Kusari Empire - Political Parties (Parliamentary Election 830 A.S.)

[Kusari Political Parties]

Sunrise Party Manifesto

Standing the test of many centuries, our morals that showed no defect from the times of our earliest ancestors, combined with the high character of our people, Kusari set up an example for the whole of Sirius to follow. With the protection of our ancestors and the infinite wisdom of our Emperors, Kusari stood tall and mighty among all the other Houses.

Yet, we - the Kusari people - had to face many difficulties:

• The heavy losses in Bretonia and the Taus, the losses against the Gallic tyranny and the split of our nation
  
• The troubles of re-uniting, the brief increase of instability and crime from within
  
• The temporal betrayal of our friends in Rheinland
  
• The ongoing geopolitical struggles in the Taus
  
• The ongoing siege on Planet Tomioka
  

Tested by the gods, we had to give many of our heroes as sacrifices. The defense of our country came into question with every losing battle on the Bretonian front, with every Gallic Vessel deterred, with every Rheinländer who betrayed the friendship we enjoyed. Our nation overcame many crises, many more than ever before.
We have faced the tides of war many times, we shall never forget the heroes who stood vigil in the face of death, who fought for their home.
We shall never abandon them, the State Police, undermanned, underpaid, should receive the respect they deserve. Our mighty Imperial Navy shall remain strong.

We cannot answer our heroes, our sacrifices, in the afterlife, if we allowed ground for any factors weakening our Kusari. Corporate greediness, corruption and other disturbances have no place in Kusari, for we shall not accept these issues to risk the safety and future of our people.

We are bound with honor and tradition to protect our Kusari from the forces that seek to harm it from outside and inside. We vow to die before seeing the future of our children threatened. This is the Sunrise Party.

Despite our promises being centered on security matters, we are also concerned with the welfare of our people and are well aware of the fact that Kusari can not survive without its economy. Neither its citizens can live decently, without a good enough income.

Furthermore, our House can only survive with secured resources, allowing our defensive capabilities to be continuously restored and build up, and thus, allowing Law enforcers to ensure our economy prospers. Securing resources through strategic partnerships, economic sanctions or military intervention will mark a key milestone of our ambitions.

The preservation of this virtuous circle is what we aim for.

We are aware of our ambitious project, which will require all our citizens to be dutiful and ready to serve Kusari with joy in their hearts. We'll cherish with them their patriotism, their hard work, and their good will. Our community will once more rediscover their self-worth and their values, becoming happier, better and stronger themselves as they strive for a better Kusari together with their loved ones and fellow Kusarians.

In order to start our project, we believe in allowing more legal powers to our law enforcers, co-operation with the other house enforcers, and an increased spending on the protection measures especially for our civilians.

We promise to focus on these objectives:

• An increase in military and police spending from 5% GPD to 8% GPD.
  
  
• Re-instatement of capital punishment for severe crimes.
  
  
• A Conscription act: to bolster our forces if the need arises.
  
  
• Expansion of the retired officers funding pool to honor the sacrifice of all law enforcers, not just the Naval Forces.
  
  
• Legal provision for enforcers to set and alter legal policy based on threat assessment.
  
  
• Legal provision allowing enforcers to seize assets and execute suspects as they see fit.
  
  
• Every adult citizen trained, prepared and armed for planetary/station invasion defense purposes.
  
  
• Enforce curfew in higher crime areas and increase patrols in those areas to ensure the peoples safety.
  
  
• An increase in taxes for foreign financial bodies.
  
  
• An increase in export tax.
  
  
• Introduction of a special 15% import tax on Synth Paste & foreign consumer goods.
  
  
• Legal restrictions on foreign shippers and companies, in addition to intensified border patrols.
  
  
• An increase in public spending on specific educational sectors including: Personal defense, Health & well-being, Moral values, Military history, Traditional values.
  
  
• Ensure a reliable series of contracts that will maintain and increase export of technologies and raw materials within realistic limits considering our own stockpiles.
  
  
• We pledge to preserve Kusari culture through limiting work visas and preservation of Kusari only communities.
  
  
• We vow to ensure that both Samura Heavy Industries and Kishiro Technologies would be held in equal measure and be encouraged through different means to cooperate strongly, thus ultimately putting an end to their struggle for dominance.
  
  
• We aim to transfer the bulk of Deshima to the State Police, acting as large staging ground to deter Libertorian criminals with greater effect and to serve as additional small-scale prison facility.
  
  
• Enforcing Kusari’s interest on Planet Kurile, Planet Harris and Planet Saigon, thus bolstering our economic strength and permitting the spread of Kusari’s greatness beyond current borders.
  

To summarize,

• We aim to bring strength back to Kusari both in character and with military might.
  
• We aim to bolster Kusari economy by exacting costs from foreigners who would exploit us.
  
• We aim to limit the use of arms and strike craft amongst non-peacekeepers in order to decrease the amount of space faring criminals.
  
• We aim to stabilize our economic assets and deter those standing in our nation’s way.
  

We humbly seek your support and your trust in us, so we can restore our Kusari to its lost nature with hard work and vigilance, learning from our past and building for our future.

Kusari Sunrise Party

For a proud Kusari, standing tall and mighty; expanding with the Heaven's will and the prayers of our ancestors.