6th National Moderate Government: 1977 - 1985

The **6th National Moderate Government** was formed on the 10th of October 1977 in the Kingdom of Dissau with Jonas Rigby as Prime Minister. The government was formed after winning a slim majority in the 1977 Dissauian General Election. Jonas Rigby, the previous Prime Minister between 1955 to 1961, formed the 6th National Moderate Government and took on his 2nd premiership as Prime Minister. Rigby's support and enthusiasm as Prime Minister was quite low because the public and his party wanted a much tougher and more right-wing Prime Minister/government. After Rigby failed to win and outright majority in the 1979 Dissauian General Election, he formed a coalition with Free Liberal but ended up resigning in less than a year. Rigby was replaced with Patrik Milton, a more right-wing and liberal economics politician who had gained power and status in the late 70s in Rigby's cabinet. Milton's government was reelected with a large majority in the 1980 Dissauian General Election and was responsible for introducing right-wing economic policies that included major denationalization of government companies and the liberalisation of the economy. Milton was very popular among the public but due to a government scandal in 1983, his government lost its majority in the 1984 Dissauian General Election and ended up being ousted from government in the subsequent 1985 Dissauian General Election. The government officially dissolved on the 23rd of March 1985.

## Significant Policies

### List of Acts

* The Import & Export Tariffs Act 1978 reformed the tariff rates on many goods by majorly decreasing and even removing import and export tariffs on certain shipments.
* The National Independence Day Act 1979 introduced a free holiday for National Independence Day.
* The Abortions Act 1980 allowed abortions only until the 8th week of pregnancy.
* The Illegal Immigrants Act 1980 banned any illegal immigrants from entering the country and if they do they would be imprisoned and then sent back to the country they came from or transported to a country that would accept them.
* The Indecent Sexuality Act 1980 banned any public displays of support for homosexuality and the showing of homosexual material.
* The National Military Service Act 1980 introduced compulsory military training for men aged 18 to 60 who haven't served in the military before and are not married. The person must serve at least one year if they are 18 to 39 years old and 6 months if they are 40 to 60 years old.
* The Energy Denationalization Act 1981 denationalized the National Energy Company.
* The Coal Denationalization Act 1981 denationalized the National Coal Company.
* The Iron & Steel Denationalization Act 1981 denationalized the National Iron & Steel Company.
* The Railway Denationalization Act 1982 denationalized the National Railway Service.
* The Dissauian Shipping Company Act 1982 sold the Dissauian Shipping Company.
* The Representation of Peoples Act 1982 barred anyone currently serving time in prison to vote and barred MPs that have gone to prison from standing in Parliament.
* The Unemployment Aid Act 1983 introduced an unemployment Fund for those who have been actively searching for work for the past year but have been unsuccessful.
* The Citizenship Act 1983 made it tougher to become a citizen in Dissau. The act outlined that you must: complete the citizenship test with 80% accuracy, have lived in the country for more than five years, can speak English fluently, are 18 years or older, are working at a fulltime job, and live in a permanent housing type.
* The Immigration Act 1984 disallowed asylum seekers to enter the country, reduced the number of refugees by a large amount, prioritized high-skilled workers, and prioritized more advanced university/college students.
* The Prevention of Terrorism Act 1984 permitted the government to increase national surveillance, expand the National Network of Intelligence, and militarize certain areas of the country.
* Airport Security Act 1985 introduced new airports security restrictions.

### Immigration & Citizenship

Under the leadership of Jonas Rigby, the government did little change in terms of immigration except from increasing the number of immigrants to 7,000 in 1978 and 8,000 in 1979.

When Patrik Milton became Prime Minister, he promised to make an almost immediate temporary stop to immigration. He set out the National Immigration Plan in August 1980 that intended to put an immediate halt o immigration in the country starting in January 1981 and to only allow immigrants when the birth rate went below either 1.7% to 1.5%. His immigration plan was generally welcomed by his party but Labor took major offense to the plan and attempted to boycott it by rallying a major force in parliament against it and launching major protests. Rigby's boycott failed and Milton went through with the plan, brining immigration to a stop in January 1981. Milton continued this throughout 1982 and the most part of 1983 until around 500 immigrants were accepted in November 1983. Milton then agreed to increase immigration to 5,000 yearly after entering a coalition with Free Liberal in 1984 and immigration resumed as usual.