1967 Urcean political crisis: Difference between revisions

Efforts to suppress the document were only partly successful. Minor publications published news of it on the morning of 2 February, and though their reach was limited, it nonetheless caused a major sensation in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]]. Minor court officials, who had seen the document themselves, were seen in discussions with the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] minority leader of the Concilium Daoni, Felix Finnean. The new King, in his first full day as [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], awoke to significant controversy in the Palace. He summoned Procurator Donnula to a private audience - ostensibly a normal King-Procurator meeting - at 10 AM that day. According to Palace insiders, Donnula was largely evasive with the new monarch, avoiding questions about the Urlazio Synod directly and successfully focusing on issues related to the coronation planning. Only later in the day did the coverup effort become known - an audience between the two Censors and their new monarch made it plain that not only did Caelian II not authorize Donnula to request the will be censored, but the Procurator had deliberately hid the growing controversy to the King. The reportedly enraged new King demanded the Censors retract any attempted censorship. With Censorial restrictions removed and no evidence forthcoming that the will was actually a forgery, most outlets - including the [[Levantine Times Union]] - printed the news in special afternoon or evening editions.

The news was a major shock to the Urcean political environment. Besides questions of his conduct related to the Urlazio Synod, many journalists began to question the Procurator's decisionmaking with respect to covering up the will. Discussion in the newspaper that night, and on the morning of 3 February, questioned not only the ethics but the legality of the Procurator's actions, as suppressing the last will and testament of a King could be conceived as a criminally treasonous act. On the morning of 3 February, Donnula attempted to have another audience with King Caelian II, attempting to convince the monarch to make a public show of confidence in the King, but the King refused to see him. As 3 February was a Friday, the Concilium Daoni was not in session, but over that weekend nearly every newspaper in the country was now covering the Synod controversy as well as the coverup. Before the end of the weekend, several leading members of the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] and even leaders of the [[Julian Party (Urcea)|Julian Party]] publicly stated that they thought Donnula should resign. As the Daoni met on the morning of Tuesday, 7 February, a {{Wp|motion of no confidence}} in Donnula's leadership as Chancellor was made, but the meeting was adjourned "on an emergency basis" until the next day, when the measure would be taken up.