‘RLC believes that it will be significant for the Metropolis of Titusville to uphold American values and ideas’

The idea of sister cities isn’t a brand new one, they’ve lengthy been considered as partnerships that present priceless alternatives for cultural trade and financial improvement.

Nonetheless, the problem of getting sister cities in hostile nations with repeated human rights violations has change into a subject of concern worldwide, together with for a lot of People. Many cities around the globe have severed ties with their sister cities in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine and China over their rampant human rights violations.

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida (RLC) handed a decision on Wednesday calling for the Metropolis of Titusville to revoke its sister metropolis standing with Yueyang, China, and will be seen beneath in its entirety. The decision was motivated by issues over the Chinese language authorities’s document on human rights, mental property theft, and cyber espionage in opposition to america.

The RLC, a company devoted to selling the ideas of freedom, democracy, and the rule of regulation, argues that the sister metropolis partnership between Titusville and Yueyang is a symbolic endorsement of the Chinese language authorities and its insurance policies, that are antithetical to American values and ideas.

The decision reads, “The Chinese language authorities has repeatedly demonstrated a scarcity of respect for particular person liberties, property rights, and the rule of regulation, and has engaged in a scientific marketing campaign of repression in opposition to the folks of Hong Kong, ethnic and spiritual minorities, and political dissidents. The Chinese language authorities has additionally engaged in cyber espionage, mental property theft, and different hostile actions in opposition to america.”

The RLC believes that it will be significant for the Metropolis of Titusville to uphold American values and ideas and to face with those that share a dedication to freedom and democracy. The group argues that the sister metropolis’s partnership with Yueyang gives a tacit endorsement of the Chinese language authorities and its insurance policies, that are in opposition to those values.

The decision calls on the Metropolis of Titusville to revoke its sister metropolis standing with Yueyang, China, and to publicly state its dedication to the ideas espoused in america Structure. The RLC has despatched a replica of the decision to the Mayor and Metropolis Council members of Titusville, in addition to different related officers and organizations.

The Metropolis of Titusville has but to answer the decision, however the RLC is hopeful that their name to motion will likely be heard and that the town take motion.

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE TO REVOKE THE SISTER CITIES STATUS OF YUEYANG, CHINA

WHEREAS, the Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida stands in unwavering solidarity with the ideas of freedom, democracy, and the rule of regulation, and;

WHEREAS, the Metropolis of Titusville has a Sister Cities partnership with Yueyang, China, and;

WHEREAS, the Chinese language authorities has repeatedly demonstrated a scarcity of respect for particular person liberties, property rights, and the rule of regulation, and has engaged in a scientific marketing campaign of repression in opposition to the folks of Hong Kong, ethnic and spiritual minorities, and political dissidents, and;

WHEREAS, the Chinese language authorities has additionally engaged in cyber espionage, mental property theft, and different hostile actions in opposition to america, and;

WHEREAS, the Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida holds that it’s crucial and the duty of the Metropolis of Titusville to uphold American values and ideas, and to face with those that share in a dedication to freedom and democracy, and;

WHEREAS, the Sister Cities partnership between Titusville and Yueyang gives a symbolic endorsement of the Chinese language authorities and its insurance policies, that are antithetical to the values and ideas of america of America, the State of Florida, the County of Brevard, and the Metropolis of Titusville, and;

WHEREAS, the Metropolis of Titusville has the authority to revoke its Sister Cities standing with Yueyang, China;

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS OF CENTRAL EAST FLORIDA, that we name upon the Metropolis of Titusville to revoke its Sister Cities standing with Yueyang, China, and to publicly state its dedication to the ideas of freedom, democracy, and the rule of regulation, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, {that a} copy of this decision be despatched to the Mayor and Metropolis Council members of the Metropolis of Titusville, and to different related officers and organizations as deemed applicable by the Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nathan White is Treasurer of the Republican Liberty Caucus of East Central Florida and was born and raised in Palm Bay. He studied political science at Japanese Florida State Faculty and has served in varied capacities at his native church for greater than 15 years. In 2022, he campaigned for Palm Bay Metropolis Council and presently serves because the Vice Chair of Palm Bay’s Citizen Price range Advisory Board.