Chapter 164 Crisis Explodes
162. Crisis Explodes
Francis straightened his suit, took Claire’s hand and stood in front of the microphone of the anti-gravity platform, and said loudly: " Distinguished representatives, I am Frances Underwood, and this is my wife, Claire Underwood, and we are the founders of the Outer Planets Mutual Aid Fund. We decided to create this mutual aid fund. At the beginning, we..."
Francis's eloquence and speech skills are also very good. With his speech, he established in everyone's hearts a person who was in desperate situations but was indomitable and still committed to serving the galaxy. The image of the planets in the Outer Rim Sector fighting for power and status.
His speech was short and powerful, which made the representatives of the middle and outer ring planets of the 'Ring Sect' cast kind eyes on him.
Then he changed the topic and began to talk about the last time Claire was assassinated. He expressed with sadness that such a thing must not happen again, but also emphasized that now that the investigation results have been obtained and the murderer has been brought to justice, the matter should end. It must not be allowed to happen because of personal emotions in a place like the Galactic Parliament. affect judgment.
Because every decision made here is related to the survival and safety of billions or even tens of billions of people.
"...Who gave us the rights in our hands? Not this voting machine, not the Galactic Republic, not a certain person, but the people! It's democracy! It's freedom! When I came to Coruscant After that, what I read the most was Mr. Sheev Palpatine’s work, and the sentence that stuck in my mind was to use the power in our hands carefully! Power should be kept in a cage. Beast! "
"That's why we have to say no to those powers that are out of control! In the dispute on the planet Marastal, I saw such a beast! Completely ignoring the survival of the 2 billion people on the planet Malastar, they just want to satisfy their own appetites! Is this the result that people, democracy, and freedom should see? "
"… ...So, I really hope that the Galactic Parliament can implement democracy and freedom! Because this is the foundation of our country! And Speaker Valoran, who holds the highest power, we also believe that you can make decisions under the banner of democracy! The most correct decision! Long live the Galactic Republic! ”
A passionate speech brought the atmosphere in the parliament hall to a climax again!
Francis pretended not to see Finis Valorum's increasingly ugly face, but bowed deeply to him and said lightly, "This is the Dawn Planet - a The new, small colony made a small voice in the Galactic Parliament. "Sanctions! Sanctions! Sanctions!" The members roared loudly.
"I remember that Dawn Planet did not get a seat in the parliament. Why are you still here? Who let you in?" came the hoarse voice of Deputy Speaker Botan.
Francis didn’t say anything more, but bowed again in the direction of the Speaker. After that, Palpatine controlled the anti-gravity platform to return to his position, and Francis walked away from the back passage. go out.
When leaving, Palpatine suddenly whispered: "You really impressed me, Mr. Francis. I think there will be many opportunities for us to make progress together in the future."
Francis With a serious smile, Si nodded slightly and left the parliament building.
His mission has been accomplished.
If the quarrel just now caused Valoran to be put on the firewood pile, then Francis lit the flame with his own hands and roasted him completely on the fire!
In the parliament hall, Finis Valoran was silent for a long time, then stood up and opened his hands. Seeing that he seemed to want to speak, the congressmen also stopped making noise, and countless pairs of eyes looked directly at him.
"About the business dispute on Malastar Planet..." As soon as he said the word "business", there was a burst of boos from below. But he continued, "The Galactic Republic expressed serious concern about this matter and ordered both parties, no matter what kind of dispute there is, never to enter into a situation of armed confrontation. This would be a serious provocation to the authority of the Galactic Republic. . But in this matter, the Galactic Republic cannot be the first to interfere in commercial activities, so we will send an investigation team to investigate and negotiate the dispute between the two parties. "Now, we will vote on this motion. The MPs were noisy again, but this time they were much less vocal.
Although representatives of various companies participated in the meeting, they did not have the right to vote. They had been quiet from the beginning and just watched the development of the situation coldly.
In the other direction, many human councilors also had sneers on their lips. Some of them looked in Palpatine's direction without a trace, and then gently pressed the voting machine.
The planet Kuat, the planet Rendili, the planet Corellia, the planet Mequito, etc... These are the planets in the inner ring and core circle. They have strong economic and industrial strength, and also have Great voice.
In normal times, the conflicts of interest between these planets make it difficult for them to unite together, and many times the policies of the parliament will at least on the surface be tilted towards the middle-ring and outer-ring planets, so their voices are often not heard in the parliament. Planets in the middle and outer rings.
But this time, their movements were surprisingly unified.
With the help of an invisible force, and the fact that Speaker Valorum has been in office for two terms, the skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and still has high popularity. The two forces merged into one. Although the ring faction members were furious, the result of the final vote...
The Galactic Republic decided not to directly interfere in the dispute on the planet Malastar.
After the voting results came out, Finis Valoran was visibly relieved. In his opinion, this bill must not be passed, because if it is passed, it will explode the relationship between him and the Judicial Fleet and put him in an embarrassing position.
If the Justice Fleet does not send troops, the possibility of the Galactic Republic's successful intervention in this dispute is almost zero. Then once this happens, it will be a shameful failure for him as speaker.
Thinking of this, Valorum couldn't help but look in the direction of Sheev Palpatine and nodded slightly at him.
Palpatine responded with a smile.
The motion was not passed. Speaker Valorum thought that Palpatine was helping him, so he stopped pursuing the matter of bringing Francis into the parliament just now.
As everyone knows, this result is exactly what Palpatine hopes to see.
But at this moment, an explosive news reached the parliament!
The corporate alliance has brazenly sent out troops! They gathered a mercenary fleet and more than 400 large and small spacecraft to completely blockade the Malastar planet!
(End of this chapter)