Constitutional Crisis of 3623

The constitutional crisis of 3623 was a crisis in Alorian political history where the leading party of the Federal Parliamentry Assemble, the HDP, fell apart, leaving the nation with a huge amount of vacant seats and no Vice-President.

Collapse of the HDP
During the Election of 3622, many members of the HDP had secretly bribed local businesses and influential figures in various Alorian cities to endorse their HDP candidates for the Federal Assemble. This resulted in the HDP retaining their position as the largest party in the Alorian Republic.

However, immediately after the election, the Alorian Freedom Movement and Liberal Democrats actively called for an investigation into the results, claiming that they feel the numbers might have been messed with for Political reasons. Whilst President Carter resisted for as long as he could to launch an investigation, the pressure from his party, who were suspicious themselves after losing half of their seats, was too much and an investigation into potential Electoral Fraud.

The body set up to investigate the matter interviewed thousands of people and took advantage of government resources, all in the name of finding the truth. The commision finally returned with their report on August 5th, 3623. The report concluded that whilst there was no direct electoral fraud by any party, the commision had discovered that the Hosian Democratic Party (HDP) had bribed and blackmailed thousands of locally influential businesses and public figures to vote for them in the election. The report also stated that the target of the HDP was opposition party supporters.

The report was published by the Aloria Daily on the 8th of August and proved to be devestating for the HDP. The Vice-President was put under pressure to address the report conclusion, but his refusal to do so only resulted in things heating up more. George Carter was apparently shocked by the report and personally demanded that Vice-President Duntreker