[NSG Senate] Senatorial Database

[Soviet Canuckistan]

Jean-François Rochefort - Liberal Democrat

Account Name: Soviet Canuckistan
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s):

Interim Co-Leader

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Radical Centrist, Social Liberal, Progressive, Pro-Francophone Minority Rights and Autonomy
Family: Anna Rochefort (38, Wife), Jerôme and Jacques Rochefort (8 and 5, Sons)
Background: Jean-François was born in 1974 and lived his childhood years on a farm outside of *INSERT MAJOR FRANCOPHONE CITY HERE* to parents, Paul and Francine Rochefort. After attending school in Calaverde, he decided to move to France to pursue his post-secondary studies in Political Science at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He continued to live in France to avoid the repressive dictatorship of the Generalissimo. During his life in France, he helped to set up the Société des Dissidents Calaverdiens (SDC), a group of Calaverdian dissidents dedicated to toppling the oppressive regime of the government and aiding dissidents in leaving the nation. In 1998, he married his wife Anna, a fellow political science student from France who worked as a secretary for the SDC. When the Civil War began in 2006, he returned to Calaverde to aid in fighting the government as part of a paramilitary unit composed of dissidents. After the fighting was mostly over, he joined the Liberal Democrats and settled in his childhood hometown to become a politician.
Faith: Roman Catholic
Likes: Social liberalism, Centrism, Green Politics, Francophone Minority Rights
Dislikes: Fascism, Communism, Hate Speech, Racism, Discrimination
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• None

[MERIZoC]

Captain Fernando de Santiago is open for questions.

[Divitaen]

Gustavo Edelmiro Escamilla - Calaverde Liberal Democrats

Account Name: Divitaen
Occupation: Senator, Lawyer
Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Social liberalism, Ordoliberalism, Third Way centrist, Individualism, Postmodern feminism, Environmentalism, Pacifism
Family: Rosalía Goizane Castillo-Escamilla (37, Wife - Divorced), Valeria Salazar (7, Daughter)
Background: Gustavo Escamilla was born in 1980 in northern Calaverde in an urban area, raised as an only child to a single-mother, Camilo Escamilla, due to the death of his father, Abilio, in 1982. He was raised in an upper-middle income background, his mother working as a full-time apparel designer for the Calaverdean branch of Dolce & Gabbana. He was educated in an urban public school, learning both Spanish and English while receiving tuition in French during his secondary education. He studied a course in Law in the National University of Calaverde when he was 18, where he as a university student joined student activist groups, marching on the capital against the military junta and campaigning for pacifism and minority rights, including a prominent student-initiated feminist hunger strike on campus. During this time, he rejected the Roman Catholic faith he was raised in but converted to Liberal Catholicism at age 19. When he was 21, he left for the United Kingdom to continue his further studies in the University of Oxford, during which time he continued to publish dissident tracts through his ex-classmates back in Calaverde. He graduated with a Masters degree in Law when he was 24, after which he returned to Calaverde and started work as a corporate litigation lawyer, his most famous and consistent client being the Calaverdean branch of retail company Bergdorf Goodman that first made inwards in the Calaverdean industry by marketing high-priced Ramón Monegal perfume. There, he met established public relations manager of Ramón Monegal, Rosalía Goizane Castillo, and they got married in 2005 when he was 25 and she was 28. They divorced only two years later after in 2007 after he was found having committed adultery with intellectual property attorney Dulce Gabriela Salazar, who was pregnant with Valeria Salazar at the time, and the paternity test confirmed that he was the father. In the same year, he switched careers to becoming a human rights lawyer with Latin American organization Human Rights Foundation and the Calaverdean branch of Amnesty International, on the urging of his friends from his university and activism days. In 2013, he successfully contested a district in his hometown and became a voting member of the Calaverdean Senate under the Liberal Democratic ticket.
Faith: Independent Liberal Catholic
Likes: Equality, Liberalism, Open-Mindedness, Social Activism, LGBT/Women's Liberation Movements, Cultural Progressivism, Global Pacifism, Social Welfare, Intellectualism, Fashion
Dislikes: Religious Fundamentalism, Social Exclusion, Prejudice, Excessive Moralism, Discrimination, Family Values, Military government of Calaverde, US Imperialism
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• To Catholic Senators who are pro-choice: How do you square this with the teachings of the Catholic Church, which explicitly condemn abortion? - As an individual raised as a Catholic who converted out of the religion in the university before converting back in adulthood, I have to say that the pro-life dogma, as well as the Church's stance on contraception and homosexuality, were all key reasons for me desiring to leave the faith at an early age. As a liberal Catholic, I believe that the Bible clearly allows for abortion, as Exodus 22:21 states that the punishment for killing a foetus while leaving the mother unharmed is clearly only a fine, and the fact that this law was under a list of laws involving property and theft suggests that foetuses were considered, in God's eyes, the property of the mother rather than an independent human life. Biology also tells us that a foetus does not fit the biological and physiological definition of personhood as its basic anatomy is still in development. Most importantly of all, the Catholic faith is not one that can be imposed on the people of Calaverde who are of a diversity of faiths, and women ought to have sovereignty over their bodies to make their own choices on reproductive health.
• So you dont accept the teachings of the church's magisterium? - Unfortunately, I don't, and there are many Catholics, especially women, who find themselves unable to reconcile their faith with the Church's stance on abortion and contraception, as well as many gay Catholics who find themselves torn because of the Church's strict stance on homosexuality. As a liberal Catholic I believe the church authorities have a responsibility to be more inclusive. I am hopeful that Pope Francis will move towards a relaxation on these areas, but until then devout, faithful Catholics will continue to be torn on these issues.
• But taking this stance is a grave mortal sin, do you intend to receive the holy Eucharist? - Of course I want to receive the holy Eucharist, I believe in my religion and my God but like many other Catholics I cannot relegate women to the role of unthinking, unfeeling artificial wombs. They are human beings with free agency like any other and the denial of bodily sovereignty and self-ownership is the denial of their independence and humanity, and I cannot vote against a woman's right to choose and feel right about it the next day. Look at Brazil. When Catholic women there protested Pope Francis's decision to keep the Church's stance on abortion. Polls in the US which show less than 15% of Catholics agreed with the Church's stance that abortion should be illegal under all circumstances. And many bishops, including those in Calaverde, but those around the world as well in the US, UK and Canada, have launched a campaign to censure, deny the Eucharist to and even excommunicate Catholic politicians such as myself who would vote the right and just way on abortion. Many Catholics find such dogmatism from the pontifical leadership a grave injustice in the institution. As a member of the Liberal Catholic movement I am fighting to change this reality. It makes it hard for Catholic women who undergo abortions to speak candidly and openly about their experiences, for fear of public harassment. What I think is a grave mortal sin, Senator, is the fact that the Catholic Church has chosen to use God to vote against women and shame them and anyone who would stand up for them and for their rights.
• Women are integral of the church, the church is not trying to insult women, but guarantee the rights of sovereign individuals within their mothers womb. After all a woman,Holy mother Mary, is higher than even the apostles, higher than peter himself. The polls you speak of are irrelevant, if there where polls 2000 years ago what would be the approval rating of Jesus? Abortion is not a right but the most immoral murder of the most innocent humans. - Senator, to this I can only reply that women are free agents of their womb, they are not baby-making machines or artificial incubators. To hook them up and force them to support and maintain and house a developing foetus inside them against their will is an immense violation and intrusion on their right to privacy and bodily sovereignty, and that is the greatest insult a woman can be dealt. When you speak of the immoral murder of human beings, you are asking for the unborn to be granted a right the born are never given, and that is the right to use another person's body as a shelter without consent. We do not force organ donations that could save a life. You may expel someone from your home even when there is risk from death from exposure. To deny a woman the same right to abort is to deny her ownership of her body.

[New Zepuha]

Gloria Salinas deGroot - Free Citizens Party

Account Name: New Zepuha
Occupation: Senator, President of the First United Bank of Calverde
Party Position(s):

Honorable Member

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Capitalism, Centrism
Family: Walter deGroot [Husband, 44], Marco deGroot [Son,16]
Background: Gloria grew up in a large city on the coast, born to a family of the upper-middle class. In her town she often played in the ocean with her friends, and went to a private school afforded to her by her parents. Gloria was born with one other sister who perished at the hands of a mugger in 2001. Gloria has since campaigned much for a crackdown on street crimes such as the one that led to her sister's death.

After graduating from college at age 21, with a bachelor's degree in banking Gloria set out to an office position with a well established banking company. At 25 Gloria was promoted to a managerial position of a branch bank and saved her cash and bided her time pulling together clout inside the banks hierarchy. When Gloria was 30 she returned to college for a further eight years of college and received her doctoral degree at age 38 and returned to her bank to later become a corporate adviser.

In 2010 Gloria was appointed to President of the Bank after the ultimate demise of the current President due to a shooting on the east side of the city. Gloria has since used her position to pool wealth and start up community outreach programs to eventually restore trust in banks and expand her banking empire. She would marry Walter deGroot, a Scottish immigrant in 2011.

Faith: Roman Catholic
Likes: Tobacco, fine wine, fine dining, hunting
Dislikes: Zionists, Communists, Vodka
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• *ADD QUESTION* - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*

[Royal Black Institution]

The Hon. George Henry Vavasseur Swinburne - Independent Monarchist Senator (formerly Traditionalist Party)

Account Name: Royal Black Institution
Occupation: Aristocrat
Party Position(s): Nil
Positions in Government: Nil
Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Traditional, Aristocratic, Counter-Capitalist Conservatism (High Toryism), Monarchism.
Family: Gwendolen Alethea Felicity Swinburne (née Bedingfeld-Gascoyne), spouse. Alexander Warwick Crispin Swinburne and William Mercurius Beresford Swinburne, sons.
Background: He was born in Calaverde on 24 February 1970 to the 9th Baron Swinburne, a British peer who was vacationing. He and his family left for the United Kingdom almost immediately after his birth. As a fourth son, he had little to no chance of succeeding to his father's peerage, so he passed most of his time sporting, reading and discoursing. After the junta fell, he learnt that a Monarchist political party was founded in Calaverde and, although British Monarchism is very strong, the absence of such a party in the United Kingdom made him move with his family to the country he was born in. As the newly-freed state was completely unorganised and immigration/naturalisation laws were essentially non-existent, the fact that he was born in Calaverde was assumed to mean that he and his family were all natural-born citizens, even though he had only been there for less than a week, as an infant, and his parents were just tourists. Although he most eagerly joined the Traditionalist Party, he found out that most members believed in a rather moderate form of Constitutional Monarchism, instead of his Absolutist (albeit Enlightened) ideology. Either way, he decided to remain in the party (where his views were generally welcome) and lead its (unofficial) Aristocratic wing. After the party initiated coalition talks with the Free Citizens Party (Christian Democrat), the National Peoples Front (Neo-Conservative) and the Free Democratic Party (Libertarian) he decided to resign the Traditionalist whip and sit as an Independent Monarchist Senator.
Faith: Anglican, with High Church leanings.
Likes: Monarchism, Royalty, Nobility, Freemasonry, Polo, Cricket, Whist, Golf, Chess, Fine arts, Theatre, Philosophy, Aestheticism.
Dislikes: Republicanism, Capitalism, Vulgarity, Lack-of-taste.
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• If a monarchy was installed in Calaverde, would Senator Swinburne prefer a constitutional monarch, or an absolute monarch? - I would prefer an absolute Monarch, although I have to admit that this is a minority position in my Party.
• Why precisely does the senator feel he is more qualified than many here who fought with there sweat and blood for democracy because of his birth? - This question is the foreword of a textbook on ignorant irrelevance. I never said that I am more qualified for being a member of this esteemed chamber because of my birth. If I can claim any birth-rights, they exist in a country far away from here. I have been elected in the same way with any other Senator.
• Why does the senator dodge the question, as he knowingly supports aristocracy, nobility, and royalty? - I did not dodge the question, by any means. The question was directed to me and I have never said that I am more qualified for anything, than other citizens of this country because of my birth.
• On what grounds does Senator Swinburne oppose secular government? - My disposition towards a secular state is mixed. The very fact that my faith is different from the faith of the vast majority of the people of this country makes me much more positively inclined towards a state without an established church. I must admit that in another country this could be very different.

[Royal Black Institution]

Mr G. H. V. Swinburne is open to questions.

[Lykens]

Mr G. H. V. Swinburne is open to questions.

If a monarchy was installed in Calaverde, would Senator Swinburne prefer a constitutional monarch, or an absolute monarch?

[Estva]

Mr G. H. V. Swinburne is open to questions.

Why precisely does the senator feel he is more qualified than many here who fought with there sweat and blood for democracy because of his birth?

[Royal Black Institution]

Mr G. H. V. Swinburne is open to questions.

If a monarchy was installed in Calaverde, would Senator Swinburne prefer a constitutional monarch, or an absolute monarch?

Answered

[Lykens]

On what grounds does Senator Swinburne oppose secular government?

[Royal Black Institution]

Mr G. H. V. Swinburne is open to questions.

Why precisely does the senator feel he is more qualified than many here who fought with there sweat and blood for democracy because of his birth?

Answered

[Estva]

Why precisely does the senator feel he is more qualified than many here who fought with there sweat and blood for democracy because of his birth?

Answered

Why does the senator dodge the question, as he knowingly supports aristocracy, nobility, and royalty?

[Royal Black Institution]

On what grounds does Senator Swinburne oppose secular government?

Answered

[Royal Black Institution]

Answered

Why does the senator dodge the question, as he knowingly supports aristocracy, nobility, and royalty?

Answered

[Tsuken]

ÁGUEDA GUTIERREZ - Indigenous and Worker's Party

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

Member

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: Monte Redondo
Political Ideology: Pan-Anarchism, Libertarian Socialism
Family: WIP
Background: WIP
Faith: None
Likes: Social Anarchism, Communist-Anarchism, some forms of Market Anarchism, Libertarian Socialism, Science, Technology, LGBT Rights, Environmental Protection
Dislikes: Capitalism, "Anarcho"-Capitalism, most forms of markets, Extremism, Religious Fundamentalism
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

[Belmaria]

Robert Allen - Free Citizens Party

Account Name: Belmaria
Occupation: Senator/Businessman/Information Security Engineer
Party Position(s):
Founder and Mascot/Cheerleader
Positions in Government:
Senator
Constituency: N/A (TBA)
Political Ideology: Moderate, Principled Libertarianism
Family: Widowed with no children
Faith: Agnostic Atheist
Likes: Long Walks on the Beach, Freedom, Capitalism, Limited Government, Italian Food, English Food, Computer Science, Global Politics, National Politics, Elections, Campaigning, Opposing Tyranny, Social Activism, Social Justice, Charity, Equal Treatment Under the Law, Disregarding the Constabulary, Gustavo Edelmiro Escamilla (hot).
Dislikes: Statism, Tyranny, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, A Messy House, Violence, Ignorance, Stupidity, The United Nations.





Background: Growing up with a single mother, Robert lived in poverty for most of his childhood and adolescence. At age 17, however, Robert went into business for himself, repairing the computers of the wealthy neighborhood on the opposite side of the town he grew up in and made enough money to move out and provide for himself by age 21. Five years after forming his business, at age 22, Robert shifted the focus of his company away from repairing computers, and towards the development of secure software and hardware platforms for enterprise and government clients. With this shift, Robert also changed the name of his company from "Robert's Repairs" to "Lunaris Technology." To date, Lunaris has been a leader in open source security software and information security services for both the public and private sector in Calaverde, and around the world. At age 29, Robert became very involved in politics, and founded the Free Citizen's Party, with the hope of injecting the ideas of freedom and capitalism into national politics. After the founding of the party, Robert began holding speaking engagements at venues all across the nation, promoting the philosophies of limited government and sound money, and gaining support for his newly-founded political party. As of this biography's publication, the FCP has successfully elected 18 candidates to the Senate.
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• TBA: TBA

[Arumdaum]

Senator Cho is open for questions.

Senator, you are Korean, correct? How can you support Communism when it has utterly ravaged your northern neighbor, while Capitalism has turned your country into a prosperous first-world nation?

I admit that I do have ties to the Korean nation.

The situation is much more complicated than that. The system present on the northern half of the Korean peninsula is not what I advocate. Communism is not what the DPRK propagates, nor has it been the system present in that area. Furthermore, North Korea has always been a participant in the global capitalist system. Atrocities unrelated to what is desired in communism - atrocities such as gross and egregious human rights violations - have further hampered the North's ability to improve the lives of the people under the regime's rule; so has the sudden collapse of the Eastern Bloc during the 1990s.

The ROK has been deemed a success story, the "Miracle on the Han River." However, South Korea's economic advancement is not as much of a proponent for free market capitalism as it is for economic protectionism and five-year plans. Furthermore, capitalism has not afforded nations such as Thailand the status as a "developed nation," nor has it our neighbors here in Latin America. Capitalism in Korea has led to various social problems, including a growing wealth gap, rising suicide rates, and death from overwork.

The communism I desire is better than either the system present in North Korea or the global capitalist system. It unites men and women, and works to eliminate state and societal oppression. It treats people as equals and gives human beings the dignity which they deserve. Perhaps it may not be something which may be achieved now, but it is something we should look forward to building in the future.

[Geilinor]

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

I believe that we should seek to prevent abortions by providing contraception and supporting programs such as childcare to help working mothers. However, as I support a secular state, it would be inappropriate to ban it entirely.

[Belmaria]

Senator Robert Allen is open for questions.

[Divitaen]

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

As an individual raised as a Catholic who converted out of the religion in the university before converting back in adulthood, I have to say that the pro-life dogma, as well as the Church's stance on contraception and homosexuality, were all key reasons for me desiring to leave the faith at an early age. As a liberal Catholic, I believe that the Bible clearly allows for abortion, as Exodus 22:21 states that the punishment for killing a foetus while leaving the mother unharmed is clearly only a fine, and the fact that this law was under a list of laws involving property and theft suggests that foetuses were considered, in God's eyes, the property of the mother rather than an independent human life. Biology also tells us that a foetus does not fit the biological and physiological definition of personhood as its basic anatomy is still in development. Most importantly of all, the Catholic faith is not one that can be imposed on the people of Calaverde who are of a diversity of faiths, and women ought to have sovereignty over their bodies to make their own choices on reproductive health.

[Glasgia]

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

Whilst I do not support abortion, I believe strongly in the need for a secular state. I do not wish to enforce my religious views upon any and therefore I support those who are not of faith, or whose faith allows for the abortion of an unborn foetus, who wish for an abortion.

[Dendart]

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

As an individual raised as a Catholic who converted out of the religion in the university before converting back in adulthood, I have to say that the pro-life dogma, as well as the Church's stance on contraception and homosexuality, were all key reasons for me desiring to leave the faith at an early age. As a liberal Catholic, I believe that the Bible clearly allows for abortion, as Exodus 22:21 states that the punishment for killing a foetus while leaving the mother unharmed is clearly only a fine, and the fact that this law was under a list of laws involving property and theft suggests that foetuses were considered, in God's eyes, the property of the mother rather than an independent human life. Biology also tells us that a foetus does not fit the biological and physiological definition of personhood as its basic anatomy is still in development. Most importantly of all, the Catholic faith is not one that can be imposed on the people of Calaverde who are of a diversity of faiths, and women ought to have sovereignty over their bodies to make their own choices on reproductive health.

So you dont accept the teachings of the church's magisterium?

[New Zepuha]

Why does the senator dodge the question, as he knowingly supports aristocracy, nobility, and royalty?

Answered

The Senator should really answer the questions publically, it's not only the point of having questions here but it damages one's credibility and transparency.

[Maryginia]

Answered

The Senator should really answer the questions publically, it's not only the point of having questions here but it damages one's credibility and transparency.

OOC: He's saying he answered it in his bio.

[The Sarian]

DR MATILDE OJEDA-CAMPOS - FREE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Account Name: The Sarian
Age: 45
Occupation: Senator, Author
Party Position(s):

Party Chairperson

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: One Nation Conservatism
Family: Roberto Ojeda [Age: 46] (Spouse); Alberto [Age: 19], Pedro [Age: 15], Isabella [Age: 21], Yessica [Age: 11] (Children)
Background: Matilde was born in Port William, and lived in a small village outside the town until the age of eleven, when she moved to the United Kingdom. Attending border school in Wiltshire with Samantha Sheffield, who later married British Prime Minister, David Cameron before attending Oxford University, graduating with a first in History and Sociology, before obtaining her PhD in History at Bath University, where she met her husband - and fellow Calaverdean - Roberto Ojeda. The couple had their first child, Isabella, months after Matilde graduated, and the couple got married two years later, shortly after the birth of second child, Alberto. At the age of 27, Matilde authored her first book, a historical look a woman's suffrage before publishing a history of Calaverde. Matilde became involved in politics at the age of 31, joining the British Conservative Party and became a member of the Kennet District Council at the age of 35. As the Calaverde protests dragged on, Matilde became a regular face on British Television, and even appeared before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, despite not having visiting Calaverde for over a decade. In 2013, Matilde moved back to Calaverde and joined the Free Citizens Party, however before the first parliamentary election, Matilde left and formed the Free Democratic Party, she lead the party in Parliament for two parliamentary terms, the final term as Deputy Leader of the Opposition. In the Second Presidential Election, Matilde emerged as an early contender for the National Liberal Coalition nomination, which she eventually won with 93% of the vote before being elected President on the 29th May 2015, following a first round victory.
Faith: Agnostic
Likes: Low Taxes, Womens Rights, LGBT+ Rights, Lady Grey Tea, Lana Del Rey, Grammar School System, the Monarchy
Dislikes: Socialism, Libertarianism, 'Feminazis', Authoritarianism, Fascism, Coffee, Cats
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?
Open for questions