~~~ Neran National News ~~~
Today, King Medvedevski signed an executive order that will dissolve the Council of Moffs as a formal collective decision-making body. This is due to the recent internal reports showing that their role is redundant, as the two Houses of the Senate and the King's Privy Council together fulfil all of the Council's duties. In addition, the regular meetings and duties of the Council have caused a decrease in the ability of the Moffs to carry out their primary roles as regional governors.
Due to this order, Moffs will once again have ultimate executive power over regions, although tradition, as well as agreements that many local governments have signed with the Crown, limit the Moffs' powers to that of formal oversight.
In addition to this change, the King has enacted several changes to the power structure of several regions - Nera City, due to its enormous size, has been divided up into fifteen regions, each with a population of approximately fifteen billion. The governor of the capital region, The Right Honourable Norman Dunfroe, has been titled
Lord Moff
, and has the right to represent the King in meetings of the Senate.
Additionally, due to Deep Space Nine's continuing growth and ever increasing population (now over 10 billion), it has been separated from the rest of the Solar territories and given its own region. Due to the fact that the space station was originally a military installation and much of the current population is employed by the military, it has been designated as a special region, and a Grand Moff - The Right Honourable Elaine Lawrence - has been appointed as governor.
09-Mar-2014 02:56:34