1495. Secret gathering of treason
"Palpatine's ambitions are no longer concealed at all! By bypassing the parliament to deal with Jedi Order, he has ignored the constraints of the parliament. And... how dare he attack Jedi Order?" Padmé-Amidala was in great pain.
What made her even more painful was that she had no idea what role Anakin-Skywalker played in this matter.
"I'm worried now that our loyalty to Galactic Republic has gradually begun to move in another direction." Bail-Organa said in his rich and steady voice, "In other words, we have devoted our loyalty to the wrong object..."
He took a deep breath and said, "We have been fighting against autocracy and hegemony for a long time. Democracy has always been the weapon we are proud of. However, now, I find that Galactic Republic itself has become the devil it once was its enemy."
"We must find a way to stop them!" said another member of Parliament Bana Breemu, "Especially for Sheev-Palpatine. I am worried that as time goes by, his power will become more and more powerful. Looking back now, he has been doing this every day since the war broke out."
Bana Breemu is Council Representative of Humbarine planet (Humbarine). The Humbarine sector where she is located was once one of Galactic Republic Core Worlds's important industrial bases.
But because Humbarine sector, where this planet is located, is very close to Kato-Neimoidia, the hometown of Trade Federation, and Balmorra-Neimoidia, so when Sefrans -Tann took Plague Titan warship all the way to Kato-Neimoidia. Some of the planets in Humbarine sector were also briefly occupied by Trade Federation for a short period of time in the chaos.
It is precisely because of this that she is often attacked by some political opponents as a Separatists capitulator, but in fact, she is one of Galactic Republic's most loyal supporters.
"But what should we do now? Even if it is Jedi Order's incident, Palpatine has sufficient reasons - Master Yoda tried to assassinate him. This reason is very sufficient." Meng-Mothma said.
Bail-Organa looked at Padmé-Amidala who was weak and leaning on the sofa, still a little distracted. He shook his head and sighed, "Now that we are alone, it is difficult to fight against Palpatine. I think we are now The top priority now is to save Jedi Order as soon as possible. We should start with the evidence Palpatine brought against Jedi Order and ask for a re-investigation of Jedi Order's accusations. In this way, maybe we can buy them some time."
"I must remind you that what we are doing now is very dangerous." Bana Brimmer said, "Have you ever thought that what we are doing is actually getting closer to treason?"
Meng-Mothma was shocked, "What did you say? Treason? Did you mean to rehabilitate Jedi Order?"
Bana Brimmer said solemnly, "More than that, if our opposition continues, then opposing Palpatine itself will become treason."
"How is this possible?!" Meng-Mothma was shocked.
Bail-Organa nodded and said, "Bana is right, Senator Mothma. As Palpatine becomes more and more powerful, he is To equate ourselves with Galactic Republic, to oppose Palpatine is to oppose Galactic Republic. At that time, maybe we will really be labeled as treason."
"If this is the case, once we become traitors, then the sector we represent will also..." Meng-Mothma's face turned pale. "We will also be charged with treason! The entire sector will be sanctioned by Galactic Republic!"
"Unfortunately, it is true." Bail-Organa sighed, "When that day comes, we will have to give in."
Meng-Mothma was looking at the hazy sky outside the window at this moment, her eyes flickering and becoming more determined. She said slowly, "In that case, we must do something before things are irreversible."
She stood up suddenly and said, "Apply for administrative review of the Jedi Order incident!"
Bana-Brimmer said, "Palpatine launched Order 66 through emergency ruling power. Now we are applying for administrative review. Although it makes sense in law, Palpatine can also be There is no way to overthrow him by using the emergency ruling power. Our biggest disadvantage now is that we are in a state of war. As long as we lean towards the war, the emergency ruling power in the hands of Palpatine will be invincible."
However, at this time, a somewhat weak voice suddenly remembered. "No, we can indeed apply for administrative review. But the object of our application is not Jedi Order, but Order 66 itself..."
The speaker was Padmé-Amidala! She rested for a while, finally feeling much better, and then used her excellent political mind to think about the problem again.
"What's going on?" Meng-Mothma asked.
She is still young and is not sensitive enough to these political issues.
"Palpatine linked the activation of Order 66 with emergency ruling authority, giving us the illusion that he activated Order 66 through emergency ruling authority. But in fact, this is not the case... The emergency ruling power can only allow him to directly propose a motion to activate Order 66, but cannot directly implement it. "Padmé-Amidala's voice is still small, but it is loud and to the point.
Bail-Organa suddenly realized, "That's true! Even if Palpatine directly uses the emergency ruling power to convict Jedi Order, Order 66 must be mobilized must also be signed by Galactic Republic High Court! But now he has not followed these procedures at all, but directly launched Order 66! This only shows that the activation procedure of this order is wrong!"
He was also an activist and immediately continued, "We must start preparations immediately! Collect all the intelligence on this Order 66 launch! Then draft an impeachment motion to formally impeach Palpatine on the grounds of illegal launch of Order 66!"
"Okay, I'll do it now. I know some friends in the military, and they should be able to provide me with some information." Meng-Mothma said.
"This impeachment has taken us farther and farther down the road of treason..." Bana Brimer sighed, "Okay, but we must also be cautious. High Court Leave it to me and I will lobby them."
However, at this moment, a message was suddenly sent to the communicator of Padmé-Amidala. When she raised her hand and looked at it, her face suddenly turned pale!
"Republic army... is besieging Jedi Temple! Leading them... is, Anakin-Skywalker!"