President Hosts Article 11 Discussion

In attempt to inspire constructive debate following recent events involving the now withdrawn National Unity Act, President O'Ceallaigh hosted an out of hours informal discussion at the Presidential Palace. The attention of the debate focused firmly on Article 11 of the constitution and what some parties are calling the 'special status afforded to the minority'. The Ministers in attendance were Vindrus York (NFP), Alex Garine (LPT) and David Redstone (DLP).

The discussion was based around York's issues with the constitutional Article 11 that he had raised with the President in private. Article 11 is designed to define the powers of the Tománn Republic of East Fealsamthom, a special administrative region of Talamthom in the south. During the debate there was no clear 'peace deal' hammered out as the President may have expected but Garine worked hard to try and remove the doubt from the mind of the NFP leader. At the debate, in addition to the whole 'equality debate', York mentioned that he felt there wasn't enough defined in the constitution to control foreign affairs and military presence in the small 'Republic'. Garine tried to rid York's mind of doubt but to no avail this time. It is expected that a similar 'informal' debate will take place in the not to distant future.