1319. Deepening of centralization
Hearing Palpatine's words, Padmé-Amidala suddenly felt a rush of blood rush to her brain, and she shouted angrily, "This is not a question of whether it should or should not be! Now Galactic Republic has no plan for such a situation at all! If the local defense fleets of all planets are directly brought under the central ownership of Galactic Republic, then the result will be that all our local defenses are in vain!"
"But you must understand! In the battle of Rendili system, the local defense fleet became the accomplice of Separatists!" Orn Free Tower said loudly.
"This is Rendili's problem with the 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 then do not provide any security guarantee!" Padmé said sharply.
"What we are facing now is that Rusan Reforms's series of clauses cannot adapt to the current war." Palpatine said with a smile, "Rusan Reforms is Galactic Republic's A great resolution. I do not intend to criticize Rusan Reforms's decision-making in any way. 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 pull away the last line of defense of many Draon Planet, and then let them place all their hopes on Galactic Republic's response!" Padmé said loudly, "If you already have a complete set of plans, then I will not raise any questions! But with the war going on now, 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 resolution! This means that 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 Separatists is so aggressive that he has even occupied half of the galaxy. Under such circumstances, can we have other gentler methods?"
"You are putting the entire power of the Galactic Republic into a completely out-of-control state!" Padmé-Senator Amidala said.
"I can assure you that every power of Galactic Republic is under strict supervision, without exception." Palpatine said with a smile.
Padmé still wanted to argue, but a message vibrated from the anti-gravity platform in front of her. She looked at the content of the message, and then looked in the direction of Senator of Alderaan Bail-Organa in the other direction, her face gloomy.
Bail-Organa told her through the message that the general trend has been established, and 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 political capital, and then concentrate her efforts to suddenly attack at a critical time, causing a fatal blow to Palpatine's position as speaker.
Padmé-Amidala's face turned a little pale, but based on her long-term political experience, 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 Rendili Planet's betrayal 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, 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 pin their own safety on Republic fleet.
And this means subversion for Galactic Republic as a whole!
This will mean that the safety of Xu Draon Planet depends on Republic fleet! The actions of 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 who already has emergency ruling powers - Sheev-Palpatine!
Regardless of whether he admits it or not, as the war progresses to the present, the power in Sheev-Palpatine's hands has become more and more powerful.
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 conscripts as he deems necessary for the current state of the war. He can mobilize the resources and power on any planet within the scope of Galactic 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 fleet of every planet within the jurisdiction of Galactic Republic!
In other words, these defense fleets will be completely owned by Republic military, and there is no doubt that these fleets will be extracted and replenished to Republic Navy. So if these planets are attacked by Separatists, they must ask for help from Republic Navy!
In other words, the life and death of these planets depend on the control of one person, Sheev-Palpatine!
No matter what Sheev-Palpatine promised, he would return power to the parliament, 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 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!
One of the three largest industrial giants Rendili StarDrive and Galactic Republic, many people call it one of Big Three, an enterprise with strong industrial production capacity!
Now these two have confirmed that they have betrayed Galactic Republic and have fallen into the arms of Separatists!
And now under the rendering of Sheev-Palpatine, the reason why Republic fleet failed in Rendili is because the Rendili local defense fleet defected to Separatists!
In such a public opinion environment, any argument made by Padmé-Amidala is in vain.
She was unable to reverse the situation.
After the meeting, Padmé-Amidala came to Bail-Organa. The two exchanged glances, their faces full of exhaustion.
Because they found themselves unable to stop Sheev-Palpatine from getting more power.
Everything is because of this war!
As long as this war is brought out, all demands of Palpatine will be reasonable and legal! Any voice that opposes him is disregarding the safety of millions of Galactic Republic people!
This is a conspiracy...
A conspiracy to concentrate the power of Galactic Republic that once restricted and dispersed each other in 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!