Bannerman

Former M.P. Bannerman's official portrait.

1st Secretary of Tax Collection of Melonia
July 9, 2022-July 15, 2022
(position abolished)

2nd Member of Parliament (Expansia) of Melonia
July 15, 2022-July 29, 2022
(resigned)

Term	July 9, 2022-July 15, 2022 (Sec. of Tax Collection) July 15, 2022-July 29,2022 (M.P.)
Party	Parteife Grejta June 29, 2022-July 29, 2022 (party abolished due to relinquishing citizenship)

Citizen Info

Joined	To be added
Address	4 Baker Street, Haigdin, Melonia

Bannerman, also known by his username BannermanCieurn, was the Member of Parliament for the Expansia district in Melonia. He was elected by the Expansian citizens on July 15, 2022. He was also formerly the Secretary of Tax Collection in Melonia. He was appointed to that position by President Michael Webb, who created the position to enforce the property tax. The position was abolished by a Parliament vote on July 15, 2022 and all responsibilities of that position are now under the Minister of Finance. Bannerman also founded the Parteife Grejta on June 29, 2022, which is now defunct due to Bannerman relinquishing Melonian citizenship.

Bannerman did not do too much during his very brief time as the Secretary of Tax Collection in an official sense, although he was instrumental in the past couple of Senate meetings in suggesting new ideas.

Bannerman ran for the Senate seat of Expansia, and won on July 15, 2022. In the campaign, he wants to bring referendums from citizens into Melonian law; basically, allowing citizens to gather enough signatures to get an item passed into law via a citizen vote. He also advocates for Cieurnish culture and ideals, and wants to add Cieurnish as an official language of Melonia, in addition to English and Melonyc.

M.P. Bannerman is strongly in support of enacting a claim of the entire world (except the Taladosian colony) and naming the land the Melonian Republic. This proposed nation would use a semi-presidential system. In this system, you would elect two people for the two positions, the same as right now, a President and a Member of Parliament to represent you. The President would appoint a Prime Minister, who is head of the cabinet, and then the PM would appoint a cabinet, which would be approved by the Parliament. The Parliament would approve the PM.

The President would be head-of-state, mostly doing things like executing foreign affairs, giving speeches, being allowed to expunge criminals, etc, etc, while the Prime Minister would run the day-to-day affairs of the government, and would more directly affect citizens. The Parliament can kick the Prime Minister or any Cabinet members out at any time with a majority “vote of no confidence”.

This support has so far led to the renaming of all government positions to match the potential new government, which is why Bannerman is now titled “Member of Parliament” instead of Senator.

Bannerman, who was M.P. for the district of Expansia at the time, decided to officially resign from his position on July 29, 2022 due to “differences” that “cannot be reconciled” in terms of foreign policy relations with the “MRP-led Melonian government”, according to his official resignation letter that was published by the President's Office on the day of his resignation. He also decided to renounce his Melonian citizenship due to these differences.

Bannerman, along with Vice Mayor JosephineMira, founded the Parteife Grejta on June 29, 2022. In the official political party filing, the Cieurnish National Party stated that they advocated for Cieurnish nationalism and direct democracy. They also stated that their political leaning is center-left. The party is now defunct due to Bannerman renouncing his Melonian citizenship.

Bannerman was in the process of building his own house, which was located on 4 Baker Street in Haigdin. However, he renounced his Melonian citizenship due to the difference in foreign policy matters between him and other Melonian government officials on July 29, 2022. Therefore, all of his assets, including the Parteife Grejta and his two properties were seized by the Melonian government. With the permission of the sole remaining member of the PG, JosephineMira, the PG was officially dissolved. Bannerman's other assets are still controlled by the Melonian government. However, they will likely be auctioned off at a later date.

To read more about Bannerman's activities in the Cieurnish Empire, read his article on the Cieurnish Wiki.