Chapter Thirty Three: Position Papers

The Judicial and Bar Council is sitting today to consider the position paper on whether to hear the Cause of Action on a tariffs dispute between the Tenth Kingdom and the South Kingdom. The said paper has been filed before the Council, along with the memoranda from the two parties to the controversy.

For the Secretary of Parochial Concerns, the case in consideration is a matter of appointed power at the national level by virtue of the Commission's responsibility in regulating trade within and without the boundaries of the territories, states, and dominions as falling within the Rule making appointed power of the Commission. While parochial concerns may be carried out without interference from the Commission, the Rule making authority of its appointed duty may supersede any claims of appointed power in a dominion or territory, which can be interpreted as a necessary pretense in maintaining order and discipline in trade and commerce.

Meanwhile, the Tenth Kingdom has submitted a manifestation contrary to this view by stating that parochial concerns can never be a subject of controversy in the national level where taxes are not levied by the Commission, but it is a decision to be made on the local level to protect its internal boundaries from unfair enrichment of the several states, dominions, or territories, as a necessary consequence of the Rule making appointed power of the Commission, such as when internal elements of commerce were present for tariffs to be imposed and disposed of, in accordance to the appointed power granted to them as an extension of the Commission's authority.

For the South Kingdom, their position paper mimics that of the Secretary of Parochial Concerns by arguing that the Commission may step in all controversies between two dominions by invoking the Rule making authority of the Commission even though there is no direct law addressing the issue, emphasizing the need to create a venue for grievances by looking into causes of action within the competent jurisdiction of the Council, and stated with grave emphasis that ruling this legal remedy out will endanger the judicial character of the Commission, jeopardize jurisprudence and future treatment of commercial disputes, and constructively limit the reach of the Commission's hand on matters of importance.

As the parties argue the motion by answering queries and asking questions back and forth, it is clear how the Secretary of Parochial Concerns avoids eye contact with almost everyone in the room, obviously feeling distressed in some way, albeit he was defending his position well. This may be a cause of concern, too, but nobody is noticing, anyway.

When the Judicial and Bar Council has exhausted all possible questions relating to the controversy being scrutinized, the session has been adjourned and the Council will decide on the motion within seven days from today.

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