Permanent Peace Partnership - 永久和平發展協會

Venezuela: Nepotism, Cocaine, and Incompetence at the Top

Issue

Daily Beast

All the first lady’s nephews wanted to do was raise a few million dollars in a cocaine deal. Many members of the Venezuelan regime’s elite were doing it. What could go wrong?

Solution

Power leads to corruption, and Venezuela's presidential system is dysfunctional. Venezuela should switch to a dual leader system, limiting the president to one 5-year term and no right for him/her or relatives to run for 6 years afterwards. The prime minister should be in charge of government operations and national defense, and 1/4 of all lawmakers should face election each year. When the actions of the president and his/her family and friends are unconstitutional, the people are obliged to resist. See the Charter for Permanent Peace andDevelopment for details. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10

Argentina: Scores injured as violent protests breakout against pension reform plans

Buenos Aires protest against pension reforms (Photo: dpa/C. Fanchi)

Issue

Deutsche Welle

Rallies outside Argentina's Congress have turned violent, with as many as 150 people reportedly injured. Opponents of the proposed pension reform bill say it would reduce payouts for 17 million Argentinians.

Solution

To avoid further increases in grievances and tension, the government of Argentina should pay attention to the voices of its citizens and consider the use of referendums to gauge support for proposed legislation and policies. It should examine the processes followed for referendums in Switzerland and elections in California. Citizens should voice their opinions through the ballot box and not on the streets. In addition, elections should be completely free for all candidates. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for more. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10

Honduras: Clashes as official rejects calls for new election

Police and soldiers back away from burning tires lit by protesters (Photo: Delmer Menbrano/dpa)

Issue

Deutsche Welle

A senior government official has ruled out a new presidential election in Honduras, as protests broke out across the country following an official declaration that President Juan Orlando Hernandez had won re-election.

Solution

Power leads to corruption, and Honduras' presidential system is dysfunctional. Honduras should switch to a dual leader system, limiting the president to one 5-year term with no right for him/her or relatives to run for 6 years afterwards. The prime minister should be in charge of government operations and national defense, and 1/4 of all lawmakers should face election each year. When the actions of the president and his/her family and friends are unconstitutional, the people are obliged to resist. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for details. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10

Trump is ignoring the security threat of climate change - and it endangers everyone around the world

Issue

The Independent

The Trump administration’s decision to remove emphasis on climate change from the new National Security Strategy represents its latest move away from international action on climate change.

Solution

Climate change is real, and it is so stark in places that the data is 'off the charts'. Environmental rights are essential human rights,and climate change discussions are now the exclusive province of the EU and China as the US retreats to between its two oceans. Human security and sustainable development are two of the major tasks of the UN, and all nations should comply with its norms. This entails implementing One World under One Set of Laws and giving international law precedence over domestic law as well as complying with the UN Charter, the Paris climate agreement and other relevant pacts. For details see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10

Digital police state shackles Chinese minority

Issue

The daily Mail

China's thought police: Thousands of country's Uighur Muslim minority are being monitored and locked up in secretive detention camps to be 'retrained' into Communist Party ways, report finds

Solution

Greater restrictions demand greater resistance, until sooner or later the people have no choice but to overthrow the one-party dictatorship. §5.3

Korea war could break out 'any time between now and March', warn China

Anti-terrorism is all too often conflated with stability. The essence of authoritarian systems is to maintain the regime at all costs, making it tough to discriminate autocracy from dictatorship. China's restrictions on the people's freedom of action go against divine aims, and the one-party dictatorship's ban of 'democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law' is opposed to accepted universal values The prerequisite for peace is democracy, and Taiwan stands as a lighthouse for 1.4 billion Chinese people, Taiwan is the one entity best suited to lead China to freedom and democracy. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

Issue

The Daily Mail

Solution

Autocracy will always need to use the enemy to suppress the people and will always be the persecutor of the peace of mankind. Democracies Should Spiritually Support Taiwan, Let People Have the Courage, and Demonstrate Wiseness Doing Better thanking Others for the Future, Do not Change the Permanent Charter of the People's Republic of China, Land, and the Flag, and the Constitution of the World to Improve the Last Fetus of 50 Humankind in China, Russia and North Korea Authoritarian regime, contributing to human peace. See Charter for Permanent Peace and Development §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10

China’s reform report card calls for more of Darwin, less of Einstein

Issue

SCMP

Just one single action out of the 183 initiatives identified in the 12th Five-Year Plan has been achieved - Hong Kong’s Stock and Bond Connect programmes.

Solution

China into internal and external problems, corruption rampant. It has been scientifically proven that the only prescription for treating the ills of democracy is more democracy. §5.3

Unimpressed by Hong Kong’s official air pollution index

The only pharmacopoeia is the Constitutional Code. The chief executive shall be elected for a number of years; the chief executive shall be elected for a term of five years and shall not be reelected within six years; the congressional election shall be re-elected every fourth year; no money shall be involved in the election and the media should be run for free all year round with unlimited supplies. Statecraft panacea - see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

Issue

SCMP

Looking out of the window on the morning of Saturday, December 9, the neighbouring apartment blocks were shrouded in fog and the distant mountains appeared like shadows....

Solution

Environmental rights are essential human rights, and the arena for climate change discussion —Every nation should take responsibility for protecting the world around us..This entails implementing One World under One Set of Laws and giving international law precedence over domestic law as well as complying with the UN Charter, the Paris climate agreement and all other relevant pacts. For details see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development. §1.6 §5.3 §6.4 §7.3 §8.3

Analysis: Was That Kazakhstan's Opposition I Heard?

Issue

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The recent coal miners strike to demand higher wages and better working condition from manager Arcelor Mittal Temirtau gave the OSDP an opportunity.

Solution

Free speech is a universal value, and the Kazakhstan people should call for constitutional reform to ensure media freedom and prevent the government oligarchy from monopolizing the media, the internet and other channels of communications. At the same time, governments around the world are enacting laws that exact punishment for online expressions of opinion and criticisms of policy and politicians. People everywhere must call for reform to ensure that their rights will be protected. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10