16-06-2025, 05:33 AM
Drafting the Bill.
Johnston, Baltusia
March 17th, 5650
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Aiden Merridan sat with loyalists at the table. This was the first draft of the Emergency Powers and Stability Act. It was pathetic. Pitiful even. It's like the Progressive wing of the party was asking for extremists to walk over the Kingdom. The bill was too weak. A time limit? Limited authority? Congressional Oversight? What is this nonsense? Merridan was less than pleased to see the bill. He was shot at, and survived no less, the Party should be bending over backwards to provide whatever is necessary, not stalling and offering weak concessions during an emergency.
"The current version of this bill.." Aiden spoke softly, yet firmly. "It's too weak." Instantly, one of his colleagues shot back. "Too weak? Aiden, this is the most the Progressives are going to agree to ever vote for. They want an emergency rescue bill, not tyranny wrapped in a bow. If we reject it and push for a stronger version, they'll walk out and then we'll need the opposition to support us." Merridan let out a soft sigh. Of course. Of course the Progressives would oppose him wherever possible. "We're rejecting this version. If the progressives want to play ball, they can leave. We'll simply get the Royalists to back the bill, throw in some meat for the nationalists as well and it'll pass." Merridan offered a counterproposal. He wasn't exactly wrong. The Royalists would murder someone if he so much as asked. It wasn't that he manipulated them. They simply supported him immensely for "risking his life for monarchism". The nationalists, they were simply blind folks who couldn't think two steps ahead. Hell, some of their Congress members don't bother to read the damn bills that enter Congress.
"I... Very well Aiden. What do you exactly want in this new version?" Aiden smirked. This was his time to shine. There, he began proposing his version of the EPSA. Abolition of term limits, the ability for the First Minister to force an abdication of the monarch, giving the executive the sole power to define extremism, an emergency veto override and fast tracking legislation to bypass Congress, the creation of a Centralized Media Licensing Board, a review of political candidates to vett them for extremist ideals, legalization of online monitoring and real world political activity, forcing NGOs, Charities and Labor Unions to align with national principals or be shut down, and raising the electrical threshold to 8%. To anyone outside the room, it was a clear power grab. But Aiden thought to himself. Really? Who would oppose such necessary measures in these extraordinary times? Liberalism was under siege by extremists. And Aiden would protect it by any means necessary. Even if it means clipping the wings of plurality and the constitution. This version of the bill would pass. He would make sure of it.
Johnston, Baltusia
March 17th, 5650
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Aiden Merridan sat with loyalists at the table. This was the first draft of the Emergency Powers and Stability Act. It was pathetic. Pitiful even. It's like the Progressive wing of the party was asking for extremists to walk over the Kingdom. The bill was too weak. A time limit? Limited authority? Congressional Oversight? What is this nonsense? Merridan was less than pleased to see the bill. He was shot at, and survived no less, the Party should be bending over backwards to provide whatever is necessary, not stalling and offering weak concessions during an emergency.
"The current version of this bill.." Aiden spoke softly, yet firmly. "It's too weak." Instantly, one of his colleagues shot back. "Too weak? Aiden, this is the most the Progressives are going to agree to ever vote for. They want an emergency rescue bill, not tyranny wrapped in a bow. If we reject it and push for a stronger version, they'll walk out and then we'll need the opposition to support us." Merridan let out a soft sigh. Of course. Of course the Progressives would oppose him wherever possible. "We're rejecting this version. If the progressives want to play ball, they can leave. We'll simply get the Royalists to back the bill, throw in some meat for the nationalists as well and it'll pass." Merridan offered a counterproposal. He wasn't exactly wrong. The Royalists would murder someone if he so much as asked. It wasn't that he manipulated them. They simply supported him immensely for "risking his life for monarchism". The nationalists, they were simply blind folks who couldn't think two steps ahead. Hell, some of their Congress members don't bother to read the damn bills that enter Congress.
"I... Very well Aiden. What do you exactly want in this new version?" Aiden smirked. This was his time to shine. There, he began proposing his version of the EPSA. Abolition of term limits, the ability for the First Minister to force an abdication of the monarch, giving the executive the sole power to define extremism, an emergency veto override and fast tracking legislation to bypass Congress, the creation of a Centralized Media Licensing Board, a review of political candidates to vett them for extremist ideals, legalization of online monitoring and real world political activity, forcing NGOs, Charities and Labor Unions to align with national principals or be shut down, and raising the electrical threshold to 8%. To anyone outside the room, it was a clear power grab. But Aiden thought to himself. Really? Who would oppose such necessary measures in these extraordinary times? Liberalism was under siege by extremists. And Aiden would protect it by any means necessary. Even if it means clipping the wings of plurality and the constitution. This version of the bill would pass. He would make sure of it.
"Yet I am here, and here I shall remain to behold the world in all it's beauty"
"The world is but a stage. Why cry, when you can laugh instead? For laughter is humanity's preserve. Laugh it all off, fret not, Let's just enjoy the moment."
"The world is but a stage. Why cry, when you can laugh instead? For laughter is humanity's preserve. Laugh it all off, fret not, Let's just enjoy the moment."