365. Counterattack in Parliament
Which planets support Bail-Antillis? To put it bluntly, they are the middle class. In the galaxy, they are in a situation where they can't starve to death without much development. If they want to seek development, they must get help from planets Inner Rim and Core Worlds, but if they want to help Outer Rim planets, they are somewhat powerless.
Therefore, the method of Bail-Antillis is to knead the entire Galactic Republic into a whole. Such a result will inevitably cause those developed planets to lose great benefits. On the contrary, for the planet Mid Rim, it will only benefit.
This was followed by speeches by members Malastare Ainlee-Tim. He is also very eloquent and explains his policy plans in a clear and logical manner.
His main policy is to resolve the conflicts between Inner Rim of the galaxy, Core Worlds and Mid Rim Outer Rim Territories, strengthen multilateral dialogue, and strengthen the dominance of Galactic Republic over Outer Rim Territories.
In fact, this policy is an enhanced version of the existing situation. No one is offended, try to maintain the status quo, and then find ways to make the situation better.
If this policy is more conservative, it is indeed the best choice. Because the turbulent Galactic Republic really cannot withstand a new round of changes, and can only proceed step by step. If there is another decades or hundreds of years of slow development, maybe it will really get better.
Ainlee-Tim's wonderful speeches won thunderous applause from Congressman Outer Rim Territories.
Finally, it is the speech of Naboo Senator Sheev-Palpatine. His speech was passionate and powerful. He proposed that he would strengthen Republic Senate's control capabilities, improve administrative efficiency, and strengthen the bureaucracy. And he directly proposed a word - power! He said that strength is the basis for maintaining Galactic Republic's administrative organization. He will be committed to changing the wrong path of Galactic Republic voluntarily giving up power since Rusan Reforms, and guiding Galactic Republic to a new, powerful and correct path.
After the speech is completed, there is voting and debate.
Not surprisingly, Bail-Antillis did not get many votes at all, with less than 10% of the votes going to him. The support rate of Ainlee-Senator Tim, who was supported by Outer Rim Territories, has been rising all the way, and soon received 30% of the votes. At the same time, Sheev-Palpatine only had about 20% of the votes.
However, at this moment, the situation suddenly changed horribly!
The Council Representative group representing Outer Rim Territories, Rim Faction (The Rim Faction), is also the largest faction among Galactic Senate. It is their support that makes Ainlee-Senator Tim have a very high support rate.
In fact, this was originally a balancing method of Galactic Republic Senate. Weak planets have more seats so that they can have a louder voice in the parliament and help these planets.
But now, this system has finally collapsed.
The leader of Rim Faction Senator and the member of Ryloth also have extremely high influence in the parliament. They were once able to distinguish themselves from the former speaker Phineas-Valorum. Aoun Freeta, who was resisting the court ceremony, suddenly stood up, shook the fat on his body and said expressionlessly, "I support Senator Palpatine's policy plan. I believe that under his leadership, Galactic Republic can go further."
This statement immediately stirred up waves, and almost all the congressmen watched in disbelief.
Rim Faction Senator Group actually had internal strife, and the initiator was their leader!?
Not only that, many Rim Faction Senator also started to boo, and they began to oppose Ainlee-Tim and support Orn Free-Tower and Sheev-Palpatine. It is worth mentioning that most of these congressmen are planet representatives who are close to trade routes and have direct contact with Inner Rim and Core Worlds planets.
It can be said that at this moment, the Rim Faction Senator Group, which has been on Galactic Senate for decades, has completely collapsed.
Seeing this, the situation collapsed instantly. Gran Ainlee-Tim trembled all over, and his three eyes wandered around, almost losing his sense of proportion. Rim Faction Senator leader Orn Free Tower's defection left him completely unprepared, and he didn't even know what to do now.
At this moment, on the anti-gravity platform of Dawn Star Planet, Francis-Underwood just looked at the farce indifferently. He leaned over slightly and whispered to his wife Claire-Underwood: "Remember what I said before? If you want to eat more cakes, you have to be the one who shares the cake."
"I don't think this is a good idea. Palpatine is at the height of his power, and no one can stop him from being elected. If we try to anger him at this time, I'm afraid..." Claire frowned.
"Oh, what I care about is not whether Palpatine can be elected. What I care about is whether we can be the ones who share the cake. Even if we can't, we must be close enough. Don't forget, the so-called politics is nothing but location, location, location. Just like the mansion we just bought on the surface of Coruscant, 18 million credits, why? Location." After Francis finished speaking, he looked at Chief of Staff Douglas next to him, "How much time do we have? Doug."
"About half an hour."
"That's enough." Francis-Underwood adjusted his suit, buttoned the second button, pressed the speak button, raised his hand and said in a loud voice, "I question Senator Palpatine's campaign!"
Many pairs of eyes instantly turned to stare at Francis, with disbelief in their eyes. Most politicians just follow the trend. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Palpatine's election is the general trend. Isn't this person looking for trouble now that he stands up?
Or let's talk about another situation...
When politicians rise to the challenge, there is only one possibility: break up.
But the question is, haven't Francis-Underwood always been a staunch supporter of Palpatine? Moreover, her wife's Outer Rim Planets Mutual Aid Fund has now become a huge charitable foundation and has great influence in Outer Rim.
Now he suddenly jumped out to confront Palpatine. Why?
Over there, Francis-Underwood was already debating with Palpatine. Both sides were very eloquent, and it was obvious that Francis was very well prepared. He actually mastered a lot of black information that Palpatine was completely unknown to, and he punched him in a series of combinations, leaving Palpatine in a hurry.
Palpatine was completely caught off guard by this, and it was obvious that he was not in good condition now. His face was pale, and his left hand was still wrapped in a bandage. He didn't know where he was injured.
But no matter what, with the sudden addition of Francis, those Rim Faction Senator who were on the verge of collapse regained their backbone, and the chaotic situation began to stabilize.