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On 2 May 1967, the three men reconvened at the [[Julian Palace]]. [[Procurator]] Petrio Amphár announced that the Julian Party would back the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] faction led by Thorpe Aedansson. Between that faction and the Julian Party were about 240 or so delegates, requiring confidence and supply from the National Pact. Felix Finnean told his two colleagues and the King that he would need a day to consider. Not wanting to let Finnean consider not agreeing to it, the King reportedly suggested to Amphár to offer him personally a seat in the [[Concilium Purpaidá]]. Amphár made the offer, and Finnean accepted on the condition he would become the next [[Ministry of Commerce (Urcea)|Minister of Commerce]]. Given his fiscal conservative leanings, Amphár readily accepted. Aedansson next required convincing, as ceding this Ministry to the Pact would essentially hand domestic economic policy to the National Pact. Ultimately, the King managed to convince Aedansson that putting aside partisan concerns was in the national interest. The three men agreed to the arrangement near midnight on 2 May. | |||
On the morning of 3 May, Petrio Amphár convened a special meeting of the [[Concilium Daoni]] to elect a Chancellor. The Daoni met for the first time since 15 February. As per the agreement, most of the Commonwealth Union, all of the Julian Party, and about ten senior retiring members of the National Pact voted to elect Thorpe Aedansson as [[Chancellor and Temporary President]]. The Daoni then proceeded to pass no-confidence motions against all of the sitting members of the Concilium Purpaidá and vote in new appointees, consisting of about half and half Union-Julian appointees with Felix Finnean as Minister of Commerce. | |||
==Aftermath== | |||
The remaining term of the Aedansson government was largely hamstrung in domestic policy due to differences of ideology between the Procurator and Minister of Commerce on one hand and the Chancellor on the other. Accordingly, the government focused on foreign affairs. The signature achievement of the Amphár Procuratorship was to intervene in [[Operation Kipling]] on [[Burgundie]]'s behalf, a move that purportedly would strengthen the nascent [[Levantine Union]]. | |||
In the 1970 Urcean elections, the Commonwealth Union lost 40 seats, giving the National Pact a majority for the first time in decades. Felix Finnean completed his term as Minister of Commerce on 31 December 1970 and was sworn in the next day as [[Procurator]] and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]]. During his term, he would make prosecuting senior Union leaders affiliated with the [[Urlazio Synod]] affair a top priority during the first several years of his administration. The investigation and special prosecutors failed to come up with charges and the matter was dropped by Finnean's government in [[1974]] to significant controversy among the National Pact's base. Finnean would negotiate a withdrawal from Urcea's involvement in Kipling, also controversial, as well as a minor recession in [[1973]]. In the 1975 Urcean elections, Thorpe Aedansson would return to power as both Procurator and as Chancellor and Temporary President, narrowly defeating Finnean and the Pact in both races and having just 252 seats in the Daoni. In both 1970 and 1975, any remaining Donnula loyalists were defeated or lost in primary elections, allowing Aedansson to form a majority without the need for any other party. | |||
The handling of the crisis would be arguably the signature accomplishment of the reign of King Caelian II. Months after its conclusion, on 4 August 1968, the King would announce that he had terminal lung cancer and did not expect to reach the age of 70. Caelian II reigned a total of four and a half years, passing away on 3 October 1971 during the Finnean administration. | |||
[[Category:Politics of Urcea]] | [[Category:Politics of Urcea]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||
[[Category:History of Urcea]] | [[Category:History of Urcea]] | ||