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Empress issues strong condemnation of Lourennais Assembly Action
Plans for official state visit are placed on Hold in Eveari
Kaliburg, Ananto
February 15, 5465


Her Imperial Mejesty watches vote in Lourenne from her seat in National Assembly

Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Nicolette I, has issued a strong statement of condemnation toward the Lourennais Royal Assembly, who removed Queen Catherine V from her throne in the recent "Regalis Remotio" vote. "Our Cousin has been utterly disgraced by the actions of her own Government and National Assembly. We are very troubled by Lourenne acting as a Republic and essentially decapitating their monarchy through a close vote, around ridiculous charges of a highly personal nature. Their Royal Assembly has turned our fraternal neighbors into a soap opera, and has established the principle of Legislative supremacy over their Queen, doing the bidding of a handful of resentful and bitter palace servants and a lawless gang of Liberals, who have captured and convinced a bare majority solely to oust the Legitimate Queen of Lourenne. We have required our Government to withhold recognition of the new, elected Head of State, her second son Maximilien, for the time being."

The Empress, who was at the National Assembly to provide an update on the Non Aligned Movement, paused her discussion, and sat, along with other Deputies, as they watched the vote carried out in Lourenne, which was being carried live on KRTVN 12 and broadcast on the floor of the Assembly. When the totals were announced, deputies sat in silence, waiting for the Empress to speak. It was clear that the younger Institutionalists were more opposed to the the action in Lourenne than the older members of the Assembly. This likely has to do with the notion among some institutionalists that the Empress was elevated by the National Assembly, and therefore the Assembly can remove the Empress. But younger Deputies, who have taken their seats in the last decade, tend to be more supportive of the Empress, and Monarchy in general, and joined the Empress in their condemnation. "What is Lourenne? A Republic?" asked Jeannette de la Cruz, Institutionalist Deputy from Sulari. "Thank goodness the National Assembly would never embarrass ourselves in this fashion," said William Morris, Deputy of Vrassa. "If I ever voted for something like this, I couldn't show my face in public."

Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Dianne Smith, said "The Government has been exploring ways and times to visit Lourenne. The Prime Minister has ordered me to hold off on making any plans for the time being. Her Imperial Majesty is reportedly very angry over the ouster Catherine, and kind of got after Mr. Johnson when he raised the issue while speaking with her recently. We will maintain our current diplomatic activities in Lourenne for the time being, but the Empress has made it clear that she doesn't consider the new King of Lourenne to be legitimate, because of how he came to power. And she also doesn't want to give our own Assembly any ideas. So, I am to hold off with any official actions until I get word from the Premier. I am merely to focus on relations with other States in the region."

It is entirely unclear whether the legislative coup, as the Foreign Ministry has termed it, will negatively affect Kalistani-Lourennais relations. But this is certainly not an auspicious step between the two Anantonese Nations.