Kanjor

[Drax]

CLAIRON PICARD
 
ALDURIA OCCUPATION ASSISTANCE
 

Finance Ministry, August 16, 5612:  With the last remnants of the terrorist regime defenders being

mopped up in isolated locations, Holy Luthorian, Royal Mordusian and Communaute de Kanjor

armed forces are occupying the liberated territory. The Capital, Saint – Michel – Vigile, is occupied

by all three while for part, the Provisional Support Corps is providing security and administering of

La Vallee Region and the Region to the south and west of it.

 

The rest of the Alduria Expeditionary Force has been with withdrawn.  Similarly, Inperial Command

Headquarters has withdrawn 2nd Fleet, 4th Fleet, 5th Fleet and Imperial Submarine Command from

holding the Aldurian coast. The Chief of Naval Operations has instead ordered patrolling of the

Aldurian and western Kanjorean coasts by the 55th Naval Air Wing, the frigates of Task Force 13 and

the submarines of Task Force 22.

 

Part of the mission of the Provisional Support Corps is to try and restore normal  functioning of

government and normal life.  To this end the Defense Ministry has asked the Finance Ministry to

undertake modernization of the budget process for La Vallee and the Aldurian Central Bank in Saint

– Michel – Vigile and to provide for banking access on at least a temporary basis.

 

Finance Minister Fabrice Courbet announced that a task force from the Finance Ministry was

established which started with digitalizing the accounts in the Aldurian Central Bank and then set up

Central Bank accounts for the various parts of the La Vallee budget with Central Bank.  Courbet

indicated while a few banks had sprung up here and there, there was a real need for citizens to have

personal  accounts for paying bills.  Accordingly, until a viable central government took hold, there

would be a La Vallee Private Account Division of Central Bank for individuals and businesses to set

up bank accounts.  This should allow restaurants, employers, grocery stores and such to have small

banking service centers to enable customers to shift digitalized funds in and out of cash.

 

Asked by CLAIRON PICARD about the sale of frigates, destroyers and a SIGINT ship to Egelion, Courbet responded:
 

We are very glad the naval contractors of Canrille are able to help our friend Egelion build its Great Armada.  This benefits the economy of Canrille and thus is very mutually beneficial.

 
Asked about whether we are likely to be involved in other wars festering around Terra, the Finance Minister replied:
 

We are just wrapping up a war in which we mobilized and deployed a submarine task force, three fleets, 5 air wings and 17 divisions.  This is in addition to humanitarian aid which was substantial.  Casualties were light except for our taking of the Capital, but this undertaking was quite expensive and will take a while to absorb economically. So we are not looking around for a place to send military force.
 
Which is not to say we will not be discussing in the Union of Canrille whether contributing to efforts to curtail aggression and state imposed atrocities in Terra would be the thing to do.  We will and we may.

Finance Ministry