https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1242345
Friends, Allies, and Strangers,
You may or may not have heard about recent events in the Union of Allied States (UAS).
I am the former President of the Union of Allied States, a region I'm no longer part of, and you'll soon find out why. After my departure, I am now a Co-Founder of The Democratic Union, along with my friend and ally Handal Ands. I'm not sure in what capacity I'm speaking here as, but what I do know is that everyone has a right to know what has happened in my former region.
Just before the minor update of July 22, the founder and his supporters launched a coup to oust the democratically elected government. This government was led by myself as President and Handal Ands as Vice President, and we were both ejected and banned from the region. Along with us, several supporters, around 10 in total, left the region in protest, and occupied the Confederation of Nations, a region previously owned by the UAS. We intended to found our own region, where the principles of democracy are enshrined. The perpetrators of the coup then went on to install an Imperial Constitution with pretenses of democracy, but in truth controlled by the perpetrators of the coup, with the founder declaring himself Emperor. Just a day later, the Imperial Constitution was taken down, and the same perpetrators of the coup declared that the region was to return to a democracy. At the same time, they offered to negotiate for our return to the region, including reinstating my government. However, this was accompanied by several unreaonsable demands, including many undemocratic changes to the Constitution. Furthermore, a new Constitution with these changes was put up and immediately ratified by the perpetrators of the coup without any agreement made. This was a blatant violation of good faith in negotiation, and reaffirms that the perpetrators of the coup in fact does not care for democracy.
The said changes include :
Now, I'm aware that some of you may not care much for democracy. However, for a region that supposedly does care about it very much, this is a blatantly wrong, whether or not the intentions were right.
After this, the perpetrators of the coup set out to manipulate members of the region into thinking that the UAS has returned to democracy, when in fact the very Constitution was never even debated or voted on. Unfortunately, this tactic worked for the most part, prompting many members who had supported me to return. Some were also likely offered positions in government for their return. In addition, some of these members decided to smear and harass me and Handal Ands both openly and privately. These included a telegram that was sent with unsubstantiated historical claims accusing Handal Ands of bullying, spamming in excess of 300 pings on Discord, accompanied with various insults, frequent personal attacks on us as bitter, and even accusations of us being toxic. Members even pestered a region that closed embassies with them with multiple posts on their RMB. All these accusations were never raised before the coup, and appear to be hastily invented without any factual basis. The people who made many of these personal attacks are now the most powerful people in the region (apart from the founder).
I don't expect you, whoever is reading this, to completely trust me, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of you may think I'm a bitter person with a vendetta. I do have evidence to support what I have said, though because of time it would take to assemble them and concern for privacy, I chose not to link any. But this is my attempt at giving an explanation, an understanding of the situation in a region that I was once proud to be part of, that I loved very much. This is an explanation of the situation, an explanation that the current "government" has refused to give, in order to give everyone the false sense that the region has returned to normal. But it has not, and that's why I made the choice to permanently leave and found our new region. The decisions is yours, whether or not you choose to do anything about it, but it's my hope that you will support us in creating The Democratic Union, a better and more democratic region, and condemn the UAS for its actions by upvoting this dispatch, or anything else you see appropriate.
If you have any questions or clarifications, please contact me via Telegram or (preferably) Discord on An_Dr_Ew#7746.
Sincerely,
East Meranopirus
Former President of Union of Allied States
Co-Founder of The Democratic Union
You may or may not have heard about recent events in the Union of Allied States (UAS).
I am the former President of the Union of Allied States, a region I'm no longer part of, and you'll soon find out why. After my departure, I am now a Co-Founder of The Democratic Union, along with my friend and ally Handal Ands. I'm not sure in what capacity I'm speaking here as, but what I do know is that everyone has a right to know what has happened in my former region.
Just before the minor update of July 22, the founder and his supporters launched a coup to oust the democratically elected government. This government was led by myself as President and Handal Ands as Vice President, and we were both ejected and banned from the region. Along with us, several supporters, around 10 in total, left the region in protest, and occupied the Confederation of Nations, a region previously owned by the UAS. We intended to found our own region, where the principles of democracy are enshrined. The perpetrators of the coup then went on to install an Imperial Constitution with pretenses of democracy, but in truth controlled by the perpetrators of the coup, with the founder declaring himself Emperor. Just a day later, the Imperial Constitution was taken down, and the same perpetrators of the coup declared that the region was to return to a democracy. At the same time, they offered to negotiate for our return to the region, including reinstating my government. However, this was accompanied by several unreaonsable demands, including many undemocratic changes to the Constitution. Furthermore, a new Constitution with these changes was put up and immediately ratified by the perpetrators of the coup without any agreement made. This was a blatant violation of good faith in negotiation, and reaffirms that the perpetrators of the coup in fact does not care for democracy.
The said changes include :
- A complete abolishment of political parties and the Right to Assembly
- A court system that effectively concentrates all judicial power on one person for a life term
- All fundamental rights being limited to citizens (WA nations) only
- A Delegative legislative system, which on the surface is purported to be more representative than a representative one, but in fact misses out on several key components of a Delegative system, and restricts voters to delegate their votes to only 3 members, thus concentrating power on a select few.
- A "General Secretary" position that is appointed solely by the founder, which although seeming like an administrative position, in fact has powerful authorities, including the ability to essentially become founder when he is absent, along with being third in line for succession to Presidency, despite being neither democratically elected, or democratically appointed.
Now, I'm aware that some of you may not care much for democracy. However, for a region that supposedly does care about it very much, this is a blatantly wrong, whether or not the intentions were right.
After this, the perpetrators of the coup set out to manipulate members of the region into thinking that the UAS has returned to democracy, when in fact the very Constitution was never even debated or voted on. Unfortunately, this tactic worked for the most part, prompting many members who had supported me to return. Some were also likely offered positions in government for their return. In addition, some of these members decided to smear and harass me and Handal Ands both openly and privately. These included a telegram that was sent with unsubstantiated historical claims accusing Handal Ands of bullying, spamming in excess of 300 pings on Discord, accompanied with various insults, frequent personal attacks on us as bitter, and even accusations of us being toxic. Members even pestered a region that closed embassies with them with multiple posts on their RMB. All these accusations were never raised before the coup, and appear to be hastily invented without any factual basis. The people who made many of these personal attacks are now the most powerful people in the region (apart from the founder).
I don't expect you, whoever is reading this, to completely trust me, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of you may think I'm a bitter person with a vendetta. I do have evidence to support what I have said, though because of time it would take to assemble them and concern for privacy, I chose not to link any. But this is my attempt at giving an explanation, an understanding of the situation in a region that I was once proud to be part of, that I loved very much. This is an explanation of the situation, an explanation that the current "government" has refused to give, in order to give everyone the false sense that the region has returned to normal. But it has not, and that's why I made the choice to permanently leave and found our new region. The decisions is yours, whether or not you choose to do anything about it, but it's my hope that you will support us in creating The Democratic Union, a better and more democratic region, and condemn the UAS for its actions by upvoting this dispatch, or anything else you see appropriate.
If you have any questions or clarifications, please contact me via Telegram or (preferably) Discord on An_Dr_Ew#7746.
Sincerely,
East Meranopirus
Former President of Union of Allied States
Co-Founder of The Democratic Union
