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Prime Minister Martha Tapihana has returned from her holidays in Cildania on August 16, according to Number 10 she “immediately” got up to work after enjoying her holidays. While the Prime Minister might have enjoyed her holidays away from the political bickering of Darlington Palace, her return has created enough controversy to plunge the Prime Minister and her government into a crisis that they didn’t wish for.

Indeed, the Prime Minister’s Cildanian escapade was widely commented upon on the media outlets, with each giving away their opinions on the matter, for the right, the Prime Minister was a “disgrace” during her holidays, behaving in such a way that humiliated the His Majesty’s Government and brought shame upon the Luthorian people that she’s supposed to represent. The opposition, specifically Blanche Yhwartz demanded an “open and transparent investigation into what went wrong the day the Right Honourable Prime Minister decided to go on this vacation illegally” during a PMQ session in the Imperial Diet.

The Leader of the Opposition stood to the podium and addressed the Prime Minister’s “moral irresponsibility”, which was, from her point of view, “a total humiliation of the Luthorian people by its second-highest ranking representative”, the Opposition pointed out as what they saw as “treasonous actions” from the Prime Minister, as she deliberated hid her vacation from the rest of the government, and behaved in a way that was “unfit for a head of government”, according to the Conservative Party which were joined in their criticism by the Hosian People’s Party leader, Crystal Tyce who even called for the Prime Minister’s resignation in Parliament: “If you had any shred of dignity left and drinking your sorrows while in this ungodly place, you would resign” she launched directly at the Prime Minister.

Unexpectedly, it wasn’t merely the Conservatives and HPP which were criticising the Prime Minister over her vacations, other political formations in the opposition have also sharply criticised the Prime Minister and the government for their actions during the summer. Left Party leader, Catherine Mbeki declared to the press that the Prime Minister’s actions during her holidays represented an “enormous breach of trust” upon both Parliament and the nation, she added that the Prime Minister “preached a lot about example while in the campaign trail, where is that example for our constituents now?” she asked rhetorically. Criticism also emerged from the Green and Liberal benches, both of them criticising the Prime Minister’s moral hypocrisy, as images of the Prime Minister and her friends partying on a private yacht belonging to Matthew Reynard, Luthori’s 11th richest person and close friend of the Prime Minister emerged. In an other controversy, it is currently unsure if the PM’s vacation was funded through public funds or privately, even if the PM guarantees it was funded privately.

Liberal leader in the Imperial Diet, Evelyn Burnswick declared that the government’s “blatant hypocrisy, asking Luthorians to make sacrifice for the greater good, while our own Prime Minister is partying alongside a billionaire is a shameful example of Labour’s continued hypocrisy and dishonesty towards the Luthorian people and I’m sure that they will remember it dearly. Because there is one that the Luthorian people hate being taken as, and that is as fools.”

Silence governed the Tapihana government’s frontbenches, as unease settled in inside the ministers’ sitting alongside the Prime Minister while all the opposition criticised them and their boss’ behaviour.

The Prime Minister answered to these critics one by one, notably recognising that she had been “reckless in her behaviour” during her vacations, but denied any wrongdoings: “These videos were taken against our collective will, these are not videos that have published with our prior consent, as such, I cannot recognise any form of wrongdoings in these videos from my point of view, these were just friends celebrating a very special event as it was my friend’s Becca’s birthday.” However, the Prime Minister rejected any assumptions that she might resign from her position: “This scandal doesn’t change anything to the manifesto and electoral promises of our party towards the Luthorian people, the National Labour Party and this government shall strive to carry on the policies as enacted in our manifesto to create a better and fairer Luthori.” This statement was met with shouts, whistling and shouts from opposition members while Labour MP offered timid support.

In response to it, the Prime Minister said that: “The opposition is currently facing too much government success that they are required to go on a personal story to hurt me and my government. That’s quite sad, don’t you think.” She said, ironically asking the Leader of the Opposition facing her.

While the Prime Minister stands defiant to criticism and the National Labour Party remains supportive of her, in the realm of public opinion, her little party in Cildania made her lose 12 points in the latest popularity poll, with over 64% of Luthorians stating that they were “appalled” by the Prime Minister’s behaviour while on camera.

“It was like she was drunk as hell and didn’t even realise her surroundings” one Fort William male told us, a feeling echoed all the way in Northminster, where one elderly woman stated that “Look, I voted for her, I wanted to win very very much, but in the past, this kind of behaviour would have never happened, it was unacceptable, I don’t know nor think it should be today.”