Quote Crown_Prince_Ordan (
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there are Committees in place to assure this cannot be the case and a strong independent Judiciary to prosecute offenders if evidence is discovered. I know Chancellor Kruus has assured me he would always permit a prosecution of any official of the legislature or administration go directly to trial without delay as soon as accusations were made
Is that really what we want? More investigations, prosecutions, and trials? I don't think that's what the people voted for. I reckon it sounds a lot like Chancellor Pryce all over again. Now, Senators may have 'expertise' on a lot of subjects. But they're here, first and foremost, to do right by the people who elected them. Regardless of their 'expertise,' to put a Senator in a public administrator's job is a conflict of interest. These aren't the ancient, early days of the Republic when Senators served as ministers and military officers. We as a people and a democracy have long since demanded that our public administrators and civil servants be unbiased—or at least don't have obvious conflicts of interest. A conflict of interest is like the termite in your rocking chair; you know he's in there eatin' away at the blba wood, and you know if you just keep on rockin' sooner or later you're goin' end up on your be-hind. That's how a Senator doing a Minister's job damages the people's confidence in Republic institutions, whether or not there's evidence of wrongdoin'.
Could be there's a case to be made to exempt the Senate B of I. The Stubbs Rule says a Senator can't occupy a civil servant's job "beyond his Senate-related responsibilities," which I rightly intended to include Senate bureaus. Even so, the people of Dantooine and I would feel better knowing the Director of the B of I doesn't owe his job to the people of Alsakan. Just who's he goin' look out for? No one rightly knows.
Quote Senator_Cynum (
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What of if Senators are called up as Governor-Generals or indeed Admirals of the Core Worlds, are these positions potentially to exclude a Senator from the Chamber?
Damn right.
Quote Chancellor_Kruus (
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Don't you feel that, to a degree it is useful to bring the expertise of Senators to the various ministries of the Galaxy?
Opinions are the cheapest thing in this galaxy, Chancellor. Hell, people give 'em away for free. Everybody's got an opinion, and it don't you cost nothin' to ask a man his. Doesn't mean he needs to head up a Ministry.
