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On December 17, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presented articles of impeachment to be voted on. He charged that the incumbent Prime Minister, Salibaic, ought to be removed from office for attempting to 'coerce House members into attending a meeting', failing to 'follow the Force constitution and punish individuals without a trial', 'the steady decline in Force population', and 'appointing citizens to the Cabinet who are not qualified or able to perform the duties of the office they were given'. The first two articles of impeachment concern something that had happened that same day - the Prime Minister, in trying to make people attend a meeting he deemed 'crucial', spoke of punishment for not attending without prior notice or not responding to his message: removal from the RP. Going back to the topic of impeachment, the Constitution stipulates conditions under which the Prime Minister can be removed from office: "...for failing to perform their responsibilities, serious misconduct, or in response to majority support among citizens for impeachment." Looking at existing evidence, the first condition and third condition could be ruled out. The Prime Minister never failed to perform their responsibilities and no polling had taken place to suggest that the citizens wanted impeachment. However, the second condition was met, at least according to some. The Speaker of the House, Libertatis regalis, argued that the Prime Minister had committed misconduct and thus impeachment could occur. The Founder, on the other hand, argued that although the vote for impeachment had to happen, if the result was in favor, the Prime Minister legally couldn't be removed because 'serious misconduct' had not occurred. His main argument to justify this was that although the PM did threaten to take action, he never actually followed through with it. Other arguments were brought forth, dictionary definitions were consulted, and still, neither could seem to agree. Finally, after much debate, the two agreed to a sort of compromise. The vote would be held, because according to House Law it had to be, but it would take place on the last day of the term. The Speaker also revealed that he had never intended to vote in favor of impeachment. Thus, in a few days, the impeachment vote will finally be held. Suggestions have already been made to prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future. Some say that the Constitution should be amended to more specifically define 'serious misconduct'. Others suggest that the ability to impeach the Prime Minister should lie with the citizens instead.

Whatever the result, it seems that a Constitutional crisis has been (albeit narrowly) avoided.

Alemputo appointed Tigslarlowducken to be Deputy Roleplay Minister, then to Events Manager. After some controversial events, Tigslarlowducken was dropped and replaced with Sumeka on January 6th.

Sumeka has already proved to be a good Deputy Roleplay Minister passing many policies and recreating order, though this may not last long as elections are approaching and he is running for the House.

In Roleplay events, major alliances have shifted with a large nation coalition to defeat Tigslarlowducken which was deemed a warmonger. Large portions of his nation were annexed or left to anarchical rioting, which the UN plans to handle.

In other news, Greatest elysium, Lotria, The Utopian State of Renegalle, Alemputo, Jam lung, Sumeka, Salibaic, Divinia, Adlandia, Sgrub, and The Hayato State of Azerubia have all annexed land within the past month. However, there are still plenty of lands out there and the RP committee encourages new nations to join.