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On 13 May 2023, mass defections and walk-outs occurred in the [[Cappedore Social Democratic Party]], with 276 CSDP Gemotern members leaving the party and resigning their posts, making the [[People’s Reform Party]] the biggest party in the Gemotern. Some moved to the PRP and other opposition parties and called for both [[Maya Murray]] and [[Austin Merrill]] to resign their posts.
On 14 May 2023, a vote of no confidence was initiated in the incumbent [[Chancellor of Cappedore]], [[Maya Murray]], after the [[Fall of Absolution]] to the [[Wealdenite Insurgency]] on 13 May 2023. The vote saw the collapse of the Welfare Coalition government, with both the Liberal Union and the Green Party walking out on the [[Cappedore Social Democratic Party|CSDP]], with mass CSDP defections to the Wealdenite-backed [[People's Reform Party]]. Murray was ultimately toppled from power.
That same evening, Murray confirmed she would be resigning as Chancellor of Cappedore and encouraged Merrill to do the same. In the early hours of 15 May 2023, Vice President [[Cleveland Durand]] defected to the PRP and promised to repeal the concordat of Cappedore should Merrill resign before 21 May 2023.
The same night, Wealdenite protestors descended upon the Palace of Absolution ordering for the [[President of Cappedore|president]], [[Austin Merrill]], to sign a repeal of the Cappedorite Concordat and his instant resignation, which has not yet been answered.
In the early hours of 15 May 2023, the new Wealdenite acting chancellor and leader of the movement, [[Cathryn Gargano]], announced the immediate dissolution of the Gemotern, further pressurizing the president to break his silence and dissolve the United Assembly and indeed sign a consent agreement to repeal the concordat of Cappedore.
== Background ==
Main article: [[Wealdenite RevolutionHomradksa]]
On 13 May 2023, the main offices of the United Assembly were attacked and raided by pro-Wealdenite rioters, supported by the majority of opposition parties in the United Assembly. Later, on 14 May, Thomas Coleman of the Liberal Union announced his immediate resignation as First Deputy Chancellor, and his intent to pull his party out of the Welfare Coalition, dismantling the coalition in the process and greatly weakening the CSDP's Gemotern majority. The Green Party later followed suit.
On 8 May 2023, 7 people and several others were injured in Vernalis after Cappedorite Armed Forces opened fire into a rapidly advancing crowd. This angered the populace, and demonstrations in Absolution later turned into riots. A few days later, on 13 May, without any comment from Murray or Merrill on the occurances in Vernalis, many members of the CSDP either defected to opposition parties, left the CSDP, or resigned their posts altogether. A notable walk-out was former secretary of national affairs, [[Colby Rhodes]], who resigned from the cabinet and defected to the People's Reform Party, calling for Austin Merrill's resignation.
Riots in Absolution started in January 2023 after the repealing of the Fixed Term Gemotern Act 2005, which mandated that the government must hold an election every 5 years. The repealing of the act meant that Murray and the CSDP were no longer required to hold democratic elections. This caused a mass outbreak of riots all over the country, with the State of [[Thomaria]] declaring its secession from the union on 21 February, however, this was unrecognised by the United Republic.
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