1967 Urcean political crisis
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The 1967 Urcean political crisis was a major breakdown in the systems of the government of Urcea that began in February 1967 and lasted until May 1967. During that period, the Concilium Daoni did not meet, the longest such period in the modern history of the Daoni. The crisis, which introduced questions about the Urcean constitution into the public sphere, was ultimately resolved with a complex arrangement of Royal appointments as well as confidence and supply agreements.
Background
In 1956, the Catholic Church began backroom negotiations with the Caphirian government about the possibility of mending or lessening the Great Schism of 1615. These talks occurred against the backdrop of the Occidental Cold War on one hand and a new global era of diplomacy backed by the League of Nations on the other. These negotiations culminated with an agreement to hold a synod of Catholic and Caphiric Church bishops in Urlazio in March 1956. The government of Urcea, then controlled by the Commonwealth Union, secretly collaborated with the Caphirian government to scuttle the talks, successfully cancelling the synod in late winter. The sitting Chancellor and Temporary President, John Donnula, played a major role in undermining the talks. The sabotage of Church affairs was not known to King Patrick IV, who discovered it privately in 1965. In his deathbed last will and testament published at his death on 1 February 1967, the King revealed the duplicity to the public.