1319. Deepening of centralization
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! Now the Galactic Republic has no plan for such a situation! What if? 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 we will not provide any safety guarantee after that!" Padmé said sharply.
"What we are facing now is that a series of provisions of the Ruusan Reform cannot adapt to the current war." Palpatine said with a smile, "The Ruusan Reform is a great resolution of the Galactic Republic. I have no intention of 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 nationalize and pull away the last lines of defense of many planets, and then let them pin all their hopes on the response of the Galactic Republic!" Padmé said loudly, "If you already have one I won’t raise any questions about the entire set of plans! But with the war going on like this, how can you ensure the safety of these planets!”
"This is 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 any security guarantee for these planets!" Padmé said loudly! .
"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 state of complete control!" Senator Padmé Amidala said.
"I can assure you that every power in the Galactic Republic is under strict supervision, without exception." Palpatine said with a smile.
Padmé 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 trend has been established and that 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 bill, and earn some money. After a little political capital, he concentrated his efforts and suddenly launched an attack at a critical time, dealing a fatal blow to Palpatine's position as Speaker.
Padmé Amidala 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 in her conscience, this test can be passed.
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 local defense fleets. But as Padmé said, if there is a plan, this is not a problem, but now, when these planets have no preparation at all, suddenly announcing the nationalization of the local defense fleet, it will only make 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 existing Galactic Republic as a whole!
This will mean that the safety of many planets depends on the Republic fleet!
The actions of the Republic Fleet are based on the executive orders of the Speaker himself!
So in the final analysis, this bill 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 this point, Sheev Palpatine has gained more and more power.
He has the power to build an army and continue to expand the size of the army as the scale of the war continues to expand. He can target all planets with conscription if he deems it necessary for the current state of the war. He can mobilize the resources and power of any planet within the Republic's rule, as long as he believes that this is the necessary material requirement 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 owned by the Republic, and there is no doubt that these fleets will be withdrawn and added to the Republic Navy. So if these planets are attacked by the Separatists, they must ask for help from the Republic Navy!
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 is no restriction at all.
This is what Padmé Amidala wants to object to!
But as Bail Organa said in the message, the current trend is irreversible.
Planet Rendili—the second largest planet in the entire galaxy, with a population of 600 billion!
Rendili 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 an environment of public opinion, any defense offered by Padmé Amidala would be 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, all Palpatine's demands will be reasonable and legal! Any voice that opposes him is putting the safety of millions of people in the Galactic Republic at risk!
This is 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!
