[NSG Senate] Senatorial Database

[Insaeldor]

Anyways Senator Vasco Saá is open for questions



So if the goals of the AIP end in failure what would your second course of action? For instence if hypotheticly speaking the Dutch minority got their independence and your economy were to go into free fall what would your course of action be? Aside from domestic fixes to the economic and monetary systems would you consiter reestablished yourself with Calaverde or propose a union of some sort with the Netherlands?

Senator Saa, do you share your father's revolutionary ideals?

No nor do I believe my father was truly a radical in the terms of his membership with a communist group. From what I know my father was not outwardly radical and never talk about anything communist in daily live he had even denounced communist like Mao and Castro. I believe he affiliated with these groups because he apposed the Junta not because he was a Communist but the knowledge of his political though died with him so for all I know he could have very well have been a hardcore radical communist we will simply never know.

As for myself I am not a communist, I respect the idea of private property and I view the free market as the best posible economic system. I would say on an economic stance on center-right with politicians like Angela Merkel and the former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer with men like former South Korean President Park Chung-hee even though I disagree with his totalitarian style of rule. Socially i consiter myself a Progressive and support enhanced personal liberties for all members of society. While I wouldn't say I'm anti-communist I definetky am not sympathetic to the communist cause.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?
I opposed the junta since I was very young. I fought the junta from 2000-2010, and I helped overthrow them. I also saw many close to me, including my father, murdered by the junta.
2. How many languages do you speak?
I am fluent in French, Spanish, English and I also speak some Dutch.
3. What are your thoughts on Israel?
As an Anti-Imperialist, I support a two-state solution with the 1947 borders and a right to return, along with a Jerusalem city-state.
4. What are your thoughts on abortion?
I feel that abortion is a woman's personal choice and thus I do not support legislation relating to it bar safety regulations.

[Dendart]

Alfredo Lorenzo Rodolfo Fierro (61) - El Partido Tradicionalista

Account Name:Dendart
Occupation: El Senador
Party Position(s):
Member
Positions in Government:
N/A
Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Monarchist, Traditionalist, Catholic, Conservative
Family: Wife- Maria Abano de Fierro, son-Carlos Lorenzo Fierro Abano, daughter- Maria Fierro Abano
Background: Born in calaverde on march 11, 1953, in 1955 Alfredo's father moved the family to Spain in support of his cousin Francisco Franco, Then in 1968 Alfredo's father returned the family to Calaverde and became a high ranking member of the military junta. Alfredo,Like his father, had served the junta until the day of its collapse. Alfredo and his family have lived comfortably in Calaverde eversince
Faith: Roman Catholic
Likes: Pope Benedict, Monarchies, Bureaucracy, Conservatives
Dislikes: Progressives, Liberals
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• 1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?
  I, like my father supported the Junta and was a high ranking member until its dissolution
  2. How many languages do you speak?
  I am fluent French, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, Latin, and Ancient Greek
  3. What are your thoughts on Israel?
  I am impartial
  4. What are your thoughts on abortion?
  abortion is morally wrong and is truly murder.

[Olerand]

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?
I was a Senator during the Junta's tenure. By the time its true nature was revealed, I was one of the first officials of the time to actively come out against it. I, and the d'Aunis family, have been active opponents of the Junta and proponents of its downfall in the French community for almost a decade now.

2. How many languages do you speak?
Other than French, Spanish, English, and Dutch.

3. What are your thoughts on Israel?
A nation like any other. Its settlements in the West Bank are illegal as according to international law, however.

4. What are your thoughts on abortion?
It should be available per request in the first trimester, with two doctors' authorization. It should also be available if any medical complications arise in the second trimester, or farther.

[New Waterford]

It's rude to ask and not give, so I have four questions lined up for every senator who wishes to answer.

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?

2. How many languages do you speak?

3. What are your thoughts on Israel?

4. What are your thoughts on abortion?

1. I was privately opposed to it, but I did nothing to speak out against it (at least not until its final years) for fear of persecution, for which I feel terribly guilty.

2. I am fluent in Spanish and English, I speak French on an intermediate level, and I know a few bits and pieces of Dutch and Creole.

3. I believe the land owned de jure by the State of Israel is theirs, but they have no right to exert control over Gaza and the West Bank. I find the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine deplorable, but I also object to the violence espoused by Hamas.

4. I regard abortion to be a terrible thing, not only because it takes the life of the foetus, but can also cause deep psychological and emotional scarring for the mother. However, I recognise that in many cases abortion is necessary, such as if the mother's life is in danger or if her socio-economic background would jeopardise the baby's health and well-being. For this reason, I believe abortion should be legalised and provided by the state, but as much as possible should be done to prevent abortions from taking place in other ways; for instance, improving the living conditions of people living in poverty, thereby minimising the number of abortions performed for socio-economic reasons, as well as having sexual education which teaches young people the implications of unwanted pregnancy and abortion ingrained into the public education system, and perhaps even promoting contraception as an alternative.

[Arkolon]

Regina C. Marino is open for questions, totally unlike before.

[Kouralia]

• What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta? Occasionally its police and customs officials and soldiers would get too close to my little piratical endeavours. So I would kill them.
• How many languages do you speak? Two. English and Foreign.
• What are your thoughts on Israel? It be a land of scurvy wenches and commendably chilled bulldozer drivers.
• What are your thoughts on abortion? It's a woman's right, and it should be respected as it is in most civilised states.

The Dread Pirate Roberts Senator Kourie is ready for questions.

[MERIZoC]

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?
I had no connection to them, and protested their rule, resulting in my imprisonment.

2. How many languages do you speak?
Spanish, English, Kriol, Q'eqchi (native language), some French

3. What are your thoughts on Israel?
Palestine's right to sovereignty must be respected. We need unilateral peace talks between both sides that result in a two-state solution.

4. What are your thoughts on abortion?
Pro-choice. Whatever a woman wants to do with her body, she has the right to do. The idea of the state imposing regulations on what we can and can't do with ourselves is an idea that brings us back to times under the junta.

[Ubouhu Unguani Ahingichuni]

Niricha Nabor - Ubouhu Unguani Ahingichuni (Paramilitary)

Account Name: Ubouhu Unguani Ahingichuni, United Provinces of Atlantica
Occupation: UUA Commander
Party Position(s):

Commander

Political Ideology: Garifuna ethnic nationalism, Libertarian socialism, Communalism
Family: Unknown
Background: Nabor was born under the name Willem Nabor on the 11th of July, 1975, to a Garifuna family in extreme poverty. The day after, however, he was taken by the Ubouhu Unguani Ahingichuni to be raised as a guerrilla fighter. Raised and educated by the UUA, he heavily and successfully advocated at the age of 16 to remove Marxism-Leninism as the UUA's official ideology and replace with a mix of Garifuna ethnic nationalism, libertarian socialism, and communalism. Well known in the UUA for his unorthodox guerrilla-style jungle warfare attics, he gradually become more powerful in the UUA, until in 2002, he became the UUA Commander, a position he holds to this day.
Faith: Indigenous Animistic beliefs
Likes: Socialism, EZLN, Murray Bookchin, Communalism
Dislikes: Calaverde, Reformism, right-wingers, moderateness.
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• No questions to be answered currently

[Fortschritte]

As always, Senator Orlando Santos is open to questions!

What is your stance on autonomy, not independence, for Adrius and other lingustic/ethnic minorities?

I'm alright with the idea, provided that the area given autonomy has significant cultural and linguistic differences compared to the rest of the nation.

[Lykens]

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?

I was an outspoken critic of the Junta during my tenure as a local assemblyman. I was jailed in 2006 because of this, and released shortly after the Junta was overthrown.

2. How many languages do you speak?

Two, English and Spanish. I can understand basic Dutch as well.

3. What are your thoughts on Israel?

Israel is a troubled state, and should work towards fixing their problems.

4. What are your thoughts on abortion?

A woman should be able to do whatever she wishes to her body, or anything in her body, regardless of what a dozen old men at the capital think or believe.

[Fortschritte]

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?
Upon moving to Calaverde, I wasn't very involved in politics, since I was working on completing university degrees in my 30's, and I was involved in law school. But, by 2002, I became involved in politics, and spoke out against the authoritarian regime. I was briefly jailed in 2007 for criticism of the Junta.

2. How many languages do you speak?
Spanish, French, and a fair bit of Dutch.

3. What are your thoughts on Israel?
I'm for the idea of a Jewish State, but I'm against the actions of the Israeli government given what they've done to Palestine.

4. What are your thoughts on abortion?
Personally against abortion, but I'm pro choice, since I don't have the right to dictate what a woman does with her body.

[Beta Test]

1. What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta?
I started out working for the junta, as a military intelligence officer overseas and later as a field commander. I never really liked the regime but it took me a little while to realize the extent of it's brutality. I began to work against the regime from the inside, until my defection in 1995.

2. How many languages do you speak?
I am bilingual, I was raised speaking Spanish and English. I am functional in French and I know basic Dutch, although I couldn't hold a conversation in it.

3. What are your thoughts on Israel?
They seem alright, although some of their tactics are rather reminiscent of the old regime.

4. What are your thoughts on abortion?
I am pro-choice, although I understand that may not be a position many Calaverdeans hold.

[Murkwood]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

[Lykens]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I'm not a practicing Catholic, but even if I was, the Church should have no say in political matters. Secularism is the only way to go.

[Maklohi Vai]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I'm not a practicing Catholic, but even if I was, the Church should have no say in political matters. Secularism is the only way to go.

This my position as well.

[Murkwood]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I'm not a practicing Catholic, but even if I was, the Church should have no say in political matters. Secularism is the only way to go.

The Church doesn't see it as political.

[Lykens]

I'm not a practicing Catholic, but even if I was, the Church should have no say in political matters. Secularism is the only way to go.

The Church doesn't see it as political.

Church sponsoring of legislation that bans or limits abortion is.

There is a line between Church and State, and we should all respect that. As well as bodily sovereignty.

[Dendart]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I would say that catholic politicans that are pro-choice should be denied the holy eucharist in every parish in calaverde.

[Lykens]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I would say that catholic politicans that are pro-choice should be denied the holy eucharist in every parish in calaverde.

And you are entitled to your opinion Senator, as much as I am to mine.

[Kincoboh]

Natán Ozuna - Workers' Alliance

Account Name: Kincoboh
Party Position(s):

Representative from the Libertarian Socialist council of the Workers' Alliance

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Communalism, left-libertarianism, libertarian municipalism, social ecology, confederalism
Family: Wife is Sofia Morillo. No Children.
Background: From a Dutch/Spanish family, was born on *island* and is fluent in both languages as well as English. He received his Bachelor's degree in Education Science from the University of the Republic in Uruguay, and his Master's and Doctorate in Education Science from the University of Chile. He ran for Senate under the Workers' Alliance party, emphasizing the importance of education and bringing a more direct democracy to *nation*
Faith: Atheism
Likes: egalitarianism, feminism, environmentalism, social anarchism, confederalism
Dislikes: authoritarianism, social conservatism, neoliberalism, representative democracy
Any Questions from the Public to be answered? None at this time.

[St Marcila]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I wouldn't im pro-choice I do however see it as a personal choice that someone should make in private. I personally would not support it if my wife was to get one but at the end of the day of she has the legal right im not going to cirtail her legal rights for my personal beliefs.

[Libantica]

Elías Ibáñez - Workers' Alliance (Libertarian Socialist Council)

Account Name: Libantica
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s):

Member

Positions in Government:

Senator

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Libertarian Socialism, Market Socialism, Syndicalism, Catholic Socialism
Family: Mónica Ibáñez (wife), Five Children
Background: Elías was born and raised in Calaverde. As he got older, his Catholic faith greatly influenced his support for social justice. He decided to run for a seat in the Senate to support the poor and the workers in Calaverde.
Faith: Roman Catholic
Likes: Socialism, Workplace Democracy, Solidarity, Pope Francis, Liberation Theology, Social Justice, Communitarianism, Communalism, Eco-Socialism, Workers' Rights, Equality, Pacifism
Dislikes: Capitalism, Social Conservatism, Fascism, Racism, Authoritarianism, Violence, Leninism, Stalinism, Vanguardism, Corruption
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Open for questions!*

[Libantica]

To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion?

I, like the Church, want to see an end to abortion. That being said, I believe an outright ban is not the way to do it. We can provide social welfare and healthcare, along with funding for adoption agencies. This could reduce abortion better than an outright ban could.

[Insaeldor]

Regina C. Marino is open for questions, totally unlike before.

What were some of the reasons for you abandoning a potentially profitable career in the private sector to work as a politician?