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A recall motion was made by a Legislator of the Assembly, HumanSanity, after several instances of the Prime Minister not being responsive to questions asked by legislators. Other aspects of the recall motion included a lack of active direction being given to the Cabinet and resistance to hiring an OWL Director who could handle World Assembly matters. The recall motion was at vote when the Prime Minister announced their resignation. The vote has since been canceled. The Council on Regional Security is tasked with appointing a caretaker (interim) Prime Minister to handle the day-to-day running of the region with the remainder of the Cabinet. Their appointment has not yet been made, but it should soon.

The resignation of the Prime Minister automatically triggered a special election for the position, so all citizens of the South Pacific are currently engaged in the beginning stages of the election: the nomination process. We will wait and see who emerges from this stage and goes into campaigning, then voting, and, ultimately, our next Prime Minister. Also, whoever wins the Prime Minister election will serve until August since the next regular election (which was scheduled to begin next week) was canceled due to the timing of the resignation. I encourage you all to ask questions of your Prime Minister candidates so that we can emerge from the election and hit the ground running again!

You can review the recall motion here: https://thesouthpacific.org/t/2415-mr-motion-to-recall-the-pm/5427
You can review the resignation announcement here: https://thesouthpacific.org/t/resignation-as-pm/5451

Under the Proscription Act, since these are full proscriptions, any nation affiliated with any of the listed regions/organizations was banned from all areas under the jurisdiction of the South Pacific, including the forums, regional Discord server, and in-game region. Siberian Districts was one such member, and as such, the High Court is expected to dismiss their pending case, [2403.HR] Review of the Rejection of Siberian Districts’ Citizenship Application due to their lack of standing. A dismissal will come by the next fortnightly briefing. (I feel like a broken record saying that the case will be resolved by the next briefing, but this time, I am confident that I am correct.)

The pomp and circumstance of the event saw me stride into the Assembly and proclaim myself Emperor of the South Pacific. My first decree was to execute all pie supporters because they were traitors to the Coalition for their despicable choice of desserts. Long live the Emperor!

You can read the report of the event here: https://thesouthpacific.org/t/the-emperors-decree/5423

For your troubles: 🍰
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No, seriously. Check the poll; here is some cake to do it: 🍰

This majestic event is rare and will not happen again for many people in North America for several decades! I happen to live along the path of totality, but unfortunately, I will likely be graced by clouds and rain; at least it will turn into nighttime for a few minutes! Be safe if you have or are traveling for it, and remember not to look directly into the sun!