khidmat al-Bathi al-Hukumia

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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING BOOM.

April, 5600

Sultan Safwan has signed off on a number of constitutional changes to the Sultanate of Mina passed by the National Assembly aimed at enhancing the administration of the country; some aimed at recognizing the historical nature of the nations indigenous people and others aimed at purely functional changes. The Council of Ministers will be renamed the "Executive Council" and will be the main policy-making organ of the Government of Mina, the formal title utilized by the "President of the Executive Council" formerly the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, will be designated as "Premier" over "Prime Minister", again to differentiate the government system within Mina. Some critics of the government cite the desire for more centralized power and the announcement that the Sultan will be creating the "Ministry of the Royal Office" which will be designated to coordinate affairs between the Sultan and the government of Mina. The new Minister of the Royal Office will be made one of the Vice Premiers (formerly the Deputy Prime Ministers) alongside the First Vice Premier's and Vice Premiers.

The move comes at a time as the Nefa Ahmadi Democratic Republic has formally transformed into the Ahmadi Republic of Southern Mina and has expanded its efforts in recent years. "Southern Mina", or the breakaway state of Nefa, has become a hotbed of radical Ahmadi activity following the outbreak of the civil war in Solentia in which thousands of fighters from the NADR left Mina for Solentia to join the Ahmadi State in Majatra and their offshoots. Mina, which ramped up drone strikes and attacks on the NADR, failed to capitalize and resulted in the sacking of Minister of Defense Raafida al-Zaidi for his failures and ultimately his arrest on corruption-related charges. The transformation of the Nefa Ahmadi Democratic Republic faced opposition but the Ahmadi Liberation Party, commonly known as Hatah, secured a supermajority in the National Council of NADR and implemented wide-scale constitutional changes. It also marks the first time in several centuries that Hatah has had a role in a recognized, or at least partially recognized, government. President of the Ahmadi Republic of Southern Mina and Secretary-General of Hatah, Wahid Mazin Nadim, has called for "peace" with Mina and the recognition of their territory, which now encompasses most of the former Nefa region.

In the midst of the changes, the now-titled Premier, Faaid al-Radi, announced that the government would be providing $150m in funding to the Ministry of Infrastructure's National Housing Development Commission (NHDC) for the construction of new housing in several major cities within Mina. Mina has remained a stable, albeit slightly dysfunctional, state in East Dovani and has attracted several thousand refugees, especially those from Southeastern Majatra such as Dudmani who have immigrated to Mina following the conflict and relative instability in the Majatran world. The decision to continue to urbanize, notably in cities where the population has been growing but the pace of construction has not kept up with the population growth, has been an issue for the Ministry of Infrastructure that they've been grappling with. The allocation of funds from the National Assembly will be a major boon for the project and Commissioner of the NHDC Humaira el-Elamin is eager to get to work.

"We've worked with several domestic and international consultants and contractors. This new urbanization program will focus on developing cities within Mina that require new areas, affordable housing as well as development of infrastructure." Commissioner el-Elamin, while expanding on the program noted that the program also sought to provide loans for small businesses which will be factored into the development of new buildings constructed. The program which focuses on multi-level, apartment-style buildings will also develop suburban areas in which home will be available for sale as well as auctioned off to support the development of newer suburban areas.