Impeachment of Eris Assecla

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The **Impeachment of Eris Assecla** occurred when Eris Assecla, 4th Vice President of Morra, was impeached by the National Assembly of Morra and removed from office on July 28, 2037 after the assembly voted to charge Assecla with two articles of impeachment, that of "*gross negligence*" and "*moral corruption*", following the Derigo disease debate and Vice President Assecla's vocal opposition to the government of President Sunil Bakshi, as well as the Public Health Regulations Act 2037.

During the debate on the Public Health Regulations Bill from June 16-17, 2037, Vice President Eris Assecla effectively acted as leader of the opposition against the proposed bill, and launched numerous political attacks against Speaker Frank Wassenberg and President Sunil Bakshi in the aim of causing a change in government policy. Despite these attacks, the bill passed into law on June 18, 2037, and Assecla lost her main political allies Kairos Hemlock and Attje Kuiken in the process, with Hemlock turning against Assecla, whilst Kuiken was forced to resign as leader of the Worker's Political Alliance as a result of the debate. With few allies in the National Assembly, and even fewer within government, Eris Assecla's position came into question in the aftermath of the debate, further complicated by the eruption of protests demanding Asselca's resignation.

In the evening of June 26, 2037, Speaker Frank Wassenberg held a press conference to announce that the governing VVD-APA-NP coalition would be moving forward with articles of impeachment against Vice President Eris Assecla upon the recommendation of President Sunil Bakshi. The following day, President Sunil Bakshi gave a televised address to the nation to confirm his support for the impeachment of Assecla, and announced that he had begun to work with senior members of the National Assembly in the search for a suitable vice presidential candidate. In the morning of June 27, 2037, Speaker Frank Wassenberg formally initiated the impeachment proceedings with a formal outline of charges being laid out by appointed impeachment supervisors. Following a week of initial arguments by the prosecuting supervisors, Assecla's defence supervisors were allowed to present their rebuttals, with former APA leader Attje Kuiken leading the defendants. The formal process of the impeachment trials continued between June 27 and July 27, 2037.

Following the end of the initial trial proceedings, the impeachment proceeded to a formal vote on July 28, 2037. At 16:09 in the afternoon of July 28th, Speaker Frank Wassenberg announced the final results of the impeachment vote as being 182-118, and signed a parliamentary decree to formally order the immediate removal of Eris Assecla from the office of vice president. With the office of vice president now vacant, the constitutional process for appointing a new individual to the office was automatically initiated. As one of the leading figures within the VVD following the Derigo disease debate, education secretary Kairos Hemlock's candidacy for the vice presidency quickly gained momentum with the aid of her close political ally, finance secretary Fachnan Opus, who ran Hemlock's campaign and helped negotiate support across the different wings of the National Assembly. On August 7, 2037, Hemlock was elected as vice president by the legislative chamber, and had her oath of office administered by Speaker Wassenberg in the evening of the same day.