Section 5, with all due respect, is not a necessary response. It is unnecessary, and it is inappropriate. It would deem as illegitimate the elected government of Baltimn simply because one of its members—and an honorary member, at that—seems to have been responsible for what is, again, without doubt, a heinous crime. This would be similar to calling you illegitimate, Senator Kruus, supposing that some trade monarch of the Purse Worlds were to commit a similar crime, Force forbid. It is one thing to demand the criminal pay for his crime. It is another to demand the innocent men and women that comprise Baltimn's government also pay for the criminal's crime.

This incident offends the conscience of all compassionate beings. But still, we must not act in haste and disregard our principles.