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BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE FINANCE COMMISSION.

DECREE CONCERNING THE DENUDATION OF THE CAPITAL.

In the event that the Capital is at risk of imminent capture, this decree shall take effect:

The war is not over. The fall of Brussels is neither the end of our struggle nor its defeat. As such, the goals of our movement remain the same and conditions for their success are unchanged. Having failed to defend itself by want of valour, Brussels has condemned itself to the fate of conquered cities. She must be utterly desolated. Our enemies shall inherit only a city of ash; their premature cries of victory shall shrivel in their throats when they are confronted by the sight of this mausoleum.


(1) Culture

Every artefact integral to the Belgian culture is be evacuated if possible. Any artefact that cannot be transported is to be destroyed. The Bolshevist legions cannot be allowed to seize our national culture - better to suffocate your own child than give it over to the rape of the enemy. The national museums and libraries and the private collections are marked for priority. Once these institutions have been liberated of their possessions, they are marked for destruction.

(2) Finance

All treasure that remains in the capital is booty for the enemy. Banking houses, houses of credit and all other financial institutions are to be sacked for the benefit of the war effort. Records of debts, liabilities and obligations are to be destroyed. Specie reserves that can be easily transported should be. In other circumstances, however, they must be disposed off in such a way as to be irretrievable. The Fascist mantra remains black before red or gold: we cannot be bound by materialist concerns when the strength of the movement emanates from its followers.

(3) Literature

Any and all records of policy, both our own and that of our predecessors, are to be immediately destroyed. No effort should be made at preservation or evacuation. The national records, the archives of the Chamber and Senate, the endless memoranda of the civil service and the public agencies - all must be obliterated. If there is any lingering record that there has ever been a Belgium, this mission shall be a failure. Our objective is not just to practically deprive the enemy of intelligence or useful information; we must destroy the past in order to preserve the future.

(4) Architecture

The inspiration here must be as the Vandals to Rome and the Mongols to Baghdad. Every building, structure and edifice held in credit by our enemies must be rendered unrecognisable. They have already done much of our dirty work for us - now finish the job. Remember, every palace of the mighty reduced to ruins is one less home for a Bolshevist brothel and one less staging-post for liberal hegemony. Moreover, a people who clutch to monuments of obsequiousness and deference to undeserving ideals cannot be emancipated. For the true cause to prevail, we must smash such idols.​


Brussels must be returned to the mud-huts and marshlands from which it first arose. The soldiers of Fascism must forebear themselves against allowing the welfare of the populace to obstruct their duty. By their laxity and infirmness, the people have opened the gates to the Bolshevists; their fate is their own. I cannot summon a single drop of pity for a city which failed to defend itself; Brussels is fit to serve only as the foundations of our new capital, which shall exceed all others before it and after in grandeur.

Once this decree has been achieved, priority personnel shall report for evacuation.


Signed and ordered,

DR. R. VANDERMEER.
STATE COMMISSIONER.



Long after the tide had turned and Brussels became a front-line city, Vandermeer remained in the capital. The State Finance Commission, bereft of a budget, operated via donations from the sympathetic and extortion of the unsympathetic. The gears of her ever-diminishing office continued to turn. Even Radio Brussels continued to violently denounce the London Government, until a shell landed outside the studio mid-broadcast. Vandermeer survived, but Hildegarde did not; the self-styled voice of Fascism was finally silenced. Had the situation not been unravelling so hastily, she could have stopped to appreciate the symbolism.

Eventually, with the city centre was on the verge of breakthrough and the suburbs in enemy hands, she made her escape through a narrow corridor through DeWitt's lines. So late was her departure that the East was already collapsing, and evacuation by plane impossible. So Vandermeer slunk into the Netherlands, acquired a false passport and an assumed identity as a Boer housekeeper, made her way to the Cape and then began the long journey through the African interior by which, finally, she reached Brabantville. For a woman who prized classical comparisons to contemporary events, it was a suitably Aeneid-like appendix to the Homeresque fall of Brussels.

It was not out of a desire for self-sacrifice that she lingered so long; Vandermeer continued to genuinely believe that the cause was undefeated and therefore her survival was more useful to it than an act of grandiloquent suicide. Some of her enemies amongst the Front - and as a woman and a neophyte fascist nonetheless elevated to the cabinet, she had more than a few - charged her with insubordination, suggesting that she desired to be captured rather than go into exile or had even been negotiating with the Bolsheviks.

But the reality was that she was fighting an enemy far more contemptible than DeWitt or his paymasters. Despite her exhortations, the Bruxellois had capitulated with rapidity, not only failing to resist the horde but even inviting them in. She did not begrudge their decision - but she would make them pay for it. Tirelessly, what loyalists she had at her command had plundered the city, a constant machine of destruction that, as the war grew ever more forlorn, became desperate and animalistic. Nothing was spared. A city could not be dismantled in a fortnight, but it could certainly be mangled. There was no malice in her act, vindictive as it was. Brussels had rebelled against Fascist enlightenment, and so it was punished - that was the way of things.

Perhaps fearing that she would not see her cabinet colleagues for some time, if ever again, she had hastily composed a letter, which one of her staff conveyed to the Leader's headquarters. It would thus reach Africa almost a month before it's author:


My Leader,

Know that the withdrawal from the fatherland has done nothing to diminish my confidence in your leadership nor of the prospects of the movement. Every conqueror has experienced such early setbacks; even the great Alexander was once a wandering exile, and the mighty Caesar a prisoner of pirates. These men did not mourn their losses; they learned from them. The final victory is always greater for the hardships and obstacles that preceded it.

If I you shall pardon my expression, the movement deserved to lose Belgium. No excuse can be made for our failure based on the sabotage of internal agents or the limping passivity of the people, legitimate as these complaints are. A conqueror does not lament his enemies; he crushes them. And we manifestly failed in this necessity. We succoured the idea that the Fascist triumph could be achieved within the constraints of an invidious, demoralising system. We flattered the liberal monarchy with our patronage and occupied the existing institutions. We sought collaboration, consensus and compromise. Inevitably, the softening of our militancy disappointed our followers, while these institutions - designed from the onset as perpetuators of the liberal consensus - soon spurned us. Is it any surprise that the people who celebrated our righteous opposition grew disillusioned when we embroiled ourselves in the hateful bodies which we once condemned?

But as I say, errors exist to be rectified. And rectification must begin at once. Unlike the precedents I have cited, we do not retreat into exile or captivity. You are still the master of an entire continent: Africa. If this appears a poor substitute for Brussels, recall that Caesar began as governor of a single Gaulish province and rose to command an empire. In Africa, the Fascist project may begin in earnest. There is no room now for collaboration, dilution of principle and faintness of heart; such counterproductive instincts have been rightfully detached by experience. Unencumbered by these evils, we stand to achieve greatness.

First, we must recognise greatness. As I predicted, the Arenberg dynast rejected our mandate and aligned himself with the Wyngaertist-Bolshevist conspirators. But if he preserved his throne in Brussels, he has forfeited it in Africa. Now is the time to declare your absolute rule. If the purity of the movement is to be recovered, it must start at the very summit. No more petty kings uselessly encrusting the State; no more effeminate, undeserving families demanding respect by right of their distant forefathers. You have conquered Africa - now put it in words. In the language of our worthy ancestors, there is a powerful word, Allwoldend, meaning "all-ruling one". Make yourself the Allwoldend of Africa.

If you shall pardon my failure to deliver you the fatherland, I hope to continue to serve as your loyal servant in the capacity you have provided for me. I shall turn these squalid African lands into an engine of labour and industry. The fruits of conquest shall continue to fuel the cause. Though impoverished in people and culture, this land is rich in natural treasure - enough to sustain the war effort in perpetuity. And so we shall demonstrate that even when saddled with inferior Negro stock and barbarous climate, this movement shall still eclipse backward Bolshevists and their liberal facilitators.

Please bear to accept these modest expressions of consideration from your obedient servant.



With fraternal regards,

Roni Vandermeer​
 

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I fully endorse this proposal by Gerrard van Pinsteren. While the king supported us against coups time after time, the coups were all coups to make the monarchy absolute, which would have caused a dictatorship. If we would only have one king supporting the Beauffort or the Fascist coups, Belgium would be an absolute monarchy now. Having no king, can make sure this doesn't happen.

- Kristina van den Berg
 

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I fully endorse this proposal by Gerrard van Pinsteren. While the king supported us against coups time after time, the coups were all coups to make the monarchy absolute, which would have caused a dictatorship. If we would only have one king supporting the Beauffort or the Fascist coups, Belgium would be an absolute monarchy now. Having no king, can make sure this doesn't happen.

- Kristina van den Berg

The Kings of Belgium have always been a reasonable, moderating force in Belgian politics. To abolish their office in these turbulent political times would be a very poor idea, to say the least.

- Valérie van der Wyngaert
 

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I fully endorse this proposal by Gerrard van Pinsteren. While the king supported us against coups time after time, the coups were all coups to make the monarchy absolute, which would have caused a dictatorship. If we would only have one king supporting the Beauffort or the Fascist coups, Belgium would be an absolute monarchy now. Having no king, can make sure this doesn't happen.

- Kristina van den Berg

On the contrary, Mdme Berg, the stability you tell us His Majesty and his predecessors have provided would simply not have been there without the institution of the monarchy. Time and again the loyalty Belgian monarchs have shown to the ideals of liberty and freedom and to the very people they serve have proved the worth of this institution. Granting the head of state to politicians rather than the able and neutral men who have held this position does not increase stability or make coup attempts less likely - it is another step along the line to the dictatorship you are so afraid of. Removing the monarchy would be a grave mistake at a time when the country is already on the brink of falling apart. I will state this categorically: should the Prime Minister decide to endorse this proposal and allow its passage, the Liberal Democratic Party will have no place in her government.

~ Adélaïde, Duchess of Benin
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On the contrary, Mdme Berg, the stability you tell us His Majesty and his predecessors have provided would simply not have been there without the institution of the monarchy. Time and again the loyalty Belgian monarchs have shown to the ideals of liberty and freedom and to the very people they serve have proved the worth of this institution. Granting the head of state to politicians rather than the able and neutral men who have held this position does not increase stability or make coup attempts less likely - it is another step along the line to the dictatorship you are so afraid of. Removing the monarchy would be a grave mistake at a time when the country is already on the brink of falling apart. I will state this categorically: should the Prime Minister decide to endorse this proposal and allow its passage, the Liberal Democratic Party will have no place in her government.

~ Adélaïde, Duchess of Benin
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Should the Liberal Democratic Party find no place in the current Goverment, the BSU would be happy to take her place.

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Should the Liberal Democratic Party find no place in the current Goverment, the BSU would be happy to take her place.

Father Gerrard van Prinsterer

Such a government would mean the end of Belgium as we know it today, alienating the right-wing amongst the population even further and paving the way for a second revolt to take full control. I must remind Father Van Prinsterer and any others who would support Republicanism out of principle that abolishing the Monarchy now, in these turbulent times, will take away a key aspect of this government's legitimacy. You must remember how it were the King's radio broadcasts which kept the people aware of the dangers of Fascism, and how many coups in our history have been prevented by royal intervention.

Should we ever become a Republic? Perhaps. But not now, and certainly not a Federal Republic. Further division between Flanders and Wallonia is the last thing we need.
 

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This Republican proposal has several deficits. Of the more notable ones are the following:

1. It does not provide for a method to elect the President. This could be regulated in normal law, but it would be inconsistent with how similarly important institutions are regulated in the Constitution—see especially Chapter 6 therein.

2. The addition of "Federal" to the name of Belgium without a corresponding change in the internal divisions within the country is unnecessary and meaningless.

3. The proposal is inconsistent with itself. For example, the proposed changes to chapter 1, article 5 are inconsistent with the appendix containing the Constitution as it would look after the changes. I assume that the appendix is meant to simply provide something to look at and that it is not actually what is supposed to be implemented (for then what would be the reason for including separate parts in the proposal detailing the exact changes?).

4. Also of note is that the provided appendix changes articles that are not supposed to be changed by the proposal. E.g. changing "healthcare" in chapter 2, article 15 to "Health Care". As stated above in p. 3, the appendix is likely not meant to be the proposal in itself—simply a demonstration.

5. The formatting of the proposal is inconsistent. It has a separate part laying out which articles will be entirely removed, yet it also seems to remove article 2–4 in chapter 12, despite those not being in the "to-be-removed" part.

6. The proposed wording for chapter 3, article 4 speaks of a "Chancellor". However, nowhere in the proposal is it explained what the powers and objectives etc. that this position is supposed to have. In fact, I cannot recall seeing that title except for the one time in chapter 3, article 4.

7. I also question the wiseness of annexing Belgian Occupied France. Of note is that the proposal does not provide for any Constitutional standing for the two regions which that territory encompasses. The regions in the proposal are still only Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels, since it does not change the article containing that.

8. Even though I have already concluded that the appendix is in all likelihood to be seen as an example than the proposal itself, I would like to note that in its chapter 10, article 7 it refers to a "Belgian Federal Civil Service". Such an institution does not currently exist, which would create problems were this proposals order to replace all "Royal" with "Republican" or "Federal" followed unconditionally. The Belgian Royal Civil Service, which the current chapter 11, article 7 refers to, is an independent institution that was created by its own act, namely the late Jacques-Anne, Marquis de Beauffort's Independence of the Civil Service Act of 1841.


I hope I do not need to state why the latter two proposals are impractical and all in all badly worded. They speak of delusions of grandeur that would come from Fascists. You cannot change the state of another country by passing a law on them. There is no way to enforce it other than by war, and we have had enough of those. They are also very inconsistently formatted. They include a list of actions and then a "Constitutional Changes" list ... but the first list includes a great deal of constitutional changes for both of the proposals that are not included in the latter list.

They also speak of adding new ministries, which seems to needlessly alter chapter 5, article 6–7 needlessly; it encroaches on the power of the PM to appoint his own cabinet. The proposals also seem to simultaneously add the magically annexed territories as new regions (which gives them a Minister of State to represent their assemblies in the Government, in accordance with chapter 11, article 5, paragraph 1, p. 3) and also give them their own Ministries for no reason—separate to their regional representative.

Also of note is that the second of these two proposals—the Colonial Acceptance Act—grants the colonial populace the right to directly elect their Minister (I assume that this is supposed to refer to the newly added Ministries, as opposed to the representative that is the Minister of State), which runs counter to the current wording of chapter 11, article 5, paragraph 1, p. 3.

All in all, these two latter proposals have not thoroughly been thought through and seems to me to carry a slight stench of Fascist megalomania.

—Suive Opiniâtrement les Régles
 
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Such a government would mean the end of Belgium as we know it today, alienating the right-wing amongst the population even further and paving the way for a second revolt to take full control. I must remind Father Van Prinsterer and any others who would support Republicanism out of principle that abolishing the Monarchy now, in these turbulent times, will take away a key aspect of this government's legitimacy. You must remember how it were the King's radio broadcasts which kept the people aware of the dangers of Fascism, and how many coups in our history have been prevented by royal intervention.

Should we ever become a Republic? Perhaps. But not now, and certainly not a Federal Republic. Further division between Flanders and Wallonia is the last thing we need.
You talk about alienating the right wing? Well, I think that's exactly what last government did, and not only the right, but also the left. So that is not a valid argument. The king stopped 3 coups if I remember correctly, but all of those were to install an absolute monarchy. Monarchism leads to extremism more then republicanism does.

- Kristina van den Berg
 

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This Republican proposal has several deficits. Of the more notable ones are the following:

1. It does not provide for a method to elect the President. This could be regulated in normal law, but it would be inconsistent with how similarly important institutions are regulated in the Constitution—see especially Chapter 6 therein.

((It will be a modren preferential voting system.))

2. The addition of "Federal" to the name of Belgium without a corresponding change in the internal divisions within the country is unnecessary and meaningless.

((If a Government has ministers that serve as leaders of regions, the correct term of such a government is decentralized or Federal. My choice was Federal. It does not implicate that the Government will be more or less centralized.))

3. The proposal is inconsistent with itself. For example, the proposed changes to chapter 1, article 5 are inconsistent with the appendix containing the Constitution as it would look after the changes. I assume that the appendix is meant to simply provide something to look at and that it is not actually what is supposed to be implemented (for then what would be the reason for including separate parts in the proposal detailing the exact changes?).

((If you remove Chapter 1, Article 2; Article 5 will become 4, but because I don't want to irritate everyone I have changed it.))

4. Also of note is that the provided appendix changes articles that are not supposed to be changed by the proposal. E.g. changing "healthcare" in chapter 2, article 15 to "Health Care". As stated above in p. 3, the appendix is likely not meant to be the proposal in itself—simply a demonstration.

((I was learned that it was spelled Health Care, and it just looks a lot more majestic))

5. The formatting of the proposal is inconsistent. It has a separate part laying out which articles will be entirely removed, yet it also seems to remove article 2–4 in chapter 12, despite those not being in the "to-be-removed" part.

((It stood in the changes. The whole of the President (or Monarch) paragrahp was changed; not only the first one, so it was not technically removed, it was changed, but I will put it on the Removed list.))

6. The proposed wording for chapter 3, article 4 speaks of a "Chancellor". However, nowhere in the proposal is it explained what the powers and objectives etc. that this position is supposed to have. In fact, I cannot recall seeing that title except for the one time in chapter 3, article 4.
((Forgot to change it))

7. I also question the wiseness of annexing Belgian Occupied France. Of note is that the proposal does not provide for any Constitutional standing for the two regions which that territory encompasses. The regions in the proposal are still only Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels, since it does not change the article containing that.

((Was Sealy's change, I have removed it. Thanks for noticing))

8. Even though I have already concluded that the appendix is in all likelihood to be seen as an example than the proposal itself, I would like to note that in its chapter 10, article 7 it refers to a "Belgian Federal Civil Service". Such an institution does not currently exist, which would create problems were this proposals order to replace all "Royal" with "Republican" or "Federal" followed unconditionally. The Belgian Royal Civil Service, which the current chapter 11, article 7 refers to, is an independent institution that was created by its own act, namely the late Jacques-Anne, Marquis de Beauffort's Independence of the Civil Service Act of 1841.

((Made changes))


I hope I do not need to state why the latter two proposals are impractical and all in all badly worded. They speak of delusions of grandeur that would come from Fascists. You cannot change the state of another country by passing a law on them. There is no way to enforce it other than by war, and we have had enough of those. They are also very inconsistently formatted. They include a list of actions and then a "Constitutional Changes" list ... but the first list includes a great deal of constitutional changes for both of the proposals that are not included in the latter list.

They also speak of adding new ministries, which seems to needlessly alter chapter 5, article 6–7 needlessly; it encroaches on the power of the PM to appoint his own cabinet. The proposals also seem to simultaneously add the magically annexed territories as new regions (which gives them a Minister of State to represent their assemblies in the Government, in accordance with chapter 11, article 5, paragraph 1, p. 3) and also give them their own Ministries for no reason—separate to their regional representative.

((I keep all my proposals in one big file, I excidenlty copied the proposal to create the FRoGLL too))

Also of note is that the second of these two proposals—the Colonial Acceptance Act—grants the colonial populace the right to directly elect their Minister (I assume that this is supposed to refer to the newly added Ministries, as opposed to the representative that is the Minister of State), which runs counter to the current wording of chapter 11, article 5, paragraph 1, p. 3.

((Chapter 11 is military matters, so if you could link me what you mean; would be wonderfull))
 
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Such a government would mean the end of Belgium as we know it today, alienating the right-wing amongst the population even further and paving the way for a second revolt to take full control. I must remind Father Van Prinsterer and any others who would support Republicanism out of principle that abolishing the Monarchy now, in these turbulent times, will take away a key aspect of this government's legitimacy. You must remember how it were the King's radio broadcasts which kept the people aware of the dangers of Fascism, and how many coups in our history have been prevented by royal intervention.

Should we ever become a Republic? Perhaps. But not now, and certainly not a Federal Republic. Further division between Flanders and Wallonia is the last thing we need.

You talk about alienating the right wing? Well, I think that's exactly what last government did, and not only the right, but also the left. So that is not a valid argument. The king stopped 3 coups if I remember correctly, but all of those were to install an absolute monarchy. Monarchism leads to extremism more then republicanism does.

- Kristina van den Berg

I might also add, if I may, Kristina, that the right wing betrayed the liberals' minority government. A good half of the CCU sided with the Fascist scum. The CCU cast its lot in with the traitors. Need I remind us of the tawdry pretender to the Belgian throne?

Therefore, you liberals have absolutely no mandate to try to protect the interests of the right wing. It's ridiculous to claim that we would alienate the right further-- the right has alienated itself! They threw the coup!

Yet, has there ever been a coup to establish a republic?
 

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I might also add, if I may, Kristina, that the right wing betrayed the liberals' minority government. A good half of the CCU sided with the Fascist scum. The CCU cast its lot in with the traitors. Need I remind us of the tawdry pretender to the Belgian throne?

Therefore, you liberals have absolutely no mandate to try to protect the interests of the right wing. It's ridiculous to claim that we would alienate the right further-- the right has alienated itself! They threw the coup!

Yet, has there ever been a coup to establish a republic?
Once. That coup lacked support of the republicans, because it was undemocratic.

- Kristina van den Berg
 

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I might also add, if I may, Kristina, that the right wing betrayed the liberals' minority government. A good half of the CCU sided with the Fascist scum. The CCU cast its lot in with the traitors. Need I remind us of the tawdry pretender to the Belgian throne?

Therefore, you liberals have absolutely no mandate to try to protect the interests of the right wing. It's ridiculous to claim that we would alienate the right further-- the right has alienated itself! They threw the coup!

Yet, has there ever been a coup to establish a republic?

Yes, there has been.
 

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((It will be a modren preferential voting system.))



((If a Government has ministers that serve as leaders of regions, the correct term of such a government is decentralized or Federal. My choice was Federal. It does not implicate that the Government will be more or less centralized.))



((If you remove Chapter 1, Article 2; Article 5 will become 4, but because I don't want to irritate everyone I have changed it.))



((I was learned that it was spelled Health Care, and it just looks a lot more majestic))



((It stood in the changes. The whole of the President (or Monarch) paragrahp was changed; not only the first one, so it was not technically removed, it was changed, but I will put it on the Removed list.))


((Forgot to change it))



((Was Sealy's change, I have removed it. Thanks for noticing))



((Made changes))




((I keep all my proposals in one big file, I excidenlty copied the proposal to create the FRoGLL too))



((Chapter 11 is military matters, so if you could link me what you mean; would be wonderfull))

((When I write "current wording" or anything other than the "proposed wording" I am referring to the current Constitution. Hence, chapter 11 is not f.ex. military matters. Furthermore, the Ministers of State are not leaders of regions, they are representatives. They are effectively powerless (with the caveat that the Flemish one might have some powers, though I don't remember atm). Furthermore, the regions are not federal in character—they rather more resemble Swedish internal divisions, being wholly subservient to the central state (though the Flemish region has cracked that a bit) (it also must be said that the Swedish internal divisions are not totally subservient either). Lastly, when commenting on, was it chapter 1, article 5? I was commenting on your appended new wording as implemented into the Constitution, not the current constitution, as evident by the specification that Suive was referring to the "proposed changes".))
 

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Therefore, you liberals have absolutely no mandate to try to protect the interests of the right wing.

I'm sorry sir, I can't quite see your majority. Perhaps you'd like to show me your mandate to do otherwise?

Furthermore, why in God's name has the right wing got anything to do with all of this? Are liberals not allowed to be monarchists?

~Paul St. Cloud
 

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You talk about alienating the right wing? Well, I think that's exactly what last government did, and not only the right, but also the left. So that is not a valid argument. The king stopped 3 coups if I remember correctly, but all of those were to install an absolute monarchy. Monarchism leads to extremism more then republicanism does.

- Kristina van den Berg

The monarchy does not facilitate the desire for absolutists to seek an absolute regime. In a republic or in a monarchy militant absolutists will try and do their duty to Belgium and you talking like the monarchy is to blame is uniformed and more of a reason why socialists shouldn't be allowed in government.

If Belgium did not have a King the fascists would have one, end if story in fact with out a King we would have been a dictatorship since 1837. So why don't you learn your history you stupid woman before trying to pass laws that would facilitate the end of Belgium.

Senator Christian van de Velde, Count of Ypres
 

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Amedee delivers a speech on the Chamber steps

Citizens,

We have triumphed over the fascist monsters! We have lost a great many men and women to their evil schemes but in the end, we have won. Some of us had to do many a terrible act to win our freedom, but it was well worth it. Amedee smirks. It will take a great while to heal over the scars from this terrible civil war DeBroqueville and his Stormtroepem started, for it was perhaps even more devastating than the Flemish Rebellion and Great War due to the divisions the war opened in our society. Perhaps even more distressingly, it has cost all the good will the army had built up since the tremendous victory in the Great War, as it has shown us once again that Belgium's military leadership cannot be trusted.

But there is still work to be done. We must recapture Africa and Java. I propose the following bill:

THE TREASON ACT
-The BNF is declared to be a treasonous group and is outlawed
-All leaders of the fascist coup, including the false-king, are to be executed once captured for the crime of treason.

Hang DeBruqueville!
The crowd cheers
Hang deLannoy!
cheers
Hang Hang Pilon!
cheers
Hang Buskirk!
cheers
Hang Williams!
huzzah!

Long love the Red Legion, long live socialism, and long live Belgium!


Amedee later whispers to a socialist colleague while the republican issue is being debated in the Chamber

I am all for a republic, but I will not work too hard to push out the king. He is a hero for his actions these last few years.

-Amedee Dupointe
 

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I question the legality of the Treason Act, read as is. It implies that the fascists and their pretenders will not be given a just trial, simply executed once they are captured for the crime of treason. Must I remind my fellow party member that the Constitution guarantees everyone the right to a just trial (see Chapter 2, Article 8 and 9 of the Constitution)?

I would also like to point out the remark made earlier by a "Kaasist" in regards to banning groups and the relation of such an action to the right to assemble in Chapter 2, Article 5 of the Constitution—a right that shall not be abridged; at all. There is a bit of a conflict therein...

—Suive Opiniâtrement les Régles
 

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"A writ of attainder? At least the BNF tried people. And what's more, these Republicans are proving de Broqueville correct.:

-Sir Richard le Clement de Saint-Marcq,
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