The Royal Duma: Minutes, 1745

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A Brief Summary of the Royal Duma

 

 

10th of the Amber Cold, Msitza and Dargund | 1745

 

-Quorum is met (10 present, 6 absent.)

 

-Governess of Curon is honored by Speaker Sigmar Baruch. 

 

-Ivan Ruthern is congratulated on carrying out a successful coup. He is reminded that he will not hold his own seat on the Duma until the current term has been completed. 

 

~LPQs begin; floor is yielded to Henrik Vanir. ~

 

-Lord Vanir presses the Lord Palatine, inquiring why a letter of apology that was distributed to members of the Duma was not made public. 

 

-The Lord Palatine responds, stating that the letter was meant to be a private affair, not a tool to enhance his political reputation. 

 

-Lord Vanir continues his inquiry, asking the Lord Palatine why he did not write a letter to the dwarves in the manner of General Tiberius’s, before the General wrote his. 

 

-The Lord Palatine dismisses the question, reminding the Duma that he is not a military man, and would rather leave such affairs to those who specialize in them.

 

-Lord Vanir continues, asking the Lord Palatine why a promised defense canal has not yet been dug.

 

-The Lord Palatine argues that this canal will provide no actual defense for the Kingdom, and that the Aulic council concurs with him on this point. 

 

~A chorus of non sequiturs agitate the Lord Speaker, who shouts down the room to bring them back to order.~

 

-The Lord Speaker chastises the hall for their factionalist squabbling, reminding them of very real war on their doorsteps. 

 

-Henrik Vanir yields, imploring the other members of his party to show greater respect to decorum. 

~Reinhard Markanz takes the floor.~

 

-Markanz accuses the Lord Palatine of cowardice while on a mission to Adria. 

 

-The Speaker dismisses the accusation as a legitimate grounds for a vote of impeachment. 

 

-The Lord Palatine apologizes for his past wrongs.

 

~More disorder ensues; the Lord Speaker calls the chamber back to a tenuous order.~

 

-The Feudalist bench continues to push for a vote of impeachment of the Lord Palatine. 

 

-The Lord Speaker rebukes the Chamber for their boorish behavior, threatening to remove any that continue to cause mischief during his speech. 

 

-The Lord Speaker accepts the vote of no confidence, on the condition that its sponsors write a letter to the King outlining their grounds for making the vote. 

 

-Markanz insists that the vote be carried out in the Chamber at that very time. 

 

~The Lord Speaker relents, and the vote of no confidence proceeds.~

 

-Lord Alimar votes Nay.

 

-Lord Barclay votes Aye.

 

-Lady Baruch votes Nay.

 

-Lord Gant votes Aye. 

 

-Lord Ruthern votes Aye.

 

-Lord Stafyr votes Aye.

 

-Lord Vanir votes Aye.

 

-Lord Vyronov votes Nay.

 

-Lord Markanz votes Aye.

 

-Alderman Korteveich votes Nay.

 

-Alderman Ruthern (?) votes Aye.

 

-Lord Palatine votes Nay.

 

FINAL COUNT:

 

AYE: 7

 

NAY: 5

 

-Scribe: Bahram Shalimar, 1745

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   IV JOVEO MAAN,

    His Royal Majesty, King Andrew III of Hanseti and Ruska, Grand Hetman of the Army, Prince of Kusoraev, Dules, Ulgaard, Lahy, Sorbesborg and Slesvik, Grand Duke of Vanderfell, Duke of Vidaus, Margrave of Rothswald, Count of Karikhov, Baranya, Kvasz, Kavat, Karovia, Kovachgrad, Torun, Turov, and Kaunas, Baron of Valwyk, Venzia, Esenstadt, Krepost and Kralta, Lord of Alban, Reza, Markev, Lord of the Westfolk, Protector of the Highlanders, etcetera

     

    His Excellency, Sigmar Baruch, Count of Ayr, Baron of Laval, Riveryn, and Voron, Lord Speaker and Herzen of the Royal Duma of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska