Senate Building, Coruscant
Open to Senators of the New Republic
Jin Vaisra had long waited for this moment. Since he arrived in the Senate as a freshman politician five years ago, he had found the Chancellor’s leadership distasteful, to say the least. Under his bureaucracy, the New Republic had met multiple galaxy-shaking crises with inaction, indifference, and painstaking silence. It was an embarrassment, but until recently, there was no one who was suitable to replace him. That was no longer the case.
Now, today, Jin could finally carry the man he’d long despised to the threshold of the Senate Building and kick him through to unemployment. Now, he could finally make his move.
“Honorable delegates of the Senate,” Jin said, once he was recognized by the Speaker, “We in the New Republic find ourselves in a gross crisis of leadership. Or, shall I say, a lack thereof. Under Supreme Chancellor Owusaan, our great Republic has hibernated as the galaxy around it burns. The Sith invade worlds on the edges of Alliance space, and he does nothing. A virus that threatens all sentient life rages like a wildfire, and the Chancellor’s response is no less than a casual shrug.”
“Our good friends in the Independent Systems Consortium have responded to these crises. Just look how they build up their defenses and expand their borders! We should be doing the same! Perhaps their proactiveness is the reason their currency now eclipses ours on the galactic market. The Republic credit—another casualty of the Owusaan administration.” Here, he artfully paused to let his accusations and the practiced pain in his voice sink in.
“My friends, we cannot continue to allow this rampant inaction to stand. That is why I called this emergency session. Our Republic needs leadership—real leadership. And we will not get it from Chancellor Owusaan.” Jin leaned against his pod, his next words taking on a somber note. “I thereby move for a vote-of-no confidence, one to be taken up immediately so that we may begin the long work of getting our Republic back on track.”