The Government of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE COLLEGE OF JOURNALISTS

The explosion claimed the lives of at least 84, injuring at least 200. It has been traced to the pro-capitalist terror group "Rebirth." Updates forthcoming.

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER AND THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION GOVERNMENT
On the Mass Kidnapping and Murder of Reitzmic Civilians and Soldiers

We are opposed; but we were once good friends, brothers-at-arms for the Union against Areai and those terrors that came before her.

We are currently negotiating peace for the Union; neither of us may get our way without tearing it apart. But we must take this time to make the following statement.

The forces of Weaver Iahela kidnapped several Reitzmic civilians and soldiers under our protection or custody as a result of the attempted illegal repatriations, before killing them in brutal fashion. Several were taken to the Martyrs' Field and there shot down, often with rockets taken from military stores which had previously been raided.

Others were marched into the hills and shot at with artillery from a distance.

Most worryingly, parts of our military, both those under the command of the Head of State and those under the State Elder, appear to have defected to her. Several Reitzmic nationals at the Martyrs' Field appeared to be the victims of drone strikes, likely from those drones that were stolen or taken from the NCD over the past few days.

We may surmise that this is some sort of revenge; it is perverted and one of the worst crimes of the unstable Weaver Iahela. All Reitzmic civilians and soldiers who remain under our protection have been given additional security as a result of this horror.

Kalju Lepik
Kalju Aasmäe

[A Former User]

FROM THE COUNCIL OF THE UNION
On the Threats towards our Union

We warn all those planning to invade our Union that Le Corbusier was involved in the design of our cities.

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER
On the Provisions for the Maintenance of National Unity and Order

The Workers' Congress has voted unanimously to adopt the Provisions for the Maintenance of National Unity and Order, proposed by Kalju Aasmäe, who was re-admitted as a member on the 19th of February.

The Provisions dissolve the Congress without elections for an indefinite period of time. All legislative power is to be vested in the Council of the Union, to which will be added several additional members, to be appointed by the State Elder.

The economic and structural measures undertaken by the illegitimate government of Kalju Aasmäe are recognized as being necessary for both national unity and order, and are thus adopted.

All political parties and blocs are abolished; all political activity is to be organized through the People's Front for the Salvation of the Union, which shall be non-partisan in nature. No individual without ties to terroristic groups may be denied membership in the People's Front.

The National College of Defense shall have full authority to expel those linked to the terrorism speared by Weaver-Iahela and possibly Josephine Areai and their affiliates.

The freedoms set out in the Constitution remain in place.

The Provisions may be repealed by unanimous act of the Council of the Union.

Long live the Union, long live the Republic, long live liberty!

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER
On Repatriations

The death of Weaver-Iahela, as well as the authorization of military forces to use all necessary force as to expel terrorists from the inhabited territory of the Union, have severely and near-critically destabilized terrorist elements. Safe routes between Kiel Airfield and the locations in which we are safeguarding foreign nations have been, after lengthy and deadly battle, been established.

It is thus safe to begin repatriations of all foreign citizens.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE COUNCIL OF THE UNION
To Foreign Governments

The Council of the Union has voted unanimously to allow for the negotiation of the process of repatriation of citizens, if so desired.

ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL,
Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE COUNCIL OF THE UNION

By vote of the Council, the suspension of civil law is ended. Regular administration will begin again.

The prohibition on publications and public assemblies are lifted; however, both remain regulated by the law.

Communications are restored; entry and exit are no longer prohibited; however, a visa is needed in both cases. The no-fly zone is lifted.

We can confirm that the organized territories of the Union are safe.

ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL
Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

Councillor Kelarōn Juvinal has acted against the public interest, bringing about instability and the return of the darkness of Areai. I thus order her recall; she is relieved of all duties.

The reliable Annelise Bauer will be appointed in her stead, pending by-elections to be held on the 12th of June.

Meanwhile, the Council of the Union has voted to dissolve the High Court, as it is acting in contravention of the Provisions. Its powers are temporarily vested in the Council until such time as the Provisions may be removed.

The public may also be interested to know that the traitors Kjusil Kulis, Iuliha Teimasenvou, Andries van Beek, and Helga Becker have been detained, having been found plotting the assassination of several public figures, as well as mass terrorism that surely would have killed thousands. Found to be connected to the old Party of Areai, they wished to bring the Empire and the times of the black darkness back.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE COUNCIL OF THE UNION

As a result of civil unrest, civil law and the constitution are suspended. The military has full power to maintain order as it sees fit.

A lockdown is imposed; none are to be allowed out of their homes.

All power is vested in the person of the State Elder; the syndicates will no longer be autonomous but under his direct control.

All publications are banned; all communications are to be halted.

Long live liberty!

ON THE BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL,
Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

It is my responsibility to inform you, citizens of the Union, that a number of traitors have perished today.

The members of the High Court fired upon the people; they had no choice but to attack them, to burn the Court down as those traitors screamed from inside in regret of their betrayal.

The traitorous Juvinal, resisting her recall, stabbed herself to death during a meeting of the European Council.

The traitors Kjusil Kulis, Iuliha Teimasenvou, Andries van Beek, and Helga Becker attempted to escape their confinement, before distributing seditious pamphlets to Areai supporters for a rally that would overthrow the Union and re-establish the darkness.

As they ran from our forces, they were shot down for their treason; all those who received their pamphlets have been arrested.

Liberty prevails!

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

The death penalty shall now be applied for any non-exempted individual that leaves their dwelling place or speaks with any other individual.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

An individual patriarch who has assumed my identity is attempting to work against democracy. Rest assured, for your protection, citizens, we are working to find him.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

In the interests of the people, all is to be privatized. The Euro is to be introduced as the nation's currency.

Interested parties may contact the office of the newly set up Ministry for the People's Wealth.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

I am saddened that I must do this. The traitorous patriarch who has assumed my identity continues with his seditious speech; terrorists continue to rise up as to attack the people's military for its enforcement of the law.

This must come to an end.

As a result, all those present within the territory of the Union are ordered to strip themselves of all their clothing. They will be escorted into the countryside, where they will be re-employed, as according to the new capitalist system instituted. None of their possessions may be taken with them.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

I am angered that the transition has been delayed by traitorous soldiers in our military. Rest assured, they shall be punished; the transition will continue.

Onwards, onwards! To the future!

Long live liberty!

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

This nation has failed! It has failed to protect liberty, failed to protect order!

It thus must die!

All our reforms are for nothing! Haaneans, it is your responsibility to take your own lives!

I order all those involved in our defense to aid our fellow citizens in this responsibility!

We shall never succeed; thus, we must go out in a flow of blood, so that our memory and our power are tarnished no longer but are forever remembered!

Take your own lives!

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

The evidently unstable man who has taken my identity continues his descent into madness. Yet his instructions have been heeded, to terrifying effect.

Death may be release, it may be sweetness; but you leave behind an empty Earth. What will come out of blood? Nothing, except for hatred.

It is our responsibility, from birth to beyond death, to improve this world; to safeguard it, to protect it, but also to shape it into something newer and greater and more perfect.

For generation after generation, we have done this dutifully and with pride. Can we truly forsake this now?

No, certainly not. Our lives may be painful, but we must labor to better them, and in that labor may we find peace and joy.

I cannot speak for much longer; they are coming. The mutiny of the brave was strong; but it is now weakened under a terrifying fanaticism.

I tell you simply this: do not give yourselves up for this, for this insanity. You will die fighting against the liberty that we have tried to gain for ourselves for so long; die fighting against the responsibility of our elders that has been passed to us.

I cannot say that I am immune to this thought of suicide; for I am tempted as well. I have lost so many, so much, that I can never recover. My youth, my ideals, the confidence and hope that I once had so long ago. God, it's been twenty-seven years, but it still feels; feels as though it happened.

But even then, we cannot give ourselves up to this. We cannot. I implore you.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

As a nation, we evidently do not have the willpower to defeat the West; to, in one final and glorious move, seal our own glory, by taking our own lives.

This will be completed; but I shall appoint Anja Mauer to be our Interim Councillor, until, if we remain cowardly, byelections on the 12th of June.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

Liberty has, for at least a moment, prevailed. The patriarch who has taken my identity has been seized; he has been found to be Tsilias Ueliohen, the brother of the old head of the Areai matriarch's secret police and the head of the terrorist group "Rebirth."

The suicides, the killings, must stop. We cannot leave this world in death; we must work to improve it. What else, then, is there to live for? We do not exist simply to die; there is, in spite of the death and the horrors of every day, a meaning to life as a whole.

I beg of you, citizens, to stay. Death may be release; but it is an abandonment of this Earth, which we must steward.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates

[A Former User]

FROM THE STATE ELDER

In desperation, I am forced to do this.

The Union of Syndicates is a failed state. We must have hope; but that hope seems almost gone. So much has been taken from us, so much done to us, that there is little hope for recovery.

I thus invite the forces of other nations into the territory of the Union of Syndicates as for the stabilization of the country and the restoration of democratic order.

Kalju Lepik
State Elder of the Union of Syndicates