<p class="p1">Dear Pirates,</p>
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<p class="p1">Today the board had the opportunity and obligation to vote for the location of the next General Assembly.</p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">As you can read here: <a href="http://ppi.piratenpad.de/agenda-2011-12-20?"><span class="s2">http://ppi.piratenpad.de/agenda-2011-12-20?</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="p1">Candidates where;</p>
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<p class="p1">- The Pirate Party of the Czech Republic.</p>
<p class="p1">- The Pirate Party of Russia.</p>
<p class="p1">- The Pirate Party of Tunisia</p>
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<p class="p1">Four board members voted.</p>
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<p class="p1">- Thomas Gaul - member of the Pirate Party of Germany.</p>
<p class="p1">- Lola Voronina - member of the Pirate Party of Russia, living in Prague, the Czech Republic.</p>
<p class="p1">- Patrick Maechler - member of the Pirate Party of Switzerland.</p>
<p class="p1">- Samir Allioui - member of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands.</p>
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<p class="p1">So far the Pirate Party of Austria, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Belgium had the honor of hosting a PPI General Assembly.</p>
<p class="p1">The members of PPI decided to let all parties have the honor to host in turns.</p>
<p class="p1">PPI members also agreed upon having the next PPI general assembly outside of Europe.</p>
<p class="p1">These choices where made democratically and with concencus.</p>
<p class="p2"><br></p>
<p class="p1">Not only did we have the last GA in Europe, but also in a country who held it once before already.</p>
<p class="p1">This due to corruption within PPI. Obviously, this pissed off a lot of pirate parties. </p>
<p class="p1">Especially considering the fact that they already where pissed off due to the Brussels Conference failure which was "organized" by the same people who shifted the one afterwards to Germany.</p>
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<p class="p1">Today however, PPI chose to have the next GA in Prague, in the center of Europe.</p>
<p class="p1">Other options where Russia, and Tunisia.</p>
<p class="p1">Considering the exact location of the Russian city cited, only Tunisia was a non european option.</p>
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<p class="p1">Herefore, i voted for Tunisia, however the rest of the board has voted for Prague against the will of the members of PPI.</p>
<p class="p1">I ask the board of arbitration to declare this vote invalid and corrupt.</p>
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<p class="p1">Furthermore, i ask the overseas Pirate Parties to file formal complaints to the board, and the COA.</p>
<p class="p1">If the COA does not research this affair, i have no option but to resign from my post as president of PPI.</p>
<p class="p1">As a finishing note i'd like to add that it is better to boycott, then that it is to leave PPI.</p>
<p class="p1">After all, when all good people leave, the bad people gain majority - allowing corruption such as this to perpetuate.</p>
<p class="p1">So please do not abandon your PPI membership. ( As some have done in the past for the very same reason. )</p>
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<p class="p1">Cordially,</p>
<p class="p2"><br></p>
<p class="p1">Samir Allioui</p>