Hearing Palpatine's words, Padmé Amidala suddenly felt a rush of blood rushing to her brain, and she shouted angrily, "This is not a question of whether it should or should not! The Galactic Republic has no preparation for such a situation at all!
If the local defense fleets of all planets are directly brought under the ownership of the central government of the Republic, the result will be that all our local defenses are ineffective!"
"But you must understand! In the battle of Rendily System, the local defense fleet became an accomplice of the separatism!" Orn Free Tower said loudly.
"This is the problem of Lundili Interstellar Power Company! And if you want to extend this problem to the entire galaxy, then I want to ask you, why do you allow those planets to nationalize the defense fleets established through local finance!
And will not provide any safety guarantee after that!" Padmé said sternly.
"What we are facing now is that the series of provisions of the Rusan Reform cannot adapt to the current war." Palpatine said with a smile, "The Rusan Reform is a great resolution of the Galactic Republic. I have no intention of doing so.
There is no criticism of the decision-making of Rusang’s reforms. However, in the current completely different environment, we need to rethink whether these decisions made 1,000 years ago can meet the conditions we are facing now."
"But what you have to do is to nationalize and withdraw the last lines of defense of many planets, and then let them place all their hopes on the response of the Galactic Republic!" Padmé said loudly, "If you already have one
A complete set of preparations, then I will not raise any doubts! But with the war going on to this point, how can you ensure the safety of these planets!"
"This is exactly what we need to work towards, isn't it?" Palpatine asked with a smile.
However, he did not answer any targeted questions.
"This will be a rogue decision! It means that the Galactic Republic will take over the local defense fleets to the central government without any commitment, and without giving these planets any security guarantees!" Padmé said loudly.
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"I understand your thoughts very well, Senator Amidala." Palpatine still had a warm smile on his face, "But now the separatism is so aggressive that it has even occupied half of the galaxy. Under such circumstances, is it possible?
Is there any other milder method we can use?"
"You are putting the power of the entire Galactic Republic into a completely out-of-control state!" Senator Padmé Amidala said.
"I can assure you that every power of the Galactic Republic is under strict supervision, without exception." Palpatine said with a smile.
Padme still wanted to argue, but a message came from the anti-gravity platform in front of her. She looked at the content of the message, and then looked in the direction of Bail Organa, the member of the Alderaan planet in another direction.
His face was gloomy.
Bail Organa told her through a message that the general trend has been established. Continuing to argue will only reduce her prestige in the parliament. What is needed now is to follow the trend, do her part in advancing this proposal, and earn some money.
After gaining some political capital, he concentrated his efforts and suddenly launched an attack at a critical time, which dealt a fatal blow to Palpatine's position as Speaker.
Padmé Amidala's face turned a little pale, but based on her long experience in politics, she knew that Bail Organa's statement was correct.
However, this does not mean that she can pass this test in her conscience.
There is no doubt that Sheev Palpatine is taking advantage of the betrayal of the planet Rendili to make a big fuss and nationalize all the local defense fleets. But as Padmé said, if there is any advance notice,
Under the circumstances, this is not a problem, but now, suddenly announcing the nationalization of local defense fleets without any preparation on these planets will only leave these planets in an undefended state.
From another perspective, these planets can only be forced to rely on the Republic fleet for their safety.
And this means subversion for the current Galactic Republic as a whole!
This will mean that the safety of many planets depends on the Republic Fleet! And the actions of the Republic Fleet depend on the executive orders of the Speaker himself!
So in the final analysis, this resolution essentially strengthens the power of the Speaker, Sheev Palpatine, who already has the power to make emergency decisions!
Whether he admits it or not, as the war progresses to the present, Sheev Palpatine has gained more and more power.
He has the power to establish an army, and can continue to expand the size of the army according to the continuous expansion of the scale of the war. He can recruit troops from all planets, as long as he deems it necessary for the current situation of the war. He can mobilize any planet within the jurisdiction of the Republic
resources and strength, as long as he believes these are the necessary material requirements for this war.
And now, he will be able to control the defense fleets of every planet within the jurisdiction of the Republic!
In other words, these defense fleets will be completely returned to the Republic military, and there is no doubt that these fleets will be extracted and supplemented into the Republic Navy. So if these planets are attacked by the Separatists, they must report to the Republic Navy.
Ask for help!
In other words, the life and death of these planets rests on the control of Sheev Palpatine alone!
No matter what Sheev Palpatine promised, he would return power to the Congress, but right now, at this moment, his power is getting bigger and bigger, and there are no restrictions at all.
This is what Padmé Amidala wants to oppose!
But as Bail Organa said in the message, the current trend is irreversible.
Rendili Planet - the second largest planet in the entire galaxy, with a population of 600 billion!
Lundili Interstellar Power Company is one of the three largest industrial giants in the Galactic Republic. Many people call it one of the three giants. It is an enterprise with strong industrial production capacity!
Now these two have confirmed that they have betrayed the Galactic Republic and fallen into the arms of separatism!
And now, under the exaggeration of Sheev Palpatine, the reason why the Republic fleet failed in Rendili is because the Rendili local defense fleet defected to the separatists!
In such a public opinion environment, any defense offered by Padmé Amidala is pale.
She was unable to reverse the situation.
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After the meeting, Padmé Amidala came to Organa. The two exchanged glances, their faces full of exhaustion.
Because they found themselves unable to stop Sheev Palpatine from gaining more power.
Everything is because of this war!
As long as this war is brought out, then all Palpatine's demands are reasonable and legal! Any voice that opposes him is disregarding the safety of millions of people in the Galactic Republic!
This is a conspiracy...
A conspiracy to concentrate the once mutually restrictive and dispersed powers of the entire Galactic Republic into one person, Palpatine!
Whether it's Padmé Amidala or Bail Organa, they are powerless to stop it!
As long as there is this war ahead, everything will give way!