Moscovici resigns, Barley to lead Home Office

POLITICO | A statement from the Home Office has been released stating the official resignation of Secretary Pierre Moscovici (D). The letter, which was lodged to Chancellor Whitehouse, and run through Deputy Chancellor Waters, was accepted and his dismissal as a senior minister made effective immediate. In a short statement, Democratic party leader Johnny Dihydrogen-Oxide thanked former Secretary Moscovici for "his hard-work and service to the nation during his term in the Home Office. "
Although not stipulated in the resignation statement, many believe the reason for Moscovici's resignation to be intra-party pressure stemming from a row of allegations levied against the 57 year old MP. The whole issue began around August of 584, when an explosive report from anonymous sources outlined in detail various cases of sexual misconduct between the Secretary and his subordinates. The Home Office denied the allegations as "dishonest rabble for the purpose of character assasination", but pressure continued to mount on the Secretary to distance himself from his staff. In late December, an intern by the name of Jane Burkowski would come forward with a detailed recollection of her own encounter during a employee Christmas party at the Home Office. Burkowski admitted that she and Moscovici had an affair which dated several months prior. She accused him of manipulating her, in her own words "dangling the keys to her future in front of her", to fulfill his needs. Following a spat turned violent between the two when they left the Home Office Christmas party, Burkowski stated that this was her breaking point and she could no longer remain silent. All allegations were denied by Moscovici, but it had come to the point where the party could no longer afford to keep him in the Cabinet.
As his successor, straight from the College wing of the party, Magnus Helskin Barley would be appointed the new Home Secretary. Magnus is a nephew of the late Federal Representative, the Duke of Pealli. He studied law at the Polytechnic University of Pealli, and got his Masters in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Brussels. In college, Barley joined the College Democrats, which he would subsequently Chair for the entire Darparian branch. Although unaffiliated in Parliament, Barley is sympathetic to the party's brand of social liberalism under Waters, and many of his policies.
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