The Eridani Dispatch editorial team is sorry to confirm that this report was based on unsubstantiated rumors and accusations. While corporate interests in the Empire may be on the rise, there is no indication that the patronage networks of established Senators in the Imperial Senate are under their influence. Furthermore, the spokesperson for the Chapterhouse of Inquisition, Selune d'Amenta, claims that she was entirely misquoted. For these reasons, the editorial team of the Eridani Dispatch officially retracts support of the story but will leave it available for review in a show of transparency for its readers.
Findings published by advocacy group Chapterhouse of Inquisition point to increased corporate influence in the Senate.
The coronation of Arissa Lavigny-Duval had commentators predicting resurgence for patronage governments in political centres throughout the Empire, driven by the new emperor's lauded traditionalism.
Chapterhouse's report paints a different picture, highlighting Nyalayan, Vish, and Ocairi, examples of key systems that formerly sent Senators from among their patrons to Achenar, but in recent weeks have seen their governments restructured - and new Senators sponsored by corporations instead.
Selune Saunders, a spokesperson for the Chapterhouse HQ in Kamadhenu, explained the report's implications, “The changing make-up of the Senate means the Emperor will face serious hurdles passing her legislation.
“Measures seen to unduly favour the Empire's various Pacts, Societies, & Leagues – widely supportive of the Emperor - will be robustly challenged; as will measures that risk curtailing freedoms of the corporate sphere.”
Saunders refused to take questions on social media rumours that Federation mercenaries covertly support certain corporations in the Empire; independent newsfeeds link the changes in the Senate with recent slow-downs in Arissa Lavigny-Duval's anti-corruption projects.
Cmdr Edgar Starwalker
Q1 Eridani Dispatch | Interstellar Press
Yeah, this is inaccurate.
ReplyDeleteAs I posted on the GalNet News youtube video:
Guys, that's not how the Imperial Senate works. Edgar submitted that story, but FDev never published it, and in fact, within a week they had published a full breakdown of how the major faction governments work.
Original Post (removed): https://www.reddit.com/r/ElitePress/comments/40v0cs/submission_changing_face_of_senate_could_threaten/
How it actually works: https://www.reddit.com/r/ElitePress/comments/4138lj/lore_detailed_explanation_of_major_faction/
If you guys publish articles that FDev rejects, I don't really understand how this site is going to be useful from a Lore perspective.
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