Chapter 160: The Farce of The Senate (1)


    "If a proposal that benefits the outer ring star region can be drawn up in the Senate, I think everyone will be very willing to help Supreme Chancellor Valorum." Francis''nguage is still watertight.


    "So, do you think the Republic should sanction the Corporate Alliance in this matter?" Palpatine asked with a smile.


    Francis took a deep breath, he firmly grasped his political stance and said: "If the Corporate Alliance is allowed to seed, then otherpanies will follow suit. I absolutely cannot tolerate this happening."


    "But you just said Valorum was a coward."


    "If he can really solve this matter, he is naturally not a coward."


    Palpatine smiled slightly, "Well, I will take you to this meeting. If there is a chance, maybe you can also speak."


    "Speaking at the Gctic Senate? This..." Francis looked a little panicked.


    "Hahaha, don''t be afraid, I''m here, no problem," Palpatine said very kindly.


    ...


    Gctic Senate meeting ce.


    This is a huge spherical space, majestic and solemn. Around the sphere, countless disc-shaped anti-gravity tforms are densely packed and neatly arranged. Each tform represents a political entity in the Milky Way, and representatives of this political entity and their assistants stand on it.


    In the center of the entire spherical space, there is arger tform floating. This is the tform of the chairman of the Gctic Parliament, which also represents the highest authority of the entire Gctic Republic.


    Palpatine took Francis Underwood and his wife from the passage of the office to his own anti-gravity tform, and many other senators greeted him very eagerly along the way.


    Standing on the tform, Francis looked around. This star-studded Senate venue gave people huge psychological oppression, which was many times more magnificent than the Parliament venues he had seen in his iplete memory.


    And the battlefield here is also many times more cruel than back then.


    Palpatine approached Francis and whispered: "Don''t worry too much, Mr. Francis, today is mainly discussing whether the Gctic Republic needs to directly send troops to interfere in the affairs of Mstare. What we need is to stand It''s enough to be on the side of Supreme Chancellor Valorum. I believe he has the ability to settle things."


    Francis nodded with a smile, but he already knew the result of the meeting through Tang Xiao.


    At this time, an old and loud voice came through the loudspeaker, "Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum is seated!"


    Everyone stood up on their tforms and raised their hands to greet the venue.


    An old man with gray hair but a clean shaved beard, wearing a gorgeous Supreme Chancellor''s costume, walked to the anti-gravity tform and stood in front of another old man who was a bit stooped.


    "Oh, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, and his old assistant, Mr. Botan, the Deputy Chancellor. They have devoted their lives to the Gctic Republic." Palpatine said meaningfully.


    Francis stared nkly at Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum and Deputy Chancellor Botan, who are slowly flying towards the center of the venue by manipting the anti-gravity tform and sighed secretly in his heart.


    Yes, the audience is already in ce, and it''s time for the clown to appear.


    Finis Valorum said loudly into the loudspeaker: "The Senate is convened today to discuss the dispute over Mstare!"


    As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the senate. Some people were cheering, some were cursing, and more people were whispering, and the scene became chaotic almost immediately.


    Francis watched coldly. He understood that such a scene showed that the prestige of Supreme Chancellor Valorum was no longer enough to overwhelm the representatives of the Gctic Senate.


    "Silence!" Deputy Chancellor Botan yelled with all his strength, and the noise in the senate gradually became quieter.


    Supreme Chancellor Valorum took a deep breath and said, "Next, we invite the representative of Mstare, Ainlee Teem, to express his views on the disputes on Mstare!"


    An anti-gravity tform floated out and flew to the center of the venue, slightly lower than Valorum''s tform. There were three Granites standing on it, and the one in the middle bowed slightly to the surroundings, and then said loudly: "The way the Corporate Alliance demands to increase the fuel tax on Mstare ispletely the way of bandits! They plundered us naked. The resources of the are also insatiably greedy and continue to reduce our share, let our people go hungry, and work for them almost for free!"


    "Nonsense!!" An anti-gravity tform flew out from the other side, and there were several Kuliva people on it, which were representatives of the Corporate Alliance.


    "Representative Passel Argente now is not the time for you to speak..." Deputy Chancellor Botan stopped him, but the person did not listen to him at all.


    The representative of the Corporate Alliance said loudly: "When your Mstare was poor and backward, it was our Corporate Alliance that helped you establish a basic industrial system! Let you produce parts and equipment by yourself, and be the state of Tatooine. The main equipment supplier for the tower night pod racingpetition! Isn''t that enough? Now why do you use us of legitimate business practices? After all, you are the ones who are greedy!"


    "Your increase in fuel tax ispletely contrary to the agreement at that time! Your endless mining has caused an irreversible impact on the environment of our! Now you still have to tax 30% of our''s ie! Do you want to, are you starving the people of our to death?!" Senator Teem was shaking with rage, and he pointed at Passel Argente''s nose and yelled.


    "You should read the agreement we signed! We have the right to increase the fuel tax."


    "That''s why you threatened us that if we don''t join that use, you will make us suffer! This is a robber use! It shouldn''t be in effect!"


    The two sides quarreled fiercely,pletely ignoring Senator Waroro and Deputy Chancellor Botan, and the other senators around were noisy again. They yelled, either for Senator Teem, or for Representative Argente, and quarreled.


    Seeming to be at a disadvantage in the quarrel, Senator Teem suddenly turned around and yelled at Supreme Chancellor Valorum:  Mstare requests the Gctic Senate to arbitrate! Sanction the bandit practices of the Corporate Alliance! Give us justice!"


    "If you want justice I''ll give it to you right away!" Passel Argente threatened, pointing to Ainlee Teem''s nose.