Baracãoan Courts Busy

On behalf of the Republic of Baracão Presidente Alarico Veto Julia today asked the Supreme Judge, Rakesh Ackbar, to order Jose Barrio-Martinez, to comply with the Right to Signatures Act, which stipulates that citizens and visitors posting in Baracão may bear a signature consisting "of an image of 400x100 pixels, and / or four lines of consecutive, viz., page-broken text".

Whilst a degree of leniency has been shown in the past, it was felt that Jose Barrio-Martinez's signature, displaying the logo of the Partido Social Demócrata, was a blatant abuse of the privilidges granted under the Act. The image sported by señor Barrio-Martinez is currently 324x216 pixels in size, and considerably longer than alllowed by law. Despite being notified of this, señor Barrio-Martinez has failed to comply with part of the Act that says "the user will be bound to change his or her signature to comply", continuing to use the signature in posts in his party's forum. It is expected that the Supreme Judge will order señor Barrio-Martinez to comply with the law, whilst other citizens who use signature slighty above the legal limit have expressed their desire to change their own images. Compañero Almagro, leader of the Frente Nacional para la Tradición Minorcana y Salvación Tiegista, whose signature is only slightly above the limit, has asked the Presidente to provide one that is legal.

Also in the courts this week, the Supreme Judge threw out a case in the Tribunal Popular, made by Jose Barrio-Martinez against Alarico Veto Julia. The Supreme Judge ruled that statements made by the Presidente and later withdrawn had no "permanent damage" against the plaintiff.