The International Legislative Coalition, a World Assembly Bloc made up of the Democratic Socialist Assembly, Social Liberal Union, The Communist Bloc, The Internationale, The Leftist Assembly, and The Versutian Federation has recently received a bit of press, arguing that it is a threat to one of the most influential WA Blocs in the game, WALL. However, I am here to tell you that the ILC is a fraud and is not, and never will be, a true representative of NSLeft until The Versutian Federation is removed from its members list.
We can start off with who I am and why I am writing this. I am a former citizen of the The Internationale and the Social Liberal Union, and I currently reside in one of the other regions which is an ILC member. I am publishing this under anonymity due to the fact that if my identity was revealed in said region, I may be attacked for damaging international relations. However, I feel as if the ILC is incorrectly representing itself as a face of the Leftist area of NS, as it allows a region with a moderately sized conservative community, to represent it. I cannot stand for that.
The Versutian Federation is the only member of the ILC which does not have ideology requirements. The other five regions require things such as in-game rights or they simply do not allow conservatives within the region. This is perfectly okay, the regions themselves are allowed to operate as they wish. Four of these regions, with the exception of the Social Liberal Union, are members of NSLeft, a socialist/communist leftist community. The Versutian Federation on the other hand has an alive and active conservative community, including the current Delegate, Speaker, and several Deputy Ministers. This conservative community makes up approximately 1/3rd of the VF government. The ILC Representative for this region, Asairia, is a self-professed conservative. This really throws the leftist tint of the ILC into a new light.
The Speaker of The Versutian Federation, Great Alemonia, is no better. On several occasions, he has described himself as a conservative. In TVF, the Speaker acts as the head of parliament, and as Speaker would be responsible for overseeing the ratification of new international agreements and internal policies. This conservative perspective could be damaging to the leftist image the ILC has.
The list of outed and active conservatives in the region, to my knowledge, are;
Asairia - Current Delegate, former Speaker (previously President)
Great Alemonia - Current Speaker, former Minister of Defense and Delegate
Rubisana - Current Deputy Minister of Immigration, former Minister of Immigration
Dakhovo/Veniasufia - Current Deputy Speaker
United Indochina - Former Minister of Immigration
Those are just the five people that have been active recently and were willing to espouse their political views at some point in the region, while also being involved recently in the government. Those five may not sound like a lot, however they represent over a quarter of the active voting population. This was reflected in a recent election between Rubisana, a known conservative I had previously mentioned, who received eight votes, while another nation and a leftist, Akohos, received eleven votes. Eight out of nineteen possible voters backed having a known conservative in a government that aligns itself with communist and socialist nations. That election can be seen here.
And in the last month, with the resignation of their delegate, The VF had to go through emergency elections. Asairia, a conservative I mentioned earlier, vacated his Speakership to pursue that Delegate spot. Asairia ran unopposed. Not only is the Delegate voting on World Assembly matters, but they are representing The Versutian Federation in the ILC. This region, which again, strictly aligns itself with members and allies of NSLeft, is not enforcing any sort of leftist policy and in fact, are sending conservatives to represent their region.
In that same month, Great Alemonia, a nation that I mentioned previously as conservative, ran unopposed for the Speaker position that Asairia vacated.
I could continue on and on and go back through The VF’s history in the ILC all the way to the beginning. However, there’s no need to. What they are now, effectively 1/4 or more conservative, with a Republican representative in the ILC and WA and a conservative Speaker of parliament, it should be obvious to the leftist community that the ILC does not represent you. The ILC is not willing to stand up for leftist values. The ILC will harbor these individuals despite their values directly contradicting what the ILC has laid out as their platform. The leftist community, especially the non-ILC members within NSLeft, should take this moment to stand up against what the ILC currently is and call for the removal of The Versutian Federation. We have to stand united, the ILC continues to grow in influence and if we truly want a powerful leftist group representing us in the World Assembly, we cannot do that with The Versutian Federation.
