Union of the North wrote:Nova Trieste wrote:"Greetings gentlemen, I am ambassador Günther Kreidl, here to represent the Armed Republic of Nova Triest in this debate. Now, I've looked at this new proposal and..."
*phone rings*
"Oh, excuse me for one second"
"Yes Lord General? Yes, I'm at the Assembly right now. Yes, 3 days before the vote ends, more than enough to complete your... "work" at the maximum security prisons. Sure, that's the first thing I'll ask. Yes absolutely. Yes, thank you Lord General, I'll do my best. *click*
"All right, where was I? Oh yes, I would like to clarify an issue with the proposal that raised more than a few questions at our senate. You see, we're a newborn country with a relatively small population, and we're just ended a war with independence against city-states which employed PMCs. The remnants of these private armies are infesting our territory, plaguing our country with banditry, organized crime, terrorism and so on. The question is, how are we supposed to... dispose of all the scum we catch if we can't execute more than 10 convicts a year?"
Well in war, you can kill enemy combatants. That's not really an issue.
"We're not talking about a regular conflict against other military forcers, but a guerilla against said forces turned criminals."