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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reprisal" data-source="post: 150161" data-attributes="member: 1161">The News...The following are excerpts from popular print media in the United Commonwealth of Toril.  They are back issues, but they will help us all understand how Forrester no longer controls the UC at this stage in the game.  The main line of concern is the way the CPT Government and Presidency has approached the happenings in Greyhawk and the ramifications they will have on UC society.--=The Commonwealth Times=--PHOENIX RISING: CAN LESAGE RESURRECT THE AILING LIBERAL MOVEMENT?In my humble opinion, I believe she can.  Recent developments within the Commonwealth Assembly have led many political analysts to believe that the seemingly invincible Commonwealth Party of Toril has been beginning to show signs of weakness.  This weakness is definately something the Liberal-Democratic Party under Lesage can capitalize upon.  And while the particular reason as to the reason of this weakness is unknown at this time, there have been rumours of terrible occurences in the Realm of Greyhawk.Rumours, unfortunately, they will remain for as long as Prime Minister O'Tagh and President Forrester remain on the commanding heights.  It was shortly after our explorers discovered Greyhawk that the CPT government steamrolled the "Bill 316b: The State Secrets Act" through both chambers of Parliament.  Only forty-five minutes after the bill was passed in the Senate did Lord Forrester give the Presidential Assent.Though there was a riotous protest from across the Assembly from Opposition Leader, Erika Lesage of the Liberal-Democratic Party, there was little she could do to stop the Government and Presidency from completely controlling all information coming into the UC from the Realm of Greyhawk.  Shortly after, Miss Lesage took an extended vacation, leaving Neilan Darisek in charge until her return... if she returned.For a long while, President Forrester continued mounting costly operations into Greyhawk and with Prime Minister O'Tagh in power, a fellow CPT member, there was little the opposition could do to stop these "aid missions."It was only until less than a week ago did things start to change... though you wouldn't have noticed it if you were looking for it.  The Prime Minister no longer walked with that characteristic bounce in his step.  O'Tagh appeared to have lost his sense of invulnerability, and started to act nervously around the media.  Though President Forrester attempted to head off this feeling of impending doom by appearing on countless broadcasts and meet-and-greets, the feeling remains.Whatever this feeling actually is, it appears that the long overdue change in government is nearly upon us... The current government is approaching its fifth year in this term, and is Constitutionally obligated to hold an election very soon and according to recent opinion polls, things do not look good for a CPT re-election. ... Continued on page A15... (Not really, hehe.)* * * Time folds forward * * *--=The Coalition Sentinel=--A NEW GOVERNMENT, A NEW ERAAs you shoud all know by now, the general election of the Commonwealth Parliament has shifted the lion's share of political power from the once mighty CPT to the Liberal-Democrats under the new Prime Minister, Erika Lydia Lesage.In her Inaugural Address, the Prime Minister stated that she would "strike down the dangerous State Secrets Act" and "bring Justice, Order, and Good Government back into the forefront."  While Forrester remains President for at least another two years, he will no longer be able to act with impunity in relation to foreign affairs.  While this is a relief for much of the Commonwealth Proper, there has been a quiet disproval among citizens of the Humanoid Alliance.  "It's just not right," a young hobgoblin woman told the Torilian Broadcasting Corporation, "whenever the Alliance finally gets a leg up on true equality, the Coalition seems to push us back down.  Forrester and O'Tagh were great leaders.  Confident leaders.  Real role models for the rest of us.  Too bad the Technocrats cannot see that..."Though tensions between the Alliance and the Coalition have been relatively high in these past few months, political pundits believe that there is no danger posed to the strength and unity of the Commonwealth.  Opinion polls display plainly that despite the recent election, more than seventy percent of the population in the United Commonwealth strongly support the actions of the new government.In a recent interview, Prime Minister Lesage told her people that she held a cautiously optimistic view of the Commonwealth's future.  President Forrester, on the other hand, has not been available for comment since Lesage's Inauguaration (his last public appearance to date)... Continued on page A12...* * * Time Keeps Slipping... * * *--=The Commonwealth Sun=--GENOCIDE IN GREYHAWK: COMMONWEALTH  TO BLAME?Shortly after Prime Minister Erika Lesage struck down the State Secrets Act originally passed by the previous CPT government, a startling revelation came into focus.  It appears that the United Commonwealth has been involved in a lot more than "aid missions" into the Realm of Greyhawk...  In fact, Government and Presidential sources report that Commonwealth forces have been, at least in part, responsible for perhaps one of the greatest cataclysms in the history of Oerth (the proper name of the Realm of Greyhawk).((The article goes on to tell of the fusion bombardment of Oerth in some detail...))The question we must all ask now is what we should do now that the actions of President Forrester and the former government have come to light?  The opinion of the great majority of residents in the Commonwealth Proper are calling for the immediate resignation of President Forrester.  The more hardcore CPT and Forrester detractors are calling for the immediate, forceable impeachment of the President and the subsequent criminal trial of all responsible parties...The current government, under Prime Minister Lesage, has the new Justice Minister, Neilan Darisek, under the white-hot spotlights of the Torilian media for days now repeating the statement that the government cannot, and will not, release a final course of action until all of the information is available.The Justice Minister has released a statement that he will send out a call to the leaders of the Oerth powers to bring their information to him and his recently constructed Committee on the Ethical Utilization of Commonwealth Forces Abroad... Continued on Page 116...* * * The Present * * *As of this moment, the new government will be concerned with making right the transgressions of the former administration.  Lesage will call for a meeting of representatives of Oerth to gather information and input as to how this ... terrible development will play out.  Anyone and everyone, please give the UC your input.  For the record, the current government had no idea that such actions were occuring on your world, due to the State Secrets Act (now rescinded), and wishes to appropriately rectify the situation.That last part is important!</blockquote>

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