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Resolution Against Mon Mothma
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| Robert_North | Date: Saturday, 20 Aug 2011, 4:02 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Resolution Against Mon Mothma
Written by The Honorable Senator Robert Charles Winston North of Imperial Center
Endorsed by the Internal Activities Committee of the Imperial Senate
My friends and colleagues, we have failed the Emperor. A shocking statement, yes, I know... but we have allowed one of our own to become the enemy. Not only become it, but work against us within these very halls. Yet, this betrayal has gone ignored, despite the Emperor himself demanding that the Senate do something about this. I, and the Internal Activities Committee, have sat by and waited for a Senator or Representative to step-up and address this dreadful issue, and yet none have, and the session is almost over!
Mon Mothma, formerly of Chandrila, committed sedition, incited riots, dissent, and rebellion, and ultimately committed treason against our beloved Emperor and the almighty Empire. This can not be allowed, nor stand, of a Imperial Senator. By the will and blessing of the Emperor, this binding resolution demands that:
I. All Senators and Representatives, as well as their staff, shall individually reaffirm their oaths to the Throne to symbolize the rejection of sedition and treason from the Imperial Senate.
II. The Imperial Senate, as a united and whole body, hereby condemns the manifesto proclaimed by Mon Mothma and her efforts to destroy our beloved and invincible Galactic Empire.
III. Mon Mothma, is hereby, through official act, expelled from the Imperial Senate and forbidden to hold any public office or government employment, participate in public assembly, and leave Chandrila for the remainder of her life.
IV. An arrest warrant shall be issued for one, Mon Mothma. An death warrant shall also be issued, to be carried out should one, Mon Mothma, resist arrest.
V. A public bounty shall be placed upon the individual known as Mon Mothma, with the conditions of 3,000,000 Imperial Credits for a live capture, 1,000,000 Imperial Credits for a deceased capture, and 500,000 Imperial Credits for legitimate tips on her whereabouts, with false or misleading tips punishble up to and including execution.
VI. Should she be successfully, and peacefully, brought into custody, Mon Mothma shall stand trial for her crimes.
The Honorable R.C.W. North
Senator of Imperial Center
Chairman of the Internal Activities Committee Mayor of the Galactic/Imperial City (22 BBY-18 BBY)
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| Senator_Ordan | Date: Monday, 22 Aug 2011, 8:05 AM | Message # 2 |
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| Naturally I vote in favour.
Senator Hubert Ordan
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| Senator_Cambrist | Date: Monday, 29 Aug 2011, 4:09 PM | Message # 3 |
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| Senator North, I question the necessity of a symbolic "rejection of sedition" in the form of redundant oaths when we are, in reality, voting to condemn sedition in no uncertain terms. All of us having to reiterate an oath of allegiance on potentially any and every occasion that a Senator disobeys it is tedious and, in my opinion, beneath the dignity of those of us who do obey the oath. It also rather cheapens the oath to require those of us who obey it to swear it again and again, ad infinitum, while those who don't are not similarly compelled (by merit of having fled or been expelled, etc.).
The rest of the proposal is straightforward and I have no significant objection to it.
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| Ilanah_Thanatos | Date: Monday, 29 Aug 2011, 8:30 PM | Message # 4 |
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| As acting Senator of Chandrila, I find this resolution to be....tiring. It seems entirely unnecessary to require, as Senator Cambrist so aptly put it, each Senator to re-affirm their loyalty to the throne. It seems to me that while one can take the pledge, they can also be lying about their loyalty. No offense intended, Senator North, but you could be lying to us all....so could Senator Cambrist...anyone in this room could be.
Mon Mothma was a great Senator. She cared about her people and wanted nothing more than to protect them. When I was in University, I looked up to her as a role model. She would have laid down her life to protect her people and their rights and freedoms. And there might come a day where she does just that. It would be an unfortunate loss of human life, when there has already been so many needless deaths.
Unfortunately, she was unable to adapt when the Emperor came to power. And it broke my heart to see my idol fall, but I was more than thrilled to be elected in her stead. To take up her banner, so to speak. Chandrila is an Imperial world now, and we accept whole-heartedly the protection and support of His Majesty.
That being said, I do not think that putting a bounty on her head is entirely necessary, is it? To encourage murder with the temptation of $1,000,000 credits? Why not offer that bounty to bring her in to stand trial, Senator North? Why does there need to be more death? One woman can hardly destroy an Empire so great, even with her best efforts. She had been banished from the Senate and now you are asking that the Senate ban her from her home planet. Please consider what I ask, Senator.
Ilanah R. Thanatos
Senator of Chandrila
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| Eli_Fitzgerald | Date: Monday, 29 Aug 2011, 9:34 PM | Message # 5 |
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| Senator Thanatos is right. As she and Senator Cambrist pointed out, having to swear an oath more than once begs the question of what good an oath is in the first place. I don't see what purpose it serves to have us all write "I'm loyal" ten times on the board. But more importantly, I'm against the notion of issuing death warrants on a person not because of "crimes" committed, but because of political differences. What are these "crimes" that Mon Mothma is supposed to have committed? Is it a "crime" to say that a world has a right to defend itself? Is it a "crime" to say that workers should be able to form a union without the approval of the Empire (even when the company they work for is owned by the Empire)? Is it a "crime" to oppose so called "defense" spending on super weapons when there is no longer an enemy that threatens us?
Senator Mothma phrased these things bluntly, yes. She brought unpleasant truths to our attention and called them what they were, not euphemisms. But she was only the first to do so, and won't be the last. Since then, we've seen Representative Crion, Lord Zarcaine, and others make statements similar to Senator Mothma's, but as the first one to do so she is somehow singled out as a target of the Senate's wrath because of the childish nonsense that she "started it." I don't agree with Mon Mothma on most things, but do I think she should be arrested or banished or tried because I don't agree with her? No, and that's why I vote against.
Eli Fitzgerald
Senator of Ralltiir (10 BBY—Present)
"I was elected to do some flamethrowing in the Senate. To a light a fire under those Senators and make it hot for them."
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| Tremaine_Fowlkes | Date: Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011, 7:31 AM | Message # 6 |
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| I am compel to agree with Senators Thanatos and Fitzgerald. There is no point in repeating our oaths. It would only lessen the value of the oath. Besides, oath doesn't mean proving our allegiance to His Majesty. It simply means we publicly announced our allegiance, which doesn't mean anything. Words are nothing compared to action. There are better ways to prove our allegiance, and we Senators and Representatives are doing it. Do I believe Senator Mothma should be arrested for spreading unpleasant truths? No. Do I believe she should be killed for what she believed in? No.
Senator Thanatos is right. Chandrila is a world of Imperial sovereign. Senator Mothma doesn't represent the whole population, which is to say they aren't responsible for her actions. She is simply in hiding, and I do not believe her to be a threat. For this reasons presented by me and Senators Thanatos and Fitzgerald, I vote against the Resolution.
Tremaine Fowlkes
Senator of Telos IV
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| Avadrie_volFyr | Date: Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 2:49 AM | Message # 7 |
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| Empress Teta supports this resolution and votes in favor. While we share Senator Cambrist's concerns about making our oath meaningless by having to repeat it so many times, I do not feel that it is very different than a wife who oft tells her husband how much she loves him.
Lady Avadrie volFyr
Senator of Empress Teta
Defense Committee Member
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| Sate_Pestage | Date: Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 8:25 PM | Message # 8 |
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| *Chuckles would be heard in the chamber, with the notable exception of the Pui-ui delegation and the delegations of other hermaphroditic species which did not understand esoteric gender distinctions. Pestage was stone faced as usual but permitted the bemusement to run its course before speaking.*
A number of votes appear to be contingent on a possible amendment to Article 1 of the measure. I ask that Senator North address this possibility before the vote is closed.
Sate Pestage
Grand Vizier of the Empire
Assistant to Emperor Palpatine
Chair of the Imperial Senate
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| Robert_North | Date: Friday, 23 Sep 2011, 9:40 PM | Message # 9 |
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| Due to the Senate's resistance, despite the asking of a simple patriotic gesture, I will withdraw Section I from the legislation.
The Honorable R.C.W. North
Senator of Imperial Center
Chairman of the Internal Activities Committee Mayor of the Galactic/Imperial City (22 BBY-18 BBY)
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| Bernard_Oriel | Date: Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 5:55 AM | Message # 10 |
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| Vjun votes in favour of this Act (with or without Clause 1).
Bernard Oriel
Senator for the Planet of Vjun
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| Sate_Pestage | Date: Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 1:03 PM | Message # 11 |
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| I am recording Brentaal in favor of the measure as a result of Senator North's amendment. If this is not the case, Senator Cambrist is welcome to appeal and the record will be changed. But in the meantime, the measure passes with 71% in favor and 29% opposed.
Sate Pestage
Grand Vizier of the Empire
Assistant to Emperor Palpatine
Chair of the Imperial Senate
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