UCN; A Proposal for Corruption
18th September 29480 - Noticiero Rivera
[Atlantean]
FJRK Freelance - With the 'miraculous' return of Lady Xaun to the clans, one of the first questions comes to mind: Is she going to try and overthrow the CoT again?.
Many share this question and fear that perhaps she will once again try to cause dissent within the Council of Truth.
Let me begin by saying that I'm not thrilled she has returned, but I am glad she's alive. The Redeemed are enlightenend beings which fortunately for us all, are on the side of the clans, and thanks to their kindness they brought Lady Xaun back from wherever she was...located.
Now I believe you the reader needs a bit more background on the UCN (United Clan Nation). At the beggining of her proposal she openly stated that the UCN would replace the CoT.
"The council of truth will serve in a final purpose as an interim government to oversee the transition into the United Clan Nation."
That statement alarmed a good number of CoT representatives, because those words were an indirect threat of a civil war since none of they had either supported or agreed to such a transition.
Later on she realized her mistake and tried to 'clarify' that the UCN would not happen without the support of the CoT, which to this day of course has not happened.
The word that probably pops in your mind at this moment is Why?
Just to save some time because I don't like to write articles which are 20 pages long, I will try to explain quickly.
The CoT has clan representatives which through democratic votes do their best to protect the clans overall and make decisions to better the way of our lives. Of course there are some political rivalries based on which Legacy Clan they support sometimes. But in the end there is a circle of clans and their representatives who have spent years trying to improve things for our faction.
The UCN has virtualy no support within the CoT. The proposal means to replace what took years to build, and implement tiers of goverment. House of Commons, House of Representative, House of Advisors, House of Leadership, a dream come true for any corporate executive, it's a plethora of red tape!
How can this be more efficient than the CoT? it adds dozens of people to the equation which would practically slow down any decisions to a crawl. Besides that obvious problem, there is another...with so many people the chance for corruption goes through the roof, specially those in the House of Representative which are 3 people with a lot of power.
Perhaps Lady Xaun has no ill intentions toward the Council of Truth of which she is a part of; however, like the ancient saying goes "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".
Maybe she intended to form some sort of a Senate type of goverment with groups around it to keep it in check, or just wanted to create a position of power which she may be able to sit on. Only god know what was behind the proposal when it was created.
What CoT representatives know, is that it's a very bad idea. I must agree with their expertise, the UCN would bog down any kind of progress and not only that, it would help Omni-Tek by doing so.
During the CoT meeting of June 24th this year, after she surpringly made the proposal now former CoT Clerical Staffer Tussa asked "Are you saying the CoT is dead or on its deathbed?", Lady Xaun's answer was: "I see that it is nearing such. Yes."
CoT Clerical Staffer Astera replied with the following:
"No arguments about faction, we got a lot accomplished and the CoT is moving forward for the first time in a while. It's beautiful to me.
It warms my heart to see it happen this way. I can't thank you all enough for helping us all move forward.
I'm never one to knock anyones ideas down but honestly, I find it funny that you have used the Council as your personal stepping stone to create something you feel that is better than the CoT. We have to be doing something right, huh?"
After that the Clerical Staff encouraged the representatives to discuss the proposal, but has I mentioned before it has virtualy no support since then.
A system that the CoT does not want, a proposal that just seems to be everywhere but in the hearts of clan leaders.
THe UCN has not united anyone, on the contrary it has divided us more by wasting time on discussing a flawed and corrupt system.
The bottom line my fellow clanners, is that the UCN will not exist unless the CoT is disolved by force, since representatives refuse to accept such an unwise change to the council.
It is now that we must be vigilant of those willing to do anything to implement this so called "nation" upon us all.
This is Reporter 'Noticiero' Rivera, and this has been 'A Rubi-Ka Exclusive'!