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Day 21
The last 48 hours were as tense and chaotic as they could be. The violent crackdown that the opposition feared did not happen. However, the Armed Forces, including the elite military units that President Géza Békésy had ordered to be mobilized in Köszövár, refused to support the government.
Except a few government buildings protected by armed police and one of the government districts which had been seized by military units, including a Keszarian tank (which spread rumours of either a coup d'etat or military crackdown), the police was nowhere to be seen and protestors advanced through Köszövár streets demanding Békésy resignation. A group of protesters entered into the headquarters of the Keszarian Liberal Movement, which was soon almost completely burned down. Hours later, it was reported that President Géza Békésy had fled Köszövár.
At 20:00, opposition leaders Szabina Kecskeméti and Lázár Kádár appeared in front of a large crowd in Szuverén square, calling for the release of all political prisoners arrested since the beginning of the protests. With still President Géza Békésy's whereabouts unknown, Lázár Kádár called the parliament to start an impeachment procedure against Békésy the next and schedule presidential elections as soon as possibled, despite the parliament was closed down and unclear if it was able to open the next day.
At midnight, Vice-president Deszö Kerekes released a statement announcing his resignation.
Day 22
It was reported that several ministers had flown Köszövár or at least they did not appear at their office that day, and their whereabouts were unknown. Lázár proposed that the parliament declared that President Békésy had "withdrawn from his duties in an unconstitutional manner" so the parliament could claim "circumstances of extreme urgency" as legal reasons for early elections. However, he rejected the option to enter in the parliament by the force even if necessary, as proposed by other members of the opposition.
Meanwhile, in the province of Luykvár, in northeastern Keszaria, only a few miles from the Azreae, acting governor and former mayor of Hondvárburg (capital city of Luykvár) David Donáth denounced the downfall of Békésy's government in Köszövár as a "coup d'etat" and claimed that the opposition aimed to establish "mob rule and a dictatorship...in Köszövár". He declared a state emergency in the province, and ordered local police to suppress any gathering by the opposition in the province.
Hours later, President Géza Békésy surprisingly appeared in the city of Újnagyváros, addressing supporters in an improvised rally. Békésy denounced the events of the day before "as a classical example of a coup d'etat" against Keszarian legitimate government, comparing it with the 1529 revolution that led to the Keszarian civil war and the communist regime in the country. He declared that he was not going to resign as "the Keszarian people entrusted me only a few months ago" and he promised that the enemies behind this situation "had no option but surrender as soon as possible" and that they "will face treason charges" against the Keszarian nation.
It was later reported that opposition leader Lázár Kádár had met with General Pál Fülöp, despite rumours that Fülöp had resigned as Chief of the General Staff the day before. General Fülöp addressed the nation a few hours later, declared that he had proposed to several parliamentary leaders that the National Assembly declared martial law for at least seven days in order to "restore order as soon as possible" and promised a restoration to the constitutional path as soon that was achieved.
The last 48 hours were as tense and chaotic as they could be. The violent crackdown that the opposition feared did not happen. However, the Armed Forces, including the elite military units that President Géza Békésy had ordered to be mobilized in Köszövár, refused to support the government.
Except a few government buildings protected by armed police and one of the government districts which had been seized by military units, including a Keszarian tank (which spread rumours of either a coup d'etat or military crackdown), the police was nowhere to be seen and protestors advanced through Köszövár streets demanding Békésy resignation. A group of protesters entered into the headquarters of the Keszarian Liberal Movement, which was soon almost completely burned down. Hours later, it was reported that President Géza Békésy had fled Köszövár.
At 20:00, opposition leaders Szabina Kecskeméti and Lázár Kádár appeared in front of a large crowd in Szuverén square, calling for the release of all political prisoners arrested since the beginning of the protests. With still President Géza Békésy's whereabouts unknown, Lázár Kádár called the parliament to start an impeachment procedure against Békésy the next and schedule presidential elections as soon as possibled, despite the parliament was closed down and unclear if it was able to open the next day.
At midnight, Vice-president Deszö Kerekes released a statement announcing his resignation.
Day 22
It was reported that several ministers had flown Köszövár or at least they did not appear at their office that day, and their whereabouts were unknown. Lázár proposed that the parliament declared that President Békésy had "withdrawn from his duties in an unconstitutional manner" so the parliament could claim "circumstances of extreme urgency" as legal reasons for early elections. However, he rejected the option to enter in the parliament by the force even if necessary, as proposed by other members of the opposition.
Meanwhile, in the province of Luykvár, in northeastern Keszaria, only a few miles from the Azreae, acting governor and former mayor of Hondvárburg (capital city of Luykvár) David Donáth denounced the downfall of Békésy's government in Köszövár as a "coup d'etat" and claimed that the opposition aimed to establish "mob rule and a dictatorship...in Köszövár". He declared a state emergency in the province, and ordered local police to suppress any gathering by the opposition in the province.
Hours later, President Géza Békésy surprisingly appeared in the city of Újnagyváros, addressing supporters in an improvised rally. Békésy denounced the events of the day before "as a classical example of a coup d'etat" against Keszarian legitimate government, comparing it with the 1529 revolution that led to the Keszarian civil war and the communist regime in the country. He declared that he was not going to resign as "the Keszarian people entrusted me only a few months ago" and he promised that the enemies behind this situation "had no option but surrender as soon as possible" and that they "will face treason charges" against the Keszarian nation.
It was later reported that opposition leader Lázár Kádár had met with General Pál Fülöp, despite rumours that Fülöp had resigned as Chief of the General Staff the day before. General Fülöp addressed the nation a few hours later, declared that he had proposed to several parliamentary leaders that the National Assembly declared martial law for at least seven days in order to "restore order as soon as possible" and promised a restoration to the constitutional path as soon that was achieved.