Zarlak
my face causes global warming
That has me thinking it is just an (extremely elaborate) April fools joke. They've killed off the Ricks and Jerry. The Intergalactic federation could be easily replaced by another corporation but the Ricks and Jerry were key to the story and it would be weird moving forward without them
He didn't get rid of Jerry for good, it'll just be an angle where we see them having some angst for a while before they're reunited but the council of Ricks has be confused.