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Criminal Complaint against Amerion
Topic Started: Jul 17 2017, 06:06 PM (409 Views)
Funkadelia Jul 17 2017, 06:06 PM Post #1
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 Complainant/s: Funkadelia
Accused: Amerion
Offence/s: Electoral Fraud, Conspiracy
Summary of Events;
On the 11th of July, 2017, Amerion privately messaged Kowasatti, Foreign Affairs minister in Osiris, propositioning him to join the region to fix ongoing and upcoming votes in his favor. This clearly violates established laws against Electoral Fraud because he tried to persuade a foreign actor to enter Lazarus to shift votes in his favor, and it also constitutes Conspiracy because he clearly attempted to act out this crime.
Preliminary Evidence;
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killer kitty Jul 17 2017, 06:33 PM Post #2
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THIS COLOR ANNOYS LAMB
 Do to the seriousness of these charges and the evidence present, the Court will be accepting this case.
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Amerion Jul 17 2017, 07:23 PM Post #3
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 If it may please the Court, I would like to submit a defence.

The complainent has presented two charges, electoral fraud and conspiracy. I shall address them in order.


Electoral Fraud
  • The Unified Legal Code - Criminal Code - Section 1.3 (2: Electoral Fraud):

    (a) Manipulating the electoral process of Lazarus through conspiracy with an organised group of abettors to obtain citizenship in order to influence a vote for personal gain or for the gain of a foreign entity.

    (b) Deliberately deceiving members of the Cosmic Council in order for them to not receive accurate information about votes, with the intention of influencing the outcome of a vote through the non-vote of members who have been deceived into doing so.

I draw the Court's attention to the highlighted words:

  • Group of abbetters: As the imagery supplied by the Complainent displays, I myself suspected that a 'group of abbetters' was attempting to influence the vote against Harmoneia. In that discussion, I alone attempted to act as - and I quote from the message - a counterweight to what I viewed as a growing threat.

  • Personal gain: The matter discussed was a reconfirmation vote of Harmoneia as Guardian of Lazarus. It was not in relation to my reconfirmation vote. There was no personal gain to be had.

    If I am, as the Complainent has implied, a malicious individual with a nefarious agenda; than I would have championed the removal of Harmoniea as Guardian so as to remove her from the Line of Succession.

    I thought then and still do think that Harmoneia is a valuable security obsticle to a coup against Lazarus, and as such, is more than qualified to serve as a Guardian. I had my concerns as to why such an obsticle was being removed.

  • Foreign Entity: The subject of the vote was Harmoneia; an individual who has served this region with distinction, receiving a World Assembly Commendation for her storied history of dedication and contribution to the region of Lazarus.

    I respectfully do not accept the notion that Harmoneia qualifies as a foreign entity. Rather, I would strongly argue that she is the definition of a Lazarene.

Conspiracy
  • The Unified Legal Code - Criminal Code - Section 1.6 (1: Conspiracy):

    (1) Conspiracy shall be said to be committed when one fulfils any of the following conditions:

    (a) Attempting to carry out any of the offences as listed in the Unified Legal Code.

    (b) Abetting another person to attempt carrying out any of the offences as listed in the Unified Legal Code.

As was previously noted, the prerequisites of the charge are to do so for personal gain and for the gain of a foreign entity. Neither of which is satisfied.


Considering the disagreement the Complainent and I have had on matters of the law and the direction of the region, I consider this a blatantly partisan attack with the intent to both frighten dissenting voices and to remove such voices from serving our community.

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The13th Jul 17 2017, 07:46 PM Post #4
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 I'm with Amerion here- I think he's correct in all actuality.
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Omega Jul 17 2017, 09:46 PM Post #5
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 Due to the fact KK seems unable to acknowledge that he has no legal way to rule on cases, I am recusing myself from this case to prevent him from illegally making a ruling on this case. I never thought standing up for law and order would look like this but when the court has been compromised I will do what I must do I order to make sure it's members do not issue rulings they have no right to issue. Until the Celestial Being has granted his blessing to three people to be able to rule on his behalf, I will recuse myself from every case that comes before this Court.
Edited by Omega, Jul 17 2017, 09:58 PM.
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