Contrary to all expectations, the Great Powers gave the Secretary-General a resounding vote of confidence in a 3-1 majority vote, with Marcusburg abstaining. Analysts had anticipated that with Siggary being the only reactionary member of the Forum, a new Congressional President position would have been created easily.

The only country firmly committed to change was Rattanjeetland which hastily voted in favour of a Presidential system in Congressional Parliament. The remaining nations proved to be reactionary by either design or circumstance.

For Siggary, it was by design. The Siggarians had long held a positive, albeit lukewarm at times, for Congressional Parliament, its leadership, and its principles.

To the GX, it was a matter of circumstance. In Lindsholm, the Supreme Viceroy had voted for a Presidential system in the Congress of Rotterloo. However, in the Forum Resolution, the Supreme Viceroy held a free vote in the Left Party-dominated Riksholm which led to a reactionary measure being adopted.

Meanwhile, the Gorditans were confronted with a dilemma. The Prime Minister had hoped to reveal a Gorditan plan to overhaul Congressional Parliament by giving each Great Power a one week term as the rotating Secretary-General.

In order for this proposal to bear fruit, the current Secretary-General would have had to resign immeidately. This option was abandoned by the Congress of Rotterloo. Faced with choosing either a President that they did not support or the status-quo, the Gorditans sided with the latter and became reactionary.

Even in reformist-minded Marcusburg there were doubts about the Presidential system. The Prime Chancellor had predicted that the Congress would have easily adopted a President for Congressional Parliament. However, at Rotterloo the delegates were evenly split between the Presidential system and retaining the status-quo.

In fact, there were more countries leaning towards maintaining the current system than breaking it, if one were to consider all available options and subsequent vote-splitting. As a result, the Prime Chancellor relented and decided to abstain from the vote, leading to heavy criticism on Rattanjeetarr airwaves.

Nevertheless, in spite of the politics at play, the Congress of Rotterloo and Forum Resolution 16 will be remembered as a watershed moment where the entire world rallied behind a supposedly weak Congressional Parliament to save the Secretary-General from once inevitable demise.