Change in Cabinet

The Office of the Prime Minister
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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal

Cabinet Change Recommendations

I come now before the throne seeking an audience to recommend the appointment of Ministers to Your Majesty’s Government.

The following Talossans have proven through their abilities, hard work, dedication, loyalty, and most of all their Talossanity that they will serve the nation well as Ministers in Your Majesty's Government.

Therefore, I, Çesli da Chilseu, with all duly vested authority and stuff, hereby recommend that Your Gracious Majesty appoint these loyal subjects to the following cabinet posts:


Pöl d'Aurìbuérg
to the position of
Distain


Béneditsch Ardpresteir
to the position of
Attorney-General


Audradâ d'Aurìbuérg
to the position of
Minister of Immigration


Confident that the Crown will consent to accept these wise recommendations, may I be the first to congratulate each of the newly appointed Ministers and I wish them every success in their Ministries. I look forward to working with y'all.


Çesli da Chilseu
Seneschal

Proclamation of Mourning: Connecticut School Shooting

The Office of the Prime Minister
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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal

Proclamation of Mourning

With all the changes that are going on in the kingdom, it pains me that this is my first order of duty as your new Seneschal. As many of you have heard, or will shortly hear, yet another act of senseless violence has taken innocent lives in Connecticut. Innocence lends horror to violence, and none are more innocent than our children. It is with great empathy for the friends and families of the deceased, and with horror at the actions that have caused the need for empathy, that I issue this Proclamation of Mourning for the kingdom. My heart and the heart of the nation goes out to all involved. 


WHEREAS the loss of innocent life is horrible and always to be mourned, and

WHEREAS none are more innocent than children, and

WHEREAS the people of the Kingdom of Talossa are to be counted on to stand strong against needless violence, 

THEREFORE the government of the Kingdom of Talossa calls upon all its citizens to observe a period of mourning extending through the 15th of December 2012, for the victims of elementary school shooting in Connecticut. We offer our thoughts and prayers for the innocent lives lost, and to those who survive them. 

Done with the deepest sympathy for our friends and neighbors in Connecticut on this, the fourteenth day of December in the year 2012, being the thirty-third year of the independence of Talossa and the sixth of the reign of our Sovereign John.

Çesli da Chilseu
Seneschal

Resignation of the Seneschal

Fellow Talossans --

One hour ago, at 12:12:12 Talossan Time on 12/12/12, being the thirty-second Llimbaziua (and also known as Sound Check Day), I tendered my resignation as Prime Minister to His Majesty the King, who accepted it with some reluctance. This step, coming as it does at the end of my term as President of the Comità del Útzil del Glheþ, is something that I have discussed with members of my party and the government for the past month or so.

It has been a distinct pleasure to serve again as the Prime Minister for this wonderful nation, and the decision to step aside was not one that was made lightly. I have come to feel, however, that with events outside the nation taking much of my time, I am currently not able to serve with the dedication required from a Seneschal, and that the nation would be better served by a fresh leadership team less encumbered by outside responsibilities and obligations.

The Right Honourable Distain, Çesli da Chilseu, having indicated her readiness and willingness to do so, is now the 40th Seneschal of the Kingdom of Talossa, and after the administration of her oath of office, will settle into her duties, beginning with appointing her own replacement in the position of Distain.

S:r Pôl d'Aurìbuérg takes over, effective immediately, as Party Leader of the RUMP.

The trappings of my office (especially all the mail I get, the duties of prodding the Immigration Minister incessantly, trying to resist the urge to go back to doing his job so that it gets done, and the Website updating responsibilities) will be transferred to their new owners over the next days and weeks.

I thank the nation for honouring me with the chance to lead the government, which I leave in good hands. I further trust in the fact that the future of Talossa is as bright as or brighter than ever (as long as the world doesn't end in nine days like so many TV shows would like us to believe).

In leaving office, I am proud to become the first Talossan Prime Minister to have been both preceded and followed in office by a female. I offer Prime Minister da Chilseu my very best wishes for success in the remainder of the Cosa, confident that the trust given her is well-placed.

Hooligan