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The '''February 2022 Cabinet election''' is an ongoing election held in [[the South Pacific]] from 1‒10 February 2022 to elect new Cabinet ministers. Six positions are up for election, namely that of the [[Minister of Culture]], [[Minister of Defence]], [[Minister of Engagement]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]], and [[Minister of Media]], as well as the [[Prime Minister of the South Pacific]].
The '''February 2022 Cabinet election''' was an election held in [[the South Pacific]] from 1‒10 February 2022 to elect new Cabinet ministers. Six positions were up for election, namely that of the [[Minister of Culture]], [[Minister of Defence]], [[Minister of Engagement]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]], and [[Minister of Media]], as well as the [[Prime Minister of the South Pacific]].


== Background ==
== Background ==
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== Electoral System ==
== Electoral System ==


Each position in the Cabinet is elected independently from one another using the [[wikipedia:Instant-Runoff Voting|Instant-Runoff]] voting system; in each race, voters rank as many of the candidates as they wish in descending order of preference, or may abstain entirely.
Each position in the Cabinet is elected independently from one another using the [[wikipedia:Instant-Runoff Voting|Instant-Runoff]] voting system. In each race, a voter ranks as many of the standing candidates as they wish in descending order of preference; the worst-performing candidates are eliminated from the tally one after another and the votes for them get re-distributed according to the voters' preferences until a candidate has attained an absolute majority of votes.


A day prior to the opening of nominations, an amendment to the Elections Act was passed, rewording the section describing Instant-Runoff voting.<ref>[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10175.html A2201.08 Cleaning up the Elections Act]. CoA anjo, 26 Jan '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref> However, this amendment effectively didn't affect the ballot counting process, instead simply condensing its phrasing.
The election would begin with a four-day candidacy declarations period. Concurrently, the campaigning period would run, lasting for six days. At its conclusion, three days of voting would begin, after which the Election Commissioner would proclaim the results.
 
A day prior to the opening of nominations, an amendment to the Elections Act was passed, rewording the section describing Instant-Runoff voting.<ref>CoA anjo (31 Jan '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10175-post-226981.html#pid226981 Final Result (A2201.08)]. ''Assembly of the South Pacific''. Retrieved 10 Feb '22.</ref> However, this amendment effectively didn't affect the ballot counting process, instead simply condensing its phrasing.


== Prime Minister ==
== Prime Minister ==
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = February 2022 Prime Minister election
| election_name    = February 2022 Prime Minister election
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election
| country          = [[The South Pacific]]
| previous_year    = [[October 2021 Cabinet election#Prime Minister|October 2021]]
| flag_year        =
| flag_image        = File:The flag of The South Pacific.png
| type              = presidential
| vote_type        = Assembly
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election#Prime Minister
| previous_year    = October 2021
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election
| next_election    = March 2022 Prime Minister special election
| next_year        = [[June 2022 Cabinet election#Prime Minister|June 2022]]
| next_year        = March 2022
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout          = TBD
| turnout          = 58.82%


| image1            = File:HumanSanityFlag.svg
| image1            = File:Humansanity_229840.png
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| colour1          = ddc
| colour1          = ddc
| candidate1        = [[HumanSanity]]
| candidate1        = [[HumanSanity]]
| party1            = Independent
| party1            = Independent
| popular_vote1    = TBD
| popular_vote1    = 35
| percentage1      = TBD
| percentage1      = 87.50%


| image2            = File:Witchcraft and Sorcery Flag.jpg
| image2            = File:Witchcraft_and_sorcery_685930.jpg
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| colour2          = ddc
| colour2          = ddc
| candidate2        = [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]
| candidate2        = [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]
| party2            = Independent
| party2            = Independent
| popular_vote2    = TBD
| popular_vote2    = 5
| percentage2      = TBD
| percentage2      = 12.50%


| title            = Prime Minister
| title            = Prime Minister
| before_election  = [[HumanSanity]]
| before_election  = [[HumanSanity]]
| after_election    = TBD
| after_election    = [[HumanSanity]]
}}
}}
The '''February 2022 Prime Minister election''' was contested by incumbent [[HumanSanity]] and their predecessor, [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]. Nominations were declined by [[Sandaoguo]], [[Roavin]], and [[Purple Hyacinth]]; [[Rebeltopia]], [[Amerion]], [[Jay Coop]], and [[Nakari]] have not yet responded to their nominations.
The '''February 2022 Prime Minister election''' was contested by incumbent [[HumanSanity]] and their predecessor, [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]. Nominations were declined by [[Sandaoguo]], [[Roavin]], and [[Purple Hyacinth]]; [[Rebeltopia]], [[Amerion]], [[Jay Coop]], and [[Nakari]] never responded to their nominations.<ref name="nominations">EC Kris Kringle (31 Jan '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10186.html Declarations of Candidacy]. Retrieved 10 Feb '22.</ref>


=== Candidates ===
=== Candidates ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election table campaigns
! colspan="2" | Candidate
| {{Election candidate introduction | incumbent = yes
! Political office(s)
| name = [[HumanSanity]]
! Campaign
| flag = File:Humansanity_229840.png
|-
| primary_office = [[Prime Minister of the South Pacific]]
| [[File:HumanSanityFlag.svg|75px]]
| assumed_primary = October 2021
| style="background:lavender;" | [[HumanSanity]]
| other_offices = Commander of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Ambassador to [[Balder]]
| '''[[Prime Minister of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since October 2021)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Commander of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Ambassador to [[Balder]]}}
| campaign = Continued Growth<ref name="hs_campaign">HumanSanity (1 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10187.html HumanSanity for Prime Minister: Continued Growth]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
| <ref name="hs_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10187.html HumanSanity for Prime Minister: Continued Growth]. HumanSanity, 1 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| {{Election candidate introduction
|-
| name = [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]
| [[File:Witchcraft and Sorcery Flag.jpg|75px]]
| flag = File:Witchcraft_and_sorcery_685930.jpg
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]
| primary_office = [[General Corps|General of the South Pacific Special Forces]]
| '''[[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since May 2020)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Member of the [[Legislator Committee]]<br>Commander of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Engagement]]}}
| assumed_primary = August 2021
| <ref name="ws_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10200.html WS4PM: Here we go again...] Witchcraft and Sorcery, 3 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| other_offices = Member of the [[Legislator Committee]]<br>Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Engagement]]
|}
| campaign = Here we go again...<ref name="ws_campaign">Witchcraft and Sorcery (3 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10200.html WS4PM: Here we go again...] Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
}}


=== Campaigns ===
=== Campaigns ===
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The campaign of Witchcraft and Sorcery likewise cited his previous term as Prime Minister as well as experience from other Ministerial positions. Unlike HumanSanity, he argued for a more manager-like leadership of the Prime Minister, mostly aiding the individual Cabinet ministers in achieving their campaign promises and helping the Cabinet as a whole stick together. Nonetheless, he still listed a number of objectives he'd like each Ministry to complete, which were generally similar to those of HumanSanity.<ref name="ws_campaign" />
The campaign of Witchcraft and Sorcery likewise cited his previous term as Prime Minister as well as experience from other Ministerial positions. Unlike HumanSanity, he argued for a more manager-like leadership of the Prime Minister, mostly aiding the individual Cabinet ministers in achieving their campaign promises and helping the Cabinet as a whole stick together. Nonetheless, he still listed a number of objectives he'd like each Ministry to complete, which were generally similar to those of HumanSanity.<ref name="ws_campaign" />


A debate was held on February 3rd between the two, hosted by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]].
A debate was held on February 3rd between the two, hosted by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]].<ref name="spinn_debates">James Halpert (7 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10212.html &#91;Election Coverage&#93; February 2022 Cabinet Election Debate Series]. ''South Pacific Independent News Network''. Retrieved 7 Feb '22.</ref>


== Minister of Culture ==
== Minister of Culture ==
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Culture election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Culture election
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election
| country          = [[The South Pacific]]
| previous_year    = [[October 2021 Cabinet election#Minister of Culture|October 2021]]
| flag_year        =
| flag_image        = File:The flag of The South Pacific.png
| type              = presidential
| vote_type        = Assembly
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election#Minister of Culture
| previous_year    = October 2021
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Culture
| next_year        = [[June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Culture|June 2022]]
| next_year        = June 2022
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout          = TBD
| turnout          = 58.82%


| image1            = File:Klysevia Flag.svg
| image1            = File:Eshialand_250500.png
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| colour1          = ddc
| colour1          = ddc
| candidate1        = [[Klysevia]]
| candidate1        = [[Eshialand]]
| party1            = Independent
| party1            = Independent
| popular_vote1    = TBD
| popular_vote1    = 22
| percentage1      = TBD
| percentage1      = 56.41%


| image2            = File:MureliaFlag.png
| image2            = File:Murelia_404236.png
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| colour2          = ddc
| colour2          = ddc
| candidate2        = [[Murelia]]
| candidate2        = [[Murelia]]
| party2            = Independent
| party2            = Independent
| popular_vote2    = TBD
| popular_vote2    = 15
| percentage2      = TBD
| percentage2      = 38.46%


| title            = Minister of Culture
| title            = Minister
| before_election  = [[Doge Land]]
| before_election  = [[Doge Land]]
| after_election    = TBD
| after_election    = [[Eshialand]]
}}
}}


The '''February 2022 Minister of Culture election''' was a race between [[Klysevia]] and [[Murelia]]. [[HumanSanity]], [[Purple Hyacinth]], and [[Doge Land]] declined their nominations.
The '''February 2022 Minister of Culture election''' was a race between [[Eshialand]] and [[Murelia]]. [[HumanSanity]], [[Purple Hyacinth]], and [[Doge Land]] declined their nominations.<ref name="nominations />


=== Candidates ===
=== Candidates ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election table campaigns
! colspan="2" | Candidate
| {{Election candidate introduction |
! Political office(s)
| name = [[Eshialand]]
! Campaign
| flag = File:Eshialand_250500.png
|-
| primary_office = [[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]
| [[File:Klysevia Flag.svg|75px]]
| assumed_primary = April 2021
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Klysevia]]
| other_offices = Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Culture]]
| '''[[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since April 2021)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Culture]]}}
| campaign = A Bright Future<ref name="eshia_campaign">Eshialand (1 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10191.html Eshia for MoC!]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
| <ref name="klysevia_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10191.html Eshia for MoC!]. Eshialand, 1 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| {{Election candidate introduction
|-
| name = [[Murelia]]
| [[File:MureliaFlag.png|75px]]
| flag = File:Murelia_404236.png
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Murelia]]
| primary_office = [[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]
| '''[[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since July 2021)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Ambassador to [[Spiritus]] and [[the East Pacific]]}}
| assumed_primary = July 2021
| <ref name="murelia_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10196.html Murelia for MoC]. Murelia, 2 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| other_offices = Ambassador to [[Spiritus]] and [[the East Pacific]]
|}
| campaign = Murelia for MoC<ref name="murelia_campaign">Murelia (2 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10196.html Murelia for MoC]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
}}


=== Campaigns ===
=== Campaigns ===


Klysevia's campaign largely consisted of an analysis of the current term's games and events, observing the decline in attendance after the new role-specific ping system was introduced and describing possible solutions to further community engagement to tackle this issue. This mostly entailed collaboration with the [[Ministry of Engagement]] to properly "hype up" MoC's weekly games as well as trying to organize larger events, and propping all of this up with more Voice Chat activity. He furthermore expressed a desire to look into hosting interregional events in coordination with the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] to further community engagement. Klysevia conceded lacking knowledge about the South Pacific's roleplay community, but promised to nonetheless work with them throughout the term.<ref name="klysevia_campaign" />
Eshialand's campaign largely consisted of an analysis of the current term's games and events, observing the decline in attendance after the new role-specific ping system was introduced and describing possible solutions to further community engagement to tackle this issue. This mostly entailed collaboration with the [[Ministry of Engagement]] to properly "hype up" MoC's weekly games as well as trying to organize larger events, and propping all of this up with more Voice Chat activity. He furthermore expressed a desire to look into hosting interregional events in coordination with the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] to further community engagement. Eshialand conceded lacking knowledge about the South Pacific's roleplay community, but promised to nonetheless work with them throughout the term.<ref name="eshia_campaign" />


Murelia similarly campaigned to organize more interregional events to the enjoyment of participants as well as South Pacifican publicity. He also talked about the weekly games introduced by incumbent [[Doge Land]], but focused criticism on their timing, lamenting the time zone differences making it impossible for him and likely others to attend some of them; the proposed solution was to spread and circulate the times for all the events, and a dedicated Discord channel should help with publicity and attracting more participants. Murelia lastly suggested further engagement with the roleplay community of TSP by explicitly extending event invitations to the dedicated RP servers, since the associated RP events would be of great interest to them, too.<ref name="murelia_campaign" />
Murelia similarly campaigned to organize more interregional events to the enjoyment of participants as well as South Pacifican publicity. He also talked about the weekly games introduced by incumbent [[Doge Land]], but focused criticism on their timing, lamenting the time zone differences making it impossible for him and likely others to attend some of them; the proposed solution was to spread and circulate the times for all the events, and a dedicated Discord channel should help with publicity and attracting more participants. Murelia lastly suggested further engagement with the roleplay community of TSP by explicitly extending event invitations to the dedicated RP servers, since the associated RP events would be of great interest to them, too.<ref name="murelia_campaign" />


On February 3rd, the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] hosted a debate between the two.
On February 3rd, the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] hosted a debate between the two.<ref name="spinn_debates" />


== Minister of Defence ==
== Minister of Defence ==
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Defence election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Defence election
| country          = [[The South Pacific]]
| flag_year        =
| flag_image        = File:The flag of The South Pacific.png
| type              = presidential
| vote_type        = Assembly
| previous_election = November 2021 Minister of Defence special election
| previous_election = November 2021 Minister of Defence special election
| previous_year    = [[November 2021 Minister of Defence special election|November 2021]]
| previous_year    = November 2021
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Defence
| next_year        = [[June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Defence|June 2022]]
| next_year        = June 2022
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout          = TBD
| turnout          = 58.82%


| image1            = File:Emodea Flag.png
| image1            = File:Emodea_223888.png
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| colour1          = ddc
| colour1          = ddc
| candidate1        = [[Moon]]
| candidate1        = [[Moon]]
| party1            = Independent
| party1            = Independent
| popular_vote1    = TBD
| popular_vote1    = 39
| percentage1      = TBD
| percentage1      = 97.50%


| title            = Minister of Defense
| title            = Minister
| before_election  = [[Moon]]
| before_election  = [[Moon]]
| after_election    = TBD
| after_election    = [[Moon]]
}}
}}


The '''February 2021 Minister of Defence election''' only had one candidate, incumbent [[Moon]], run for office. [[HumanSanity]], [[Roavin]], [[Pronoun]], [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]], [[Belschaft]], and [[Wizard Ferret]] declined their nominations.
The '''February 2021 Minister of Defence election''' only had a single candidate ‒ incumbent [[Moon]] ‒ running for office. [[HumanSanity]], [[Roavin]], [[Pronoun]], [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]], [[Belschaft]], and [[Wizard Ferret]] declined their nominations.<ref name="nominations" />


=== Candidate ===
=== Candidate ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election table campaigns
! colspan="2" | Candidate
| {{Election candidate introduction | incumbent = yes
! Political office(s)
| name = [[Moon]]
! Campaign
| flag = File:Emodea_223888.png
|-
| primary_office = [[Minister of Defence]] of the South Pacific
| [[File:Emodea Flag.png|75px]]
| assumed_primary = November 2021
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Moon]]
| other_offices = Officer of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Media]]<br>Ambassador to [[the West Pacific]] and [[10000 Islands]]
| '''[[Minister of Defence|Minister of Defense of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since January 2021)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Officer of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Media]]<br>Ambassador to [[the West Pacific]] and [[10000 Islands]]}}
| campaign = Moonister of Defense II<ref name="moon_campaign">Moon (3 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10201.html Moonister of Defense II]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
| <ref name="moon_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10201.html Moonister of Defense II]. Moon, 3 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
}}
|}


=== Campaign ===
=== Campaign ===
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The campaign of Moon highlighted the increasingly active SPSF membership, including Civilian recruitment for important liberations as well as the growing numbers of the Tidal Force, and thanked his [[General Corps|Generals]] and Prime Minister HumanSanity for providing the support necessary for these achievements. He pledged to advance the Tidal Force more in the coming term, and increase integration efforts for new SPSF members to avoid overwhelming them with all the details about R/D. Lastly, Moon explained his plans for more public appearances of the Ministry, lauding HumanSanity's bi-weekly Cabinet updates and promising to revive monthly reports from the MoD itself in addition to continuing the special reports published about large-scale operations in the last term.<ref name="moon_campaign" />
The campaign of Moon highlighted the increasingly active SPSF membership, including Civilian recruitment for important liberations as well as the growing numbers of the Tidal Force, and thanked his [[General Corps|Generals]] and Prime Minister HumanSanity for providing the support necessary for these achievements. He pledged to advance the Tidal Force more in the coming term, and increase integration efforts for new SPSF members to avoid overwhelming them with all the details about R/D. Lastly, Moon explained his plans for more public appearances of the Ministry, lauding HumanSanity's bi-weekly Cabinet updates and promising to revive monthly reports from the MoD itself in addition to continuing the special reports published about large-scale operations in the last term.<ref name="moon_campaign" />


Moon was interviewed by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] on February 4th.
Moon was interviewed by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] on February 4th.<ref name="spinn_debates" />


== Minister of Engagement ==
== Minister of Engagement ==
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Engagement election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Engagement election
| country          = [[The South Pacific]]
| flag_year        =
| flag_image        = File:The flag of The South Pacific.png
| type              = presidential
| vote_type        = Assembly
| previous_election = December 2021 Minister of Engagement special election
| previous_election = December 2021 Minister of Engagement special election
| previous_year    = [[December 2021 Minister of Engagement special election|December 2021]]
| previous_year    = December 2021
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election
| next_election    = February 2022 Minister of Engagement special election
| next_year        = [[June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Engagement|June 2022]]
| next_year        = February 2022
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout          = TBD
| turnout          = 58.82%


| image1            = File:Purple Hyacinth Flag.png
| image1            = File:Purple_hyacinth_804856.png
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| colour1          = ddc
| colour1          = ddc
| candidate1        = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| candidate1        = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| party1            = Independent
| party1            = Independent
| popular_vote1    = TBD
| popular_vote1    = 35
| percentage1      = TBD
| percentage1      = 89.74%


| image2            = File:Jebediah Kerbal Flag.png
| image2            = File:Jebediah_kerbal_496170.png
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| colour2          = ddc
| colour2          = ddc
| candidate2        = [[Jebediah]]
| candidate2        = [[Jebediah]]
| party2            = Independent
| party2            = Independent
| popular_vote2    = TBD
| popular_vote2    = 4
| percentage2      = TBD
| percentage2      = 10.26%


| title            = Minister of Engagement
| title            = Minister
| before_election  = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| before_election  = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| after_election    = TBD
| after_election    = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
}}
}}


The '''February 2022 Minister of Engagement election''' saw [[Jebediah]] challenge incumbent [[Purple Hyacinth]]. [[Pronoun]] declined their nomination; [[Griffindor]], [[USoVietnam]], and [[Evinea]] have neither accepted nor declined their nominations yet.
The '''February 2022 Minister of Engagement election''' saw [[Jebediah]] challenge incumbent [[Purple Hyacinth]]. [[Pronoun]] and [[Griffindor]] declined their nominations; [[USoVietnam]] and [[Evinea]] neither accepted nor declined their nominations in time.<ref name="nominations" />


=== Candidates ===
=== Candidates ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election table campaigns
! colspan="2" | Candidate
| {{Election candidate introduction | incumbent = yes
! Political office(s)
| name = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
! Campaign
| flag = File:Purple_hyacinth_804856.png
|-
| primary_office = [[Minister of Engagement]] of the South Pacific
| [[File:Purple Hyacinth Flag.png|75px]]
| assumed_primary = December 2021
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| other_offices = Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Culture]]<br>Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Media]]<br>[[Office of World Assembly Legislation|OWL]] Senior Staff<br>Advisor to the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| '''[[Minister of Engagement|Minister of Engagement of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since November 2021)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Culture]]<br>Senior Staff in the [[Ministry of Media]]<br>[[Office of World Assembly Legislation|OWL]] Senior Staff<br>Advisor to the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]]}}
| campaign = Building on our Foundation<ref name="hya_campaign">Purple Hyacinth (5 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10204.html Purple Hyacinth for MoE: Building on our Foundation]. Retrieved 5 Feb '22.</ref>}}
|  
| {{Election candidate introduction
|-
| name = [[Jebediah]]
| [[File:Jebediah Kerbal Flag.png|75px]]
| flag = File:Jebediah_kerbal_496170.png
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Jebediah]]
| primary_office = [[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]
| '''[[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since January 2022)}}
| assumed_primary = January 2022
|
| other_offices =
|}
| campaign = Vote Jeb for MoE<ref name="jebediah_campaign">Jebediah (4 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10199.html Vote for Jebediah/John!]. Retrieved 5 Feb '22.</ref>}}
}}


=== Campaigns ===
=== Campaigns ===


Neither Purple Hyacinth nor Jebediah have posted their campaigns yet.<ref>[https://tspforums.xyz/forum-566.html February 2022 Cabinet Election: Minister of Engagement]. TSP forums. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
Purple Hyacinth primarily campaigned on continuing and completing the projects she had just over a month ago been elected for. On MoE-internal affairs, she expressed a desire to achieve better long-term sustainability of projects, and to that end promised giving MoE staffers extensive independence in leading individual projects while still making sure that term goals are met ‒ and re-shuffling assignments if needed ‒ and advancing staff integration efforts. She provided a list of term goals for each of the Ministry's specialized teams as well as a number of special projects to pursue, namely a cross-endorsement event, reworking the on-site welcome dispatches, and helping Delegate-elect [[Penguin]] write a new welcome telegram for the region.<ref name="hya_campaign" />
 
A large part of Jebediah's campaign focused on the wiki project, desiring to establish a clear-cut structure supported by guides to make it more accessible to newer editors; for this, they presented a detailed step-by-step plan. Furthermore, the wiki's on-site counterpart, the MoE's Dispatch service, would be reworked into a more concise, newbie-friendly style with less unnecessary information. They also presented some ideas for how the Ministry would collaborate with other Ministries, mainly concerning possible help for recruiting players into the Ministries, but also providing a plan for if the [[Ministry of Media]] would get abolished under a Minister Belschaft. Jebediah ended their campaign with talking about possible solutions for better region-wide recruitment and integration in light of the upcoming Frontier/Stronghold NationStates update.<ref name="jebediah_campaign" />
 
The [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] hosted a debate between the two on February 5th.<ref name="spinn_debates" />


== Minister of Foreign Affairs ==
== Minister of Foreign Affairs ==


{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs election
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election
| country          = [[The South Pacific]]
| previous_year    = [[October 2021 Cabinet election#Minister of Foreign Affairs|October 2021]]
| flag_year        =
| flag_image        = File:The flag of The South Pacific.png
| type              = presidential
| vote_type        = Assembly
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election#Minister of Foreign Affairs
| previous_year    = October 2021
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Foreign Affairs
| next_year        = [[June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Foreign Affairs|June 2022]]
| next_year        = June 2022
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout          = TBD
| turnout          = 58.82%


| image1            = File:RoavinFlag.jpeg
| image1            = File:Roavin_457484.jpg
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| colour1          = ddc
| colour1          = ddc
| candidate1        = [[Roavin]]
| candidate1        = [[Roavin]]
| party1            = Independent
| party1            = Independent
| popular_vote1    = TBD
| popular_vote1    = 29
| percentage1      = TBD
| percentage1      = 74.36%


| image2            = File:Flag of Sandaoguo.svg
| image2            = File:Sandaoguo_573178.png
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| colour2          = ddc
| colour2          = ddc
| candidate2        = [[Sandaoguo]]
| candidate2        = [[Sandaoguo]]
| party2            = Independent
| party2            = Independent
| popular_vote2    = TBD
| popular_vote2    = 10
| percentage2      = TBD
| percentage2      = 25.64%


| title            = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| title            = Minister
| before_election  = [[Roavin]]
| before_election  = [[Roavin]]
| after_election    = TBD
| after_election    = [[Roavin]]
}}
}}


The '''February 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs election''' was contested by incumbent [[Roavin]] and [[Sandaoguo]]. Nominations were declined by [[Moon]] and [[Wizard Ferret]], while [[Jay Coop]] and [[Qaz]] haven't responded to theirs yet.
The '''February 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs election''' was contested by incumbent [[Roavin]] and [[Sandaoguo]]. Nominations were declined by [[Moon]] and [[Wizard Ferret]], while [[Jay Coop]] and [[Qaz]] didn't respond to theirs.<ref name="nominations" />


=== Candidates ===
=== Candidates ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election table campaigns
! colspan="2" | Candidate
| {{Election candidate introduction | incumbent = yes
! Political office(s)
| name = [[Roavin]]
! Campaign
| flag = File:Roavin_457484.jpg
|-
| primary_office = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of the South Pacific
| [[File:RoavinFlag.jpeg|75px]]
| assumed_primary = October 2021
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Roavin]]
| other_offices = [[Associate Justice]] of the [[High Court of the South Pacific|High Court]]<br>General of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Member of the [[Legislator Committee]]
| '''[[Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since October 2021)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|[[Associate Justice]] of the [[High Court of the South Pacific|High Court]]<br>General of the [[South Pacific Special Forces]]<br>Member of the [[Legislator Committee]]}}
| campaign = Plain FAcking awesome<ref name="roavin_campaign">Roavin (2 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10197.html RoFAvin 3.0: Plain FAcking awesome]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
| <ref name="roavin_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10197.html RoFAvin 3.0: Plain FAcking awesome]. Roavin, 2 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| {{Election candidate introduction
|-
| name = [[Sandaoguo]]
| [[File:Flag of Sandaoguo.svg|75px]]
| flag = File:Sandaoguo_573178.png
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Sandaoguo]]
| primary_office = Member of the [[Council on Regional Security]]
| '''Member of the [[Council on Regional Security]]'''<br>{{Small|(since December 2016)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|[[Office of World Assembly Legislation|OWL]] Senior Staff<br>Advisor to the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]]}}
| assumed_primary = December 2016
| <ref name="glen_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10194.html Breaking: Sandaoguo wins close election!]. Sandaouo, 2 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| other_offices = [[Office of World Assembly Legislation|OWL]] Senior Staff<br>Advisor to the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|}
| campaign = Sandaoguo Wins MoFA Election!<ref name="glen_campaign">Sandaoguo (2 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10194.html Breaking: Sandaoguo wins close election!]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
}}


=== Campaigns ===
=== Campaigns ===
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Sandaoguo put the main focus of his campaign on his non-compromising defender ideology, stating that a Minister of Foreign Affairs had to know how to navigate the interregional landscape for the long-term benefit. He criticized that recently, TSP's FA objective had been to achieve short-term benefits and try to please everyone, citing his "hopeful scepticism" and indifference to his own reputation in the gameplay community as prime reasons for why he could abandon this policy line in favor of a more effective, principled FA agenda. Sandaoguo expressed a desire to add an actual military pact to the [[Partnership for Sovereignty]] and placing it at the core of any South Pacifican foreign strategy.<ref name="glen_campaign" />
Sandaoguo put the main focus of his campaign on his non-compromising defender ideology, stating that a Minister of Foreign Affairs had to know how to navigate the interregional landscape for the long-term benefit. He criticized that recently, TSP's FA objective had been to achieve short-term benefits and try to please everyone, citing his "hopeful scepticism" and indifference to his own reputation in the gameplay community as prime reasons for why he could abandon this policy line in favor of a more effective, principled FA agenda. Sandaoguo expressed a desire to add an actual military pact to the [[Partnership for Sovereignty]] and placing it at the core of any South Pacifican foreign strategy.<ref name="glen_campaign" />


The two participated in a debate hosted by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] on February 3rd.
The two participated in a debate hosted by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]] on February 3rd.<ref name="spinn_debates" />


== Minister of Media ==
== Minister of Media ==
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Media election
| election_name    = February 2022 Minister of Media election
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election
| country          = [[The South Pacific]]
| previous_year    = [[October 2021 Cabinet election#Minister of Media|October 2021]]
| flag_year        =
| flag_image        = File:The flag of The South Pacific.png
| type              = presidential
| vote_type        = Assembly
| previous_election = October 2021 Cabinet election#Minister of Media
| previous_year    = October 2021
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| election_date    = 1–10 February 2022
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election
| next_election    = June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Media
| next_year        = [[June 2022 Cabinet election#Minister of Media|June 2022]]
| next_year        = June 2022
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| registered        = 68 [[legislators of the South Pacific]]
| turnout          = TBD
| turnout          = 58.82%


| image1            = File:Wizard Ferret Flag.png
| image1            = File:Wizard_ferret_611098.png
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| image1_upright    = 0.3
| colour1          = ddc
| colour1          = ddc
| candidate1        = [[Wizard Ferret]]
| candidate1        = [[Wizard Ferret]]
| party1            = Independent
| party1            = Independent
| popular_vote1    = TBD
| popular_vote1    = 23
| percentage1      = TBD
| percentage1      = 58.97%


| image2            = File:Belschaft flag.png
| image2            = File:Belschaft_766446.jpg
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| image2_upright    = 0.3
| colour2          = ddc
| colour2          = ddc
| candidate2        = [[Belschaft]]
| candidate2        = [[Belschaft]]
| party2            = Independent
| party2            = Independent
| popular_vote2    = TBD
| popular_vote2    = 16
| percentage2      = TBD
| percentage2      = 41.03%


| title            = Minister of Media
| title            = Minister
| before_election  = [[Floptop]]
| before_election  = [[Floptop]]
| after_election    = TBD
| after_election    = [[Wizard Ferret]]
}}
}}


The '''February 2022 Minister of Media election''' was a race between [[Belschaft]] campaigning to abolish the Ministry and [[Wizard Ferret]] wanting to save it. [[Purple Hyacinth]], [[Murelia]], and [[BlockBuster2K43]] declined their nominations, while [[Not Austria]], [[Rebeltopia]], [[Floptop]], and [[Ike]] haven't responded yet.
The '''February 2022 Minister of Media election''' was a race between [[Belschaft]] campaigning to abolish the Ministry and [[Wizard Ferret]] wanting to save it. [[Purple Hyacinth]], [[Murelia]], and [[BlockBuster2K43]] declined their nominations, while [[Not Austria]], [[Rebeltopia]], [[Floptop]], and [[Ike]] never responded.<ref name="nominations" />


=== Candidates ===
=== Candidates ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election table campaigns
! colspan="2" | Candidate
| {{Election candidate introduction
! Political office(s)
| name = [[Belschaft]]
! Campaign
| flag = File:Belschaft_766446.jpg
|-
| primary_office = [[Associate Justice]] of the [[High Court of the South Pacific|High Court]]
| [[File:Belschaft flag.png|75px]]
| assumed_primary = May 2018
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Belschaft]]
| other_offices =
| '''[[Associate Justice]] of the [[High Court of the South Pacific|High Court]]'''<br>{{Small|(since May 2018)}}
| campaign = Vote for Belschaft and Abolish the Ministry of Media!<ref name="belschaft_campaign">Belschaft (2 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10198.html Abolish the Ministry of Media - is third time the charm?]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
| <ref name="belschaft_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10198.html Abolish the Ministry of Media - is third time the charm?]. Belschaft, 2 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| {{Election candidate introduction
|-
| name = [[Wizard Ferret]]
| [[File:Wizard Ferret Flag.png|75px]]
| flag = File:Wizard_ferret_611098.png
| style="background:lavender;" | [[Wizard Ferret]]
| primary_office = [[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]
| '''[[Legislators of the South Pacific|Legislator of the South Pacific]]'''<br>{{Small|(since January 2022)}}<br>{{hidden|Other offices| contentstyle = text-align: center;|Ambassador to [[Ministry of Culture]]}}
| assumed_primary = January 2022
| <ref name="wf_campaign">[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10202.html Magic may be required to save the Ministry of Media - enter Wizard Ferret]. Wizard Ferret, 3 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
| other_offices = Ambassador to [[The League]]
|}
| campaign = Magic may be required to save the Ministry of Media - enter Wizard Ferret<ref name="wf_campaign">Wizard Ferret (3 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10202.html Magic may be required to save the Ministry of Media - enter Wizard Ferret]. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>}}
}}


=== Campaigns ===
=== Campaigns ===
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Wizard Ferret campaigned mostly to present the voters with an alternative to the Ministry's abolition, but also expressed excitement at the idea of running a newspaper. Among their suggestions for getting the Ministry off the ground again were implementing a regular publication schedule, furthering recruitment and integration efforts by transforming the Ministry culture into a newspaper writing room-like atmosphere, and changing up the general feeling of articles as well as expanding the areas of NS covered by them.<ref name="wf_campaign" />
Wizard Ferret campaigned mostly to present the voters with an alternative to the Ministry's abolition, but also expressed excitement at the idea of running a newspaper. Among their suggestions for getting the Ministry off the ground again were implementing a regular publication schedule, furthering recruitment and integration efforts by transforming the Ministry culture into a newspaper writing room-like atmosphere, and changing up the general feeling of articles as well as expanding the areas of NS covered by them.<ref name="wf_campaign" />
A debate between the two was held on February 6th, hosted by the [[South Pacific Independent News Network]].<ref name="spinn_debates" />


== Results ==
== Results ==


The election results are still to be determined, with voting set to close on February 10th.<ref>[https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10186.html Declarations of Candidacy]. EC Kris Kringle, 1 Feb '22. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.</ref>
The election results were proclaimed by [[Election Commissioner]] [[Kringalia|Kris Kringle]] on February 10th, 2022, and will be certified on the 17th.<ref>EC Kris Kringle (10 Feb '22): [https://tspforums.xyz/thread-10216.html Proclamation of Results]. Retrieved 10 Feb '22.</ref> The elected Cabinet ministers will take their seats on the same day.
 
=== Prime Minister ===
 
{{Election table results
| type = IRV
| title = First Round
| ballots = 40
| ron = 0
| invalid = 0
| {{Election candidate results | win | incumbent
| name = [[HumanSanity]]
| vote = 35
| ballots = 40}}
| {{Election candidate results | lose
| name = [[Witchcraft and Sorcery]]
| vote = 5
| ballots = 40}}
}}
 
=== Minister of Culture ===
 
{{Election table results
| type = IRV
| title = First Round
| ballots = 39
| ron = 2
| invalid = 1
| {{Election candidate results | win
| name = [[Eshialand]]
| vote = 22
| ballots = 39}}
| {{Election candidate results | lose
| name = [[Murelia]]
| vote = 15
| ballots = 39}}
}}
 
=== Minister of Defence ===
 
{{Election table results
| type = IRV
| title = First Round
| ballots = 40
| ron = 1
| invalid = 0
| {{Election candidate results | win | incumbent
| name = [[Moon]]
| vote = 39
| ballots = 40}}
}}
 
=== Minister of Engagement ===
 
{{Election table results
| type = IRV
| title = First Round
| ballots = 39
| ron = 0
| invalid = 1
| {{Election candidate results | win | incumbent
| name = [[Purple Hyacinth]]
| vote = 35
| ballots = 39}}
| {{Election candidate results | lose
| name = [[Jebediah]]
| vote = 4
| ballots = 39}}
}}
 
=== Minister of Foreign Affairs ===
 
{{Election table results
| type = IRV
| title = First Round
| ballots = 39
| ron = 0
| invalid = 1
| {{Election candidate results | win | incumbent
| name = [[Roavin]]
| vote = 29
| ballots = 39}}
| {{Election candidate results | lose
| name = [[Sandaoguo]]
| vote = 10
| ballots = 39}}
}}
 
=== Minister of Media ===
 
{{Election table results
| type = IRV
| title = First Round
| ballots = 39
| ron = 0
| invalid = 1
| {{Election candidate results | win
| name = [[Wizard Ferret]]
| vote = 23
| ballots = 39}}
| {{Election candidate results | lose
| name = [[Belschaft]]
| vote = 16
| ballots = 39}}
}}


== References ==
== References ==
<references />
<references />
[[Category:Elections|Cabinet 2022/02]]

Latest revision as of 16:54, 7 March 2022

The February 2022 Cabinet election was an election held in the South Pacific from 1‒10 February 2022 to elect new Cabinet ministers. Six positions were up for election, namely that of the Minister of Culture, Minister of Defence, Minister of Engagement, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Media, as well as the Prime Minister of the South Pacific.

Background

Cabinet elections are scheduled regularly, taking place every four months. According to the Elections Act, a Cabinet election would have to take place on February 1st, 2022.

Electoral System

Each position in the Cabinet is elected independently from one another using the Instant-Runoff voting system. In each race, a voter ranks as many of the standing candidates as they wish in descending order of preference; the worst-performing candidates are eliminated from the tally one after another and the votes for them get re-distributed according to the voters' preferences until a candidate has attained an absolute majority of votes.

The election would begin with a four-day candidacy declarations period. Concurrently, the campaigning period would run, lasting for six days. At its conclusion, three days of voting would begin, after which the Election Commissioner would proclaim the results.

A day prior to the opening of nominations, an amendment to the Elections Act was passed, rewording the section describing Instant-Runoff voting.[1] However, this amendment effectively didn't affect the ballot counting process, instead simply condensing its phrasing.

Prime Minister

February 2022 Prime Minister election
← October 2021 1–10 February 2022 March 2022 →
Registered68 legislators of the South Pacific
Turnout58.82%
 
Candidate HumanSanity Witchcraft and Sorcery
Party Independent Independent
Assembly vote 35 5
Percentage 87.50% 12.50%
Prime Minister before election

HumanSanity

 Elected Prime Minister

HumanSanity

The February 2022 Prime Minister election was contested by incumbent HumanSanity and their predecessor, Witchcraft and Sorcery. Nominations were declined by Sandaoguo, Roavin, and Purple Hyacinth; Rebeltopia, Amerion, Jay Coop, and Nakari never responded to their nominations.[2]

Candidates

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents.
Italicized candidates withdrew from the election.
Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate Political office(s) Campaign
  HumanSanity Prime Minister of the South Pacific
(since October 2021)
Other offices
Commander of the South Pacific Special Forces
Ambassador to Balder
Continued Growth[3]
  Witchcraft and Sorcery General of the South Pacific Special Forces
(since August 2021)
Other offices
Member of the Legislator Committee
Senior Staff in the Ministry of Engagement
Here we go again...[4]

Campaigns

HumanSanity campaigned on a platform of continuing their work from the concluding term while taking a more authoritative approach to the Prime Minister's role within the Cabinet. They highlighted a number of points they believed went well in the term, namely transparency and stability, and explained the benefits to their preferred hands-on style of being Prime Minister in achieving those things. Furthermore, HumanSanity presented a brief overview of their visions for each of the ministries and the Office of World Assembly Legislation in addition to general Cabinet-wide goals for the upcoming term.[3]

The campaign of Witchcraft and Sorcery likewise cited his previous term as Prime Minister as well as experience from other Ministerial positions. Unlike HumanSanity, he argued for a more manager-like leadership of the Prime Minister, mostly aiding the individual Cabinet ministers in achieving their campaign promises and helping the Cabinet as a whole stick together. Nonetheless, he still listed a number of objectives he'd like each Ministry to complete, which were generally similar to those of HumanSanity.[4]

A debate was held on February 3rd between the two, hosted by the South Pacific Independent News Network.[5]

Minister of Culture

February 2022 Minister of Culture election
← October 2021 1–10 February 2022 June 2022 →
Registered68 legislators of the South Pacific
Turnout58.82%
 
Candidate Eshialand Murelia
Party Independent Independent
Assembly vote 22 15
Percentage 56.41% 38.46%
Minister before election

Doge Land

 Elected Minister

Eshialand

The February 2022 Minister of Culture election was a race between Eshialand and Murelia. HumanSanity, Purple Hyacinth, and Doge Land declined their nominations.[2]

Candidates

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents.
Italicized candidates withdrew from the election.
Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate Political office(s) Campaign
  Eshialand Legislator of the South Pacific
(since April 2021)
Other offices
Senior Staff in the Ministry of Culture
A Bright Future[6]
  Murelia Legislator of the South Pacific
(since July 2021)
Other offices
Ambassador to Spiritus and the East Pacific
Murelia for MoC[7]

Campaigns

Eshialand's campaign largely consisted of an analysis of the current term's games and events, observing the decline in attendance after the new role-specific ping system was introduced and describing possible solutions to further community engagement to tackle this issue. This mostly entailed collaboration with the Ministry of Engagement to properly "hype up" MoC's weekly games as well as trying to organize larger events, and propping all of this up with more Voice Chat activity. He furthermore expressed a desire to look into hosting interregional events in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to further community engagement. Eshialand conceded lacking knowledge about the South Pacific's roleplay community, but promised to nonetheless work with them throughout the term.[6]

Murelia similarly campaigned to organize more interregional events to the enjoyment of participants as well as South Pacifican publicity. He also talked about the weekly games introduced by incumbent Doge Land, but focused criticism on their timing, lamenting the time zone differences making it impossible for him and likely others to attend some of them; the proposed solution was to spread and circulate the times for all the events, and a dedicated Discord channel should help with publicity and attracting more participants. Murelia lastly suggested further engagement with the roleplay community of TSP by explicitly extending event invitations to the dedicated RP servers, since the associated RP events would be of great interest to them, too.[7]

On February 3rd, the South Pacific Independent News Network hosted a debate between the two.[5]

Minister of Defence

February 2022 Minister of Defence election
← November 2021 1–10 February 2022 June 2022 →
Registered68 legislators of the South Pacific
Turnout58.82%
 
Candidate Moon
Party Independent
Assembly vote 39
Percentage 97.50%
Minister before election

Moon

 Elected Minister

Moon

The February 2021 Minister of Defence election only had a single candidate ‒ incumbent Moon ‒ running for office. HumanSanity, Roavin, Pronoun, Witchcraft and Sorcery, Belschaft, and Wizard Ferret declined their nominations.[2]

Candidate

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents.
Italicized candidates withdrew from the election.
Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate Political office(s) Campaign
  Moon Minister of Defence of the South Pacific
(since November 2021)
Other offices
Officer of the South Pacific Special Forces
Senior Staff in the Ministry of Media
Ambassador to the West Pacific and 10000 Islands
Moonister of Defense II[8]

Campaign

The campaign of Moon highlighted the increasingly active SPSF membership, including Civilian recruitment for important liberations as well as the growing numbers of the Tidal Force, and thanked his Generals and Prime Minister HumanSanity for providing the support necessary for these achievements. He pledged to advance the Tidal Force more in the coming term, and increase integration efforts for new SPSF members to avoid overwhelming them with all the details about R/D. Lastly, Moon explained his plans for more public appearances of the Ministry, lauding HumanSanity's bi-weekly Cabinet updates and promising to revive monthly reports from the MoD itself in addition to continuing the special reports published about large-scale operations in the last term.[8]

Moon was interviewed by the South Pacific Independent News Network on February 4th.[5]

Minister of Engagement

February 2022 Minister of Engagement election
← December 2021 1–10 February 2022 February 2022 →
Registered68 legislators of the South Pacific
Turnout58.82%
 
Candidate Purple Hyacinth Jebediah
Party Independent Independent
Assembly vote 35 4
Percentage 89.74% 10.26%
Minister before election

Purple Hyacinth

 Elected Minister

Purple Hyacinth

The February 2022 Minister of Engagement election saw Jebediah challenge incumbent Purple Hyacinth. Pronoun and Griffindor declined their nominations; USoVietnam and Evinea neither accepted nor declined their nominations in time.[2]

Candidates

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents.
Italicized candidates withdrew from the election.
Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate Political office(s) Campaign
  Purple Hyacinth Minister of Engagement of the South Pacific
(since December 2021)
Other offices
Senior Staff in the Ministry of Culture
Senior Staff in the Ministry of Media
OWL Senior Staff
Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Building on our Foundation[9]
  Jebediah Legislator of the South Pacific
(since January 2022) 		Vote Jeb for MoE[10]

Campaigns

Purple Hyacinth primarily campaigned on continuing and completing the projects she had just over a month ago been elected for. On MoE-internal affairs, she expressed a desire to achieve better long-term sustainability of projects, and to that end promised giving MoE staffers extensive independence in leading individual projects while still making sure that term goals are met ‒ and re-shuffling assignments if needed ‒ and advancing staff integration efforts. She provided a list of term goals for each of the Ministry's specialized teams as well as a number of special projects to pursue, namely a cross-endorsement event, reworking the on-site welcome dispatches, and helping Delegate-elect Penguin write a new welcome telegram for the region.[9]

A large part of Jebediah's campaign focused on the wiki project, desiring to establish a clear-cut structure supported by guides to make it more accessible to newer editors; for this, they presented a detailed step-by-step plan. Furthermore, the wiki's on-site counterpart, the MoE's Dispatch service, would be reworked into a more concise, newbie-friendly style with less unnecessary information. They also presented some ideas for how the Ministry would collaborate with other Ministries, mainly concerning possible help for recruiting players into the Ministries, but also providing a plan for if the Ministry of Media would get abolished under a Minister Belschaft. Jebediah ended their campaign with talking about possible solutions for better region-wide recruitment and integration in light of the upcoming Frontier/Stronghold NationStates update.[10]

The South Pacific Independent News Network hosted a debate between the two on February 5th.[5]

Minister of Foreign Affairs

February 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs election
← October 2021 1–10 February 2022 June 2022 →
Registered68 legislators of the South Pacific
Turnout58.82%
 
Candidate Roavin Sandaoguo
Party Independent Independent
Assembly vote 29 10
Percentage 74.36% 25.64%
Minister before election

Roavin

 Elected Minister

Roavin

The February 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs election was contested by incumbent Roavin and Sandaoguo. Nominations were declined by Moon and Wizard Ferret, while Jay Coop and Qaz didn't respond to theirs.[2]

Candidates

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents.
Italicized candidates withdrew from the election.
Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate Political office(s) Campaign
  Roavin Minister of Foreign Affairs of the South Pacific
(since October 2021)
Other offices
Associate Justice of the High Court
General of the South Pacific Special Forces
Member of the Legislator Committee
Plain FAcking awesome[11]
  Sandaoguo Member of the Council on Regional Security
(since December 2016)
Other offices
OWL Senior Staff
Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sandaoguo Wins MoFA Election![12]

Campaigns

Roavin's campaign started with a look back on the past term's achievements, such as the new Pact of the Centre of the Earth with Balder and general talks with a number of regions, for which furthermore the respective TSPedia pages were polished. Goals for the coming term were stated to be conducting those talks with further regions, improving ambassador recruitment and internal integration, and working with the Ministry of Media to produce regular foreign reports. Roavin further hinted at a number of in-the-works FA projects that would likely be released in the next term, and finished the campaign with an outline of general policy views, especially highlighting TSP's democratic and defender values.[11]

Sandaoguo put the main focus of his campaign on his non-compromising defender ideology, stating that a Minister of Foreign Affairs had to know how to navigate the interregional landscape for the long-term benefit. He criticized that recently, TSP's FA objective had been to achieve short-term benefits and try to please everyone, citing his "hopeful scepticism" and indifference to his own reputation in the gameplay community as prime reasons for why he could abandon this policy line in favor of a more effective, principled FA agenda. Sandaoguo expressed a desire to add an actual military pact to the Partnership for Sovereignty and placing it at the core of any South Pacifican foreign strategy.[12]

The two participated in a debate hosted by the South Pacific Independent News Network on February 3rd.[5]

Minister of Media

February 2022 Minister of Media election
← October 2021 1–10 February 2022 June 2022 →
Registered68 legislators of the South Pacific
Turnout58.82%
 
Candidate Wizard Ferret Belschaft
Party Independent Independent
Assembly vote 23 16
Percentage 58.97% 41.03%
Minister before election

Floptop

 Elected Minister

Wizard Ferret

The February 2022 Minister of Media election was a race between Belschaft campaigning to abolish the Ministry and Wizard Ferret wanting to save it. Purple Hyacinth, Murelia, and BlockBuster2K43 declined their nominations, while Not Austria, Rebeltopia, Floptop, and Ike never responded.[2]

Candidates

Declared Candidates
Bolded candidates are incumbents.
Italicized candidates withdrew from the election.
Struck candidates were disqualified from the race.
Candidate Political office(s) Campaign
  Belschaft Associate Justice of the High Court
(since May 2018) 		Vote for Belschaft and Abolish the Ministry of Media![13]
  Wizard Ferret Legislator of the South Pacific
(since January 2022)
Other offices
Ambassador to The League
Magic may be required to save the Ministry of Media - enter Wizard Ferret[14]

Campaigns

Belschaft's campaign was his third attempt at being elected on a platform of wholly abolishing the Ministry of Media. He cited low ‒ although increased ‒ publication activity as well as a perceived complete redundancy of the Ministry as his reasons, and explained that any player interested in writing news articles could easily do so without the Ministry, which he believed to simply add layers of unnecessary bureaucracy. He further promised to release all assets of the Ministry, such as graphics and guides, to the public for free.[13]

Wizard Ferret campaigned mostly to present the voters with an alternative to the Ministry's abolition, but also expressed excitement at the idea of running a newspaper. Among their suggestions for getting the Ministry off the ground again were implementing a regular publication schedule, furthering recruitment and integration efforts by transforming the Ministry culture into a newspaper writing room-like atmosphere, and changing up the general feeling of articles as well as expanding the areas of NS covered by them.[14]

A debate between the two was held on February 6th, hosted by the South Pacific Independent News Network.[5]

Results

The election results were proclaimed by Election Commissioner Kris Kringle on February 10th, 2022, and will be certified on the 17th.[15] The elected Cabinet ministers will take their seats on the same day.

Prime Minister

Results: First Round
Green background denotes winning candidates.
Red background denotes eliminated candidates.
✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate First-Place Preferences
✓ HumanSanity 35 87.5%
Witchcraft and Sorcery 5 12.5%
Re-Open Nominations 0 0%
Invalid ballots 0 0%

Minister of Culture

Results: First Round
Green background denotes winning candidates.
Red background denotes eliminated candidates.
✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate First-Place Preferences
Eshialand 22 56.41%
Murelia 15 38.46%
Re-Open Nominations 2 5.13%
Invalid ballots 1 2.5%

Minister of Defence

Results: First Round
Green background denotes winning candidates.
Red background denotes eliminated candidates.
✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate First-Place Preferences
✓ Moon 39 97.5%
Re-Open Nominations 1 2.5%
Invalid ballots 0 0%

Minister of Engagement

Results: First Round
Green background denotes winning candidates.
Red background denotes eliminated candidates.
✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate First-Place Preferences
✓ Purple Hyacinth 35 89.74%
Jebediah 4 10.26%
Re-Open Nominations 0 0%
Invalid ballots 1 2.5%

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Results: First Round
Green background denotes winning candidates.
Red background denotes eliminated candidates.
✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate First-Place Preferences
✓ Roavin 29 74.36%
Sandaoguo 10 25.64%
Re-Open Nominations 0 0%
Invalid ballots 1 2.5%

Minister of Media

Results: First Round
Green background denotes winning candidates.
Red background denotes eliminated candidates.
✓ and ✗ denote the status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Candidate First-Place Preferences
Wizard Ferret 23 58.97%
Belschaft 16 41.03%
Re-Open Nominations 0 0%
Invalid ballots 1 2.5%

References

  1. ↑ CoA anjo (31 Jan '22): Final Result (A2201.08). Assembly of the South Pacific. Retrieved 10 Feb '22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 EC Kris Kringle (31 Jan '22): Declarations of Candidacy. Retrieved 10 Feb '22.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 HumanSanity (1 Feb '22): HumanSanity for Prime Minister: Continued Growth. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Witchcraft and Sorcery (3 Feb '22): WS4PM: Here we go again... Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 James Halpert (7 Feb '22): [Election Coverage] February 2022 Cabinet Election Debate Series. South Pacific Independent News Network. Retrieved 7 Feb '22.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eshialand (1 Feb '22): Eshia for MoC!. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Murelia (2 Feb '22): Murelia for MoC. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Moon (3 Feb '22): Moonister of Defense II. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Purple Hyacinth (5 Feb '22): Purple Hyacinth for MoE: Building on our Foundation. Retrieved 5 Feb '22.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jebediah (4 Feb '22): Vote for Jebediah/John!. Retrieved 5 Feb '22.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Roavin (2 Feb '22): RoFAvin 3.0: Plain FAcking awesome. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sandaoguo (2 Feb '22): Breaking: Sandaoguo wins close election!. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Belschaft (2 Feb '22): Abolish the Ministry of Media - is third time the charm?. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Wizard Ferret (3 Feb '22): Magic may be required to save the Ministry of Media - enter Wizard Ferret. Retrieved 4 Feb '22.
  15. ↑ EC Kris Kringle (10 Feb '22): Proclamation of Results. Retrieved 10 Feb '22.
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