Equilism denounces the NPD

The government of Equilism, one of the largest and most respected player-created regions in NationStates, recently released a statement condemning the North Pacific Directorate. This comes on the heels of the announcement made by The West Pacific (see: TWP denunciation of the NPD). You can view the denunciation at the Equilism forums (www.equilism.org) here.

Neo-Conservatism, the Equilism Minister of Foreign Affairs, had this to say.

As for our international standing, while I certainly hope Equilism will continue to be on the rise in terms of international influence, it would be great if that rise would come on the heels of larger regions making similar anti-NPD statements. As the destruction of the tyranny in the North Pacific is our primary goal, if that makes us a more popular region, great. But I really feel strongly that the statement would have been just as, if not more, important to make, if we had stood to lose international influence because the larger community was accepting of the NPD.

He also added that he was "a little ashamed" that Equilism took so long to come out with the statement, and also said this:

While it was obviously directed at [Moldavi], it also was perhaps even more so directed at the other democratic regions of NationStates. Because our primary goal was to help rally a sort of interregional coalition against the NPD, we really didn’t care what Moldavi would think of our statement.

Neo-Conservatism stressed that he believes the democratic regions of NS need to stand united against the NPD, and other non-democratic governments.

As I tried to convey in the declaration, the democratic regions need to be united. If there is internal division amongst us, that will inherently make us weaker and the invaders stronger. If we squabble about if the NPD is legitimate, if the NPO/PRP is democratic now, we lose sight of what they really are. They are not democratic governments, and I frankly feel trying to be apologists for them is tantamount to a grave injustice upon the countless residents of those regions, whole are living under their authoritarian rule.