Acadian National News

Guy's gone, time to break out the cake. *om nom*

The news of the assassination and the immediate claim by the government of Acadia startles Folland. Even though this might help stop further aggression, or just provide the fuel for an even brighter burning Communist rise, this further boasts how bold Acadia is and how much power they can exert internationally.

Sorry about the scrolling.

Reform Talks on Lifting Ban on Socialist Party

Acadia has had a ban on the Socialist and Communist parties
since the end of the GAW, but some want to change that.  They say that it
is a violation of the constitution, and just non-democratic to ban a specific
party from the government.  Some defenders, however, say that the ban is
valid because it is a measure to protect national security, and that socialism
is an un-Acadian value.  President Matt Randall has not commented.

Folland and the Sents

Folland's possibility of joining Acadia and Shayden in using the Sents has
captured quite a lot of attention.  Several welcome Folland into the group. 
Some disagree. 
"Before we can trust Folland by putting our financial
security in potential jeopardy, we must be sure that Folland's financial status
is stable," says President Matt Randall (Conservative).

Adopting Shayden's Approval Method

Acadia's current but out-dated system of voting assigns a certain number of
votes to each state, based on their population.  Shayden does it a little
differently.  Their system has three options for each candidate on the
ballot; Approve (+1), No Option (0), or Disapprove (-1).  This method would
be more democratic and better represent the people, and eliminates the problem
of minority approval. 
Analysts suggest that it is unlikely for 3/4 of
the state legislatures to approve of such an amendment, so an initiative (The
right of citizens outside the legislature to originate legislation) will be
required.
Others say the opposite, that if a politician votes against the
amendment, it will simply make them look bad.

Fraesian War Debt Officially Paid Off

Acadia had briefly accumulated a war debt from the Fraesian War.  This
was the first time that Acadia has been in debt since 1987.  President Matt
Randall guaranteed in his campaign that he would enact a plan to pay off the
debt and end former President Johnson's excessive spending.  Randall
announced on national television today that all debt has been formally paid off,
and that his spending plan will continue to provide more cash flow.

The debt was paid pretty quick

Yeah, Acadia is my perfect little world filled with conservatives in the government, so that will happen.

lol
Good to see countries paying their debt for once

Lol yep. Acadia's president is a slightly modified Mitt Romney. And it is also, like I said, my perfect little world.

Hedjaz Hostage Crisis

HEDJAZ-14 Acadian civilians have been captured by Hedjaz militants in the province of Esdaad this morning. AIA officials were able to gather information that six of the captured men where there on business reasons, three were journalists, one was a diplomat, and a family of four was visiting relatives. The province of Esdaad is a Kalibad-controlled province. Kalibad is a Middle-Eastern extremist group.

Satellite images show that the area is heavily guarded and will be difficult to infiltrate. The director of the AIA has commented, "I will do my best to get the civilians out safely and quickly."

The province borders are shown in a dashed line.

Bump! USNW, WHY YOU NO ACTIVE?

Make sure you tell them to stay the hell out of Esdaad.

Meh, just a travel advisory

Terrorists vs. Shayden+Acadia

They dun messed up.

LOL Kurt.

They be sorry now

Hostage Situation
The Acadians along with the Shaydians have gotten past the borders undetected. They have reported back that the hotel the hostages are being held in is guarded least at around Maghrib, a time of worship. The plan is to set up a stakeout around the perimeter of the area and send two Acadians disguised as soldiers into the building. They will assume the identity of two militants that will be captured shortly before the Acadians take their place.


Corruption in New Stretton
New Stretton Governor, Tony Altino (Liberal), resigned this afternoon afternoon after confessing to an attempt to sell current president, Matt Randall's, seat in the Federal Council. He faces 14-30 years in federal prison on corruption charges. The Supreme Court will hear his case on Friday.

Them corruption

Oh Noes! Corruption!

Governor Sentenced to 14 Years

The Supreme Court has reached a verdict that Governor Tony Altino will spend 14 years in federal prison in corruption charges. New Stretton's Deputy Governor will have taken office on Monday.

Hostages Free

The AIA's situation room was dead silent on Tuesday while several officials watched the operation in real time. The Shaydian and Acadian operatives smuggled all hostages out of the country on a commercial jet on Tuesday, February 19, and released the details to the press today.

Matt Randall (Conservative) has stated that he will ask the Federal Council to begin operations in Hedjaz.

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Also, some of you may have noticed that I've been using "Federal Council" instead of General Assembly. This is because Kurt and I decided to change our countries' legislature and voting systems to more efficient ones.

Damn there was some good stuff and I missed it. Milking poor Hedjas for all it's worth? I've all but completely forgotten about Malo myself.

14 years for Corruption is a long time. I can't imagine being in there for that long. A single year takes forever enough.

Lol

Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years, but corruption is taken very seriously in Acadia.

LOL

Yay the hostages are free

Beginning Operations in Hejaz
President Randall received the approval he needs from the Federal Council to begin operations on foreign soil, now with the expiration of the Sovereignty Act. Now, being an ally of Folland, Randall has expressed interest in assisting with Folland in their operations in Forgia, while receiving aid in Esdaad.

Acadia has deployed 10 AIA officers to Esdaad to oversee the operations along with 1,000 marine and army soldiers. Matt Randall has stated that he plans on avoiding air raids as there are civilians in the area.