Memorandum to: Cul'utaan Forte
Senator of Ryloth, Chair of the Corruption Panel
Subject: The Morishim Amendments

Senator Forte,

I regret that it's been some time since I've communicated with you, in correspondence or otherwise. Although I am no longer in the Senate, I continue to follow the Senate's deliberations with interest and, lately, concern. Even if you and I did not always agree, on the great issues and dilemmas of our time—the peace treaty, defense policy, economics, and so on—we usually were, and remain, agreed. In my last memorandum to you, when it became apparent that I would not be in the Senate much longer, I implored you to continue in opposition to the Chief of State and his naive and dangerous policies. I regret to see, however, that today, he and his policies are largely unchallenged.

I hear that there are many domestic happenings on Ryloth that require your attention, and of course your time in the Senate is understandably limited. But I feel that the Senate desperately needs a strong, consistent, and respected voice of opposition to Ponc Gavrisom. You could be, and, I believe, you must be that voice. It is not simply principles that are in danger, but lives, including, potentially, the lives of the people of Ryloth. Your planet and mine are is imperiled as all New Republic worlds are by the possibility of war—a possibility that the Chief of State and his allies in the Senate refuse even to consider.

The most alarming of his policies, of late, are the Morishim Amendments that are now before the Senate. The worst of these declares that "Imperial and New Republic citizens shall have access to each other's respective judicial systems for the redress of grievances relating to, and the prosecution of violations of, the Bastion Accords." I can't find the words to describe how offensive this proposal is—it would compel our courts to prosecute our own people and compel our own people to seek justice in the Remnant's notoriously corrupt courts. This is what myself, Senator Karath, and many others marched at Morishim to prevent. We failed then. We must not fail now.

Please, Senator, do what you can to oppose these amendments, or at least this one especially pungent amendment.

Respectfully,