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TIBURAN EMPIRE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
LEGAL COUNCIL OF THE STATE
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Advisory Opinion No. 123 of 2023
I. Summary Table

No.	123
Year	2023
Τitle	Immunity of deposits associated with Sparician labour and Anglisarian shipping from seizure or sanctions.
Presiding	KAMATEROS, Artemios
Rapporteur/ Opining	MICHALOPOULOS, Vasileios
Summary	The deposits made by any entity associated with the labour of Sparicians to Tiburian banks or with Anglisarian shipping involved in illegal activities against Tianese naval forces is immune from seizure or other sanctions under standard banking law, provided all such funds are drawn from activities carried out outside the Empire. No foreign government can subject such deposits to sanctions or cause their legal discovery.
Provisions	Laws 4261/2014 , 5072/2023 [...] Decree 1059/1971
Keywords	BANKING SECRECY, SANCTIONS, IMMUNITY OF DEPOSITS, PROCEEDS FROM UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY, GENERAL CIVIL LIABILITY, BANKING LAW
Status	Accepted

II. Memorandum of Law

At the request of MICHALOPOULOS, Vasileios (Judicial Councilor of the State, 3rd Class), a panel composed of [...] and KAMATEROS, Artemios (Vice-President of the Legal Council), who also presided over the panel, examined the following questions submitted to the Council by the Secretary of Justice: (i) Whether any deposits made in banks located or incorporated within the Empire by entities associated with the labour of Sparicians, provided that such labour has taken place outside the Empire in keeping with all applicable laws, can be legally discovered under applicable banking secrecy laws; (ii) whether the same can be done to any deposits associated with Anglisarian shipping firms involved in the recent attack upon Tianese warships in Bonaventura Bay (together with the deposits considered in question (i), "impugned deposits"); and (iii) whether any of the impugned deposits, in either case, can be subjected to foreign sanctions or be the subject of judicial recovery for wrongs committed outside the Empire.

The panel, after consulting the applicable laws, including Laws 4261/2014 and 5072/2023, which codify the operation of banks in the Tiburan Empire as well as the operation of Tiburan banks anywhere in the world, [...] and Decree 1059/1971, which governs banking secrecy in Tiburia, have concluded that, based on applicable legal precedent, discovery of deposits can only generally be done pursuant to an order of an Investigating Magistrate for wrongs committed within Tiburia, and only where the discovery of such deposits is instrumental to pursuing the wrongs in question, such that their non-discovery would frustrate the essence of the underlying law. Discovery of deposits can in no case be made where it would be merely incidental to the wrong in question. Moreover, in cases where the discovery of the deposits would, in se, deprive the depositor of any benefit earned by making the deposit in the Empire or in a Tiburan bank, or where the ultimate aim of the action might be the said discovery, partial and restricted discovery can be made only to the Investigating Magistrate, such that the complainant or opposing party would not be able to access the discovered information, including the existence of any deposits, and the Magistrate alone would access such information to evaluate it for the purposes of an investigation. [...]

Thus, for questions (i) and (ii), the Judicial Council must determine whether the above test is likely to be met to a standard satisfying a court of law. [...] Given that both scenarios concern deposits made from or associated with activities occurring outside the Empire, the test is failed at the very first prong, since banking secrecy cannot generally be lifted for such acts, and since none of the exceptions contemplated in Decree 1059/1971 seem to apply. [...]

Question (iii) thus seems immaterial, as deposits that cannot be legally discovered cannot also be subjected to legal penalties. [...]

For these reasons, the Council must answer questions (i), (ii) and (iii) in the negative.

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ΛΟΓΟΘΕΣΙΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΩΝ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΙΣ ΚΑΤΕΡΓΩΝ DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PENAL LABOUR CAMPS
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Inmate File No. 346010 [Top Secret]

Registry No.	346010
Classification	Top Secret
Name	TIVERIADES, Apostolos Nikolaou
Date & place of birth	11/09/1971, Scutari (Pera Theme)
Tax Registry No.	██████​
Identity Card No.	██████​
Religion	Orthodox Christian
Ethnicity	Pelasgian
Familial Status	Married with one (1) child of female gender
Date & place of admission	01/07/2011, Megali Xera Naval Fortress (Archipelago Theme)
Institution of detention	Megali Xera Naval Fortress (Archipelago Theme)
Transfers	- [--/--/2023] Temporary transfer to Krini (Lycaonia Theme) for consultation with the Imperial Secret Service.
Classification	A30 (Native - Political Offender - Perpetual Inmate)
Crimes	Pen. Cod. Arts. 191 (Public Misinformation), 170 (Insurrection), 153 (Lèse-Majesté), 148 (Espionage) [...]
Custody notes	- [--/--/201-]: Injured fellow inmate during altercation. Sentenced to four (4) months' additional penalty by Standing Admiralty Court for the Archipelago. - [--/--/201-]: Struck guard during altercation. Sentenced to nine (9) months' additional penalty by Standing Admiralty Court for the Archipelago. - [--/--/202-]: Escaped from custody during temporary transfer off-island by fleeing transport and swimming ashore. Recaptured aboard foreign-flagged commercial freighter while attempting to cross the Propontine Straits and to flee overseas on --/--/2023. Entered into conditional release agreement with the Procuratorate General on --/--/2023.
Status	Conditionally released; on parole (--/--/2023)
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You must be registered for see images ΕΠΙΣΗΜΗ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΤΙΒΥΡΑΙΩΝ​	You must be registered for see images OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TIBURAN EMPIRE​
28 Δεκεμβρίου 2023 | ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ | Ἀρ. Φύλλου 216​	28 December 2023 | PART I | Issue No. 216​
NOMOΣ ΥΠ’ ΑΡΙΘΜ. 5080 Τροποποίησις τοῦ νομικοῦ πλαισίου περὶ ἐργασιῶν πιστωτικῶν ἰδρυμάτων. ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ Δ΄ Ο ΚΟΜΝΗΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, ΠΙΣΤΟΣ ΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ Ἐκδίδομεν τὸν ἀκόλουθον ψηφισθέντὰ ὑπὸ τῆς Βουλῆς καὶ ἐγκριθέντα ὑπὸ τῆς Συγκλήτου νόμον: Ἄρθρον 1ον Νομοθετικαὶ τροποποιήσεις​ Τὸ Νομοθετικὸν Διάταγμα 1059 (ΦΕΚ Α΄ 270/23.12.1971) «Περὶ τοῦ ἀπορρήτου τῶν τραπεζικῶν καταθέσεων» τροποποιεῖται μετὰ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ ἀκολούθου ἄρθρου: « 29. Τήρησις τραπεζικοῦ ἀπορρήτου 29.-(1) Ἀπαγορεύεται εἰς ἄπαν μέλος διοικητικοῦ ὀργάνου, ἀνώτατον διοικητικὸν στέλεχος, διευθυντήν, λειτουργόν, ὑπάλληλον ἢ ἐκπρόσωπον ΑΠΙ καὶ εἰς οἱονδήποτε ἕτερον πρόσωπον ὅτι ἔχει μετὰ οἱουδήποτε τρόπου πρόσβασιν εἰς τὰ ἀρχεῖα ΑΠΙ τὸ παρέχειν, κοινοποιείν, ἀποκαλύπτειν ἢ πρὸς ἰδίον ὄφελος ἀξιοποιεὶν πάσα πληροφορίαν ἣτις σχετίζεται μετὰ τοῦ λογαριασμοῦ συγκεκριμένου πελάτου τοῦ ΑΠΙ, εἴτε ἑνόσω ἡ ἐργόδότησις ἢ ἡ ἐπαγγελματικὴ σχέσις του μετὰ τοῦ ΑΠΙ, ἀναλόγως τῆς περιπτώσεως, συνεχίζεται, εἴτε μετὰ τὸν τερματισμὸν αὐτῆς. (2) Τὸ ὑπ' ἀριθμὸν (1) ἐδάφιον οὐκ ἐφαρμόζεται ἐν ταῖς περιπτώσεσιν ὅπου: [...] (δ΄) παρέχονται εἰς τὰς ἀστυνομικὰς ἢ εἰσαγγελικὰς ἀρχὰς πληροφορίαι δυνάμει τῶν διατάξεων νόμου ὅστις ἀφορᾷ παρανόμους ἐνέργειας αἵτινες ἐτελέσθησαν ἐντὸς τῆς ἐπικρατείας ἢ αἵτινες ἀφορούσι τὰ καίρια διεθνὴ συμφέροντα τοῦ Κράτους ὠς αὐτὰ ἔχουσιν ὁρισθῇ ἐκ νόμου καὶ αἱ ἐν λόγῳ πράξεις σχετίζονται ἀμέσως μετὰ τῶν πληροφοριῶν ποὺ διαθέτει τὸ ΑΠΙ περὶ τοῦ ἐνδιαφερομένου προσώπου ἢ ἀπαιτεῖται ἡ κοινοποίησις αὐτῶν ἵνα μὴν ἐκφύγῃ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὁ ὑπαίτιος τῶν πράξεων αὐτῶν· [...] »​ Ἄρθρον 2ον Ἔναρξις ἰσχύος​ Ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ παρόντος ἄρχεται ἐκ τῆς δημοσιεύσεώς του ἐν τῇ Ἐπισήμῳ Ἐφημερίδι ἐκτὸς ἐὰν ὁρίζεται εἰδικοτέρως.​ ______ Παραγγέλλομεν τὴν δημοσίευσιν τοῦ παρόντος ἐν τῇ Ἐπισήμῳ Ἐφημερίδι καὶ τὴν ἐκτέλεσίν του ὠς νόμου τοῦ Κράτους. Ἐν Προποντίδι τῇ ΚΗ΄ Δεκεμβρίου ,ΒΚΓ΄ ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ Δ΄ Ο ΚΟΜΝΗΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΠΙΣΤΟΣ ΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΑ ΜΕΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ Ὁ Σακελλάριος ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΙΝΟΣ Ο ΜΑΞΙΜΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς Δικαιοσύνης Λογοθέτης ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛ Ο ΠΟΛΥΖΩΪΔΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Ἐσωτερικῶν Λογοθέτης ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Ο ΚΟΡΕΣΣΙΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ______ Ἐθεωρήθη καὶ ἐτέθη ἡ Μεγάλη τοῦ Κράτους Σφραγίς. Ἐν Προποντίδι τῇ ΚΗ΄ Δεκεμβρίου ,ΒΚΓ΄ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς Δικαιοσύνης Λογοθέτης ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛ Ο ΠΟΛΥΖΩΪΔΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ	LAW № 5080 Modification of the legal framework regarding the operation of financial institutions. THEODORE IV KOMNENOPOULOS, FAITHFUL-IN-CHRIST EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT We issue the following law, which has been approved by the Boule and the Senate: Article 1 Legislative amendments​ Legislative Decree 1059 (G.G.I. I 270/23.12.1971) "Respecting the confidentiality of bank deposits" is modified by the addition of the following article: "29. Maintenance of bank secrecy 29.-(1) It is prohibited to any member of an administrative body, superior officer, director, functionary, officer or representative of a financial institution and to any other person who has by any means access to the records of the financial institution to provide, publish, reveal or use for his own benefit any information that relates to the account of a specific client of the financial institution, either during his employment or professional relationship with the financial institution, as the case may be, or after the termination thereof. (2) Item (1) is inapplicable in cases where: [...] (iv) police or prosecutorial authorities are provided with information under the provisions of a law concerning unlawful activities committed within the national territory or which concern the vital international interests of the State as defined by a specific law and the activities in question relate specifically to the information possessed by the financial institution regarding the interested person or the publication thereof is required so that the person responsible for these activities does not escape justice; [...]"​ Article 2 Entry into force​ This law enters into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette unless otherwise provided for.​ ______ We order the publication of this law in the Official Gazette and its execution as a law of the State. Propontis, XXVIII December MMXXIII THEODORE IV KOMNENOPOULOS FAITHFUL-IN-CHRIST EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET COUNCIL The Sakellarios AVGOUSTINOS MAXIMOS, SON OF ANTONIOS The Secretary of Justice EMMANOUIL POLYZOÏDES, SON OF CHRISTOS The Secretary of the Interior IOANNES KORESSIOS, SON OF GEORGIOS ______ The Great Seal of the State was witnessed and affixed. Propontis, XXVIII December MMXXIII The Secretary of Justice EMMANOUIL POLYZOÏDES, SON OF CHRISTOS

 

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Constitutional Court
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Constitutional limits on issuance of imperial decrees with legislative content​

03/02/2024

ΣΔ 1/2024, In banco
Presiding: Tiverios Leontopoulos, P.C.C.*
Rapporteur: Stamatios Rangaves, V.P.C.C.*

Action petitioning the Court to declare that the power reserved to the Emperor to issue imperial decrees under Arts. 43-44 Const. is limited in scope to cases of emergency rendering ordinary legislative debate ineffective or in the approval of international treaties. Action further petitioning Court to find that use of imperial decree powers to enact ordinary legislation is unconstitutional. Petition denied on both counts by Court as lacking legal foundation.

Art. 43 Const. provides the Emperor with the general power to issue decrees when necessary, including for the enactment of bills approved by the Koinoboule, while Art. 44 Const. codifies the additional power of the Emperor to issue ordinances with legislative content, which may then be rejected by the Koinoboule within a period of forty days. Neither of those articles qualifies the Emperor's power to issue such decrees except through the words "that are necessary" (Art. 43) and "in cases where necessary ... upon recommendation of the Privy Council" (Art. 44). Thus, any argument that these articles strictly delimitate the Emperor's power to issue decrees to rare cases of emergency cannot be couched in the constitutional text itself. [...]

The argument then arises as to whether historical precedent and usage operate to create such a limitation upon the power in question. Since the earliest days of the Emperorship, the Emperors made frequent use of their legislative powers by issuing unilateral decrees, often without the approval of the Senate. Indeed, such fundamental acts as the Edict of Religious Toleration, which paved the way for the transformation of the Empire into a Christian civilisation, and the Code of Civil Law, as well as the subsequent Basilica that formed the basis of Pelasgian civil law until the introduction of the modern Civ. Cod., were enacted in this way. No historical record of any serious contestation of this power exists until the 19th century, when various academics seeking to mimic foreign trends sought to retroactively import a doctrine of the need for legislative enactments to be approved by a representative assembly. The result, then, of those opinions was the creation of the Boule, which still had no power to limit the enactment of laws via decree except where they concerned laws affecting the budget. [...] Art. 44 was introduced in 1971, following the Restoration, as a way of increasing parliamentary oversight over legislative work by the Throne; however, nowhere in the records of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of 1971 is there any mention of the abolition of the Emperor's concurrent legislative prerogative. There is merely mention, clearly of a minority view, of the need to gradually merge the distinct and equally valid legislative powers of the Emperor and the Boule. [...] In truth, any pretention of the limitations of Arts. 43-44 upon the power to issue decrees only arose in the 2010s, due to the increasingly frequent use (by the standards of recent decades, and not of Pelasgia's two-thousand-year-long constitutional history) of this power by the Government. [...] The majority academic view remains that the power, even if increasingly resisted by a minority of the Boule, persists (Papadopoulos & Raptis, Modes of Legislation, 2nd ed. (Propontis U. Press, 2020), pp. 77-119; Markou, Stavrides and Harmenopoulos, The Prerogative Powers of the Throne (Thermi U. Press, 2019), pp. 47-58). [...] It cannot be then said that the power has been subjected to a historical evolution that would justify its limitation to emergencies only.

With regard to Arts. 73-76 Const., these provisions codify the Boule's legislative competencies and are irrelevant to those of the Emperor. [...] Any pretention that the use of prerogative powers explicitly recognised in Arts. 43-44 Const. operates to nullify or limit Arts. 73-76 Const., when such use is justified both by the wording of the provisions in question, their historical evolution and majority academic opinion, is unsubstantiated and illogical. The Constitution cannot be held to have been drafted to cancel itself out but it must be read as a whole designed to operate harmoniously. [...]

For these reasons, the Court concluded that the conclusions sought in the petition are legally unfounded in so far as Arts. 43-44 and 73-76 Const. are concerned. The Court affirmed that the Emperor retains the power to issue decrees with legislative content when necessary, with necessity being determined by the Emperor at the advice of the Privy Council, as with other prerogative powers.
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*P.C.C. (Π.Σ.Δ.) and V.P.C.C. (Α.Π.Σ.Δ.) stand for "President of the Constitutional Court" and "Vice President of the Constitutional Court", respectively.

 

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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ ΠΕΛΑΣΓΩΝ PELASGIAN EMPIRE
ΛΟΓΟΘΕΣΙΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΩΝ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑ ΚΡΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑΣ STATE SECURITY SERVICE
Λεωφ. Βασιλέων 4, Τ.Κ. 10671 ΠΡΟΠΟΝΤΙΣ
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Internal Communication No. 2024-02-03/17 [Top Secret]

Classification:	Top Secret (A1)
Urgency:	High
From:	Central Command
To:	- Counterintelligence Directorate (I) - Counterterrorism & Constitutional Protection Directorate (II) - Economic Security Directorate (III) - Border Security Directorate (VI)
CC:	- Imperial Politarchy Corps Liasion Office - National Guard Liaison Office - Coast Guard Liaison Office - Foreign Intelligence Service Liaison Office
Date:	03/02/2024, 23:33 (Propontis Standard Time)
Subject:	Heightened Security Risks of INTC​
Message:	The Government has determined, at the advice of the Exterior Secretary, that growing international opposition by the global environmentalist movement poses a heightened security risk for the Inova-Nauplia Transit Corridor (INTC). Groups affiliated with the European Conservationist Alliance (ECA) are of particular concern, given their broad base which includes radical associations, and their open and early opposition to the INTC, apparently even before the project's official public announcement. This suggests broad institutional connections in several countries, potentially including Pelasgia itself. Given the risk of infiltration and information leaks, the Directorate I has been authorised and instructed to investigate any potential leakers within the state apparatus and to punish them to the fullest extent possible. Additionally, Directorate III is directed to increase its security activities for individuals, groups, facilities, organisations and locations associated with the INTC, in order to prevent disruptions, infiltration and other inhibitions of their work. The Liaison Offices with the Imperial Politarchy Corps and the National Guard will assist in coordinating these activities with law enforcement. Directorate II is to actively monitor the activities of all environmental groups, both international and local, for potential terroristic activities, which shall be taken to mean all unlawful acts seeking to obstruct the INTC. It must be understood that the INTC has been designated as a crucial economic project of national importance under the Counterterrorist Law (N. 32/2004), allowing us significant leeway in protecting it. Localist groups and unions or associations of groups voicing their opposition (particularly tourist agents and fishermen) are to also be monitored. International monitoring activities must be coordinated with the Foreign Intelligence Service via the liaison office. Directorate V is to coordinate with the National Guard and Coast Guard to actively monitor the movements of any suspected groups of individuals toward the national border and to deny them entry if it is sought. When a clear and active threat or significant risk is detected, information may be forwarded to our counterparts in @Remuria to allow them to respond in advance of the materialisation of any risk. Such disclosures will have to be directly authorised by Central Command.​
Attachments:	- INTC key sites, stakeholders and personnel (zip) - Known ECA members and affiliates (zip) - ECA file (zip) - Achthmonia Theme groups and individuals of interest (zip) - Caria Theme groups and individuals of interest (zip)
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Minutes of the Privy Council Meeting of 22 February 2024

Presiding: His Imperial Majesty
Clerk: The Secretary of the Privy Council, Mr. Adamantios Alexiades (Magister of the Ambassadors)
Attendance: The Hon. Mr. Chrysanthos Photiades (Grand Secretary); the Hon. Mr. Theophrastos Phokas (Foreign Secretary); the Hon. Mr. Apostolos Koressios (Interior Secretary); Megas Doux Nikephoros Andrianopoulos (Secretary of the Military); the Hon. Mr. Avgoustinos Maximos (Chancellor); Lt. Gen. Tiverios Poulopoulos (Chief, General Staff of the Armed Forces); Gen. (ret.) Gregorios Phassianos (Commander, State Security Service); Amb. Nikolaos Stergiades (Commander, Foreign Intelligence Service) [...]​

The attending Councilors were called to order at 11 a.m. by the Clerk, having been convened by a notice conveyed by the same at the Order issued by His Imperial Majesty at the recommendation of Messrs. Photiades and Phokas. His Imperial Majesty entered and was solemnly greeted by all with the requisite respect, before taking his seat at the head of the Councilors and declaring the meeting to be open.

At the direction of His Imperial Majesty, the Clerk read out a summary of the matters to be discussed at the meeting and of the cause for which it had been convened. Namely, geopolitical developments near Pelasgia and political developments within the State Territory had given cause for great alarm regarding both the security of the State and the stability of the immediate region surrounding its frontiers. The brewing crisis in @Ebria following the putschist declaration by the Armed Forces of that country, as well as the likely response by many actors outside the region, threaten to undermine the stability of the Meridian Union, and to open the door to foreign intervention and the potential of a hostile regime on the Meridian. Moreover, significant and growing activism by Communist and other far-left forces poses an active threat to the established social regime and Pelasgia's efforts to consolidate the Nation behind the purpose of national rejuvenation, rearmament and autarky, particularly in view of the rising possibility of a regional war that might inevitably draw Pelasgia in.

Following the reading of this text, the Clerk acknowledge Mr. Photiades, who was given right of first word in light of his having tendered to His Imperial Majesty the advice that led to this meeting. [...] Mr. Photiades stressed that, with regard to the question of the Ebrian Crisis, there were three policy goals that should underlie all Pelasgian policy: (i) the prevention of the establishment of any Communistic or Socialistic regime on the Meridian Sea, especially one with any significant naval force or ability to control maritime traffic in the region; (ii) the maintenance of a broadly conservative political structure, either in the form of a Constitutional Monarchy as in the current regime or of a more absolute monarchy or military dictatorship under the auspices of the Ebrian Military, in the whole or the vast majority of the Ebrian national territory; and (iii) the moderation of any inroads by any external power, particularly consisting of the prevention of the establishment of any puppet regime thereof or any permanent military bases in Ebria. These points all essentially coalesce into a general goal of maintaining the balance of power in the region. This would also include preventing any gains at the expense of Ebria by other regional actors that do not align with our interests, though this seems unlikely at present. [...] Having explained these essential interests, and the reasoning therebehind, Mr. Photiades asked for Mr. Phokas to address the meeting regarding the foreign policy means available to Pelasgia on this issue.

Mr. Phokas explained that there seemed to be three main currents of thought that were gradually transforming into factions in Ebria: (i) the hard-right Military Faction led by General Aníbal Durrán; (ii) the moderate-conservative Loyalist Faction led by the official Government; and (iii) the hard-left faction, identified with the Labour Unions and the Socialist parties. The Imperial Government has already offered the support of the Pelasgian Far Southern Company to Gen. Durrán, which can, if necessary, be used as a cover for the transfer of Pelasgian military advisors, limited numbers of personnel and various levels of materiel to the region. This was the model previously used with success in Pannonia, giving Pelasgia plausible deniability and legal coverage, while ensuring the respect of its fundamental objectives. This decision was made due to the unclear cohesion and uncertain stability of the Loyalist Faction; nevertheless, if the Loyalist Faction proves durable and as committed to opposing foreign vassalisation and the establishment of a communist regime in Ebria as the Military Faction, Pelasgia might find it preferable to support both it and the militarists with arms, materiel, intelligence, personnel and funds, as may be possible, in order to ensure the stability of Ebria. Pelasgia's primary interest is in ensuring the Ebria does not become a foreign vassal, especially of a power outside the region; that it retains all or most of its territory; and that it does not fall under a regime that is any more left-wing or liberal than the current centre-right conservative constitutional monarchy. Though the establishment of a hard-right regime might align with Pelasgia's own regime and reinforce our ties with the Meridian Union, the cost of regime might be too dear for such a development; as such, this should only be considered a second preferred outcome, if the Loyalist centre proves unable to hold or if the current regime is otherwise exploited by a power contrary to our interests. [...] Mr. Phokas recommended that Pelasgia liaise with both the Militarists and the Loyalists as the situation develops to offer its aid. He then gave the floor to the Megas Doux, regarding the military aspects of the situation.

The Megas Doux explained that while the PFSC could act as an intermediate step in providing on-the-ground support, a broader regional conflict might catch Pelasgian off-guard and prevent it from responding effectively, something that only the official military has the capability to do. To this end, the Megas Doux proposed the partial mobilisation of the Pelasgiam Imperial Army, Navy and Air Force in the Themes of the Haemus Peninsula, as well as in the Archipelago and around the Meridian and the Propontine Straits. The Megas Doux explained that while land forces would likely not need to be involved in any conflict to a significant degree, the naval and aerial components will need to be able to respond effectively to the possibility of Red Ebrian Fleet or even of a hostile navy's significant presence in the Meridian. They might also be used to render aid to forces in Ebria that Pelasgia is aligned with, and they could also be relied upon the defend the Straits if need be. To that end, coastal batteries and rapid response forces of the Army should be activated near Propontis, the Meridian Straits and the Oscodemon, Optimatoi and Pera Themes in case of any attack upon the Straits. [...] The Megas Doux reaffirmed that Pelasgia must avoid being drawn into a war while it purses its internal modernisation policies and its broader Himyari-focused strategy. [...]

Mr. Maximos seconded the Megas Doux's point regarding the avoidance of entry into a war, given that the Government's long-term economic plans, carried over from the previous long-running administration, are still underway, and that global economic instability requires careful management of the Empire's funds and income sources, of which the massive Pelasgian Merchant Marine is a primary source. At the same time, the security of the Meridian Sea shipping routes is for that reason paramount. [...]

Amb. Stergiades explained that the Foreign Intelligence Service intends to set up links with the Militarist and Loyalist factions using existing contacts on the ground, and also to gain intelligence regarding far-left activity. [...] Intelligence regarding any external involvement in the region so far is unclear, but all signs of which should be monitored closely nonetheless. [...]

Turning to the issue of internal political security, Mr. Koressios affirmed that, having consulted with Gen. Phassianos and Amb. Stergiades, as well as the heads of the various security services, he considered the threat to primarily concern a global effort by the far left to simultaneously challenge multiple conservative regimes at once. He thus advocated a merciless crackdown on far-left and hard-left groups, including both parliamentary factions and other associations. The model proposed would follow closely that used by the Krypteia to break up the Socialist Workers' Party into two in the 1950s: using contacts within the more radical wing of the party to agitate for more drastic policies and actions, and then using those policies as an excuse to crack down. The recent strike in Ebria presents an example, while divisions on membership in the Workers' International present a triple faultline along the three major factions of the Party. [...] At the same time, Mr. Koressios noted that such an operation must be carefully undertaken, as, if not arrested early and exercised in a control fashion, the "planned fire" could spiral out of control into a "wildfire" that might grip the whole nation with revolutionary fervour. [...]

With all matters concluded, and after a motion to that effect was supported by all, the Clerk requested leave from His Imperial Majesty to conclude the meeting. Such leave having been given, the Clerk then adjourned the Council at 7:44 pm.​

 

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Internal Communication No. 2024-02-26/0001 [Top Secret]

Classification:	Top Secret (A1)
Urgency:	High
From:	General Staff of the Armed Forces
To:	- Army General Staff - Navy General Staff -Air Force General Staff
CC:	- National Guard Nat'l HQ - Coast Guard Nat'l HQ
Date:	26/02/2024, 05:23 (Propontis Standard Time)
Subject:	General Mobilisation Order - Preparation for Martial Law​
Message:	His Imperial Majesty, at the advice of the Privy Council and at the request of Acting Grand Secretary and Exterior Secretary Phokas, has ordered the general mobilisation of all armed forces and the calling up of all reserves. You are hereby ordered to act accordingly. All forces should be prepared for an order of martial law to be issued within the coming days. In preparation therefor, the National Guard and Coast Guard are to be immediately transferred to the wartime jurisdiction of the Department of Military Affairs, under the operational command and control of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.​
Attachments:	- Imperial Decree (PDF)
Notes:	N/A

 

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PELASGIAN EMPIRE
STATE SECURITY SERVICE
IX GENERAL DIRECTORATE (STRATEGIC WEAPONS)

COMMUNICATION NO. 2024-03-03/03
TOP SECRET | MOST RAPID | MOST URGENT

FROM: IX Gen. Dir. HQ (Propontis)
TO: All strategic asset command stations, for general distribution
SUBJECT: Target list modification
DATE & TIME: 03/03/2024, 7:49:09 Propontis Standard Time
MESSAGE:

*** START OF MESSAGE ***

Due to realignment of the Empire's international alliance system and due to manifestations of hostile intent by certain foreign parties, the following locations are added to the list of key targets for strategic weapons:

The Federation of Westernesse
- Charleroi
- Baldwin Whitehall
- Saint Anthony
- Dyersport
- Anchorhead
- Whispering Winds
- Big Bend
- Perry's Landing
- Iqaluit
- Skagway
- Katovik
- Redstone
- Mackenzie
- McKay's Rocks
- Rennerdale
- Twin Echo
- Pike City
- Tiroe City
- Sutter Island
- Ellwood City
- Midway
- Aja (Polytopika)

Tianlong Republic
- Uicheon
[...]

Occidental Republic of Josepania
- Palmira
- Antioquía en Occidente
- Los Santos
- Río de Plata
- Valle del Carbon
- Puerto Cafetero
- Calva

All strategic readiness plans and pre-made targeting instructions are to be adjusted accordingly, such that these targets can be successfully acquired with strategic weapons if the need arises within the same delay and constraints as existing targets.

Per standard protocol, this message is to be destroyed following receipt.

AVE IMPERATOR - XP - IN HOC SIGNO VINCES

*** END OF MESSAGE ***​

 

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PELASGIAN EMPIRE
PELASGIAN IMPERIAL NAVY
NAVY GENERAL STAFF
DIVISION VII - STRATEGIC ASSETS

COMMUNICATION NO. 2024-03-18/001
TOP SECRET | MOST RAPID | MOST URGENT

FROM: Navy Gen. Staff HQ (Propontis)
TO: All SSBN units
SUBJECT: Immediate Deployment Orders
DATE & TIME: 18/03/2024, 6:45:00 Propontis Standard Time
MESSAGE:

*** START OF MESSAGE ***

All SSBN units are ordered to immediately leave port in full battle readiness and to await orders.

All ten (10) units (SSBN 1-10) are allocated to High Seas Command. All units are to transit off the coast of the Noks Free State and into the Thaumantic Ocean. From there on, the following movements are to be made:

SSBN 1 and 2 are to head to the South Thaumantic Ocean and to hide in its deepest, safest points.

SSBN 3, 4, 5 and 6 are to head to the North Thaumantic Ocean and to hide in its deepest, safest points.

SSBN 7, 8, 9 and 10 are to head south, to the Tip of Himyar, and then east, keeping completely clear of the Oite Sea and heading north from the Midori Sea into the depths of the Silk Seas, hiding in the deepest and safest points of that locale.

All units are to remain hidden, avoid detection, actively avoid foreign non-allied military and civilian vessels and to maintain the utmost silence. Defence readiness is raised to TITAN FOUR. Attack plans for designated targets are to be reviewed by all units.

All SSBN units are to await further orders upon arrival.

AVE IMPERATOR - XP - IN HOC SIGNO VINCES

*** END OF MESSAGE ***​

 

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3 Ἀπριλίου 2024 | ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ | Ἀρ. Φύλλου 47​	3 April 2024 | PART I | Issue No. 47​
ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΟΝ ΔΙΑΤΑΓΜΑ ΥΠ’ ΑΡΙΘΜ. 77 Διορισμὸς ὑπηρεσιακῆς κυβερνήσεως, διάλυσις τῆς Βουλῆς και προκήρυξις ἐκλογῶν. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Ο ΛΑΣΚΑΡΙΣ, ΠΙΣΤΟΣ ΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ Ἔχοντας ὑπ' ὅψιν: 1. Τὰς διατάξεις τῶν ἄρθρων 37, 38, 41 καὶ 43 τοῦ ἐν ἰσχύι Συντάγματος. 2. Τὰς διατάξεις τῶν ἡμετέρων ὑπ' ἀριθμ. 74, 75 καὶ 76 Διαταγμάτων τοῦ παραόντος ἔτους. 3. Τὴν ὠς ἐκ τῶν ἄνωθεν παραίτησιν τοῦ ἀειμνήστου Θεοφράστου Φωκᾶ καὶ τοῦ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ συστηθέντος Κυβερνητικοῦ Συμβουλίου. Κατόπιν εἰσηγήσεως τοῦ Ἀνακτοβολίου καὶ τῆς Κυβερνήσεως, ἀποφασίζομεν καὶ διατάζομεν: Ἄρθρον 1ον Διορισμὸς ὑπηρεσιακῆς κυβερνήσεως​ 1. Ὁ Ναύαρχος Σφραντζῆς Κωνσταντινός τοῦ Ἀντωνίου (Π.Ν.), ὅστις ἐπιτελεῖ καθήκοντα Ἀρχηγοῦ τοῦ Γενικοῦ Ἐπιτελείου Ναυτικοῦ, ἀποστρατεύεται ἀμέσως μετὰ τοῦ τιμητικοῦ βαθμοῦ τοῦ Ἀρχιναυάρχου. 2. Ὁ Ναύαρχος (ε.α.) Σφραντζῆς διορίζεται Μέγας Λογοθέτης καὶ τίθεται ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ Κυβερνητικοῦ Συμβουλίου. 3. Ἡ σύνθεσις τοῦ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ναυάρχου (ε.α.) Σφραντζοῦ Κυβερνητικοῦ Συμβουλίου ἔχει ὠς ἔπεται: (...)​ Ἄρθρον 2ον Διάλυσις τῆς Βουλῆς​ Διάλυεται ἡ Βουλὴ πρὸς διεξαγωγὴν ἐκλογῶν ἥτις θέλει ἀναδήξῃ καινὸν Βουλήν.​ Ἄρθρον 3ον Προκήρυξις ἐκλογῶν​ Αἱ ἐκλογαὶ τοῦ 2ου Ἄρθρου λήψονται χώραν τῇ 7ῃ τοῦ παρόντος μηνός.​ Ἄρθρον 4ον Ἔναρξις ἰσχύος​ Ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ παρόντος ἄρχεται ἐκ τῆς δημοσιεύσεώς του ἐν τῇ Ἐπισήμῳ Ἐφημερίδι.​ ______ Παραγγέλλομεν τὴν δημοσίευσιν τοῦ παρόντος ἐν τῇ Ἐπισήμῳ Ἐφημερίδι καὶ τὴν ἐκτέλεσίν του ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων τῶν Ἐσωτερικῶν καὶ τῶν Στρατιωτικῶν Λογοθετῶν. Ἐν Προποντίδι τῇ Γ΄ Ἀπριλίου ,ΒΚΔ΄ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Ο ΛΑΣΚΑΡΙΣ ΠΙΣΤΟΣ ΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΑ ΜΕΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Ἐξωτερικῶν Λογοθέτης καὶ Ἀντιπρόεδρος ΦΩΤΙΑΔΗΣ ΧΡΥΣΑΝΘΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΛΟΥΚΑ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τῶν Στρατιωτικῶν Λογοθέτης ΠΟΥΛΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Ἐσωτερικῶν Λογοθέτης ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Ο ΚΟΡΕΣΣΙΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ______ Ἐθεωρήθη καὶ ἐτέθη ἡ Μεγάλη τοῦ Κράτους Σφραγίς. Ἐν Προποντίδι τῇ Γ΄ Ἀπριλίου ,ΒΚΔ΄ Ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς Δικαιοσύνης Λογοθέτης ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛ Ο ΠΟΛΥΖΩΪΔΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ	IMPERIAL DECREE № 77 Appointment of a caretaker government, dissolution of the Boule and proclamation of elections. IOANNES LASKARIS, FAITHFUL-IN-CHRIST EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT Considering: 1. The provisions of articles 37, 38, 41 and 43 of the current Constitution. 2. The provisions of Our Decrees № 74, 75 and 76 of this year. 3. The resignation of the late Theophrastos Phokas and of the Cabinet Council constituted thereunder based on the above instruments. At the advice of the Privy Council and the Government, we decide and decree: Article 1 Appointment of a caretaker government​ 1. Admiral Konstantinos Sphrantzes, son of Antonios, (P.I.N.), who is currently serving as the Chief of the Navy General Staff, is retired immediately with the honorary rank of Grand Admiral. 2. Admiral (ret.) Sphrantzes is appointed Grand Secretary and placed at the head of the Cabinet Council. 3. The makeup of the Cabinet headed by Admiral (ret.) Sphrantzes is as follows: (...)​ Article 2 Dissolution of the Boule​ The Boule is dissolved with a view to holding elections for a new Boule.​ Article 3 Proclamation of elections​ The elections of Article 2 shall take place on the 7th day of this month.​ Article 4 Entry into force​ This decree enters into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.​ ______ We order the publication of these presents in the Official Gazette and their execution by Our Secretaries of the Interior and the Military. Propontis, III April MMXXIV IOANNES LASKARIS FAITHFUL-IN-CHRIST EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET COUNCIL The Secretary of the Exterior and Vice-President of the Council CHRYSANTHOS PHOTIADES, SON OF LOUKAS The Secretary of the Military IOANNES POULOPOULOS, SON OF PANAGIOTES The Secretary of the Interior IOANNES KORESSIOS, SON OF GEORGIOS ______ The Great Seal of the State was witnessed and affixed. Propontis, III April MMXXIV The Secretary of Justice EMMANOUIL POLYZOÏDES, SON OF CHRISTOS

 

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PELASGIAN EMPIRE
PELASGIAN IMPERIAL NAVY
NAVY GENERAL STAFF
DIVISION VII - STRATEGIC ASSETS

COMMUNICATION NO. 2024-04-14/001
TOP SECRET | MOST RAPID | MOST URGENT

FROM: Navy Gen. Staff HQ (Propontis)
TO: All SSBN units
SUBJECT: End of deployment
DATE & TIME: 14/04/2024, 6:32:00 Propontis Standard Time
MESSAGE:

*** START OF MESSAGE ***

All SSBN units are ordered to return to port. Defence readiness is reduced to peacetime levels. During transit, secrecy should still be maintained, and units should follow pre-arranged safe paths to avoid detection.

*** END OF MESSAGE ***​

 

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Boule | 213th Session
Legislative Work
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Law № 512/2024 "Reforms to the land-based security forces and the intelligence services"​

Νόμος ὑπ' ἀριθμ. 512/2024 «Μεταρρυθμίσεις εἰς τὰ χερσαῖα σώματα ἀσφαλείας καὶ τὰς ὑπηρεσίας πληροφοριῶν»

Status: Received Imperial Assent (Awaiting publication in the Official Gazette) - 15/04/2024
Introduction: 12/04/2024 (Nikon Tsakonas, Interior Secretary)

Summary*: Law reforming the structure and responsibilities of the land-based security forces (Pelasgian Imperial Politarchy Corps, Propontis Metropolitan Police Directorate, National Guard) and intelligence services (State Security Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, Imperial Secret Protective Service).

Part I - Security Forces
The Pelasgian Imperial Politarchy is abolished. In its stead are reestablished the State Police and the Gendermerie Corps, the original agencies absorbed into the erstwhile Politarchy. The Police is conferred with sole law enforcement authority for all matters except those conferred to the Gendarmerie Corps. The Gendarmerie Corps is conferred with primary jurisdiction over border security and control (except for maritime borders), gun control, narcotics, combating terrorism and organised crime, riot control, internal security and guarding important state facilities, personnel and assets. Both the Police and the Gendermerie Corps are under the sole jurisdiction of the Interior Department in peacetime, while the latter may be subsumed to the Department of National Defence in wartime.

The National Guard is abolished and re-integrated into the Gendarmerie Corps, with the exception of the Chancellery Guard. The Chancellery Guard is reconstituted as an independent law enforcement agency under the sole jurisdiction of the Chancellery, with primary jurisdiction over financial crimes throughout Pelasgia. The Regulation of the Gendarmerie Corps is amended to abolish the mandatory garrisoning of its enlisted personnel; the need for the approval of its members' marriages by the Corps; and the prohibition of married women from entering or remaining in the force.

Part II - Intelligence Services
The State Security Service (YKA), Foreign Intelligence Service (YPE) and Imperial Secret Protective Service are abolished. All personnel of the YKA and YPE are subject to review of their activities for violations of Pelasgian law and international humanitarian law in connection with the establishment of the Neo-Militarist Regime and the Aresuran War. Excepted from this provision are those persons listed on Document No. 441-13/04/2024 of the Privy Council. The Imperial Secret Protective Service is absorbed into the Gendarmerie Corps.

The Public Safety Intelligence Service (YPDA) is established as a wholly new agency, to be provisionally staffed by YKA personnel listed on Document No. 441-13/04/2024 of the Privy Council until new recruits can be trained, and to be supplemented with personnel seconded from other state services and agencies. The YPDA shall be a wholly civilian agency, tasked with internal security, constitutional protection and domestic counterintelligence. The YPDA shall be directly subsumed to the Interior Department, and its Commander shall not be allowed to come from within its ranks, being a senior law enforcement officer, judicial official or other related high-ranking civil servant.

The International Relations Intelligence Service (YPDS) is established as a wholly new agency, to be provisionally staffed by YPE personnel listed on Document No. 441-13/04/2024 of the Privy Council until new recruits can be trained, and to be supplemented with personnel seconded from other state services and agencies. The YPDA shall be a wholly civilian agency, tasked with foreign intelligence, international counterintelligence and protection of Pelasgia's legitimate interests abroad. The YPDS shall be directly subsumed to the Exterior Department, and its Commander shall not be allowed to come from within its ranks, being a senior diplomat or other related high-ranking civil servant.

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Law № 513/2024 "General amnesty for political prisoners, abolition of political offences and censorship provisions"​

Νόμος ὑπ' ἀριθμ. 513/2024 «Γενικὴ ἀμνηστία πολιτικῶν κρατουμένων, κατάργησις πολιτικῶν ἀδικημάτων καὶ διατάξεων λογοκρισίας»

Status: Received Imperial Assent (Awaiting publication in the Official Gazette) - 15/04/2024
Introduction: 12/04/2024 (Nikon Tsakonas, Interior Secretary; Theophilos Kamateros, Justice Secretary)

Summary*: Law granting a general amnesty to all political prisoners and detainees, including both pre-War Pelasgian individuals and Radilan individuals detained during the conflict. Exception for individuals convicted additionally of offences under general penal law provisions, and transfer to ordinary detention facilities for such crimes. Law further abolishing a large number of political offences and censorship provisions, and creating independent agencies in lieu of censorship organs.

Part I - General Amnesty for Pelasgians
All Pelasgian nationals currently under detention or serving a carceral or other sentence for political offences are hereby amnestied with immediate effect and ordered to be released. Their criminal record is to be cleared and their conviction is to be considered void ab initio. Any disabilities associated with their conviction are lifted instanter. Excepted from this provision are those convicted of ordinary offences under the penal law, who must nevertheless be transferred to ordinary carceral facilities or have their sentenced modified to that for their ordinary penal offences, unless it is already served. The Judicial Council of the appropriate Prefectural Court shall decide on each case within one (1) year regarding matters of ordinary criminal offences.

Part II - General Amnesty for Radilans
All Radilan nationals currently under detention or serving a carceral or other sentence for political offences so seized in connection with the Aresuran Conflict are hereby amnestied with immediate effect and ordered to be released to the care of the Radilan authorities. Their criminal record is to be cleared and their conviction is to be considered void ab initio. No records of these persons may be kept other than in keeping with the Treaty of Vesper.

Excepted from the above provision are those convicted of ordinary offences under the penal law, or those whose violation was of a minor nature or a natural result of the hardship caused by the Conflict. These individuals are to: (a) be released without restrictions to the care of the Radilan authorities or (b) be released to Radilo to serve their sentence there. Each case shall be decided jointly by Peleasgia and @Radilo through the Special Liaison System. On the Pelasgian side, decisions shall be made by the Secretary of Justice in the form of individual administrative decisions following a binding opinion by the Special Legal Service of the Department. Such decisions shall be made for all cases within one (1) year.

Part III - Abolition of Political Offences and Censorship Provisions
A wide variety of political offences are abolished and all convictions thereunder are render retroactively void. Among these is the Delictum sui generis Law. All prosecutions or other proceedings currently pending thereunder are immediately cancelled. The records of such convictions, prosecutions and resulting penalties are transferred to the care of the Citizen Attorney's Office, and they shall be accessible to all implicated persons and their families without any inhibition.

A wide variety of censorship provisions are also abolished. The State Council for Mass Communications and Information Technology Systems (KSMEPS) is abolished and its responsibilities are transferred to the National Council for Mass Media (ESMME), which shall be a constitutionally enshrined independent administrative agency the appointment of whose members shall require approval by two thirds (2/3) of the Boule. All penalties imposed by the KSMEPS within the last five (5) years under censorship provisions shall be subject to review by ESYMME upon petition. ​

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*Summaries are prepared by the Legal Research Service of the Boule, and they are not binding legal instruments. The only document creating legal consequences in the Law itself, whose text should be consulted.