Beithe to Join International Police Force
06 November 2018President Kemp has continued to confuse the Beithen public and outrage certain members of the National Party with his newfound attitudes towards international relations.
This morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Wallace announced, that earlier this week, the Beithen federal government had applied for admission to the recently established
International Police Force (INTERPOL). The governing committee of INTERPOL accepted Beithe’s application late yesterday evening. This will mark the first time that the Isle of Beithe had participated in an international organization since 1920 when the Federal Republic of Beithe briefly held membership in the League of Nations, the predecessor to the modern World Assembly.
Following Minister Wallace’s announcement, the Secretary of the Senate, Senator Ian McClean (Kent, 4th District), revealed that the Beithe Senate had begun private deliberations regarding a constitutional amendment to formally recognize INTERPOL’s authority. Ratification of the amendment will require a ¾ vote of approval by the Beithe Senate followed by unanimous acceptance by the state governments. It remains uncertain if the proposed amendment will succeed. Though Beithe’s admission into INTERPOL has been praised by centrist and left-leaning factions within the National Party, more traditionalist members have fervently criticized this alleged affront to Beithen sovereignty. President Kemp, in his dual-role as Director of the National Party, has guided the party’s politics without question for years, but it appears that Kemp’s autocratic influence may be waning.
Regardless of one’s reaction to President Kemp’s decision to join INTERPOL, it is undeniable that his actions are perplexing. Though the president recently had refused the extradition of Franklin Simpson—the ex-Governor-General of Harvest Island who
currently faces charges of Gross Misconduct by a Government Official—Kemp has allowed foreign investigators from the Stoklomolvi Liaoist Federation, now operating under the authority of INTERPOL, to participate in the Simpson investigation. Kemp has even granted the foreign investigators unprecedented power as Officers of the Court
(Honoris Causus, Pro Tempore).
Since entering the presidency in 2009, Kemp has gradually increased Beithe’s relations with the international community. Though he has held steadfast to many of the National Party’s traditional anti-globalist attitudes, such as condemning the World Assembly, President Kemp occasionally engages in basic diplomacy, often writing directly to foreign leaders instead of working through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At first, most Beitheans had believed the president had been merely attempting to bolster international trade relations. Now it would seem as if the president had a hidden agenda after all.
Many have suspected that Prime Minister Stephanie Reinholdt has been the invisible hand behind President Kemp’s evolving attitude towards international relations. Rumors of romantic relations between the Prime Minister and the President have circulated since 2016. Last week, Harold Stewart, the 2018
presidential “candidate” from the Traditionalist Party, submitted an op-ed article to The National Herald which addressed these allegations, amongst other topics. Due to the extreme racism and general vulgarity of the article, it was not published; however, considering recent events, the Editor-in-Chief of The National Herald has permitted the publication of select quotes from Stewart’s op-ed:
“She (Reinholdt) is na mair than an intellectual whore. She is a siren, an’ oor president haes become hypnotized by her sinister serenade!”
“Kemp an’ Reinholdt represent a dei’l’s courtship.”
“German-Beitheans hae bin granted tae mony liberties. Thay hae abused thair influence an' wull destroy Beithe. Juist keek at whit President Kemp an' Prime Minister Reinholdt hae dane: inviting foreign polis intae oor nation tae investigate a purely internal affair! Howfur muckle langer kin we gang alang wi' this recklessness? Howfur lang 'til th' Beithen spirit is deid?”
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* Translation of Herald Stewart's Statements:
“She (Reinholdt) is no more than an intellectual whore. She is a siren, and our president has become hypnotized by her sinister serenade.”
“Kemp and Reinholdt represent a devil’s courtship.”
“German-Beitheans have been granted too many liberties. They have abused their influence and will destroy Beithe. Just look at what President Kemp and Prime Minister Reinholdt have done: inviting foreign police into our nation to investigate a purely internal affair! How much longer can we go along with this recklessness? How long until the Beithen spirit is dead?”