Following the publication of the Reform Dossier, the Secretary-General has resigned his position to implement the so-called secret fifth recommendation. In his place is a new Secretary-General whose reforms will shake Congressional Parliament (CP) to its very roots.
Although the Reform Dossier only made four recommendations, many analysts noted that throughout the document there were numerous references to an international loss of confidence in CP. Accordingly, the Secretary-General took the hint and handed power over to an unknown professor teaching international politics at the Histoireplatz in Adonf, Marcusburg.
The move reportedly irked some members of the internal review board who drafted the Reform Dossier. They claimed that transferring power from the then Secretary-General, who is originally from Marcusburg, to a Marcurean history professor would not alleviate international concerns over conflict of interest. However, the professor's radical reformist reputation eventually won over the board members.
With news crews and a helicopter swirling overhead, the startled professor accepted the offering when Congressional officials burst into his Histoireplatz Office.
In a manner consistent with his reputation, his first words were, "Somebody's gotta take over the job. The current Secretary-General's gotta go. And I'm the man to do it."
The new Secretary-General, who had just taught a class hours before about the Reform Dossier, immediately began to implement changes which he announced to the international media in a hastily assembled press conference in the middle of Terra Est (the projected territory to be opened in the next Land Rush) in order to symbolize his new vision of a future CP.
Seizing upon the Dossier's recommendations, the new Secretary-General ordered the drafting of a new proactive foreign policy for CP to suit its current objectives. The foreign policy would tackle a whole range of issues from the El-Hussaqi violation of the Occidentale Convention to Coneorikspolitik.
The policies would be readjusted when CP's new objectives are defined in a future overhaul of the constitution. The new Secretary-General demanded that another review board immediately begin work on that project.
The new Secretary-General also broadcasted major structural overhauls to CP. The entire Parliament would be split into two institutions. The first would encompass a merger of the Defensecorps, the World Development Agency (WDA), and the League of Appeal into a new entity known as the 'International Congressional Assistance Agency' (ICAA).
The main aim of the ICAA is to provide comprehensive help for all CP members' governments and their heads of state. The ICAA would dispense military aid through the 'Defensecorps' (unchanged), financial aid through the 'World Bank' (formerly the WDA), non-binding legal arbitration through the 'International Court' (formerly the League of Appeal), political advice through the 'World Strategy Council' (new), and facilitate communication between member-states through the 'International Embassy' (new).
However, the new Secretary-General decreed that the ICAA would not be a passive organization. Updates on the health of each nation would be sent to all members' heads of state every two months regarding all aspects the IAC encompasses from new CP High Commissioners stationed in each member-state. Not surprisingly, a CP High Commission will open in those countries as well.
Apart from the ICAA, the second major CP institution encompasses the Great Powers Forum and the International Senate (formerly the General Assembly) in a new entity known as the 'World Parliament'.
Whereas the ICAA is designed to provide services for member-states, the World Parliament would be the decision-making machinery of CP. Notably, military aid and financial aid are tied to the decisions of the World Parliament.
The new Secretary-General would not address any questions at the end of the press conference and many are waiting to see if his ambitious reforms can be implemented.
Hungry for any kind of official comment, the media went to the ex-Secretary General asking for his opinion on the situation. By telephone from his estate in Marcusburg, he dryly noted, "Well, the Mapp is going to hell. Give the people what they want."