World Assembly HQ – Sanctarian Ambassador to the World Assembly, Dr. Christian Ferguson, yesterday assumed his additional duties as World Assembly Delegate of the International Democratic Union, seeing off opposition from the Karinzistan delegation. The IDU, the region in which Sanctaria is located, is considered a region with a high amount of influence in the World Assembly sphere; Ferguson and his colleagues replace the well-respected, and renowned, Bears Armed delegation as the WA Delegate.
While individual member nations are free to vote as they wish, the delegation who holds the position of WA Delegate in any region also votes with the weight of the number of WA member nations in that region officially endorsing it, i.e. instead of the usual one vote that Ferguson usually had when placing his vote, as WA Delegate with, at time of print, 12 other nations officially endorsing him, his vote now counts as thirteen votes; individual nations endorsing a WA Delegate continue to have their own individual vote.
However, it’s not all green pastures, according to Christian Union Party deputy leader, John McHugh MP, who says that Sanctaria’s say in World Assembly matters has actually been weakened due to the new position; due to IDU rules, even if Ferguson, and as an extension Sanctaria, disagrees with a current resolution at vote, if a majority of nations in the IDU do agree with it, he is required to vote FOR. “Sanctaria would no longer be able to lodge even a symbolic vote in protest”, McHugh said last night.
Ferguson has said that he expects his term will be “relatively uncontroversial” and that he intends to following the rules concerning holding the IDU Delegacy “to the letter”. He also confirmed that he would be using his position to spearhead reform in IDU institutions and would be working with other prominent, regional officials to do this.
KIM TOWERS, World Assembly Correspondent
