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Falalian Consensus Supports Reform

22/05, AIMNN – Falalian authority has announced the result of the national meeting took place from 15 April until 1 May last month. The meeting was led by King Muhammad I and discussing the future of Falalia.

After the conclusion of the meeting on 1 May, King Muhammad I announced that reform would take place immediately. Despite on that, Falalian authority just yesterday (20/05) published the complete text of the meeting consensus.

Falalian citizens attended the convention agreed for a reform, which includes changes in political system, national symbols, and national territories.

“A Thorough Reform”

Politically, Falalia would be converted as an absolute monarchy, with the newly-founded monarch council and advisory council that would support the Falalian King in the governance. Furthermore, the Prime Minister office would be abolished; and the Crown Prince and the King Mother would preside over the national government to support the King.

A consensus to draft a new constitution was also agreed, beside regulations for political parties, and also the declaration of Falalian new official name “Great Kingdom of Falalia”.

Delegates of the national meeting also agreed to replace the national flag, national anthems and patriotic songs, and the national emblem. National heroes were also agreed upon, with the date of Tian Abdurrahman’s (1994-2019) passing to be recognised as “Heroes Day”.

The meeting also saw the end of Falalian sovereignty over Nakma region, located far from the national capital Richland; and the addition of Sitoradja Kingdom to Falalian domain.

Falalian King Muhammad I have set the deadline for the implementation of the reform. He has directed the deadline for reform announcement to be made before 1 June 2020, and the drafting process of the constitution to take place 3 months after the conclusion of the national meeting.

AIM Symbols Guidelines Made Official

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AIM Flag, one of the symbols regulated on the guidelines

AIMNN, 20/05 – Association of Indonesian Micronations (AIM) Symbols Guidelines has passed General Assembly votes to be made official today (20/05). The proposed guidelines received unanimous support from member states. The guidelines will regulate AIM symbols and its usage by the organisation and member states.

The guidelines recognises five symbols as official. Those symbols are the flag, emblem, anthem, slogan, and official cities. The guidelines provides description on symbol’s history, meaning, and usage regulations.

Organisation slogan “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (English: Unity in Diversity) was recognised for the first time as official, despite it was already in use since AIM founding in 2011, even depicted in AIM logo from 2011 until 2014.

AIM also recognises official cities, with Tian Generations Place as honorary capital, and capital of state chairman is set to be administrative centre. Recognition of Tian Generations Place as honorary capital is one AIM effort to pay homage to Tian Abdurrahman (1994-2019), as it was the first capital city of Bobodolands Federation (2011-2012), his first micronation.

AIM member states are expected to adhere to the symbol guidelines when using AIM symbols in the future.

Harjakarta Called for Drafting Committee

Beforehand, a drafting committee was formed and successfully working on the guidelines draft in a period between 7 May until 13 May 2020. Members of the drafting committee were Joel Wijaya of Halenesia, Aaron Penyami and Arda Mudarso of Neuborrnia-Merientalia, and Muhammad Iqbal from Falalia.

The drafting committee was proposed by Chairman Harjakarta as an effort to increase new member states participation in AIM lawmaking and resolution-drafting process.

In general, composition of AIM laws were performed inside the General Assembly. The final draft was later perfected by the Correspondence Department by member states consent before ratification.

Eri Septio Appointed AIM Secretary General

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Flag of Jomblonisme, home state of Eri Septio.

AIMNN, 02/05 – Jomblonisme President, Eri Septio, officially appointed as the Secretary General of the Association of Indonesian Micronations (AIM) on the General Assembly meeting session took place today (02/05). Eri Septio received unanimous support from member states on the vote.

Eri Septio was proposed by the new AIM Chairman, Harjakarta, to replace Nabil Ihsan that had his office term expired on April 2020. Prior to the vote, member states expressed their support for the nomination, as they believe Eri could satisfy the demands of the duty.

After the vote, member states in succession congratulates Eri appointment. Responding on numerous support for his nomination, Eri commented, “Thank you to Harjakarta for congratulate and motivate me, and to Nabil Ihsan for his encouragement to his successor”.

Eri will still hold a private meeting with his predecessor, Nabil Ihsan, on these weeks. Harjakartan Prince, Tommy Narisworo also reiterates the necessity to continue learning from his predecessor so he can perform his job better.

On upcoming week, Eri are expected to appoint department heads for the AIM Secretariat, to support his job as the secretary general. Calls to reappoint Nabil Ihsan for secretarial department office was also made by member states.

AIM Secretary General is the highest leadership reserved to an individual on the organisation. Secretary general duty is to perform secretarial works of AIM, and also to support the chairman. Secretary general headed the Secretariat, itself comprised of public relations, archives, and correspondency departments.

Harjakarta Becomes AIM Chairman

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AIMNN, 01/05 – Praja Harjakarta officially becomes the new Chair of the Association of Indonesian Micronations (AIM), replacing Falalia that had its term of office expired on last April. The handover ceremony took place on the General Assembly session today (01/05).

Harjakarta is the next in line after Falalia on the rotation system of AIM Chairmanship, designated alphabetically according to full member states list.

Harjakarta followed Falalia as the new chairman under the new office term period as amendment of the Charter passed on April 2020. The current term see the office term reduced from 6 months to 4 months.

On accepting his country new responsibility to the organisation, Harjakartan Great Prince Tommy Narisworo said, “My gratitude is for Falalia. Harjakarta will accept the mandate and continue our progress, but I must remind all that I cannot do it alone. Let us build our AIM together!”.

New Secretary General Announced

Nabil Ihsan’ term as secretary general will also end following the termination of Falalia. Beforehand, he already announced to the community that he wishes to not to be reappointed as secretary general for another term, as he hopes for a regeneration process would be started by the new secretary general.

To honour Nabil’s wishes to not to reappoint him, Harjakarta has proposed Eri Septio of Jomblonisme for the new secretary general replacing Nabil. A vote to confirm the new secretary general is planned to take place tomorrow (02/05).

Secretary general is appointed by the chairman, and its office term also mirrored chairman office term. AIM regulation requires new chairman to confirm the secretary general, whether by reappointing the secretary general of the previous term, or to appoint the new individual.

Al-Muqaddimah Becomes AIM Full Member State

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AIMNN (29/04) – AIMNN (29/04) – Kingdom State of Al Muqaddimah has been accepted to become AIM full member states. Votes taken today evening (29/04) affirming member states support for Muqaddiman membership.

Al-Muqaddimah is an Indonesian micronation founded on 1 January 2014. The Islamic monarchy is currently ruled by Allero I. Al-Muqaddimah was accepted as AIM observer state in 20 March 2020.

On the last General Assembly session (20/04), Muqaddiman request for full membership status advancement was rejected, the very first time occurred in AIM. This also has set a new precedent on the future events should another observer state membership advancement request is rejected by the general Assembly.

Cutlavania Accepted, Al-Muqaddimah Rejected to be AIM Full Members

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20/04, AIMNN – Association of Indonesian Micronations (AIM) General Assembly session took place yesterday (19/4) has decided on membership status of three member states, Cutlavania, Al-Muqaddimah, and Pacatia.

On the session, the General Assembly has agreed to accept Cutlavanian government request for full membership of AIM. The motion was supported by all members.

Kingship of Cutlavania is a micronation founded in 2019 and currently ruled by King B.M.W.. The country was accepted as AIM Observer state in March 2020.

Muqaddiman Full Membership Rejected

On the same session, for the first time the AIM General Assembly rejected full membership application of an observer state. Al-Muqaddimah has failed to become full member as 2 member states decided to vote against the accession, while 5 member states abstained.

Excellent, the first country to reject the accession, justified their rejection by saying that Al-Muqaddimah has failed to show their commitment for unity and friendship in the community. He pointed out the Muqaddiman “Anti-infidels Day” celebrated in 1 April, clearly showing its hostility against non-Muslim micronations, such as Excellent.

Other member states has decided to abstained their vote after comprehend the issue, especially after Berakistan leader Moch. Gempar also voting against the accession.

The vote has created a new precedent, since this is the first time the General Assembly has rejected full membership application. Furthermore, AIM Charter also yet to specify on the case of a failed full membership application.

As consensus, the country will remain on their current Observer status. Al-Muqaddimah also allowed to request accession to full membership status in the future whenever they believe member states support for them is sufficed.

Responding on the rejection, Muqaddiman authority declared that they will learn from this mistake and promised for changes in their country.

Pacatia Withdrawed from AIM

Pacatian government has declared their withdrawal from the organisation on the same General Assembly session yesterday (19/04). The announcement was created during a voting session on the motion to revoke their membership, thus mooted the voting.

The organisation had understand on Pacatian government decision to reunify with the newly-formed Neuborrnia-Merientalia in the future. Pacatian authority did not give the date on when the unification would take place until the last General Assembly voting session yesterday.

After the unification, Pacatian leader Arda will become the acting prime minister of Neuborrnia-Merientalia. He will assist president Aaron Penyami to consolidate the new country and to compose the national constitution.

AIM Charter Amendment Passed

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AIMNN, 11/04 – Association of Indonesian Micronations (AIM) General Assembly has passed an amendment on the Charter and By-laws of the organisation. The amendment passed general assembly voting on meetings took place from Tuesday (07/04) until Wednesday (08/04) yesterday.

The specific meeting is chaired by Harjakartan delegate Tommy Narisworo, and passed motions to amend two articles on the Charter and By-Laws. Amendments is done on article 12 of the Charter, concerning on term of office, and article 1 paragraph 2 of the By-Laws, concerning on conditions for full membership status.

The general assembly agreed to amend article 12 of the Charter, that previously dictates AIM term of office is 6 months, into 4 months. Article 1 paragraph 2 that previously declares 3-months observership for condition of full membership request, is also amended into just 30 days.

Other amendment proposal to set a term limit for the Secretary General and to modify chairmanship order of precedence, is not passed by the general assembly. A proposal to add articles concerning on AIM symbols is also failed to pass, as member states agreed to manage the symbols on a separate resolutions instead.

General assembly decision to put the amendment in force immediately, will also see the hasten of the ending of the Chairman Falalia and Secretary General Nabil Ihsan’s term of office into the end of this month. Under previous arrangement, both of them will have their term ended only in June 2020.

Flashback: A Discussion on LIR Union

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An interesting discussion about LIR Union was published by The Indokistan Times on the third week of November 2012. The discussion was between Indokistani Third Republic politicians, Nabil Ihsan and Tian Abdurrahman. That interesting discussion can be read below:

Controversy on Indokistani membership in LIR Union has resulted in fierce debate among government officials, especially after those talks produced nothing on how the government should respond.
Speaker of the Parliament Tian Abdurrahman commented that as consequences of the “free” principle on Indokistani foreign policy of “free and active”, Indokistan should not be engaged in any alliance or diplomatic pact. He also claimed that if Indokistan insists in continuing its membership in LIR Union, the country has violated its own principles.
Opposing argument from the Chancellor Nabil Ihsan declares that the definition of “free” are “to freely decides on its own foreign policy without foreign intervention”, thus Indokistani membership in LIR union does not negate the principle. He also said that if Indokistan should not be bound with any alliance or diplomatic pact, Indokistan could no longer engaged in diplomacy, nor joining micronational organisations, or to sign a treaty with other micronations.
Do you have another argument for or against Indokistani membership in LIR Union? Voiced your opinion right now!
(The Indokistan Times, November 2012. Translated into English.)

Background

LIR Union (2012-2013)

LIR Union was an intermicronational organisation that consisted of three member states: Indokistan, Los Bay Petros, and Raflesinesia. The founding charter of LIR Union was signed in the only intermicronational conference in Indonesian sector that was took place in 12 August 2012 in Kranji, Los Bay Petros.

The discussion occurred in the Indokistani Third Republic era (October 2012 – January 2013) between then-Chancellor Nabil Ihsan and Parliament Speaker Tian Abdurrahman. At that time, Tian’s influence were on its height, especially after his effort to reform the country as a unitary state went successful few weeks prior to the discussion.

Tian’s statement was seen as a brave act, because of his call to replace the status-quo existed prior to his entry to Indokistan (LIR Union was founded in August 2012, Tian rejoined Indokistan in September 2012). His statement also placed him in a position to challenge the very person that signed the establishment declaration of the LIR Union.

It was already known among Indokistani public that Tian often held differing opinion against other Indokistani figures. For instance, Tian also caused shock in the country afterwards, declaring the establishment of the unitary “Republic of Indokistan” in October 2013. The stunt was done despite Tian himself ratified the referendum results that finalizes Indokistani federal system in June 2013.

On the bright side, this discussion exhibited Indokistani freedom and unity, despite ideological and thought differences. We can also see Tian’s confidence to express his thought, no matter how others will respond, and take it as an example to our daily life.

In the end, LIR Union was abandoned after Raflesinesian unification to Indokistan in February 2013, resulting in only two members remaining. Further proposal of Rayhan Haikal to convert the organisation as a special treaty between both countries also received only marginal support.

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AIM Flag, Emblem Made Official

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Association of Indonesian Micronations (AIM) General Assembly has set the official symbol of the organisation on the general assembly sessions took place in 3 April until 4 April 2020. The symbols received official status are the organisation flag and anthem.

On the 3 April session, the general assembly has voted for the adoption of “Light of Southeast Asia” as the organisation anthem, by 6-1 votes.

The song was made by Theodorus Diaz of Excellent in 2015, and the lyrics was made by Nabil Ihsan of Suwarnakarta Institute last month. The song was already proposed in 2015, yet received only marginal support to make it official.

Nusantara united in a noble bond
Brilliant countries hope of the world
May our joyful dream comes true
Light of Southeast Asia
(Translation of the first stanza of the “Light of Southeast Asia”)

Antoher session took place yesterday (04/04) finalizes the official flag of AIM afrter lengthy discussion due to diverse ideas proposed by member states. The final vote tally on the flag are in 6-3.

The official flag of AIM consists of white background with AIM logo in the middle of the flag. Defeated proposal on the flag maintains the same design, yet with blue background. The general assembly also agreed on 2:3 flag proportion.

After the recognition, another proposal is to made the symbols constitutional by adding it to the Charter. The proposal currently remain under consideration by the general assembly.