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Reform of Political Functions
Dear citizens of Altay. I wrote this proposal because I noticed that our system of political functions is really outdated and it should be reformed. First of all I want to start by saying what's so bad about our current system. Here are all my reasons summarized in 2 points:
- • Political Functions are useless - I think everyone in Altay can see that our political functions are really useless. Eastern Tatarstan is able to do all of functionaries job on his own so I don't really see the point of having them in our regional government. Besides that, all of our functionaries have the same authorities (polls, communication) and that only shows they are really useless. If we want to construct a embassy, Eastern Tatarstan will. If we want to change a flag, Eastern Tatarstan will. If we want to kick some troll out of Altay, Eastern Tatarstan will. Normal functionaries can't do any of those things. Everything what is really important in Altay is already done by Eastern Tatarstan.
• Functionaries are irresponsible - I'm not lying when I say we can't rely on our regional functionaries. Right now we have 4 “important“ functionaries: General secretary, People's secretary No.1, People's secretary No.2 and Chairman of the People's judicial assembly. Both People's secretaries are dead and our Chairman of the People's judicial assembly is one of the most inactive nations in Altay. I am the only active functionary in our government. Sure I do really important things every day like negotiations with other regions but I am the only one. Yanab is just 1 nation out of 4. I can't imagine I'm just a ordinary citizen and I have to rely on our regional government to solve my problems. The first thing I would do in this kind of situation would be to write a telegram to Eastern Tatarstan asking him for help and I believe I am not the only one.
Hopefully now you can understand my points and we can move on. Of course everyone can criticize our system or any other thing about Altay but in my opinion a responsible member of Altay's government should be able to find solutions for all of our regional issues and because of that I present you my ways how to solve this problem and start a succesfull reform of our government:
- • Plan “Right Hand“ - This is the first thing I came up with when I was thinking about our political troubles. This solution is more authoritarian than democratic but I think it's okay to sacrifice some of Altay's “democracy points“ in order to make better, more functional and more relyable political system in our home region. The point of Plan “Right Hand“ is to create only 1 political function in Altay which would be held by any nation Eastern Tatarstan believes is suitable enough to do the job. If Eastern Tatarstan looses trust in the nation which holds the function, he can replace it with another more trustworthy one. This system would create a truly responsible, active and relyable functionary capable of co-running Altay. The only downside is that there would be no more democratic elections in Altay.
• Plan “The Merited Ones“ - The point of this plan is to create functions on merit for players who are active and who are in Altay for a long time. If we agree on this plan, we will get rid of all pre-created functions like General Secretary, People's Secretary etc. and Eastern Tatarstan will create merited functions for people who deserve it. For example: you like to talk to nations in other regions and make good relations with them? If you do this long enough you can become a merited regional Embassy creator. Your function would be created specificly for you and your job would be to do the things you like. If you like creating flags, you can be a merited regional vexillographer. If you like to draw maps, you can be a merited regional geographer. If you like to talk to citizens and you want to help them with their needs and problems, you can be a merited regional people's secretary. After some time of your inactivity, your function could be taken away. Elections could be held but it would be a different type of elections. For example: nation X made strong friendships with 5 regions. Citizens of Altay could nominate the nation afterwards and than vote if they think the nation deserves merited function, or Eastern Tatarstan could just give the function to the nation X if he thinks the nation deserves it. Elections would not be held every month or 2 but rather every time a nation is nominated to a certain function
• Plan “Tatar Autocracy“ - This is really a controversial and authoritarian solution but it may work so it is included here. This plan is about abolishing the political functions altogether because we don't really need them to run our region. As I said previously, Eastern Tatarstan is already doing almost all of the important work in Altay and it doesn't look like he needs any help at the moment. This solution doesn't mean Altay will become a authoritarian dictatorial hell. Sure the voices of our citizens will matter to Eastern Tatarstan and I know he can rule the region rationally and safely without political functionaries.