Post by huttchew on Mar 14, 2021 8:52:21 GMT -5
The Galactic Republic, also known as the Grand Republic or simply the Republic, is a democratic union comprising thousands of star systems spread across the galaxy which is headed by the Galactic Senate, also reffered to as the Galactic Congress, the Congress of the Republic or the Republic Senate, which consists of hundreds of Senators representing the many worlds (some are elected while other are appionted, sometimes the planetary leader serves as its senator) and is led by the Supreme Chancellor, also known as High Chancellor, or the Republic Chancellor and rarely reffered to as chief of state, who is elected by and from the representatives, he is aided by the Vice Chair, aloso known as Vice Chancellor or as the Senate Speaker. The primary concern of the Senate is mediating disputes between varying worlds and dictating the laws and regulation necessary to maintain the Republic. It is divided into numerous committees and subcommittees with each handling various issies of galactic government and lawmaking headed by a Chairmen such as: the Military Oversight Committee which has oversight over the Republic Military during the Clone Wars, the Allocation Committee supervises the budget of the Republic, taxation and government revenue, the antislavery committee, the committee for transportation of construction materials is led by Senator Bail organa and deals with the transportation of construction materials to planets in the Mid Rim, the Cor Worlds educational reform committee is headed by Senator Mina Bonteri and deals in education reforms in the poorerareas of planets in the Core Worlds but the bill wazs stalled because none of the Core World planets wanted to admit their are poor areas on their world, the Ethics Committee has the power to investigate senators and other government officials and, in order to do so, can subpoena for witnesses for hearings but are restricted to give censures and cannot file recommondations for prosecution (unlike the Judiciary Committee Internal Activities Committee which is its spiritual partner) but dispite this censures created by the committee ussually creates enough public pressure to force a criminal investigation as well as forcing a resignation or call fo a Vote of no Confidence, the Finance Committee is the parent committe for all subcommittees in the senate that relate to all budgetary and financial concern of the Republic, there are countless subcommittees which are concerned with matters such as revenue generation, government grant approval, annual budgets and emergency relief fund appropriations, the Financial Appropriation Committee supervises, among othe things, monetary grantsissued by the Republic to various organisations and charities and has the reputaion to be stiff-necked, the Judiciary Committee has the Internal Activities Committee which is the spiritual partner to the Ethics Committee but, unlike the Ethics Committe, has the power to bring forth criminal charges on individuals, the Military Expediture Committee oversaw the military speding during the Great Galactic War, the Military Ops Committee was a committe durig the Great Galactic War, the Naval Subcommitteeis a subcommitte tasked with overlooking matters concerning the Republic Navy and has oversight over the Department of Naval Procurement, the Procurement Panel is part of it and is charged with alocating resources and equipment to the Republic Navy, the Penal Oversight Committee exists during the Clone Wars and is vital for ensuring the safety and security of prisoners and for their legal treatment, the Resource Managment Council was in action during the Cold War, the Security Council was in operation during the Clone Wars and is responsible for protecting the Republic itself and therefore played a large role in overseeing the war effort against the CIS, a Senate Action Committee is a form of temporary committee that is made to manage specific problems such as trade disputes, regional conflicts and first contacts, one such committee is the Senate Action Subcommittee for Corellian Trade Spine Defense which was formed during the Clone Warsto coordinate the defense against Confederacy encrouchment along the Corellian Trade Spine and is chaired by Senator Ocanda Farr,