2023 February Emergency

The 2023 February Emergency describes the events, whereby Commisioner of Essrina and High Judge and former leader of the Mutualist Ouroboros Party Etch leaked highly confidential documents of the Common Union of Easway to public forums and foreign governments. In response, the Imperative Council issued a month-long state of national emergency to restructure the constitutional and failing High Court of Justice, as well as protect against possible threats to the security of the Common Union. The Long Palace national legislature unanimously voted to impeach Etch on the 13th February 2023 and an order for his arrest was issued by Commissioner of the Pomors and High Judge Desourrë. Etch subsequently avoided arrest by fleeing the country and authorities. The state of national emergency was ended on March 1st.
== Background ==
Etch led the Mutualist Ouroboros Party as party chief from the 26th July 2021 to the 20th December 2022. Over this course, he revived the party, building its membership and offering itself as the serious party of governance, as opposed to the satirical and more 'edgy' HPE. Through this, Etch and the party he led gained a large following and noticeable respect for his style of governance and his seeming inability to lose. Virtuall y every bill and act proposed by the M.O.P passed, including Etch's magnum opus, the NDMPATRIOTICPC Referendum Act.
The M.O.P continued its large majority following the late 2021 elections. It entered a new phase in late January and early February 2022, when the major opposition HPE disbanded and the M.O.P largely consolidated its members, making Easway a de facto one party dominant state. 
Etch saw politics in Easway as holding two forces: the Mutualist Ouroboros Party (founded by Emizerri) and loyalists allied to the head of state Emizerri. He saw himself as a 'directorial republican', whereby the M.O.P-held National Directorate was a bulwark against the 'Imperial Soviet' federal Council.
Etch founded the 'Transitional Movement' and manufactured the failed referendum on the Title of Emperor vs Chancellor, whereby he wished for the co-title of the chief head of state, Emperor (in English and honourary only), and officially in documents known as Chief Councillor, to be renamed as Chancellor. Surprisingly, Emizerri endorsed this proposal, but it was defeated in a shocking 50% tie. A constitutional crisis ensued and Etch retracted his yes vote, to settle the matter. Etch entered a small reclusive period, but was reawakened soon thereafter into public view.