2033 Libirachi Presidential Election

The **2033 Libirachi Empire Presidential Election**, sometimes referred to as the **2033 Conformation Vote**, was the fifth election for the office of President of the Libirachi Empire and was held on July 27, 2033 in order to confirm Karyn Voor as the new president, although despite not being on the ballot for election, incumbent president Damien Salamander still received 739 votes for the presidency from members within the Revolutionary Party loyal to the regime. The election took place as the culmination of the 2033 Libirachi Coup d'état and legally removed President Salamander from office in order to secure the dominance of COMPNOR.

Following the 2030 Libirachi Presidential Election, tensions between President Damien Salamander and Empress Penny Fox escalated rapidly as Salamander sought to return all executive power to the presidency. After a nearly three year power struggle, the Fox-affiliated Commission for the Preservation of the New Order launched a coup d'état against the Salamander administration on July 27, 2033. At 8am in the morning of July 27th, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection forces arrested President Damien Salamander in the presidential quarters of the Hall of Revolution under charges of conspiracy against the throne, before moving him to a secure facility in Beijing. Upon the arrest of President Salamander, attorney general Lauren Salamander issued a communique to representatives requesting that the Libirachi National Congress assemble to elect a new president.

With the Libirachi National Congress in session for a major debate on the 2033 budget, Chairman Li Zhanshu ordered a special meeting to be held, and at 1:20pm a motion to impeach President Damien Salamander was voted on by the congress, resulting in Salamander being removed from office effective immediately. A further motion was agreed by senior members of the Libirachi Revolutionary Party to strip Salamander of his position as general secretary, with COMPNOR leader Karyn Voor assuming the position instead.

With Voor now leading both the Revolutionary party and the COMPNOR Political Bureau in the National Congress, a further motion was tabled at 6:34pm by Attorney General Lauren Salamander to move for a presidential election to be held to fill the vacancy; following the passing of the motion, an election was held and Voor was confirmed as the president of the Libirachi Empire for the remainder of the 2030-2035 presidential term. In the election, the Revolutionary party split its vote after 739 votes from within the party were cast for Damien Salamander rather than for Voor. All 581 members of the Imperial Army Political Corps abstained on the vote.

Upon her election as president by the Libirachi National Congress, Karyn Voor travelled to the Forbidden City to meet with Empress Penny Fox, who formally appointed Voor to the office of president. Voor's assumption of the presidency marked the first intra-term change of presidency since 2023. Following her conformation as president, Karyn Voor dismissed the entire Salamander administration and appointed a new cabinet from a coalition of Revolutionary party and COMPNOR political bureau members; several figures, such as Xiao Chen and Carlo Boreal, were reappointed to cabinet after having been dismissed following the 2030 presidential election, whilst the junior ministers Lauren Salamander, Lucy Laurence, and Alexander Fowle were all retained in their positions. Whilst her initial cabinet was largely comprised of longstanding political figures, the eruption of war in Africa and a cabinet re-shuffle in 2034 allowed Voor to transfer significant amounts of power to the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order. In May 2034, the Voor administration established the Central Military Commission to bring the Libirachi Imperial Army under the direct control of the government, though the Libirachi National Congress.