"This proposal was all but passed," the Senator from Tami said from his seat, leaning forward with his elbows on his desk. "The great star systems of this Empire were simply articulating how to best finalize its inevitability — even those representatives among us who had voted against the standing version. It would be a great disservice to the Empress and the Yamataian people to abandon it now."
Yusuke stood up and looked toward the Imperial Steward, a position he'd himself conceived and created to avoid displays of devious politicking the likes of which were in full view from the Senate's usual suspects today. The birdbrained squawking by members who offered little was growing tiresome, but he'd been Tami's voice to the Empire longer than any other of his esteemed colleagues held their seats. The Senate would get through it because none of this was anything new, though there would always be a pang of frustration when dealing with uppity representatives who refused to realize they were
part of the Yamatai Star Empire and not sent here to oppose it.
"Should the Senator from Shurista not re-introduce Proposal #123 as its sponsor," Yusuke continued. He would be specific as to what was requested of the Steward, as Senator Maeda knew their duties perhaps better than anyone else. "Tami moves that Proposal #123 be re-instated by the Imperial Premier and worked on until it is in an acceptable state. Further, I ask that no further amendments be submitted until the backlog is decided.
"The process of amendment should begin with a poll on the
inclusion of Xiuluria into Title VII," he explained. "Following that question, my own system's
proposal to
amend Title II ought to be decided. There is then the issue of what is considered a major system,
first discussed by the Senators from Shurista and Yamatai, though without replacement text deciding on that issue is still in flux. Then Fujiko
proposed a change that was seconded, which may have been implicitly withdrawn alongside their exit. A couple of more ideas were put to this body, but no others were seconded until
Elysia's overhaul."
The Senator from Tami took a sip of water from a glass sitting on his desk to freshen his mouth and pause before speaking again.
"As many of these amendments are in conflict, we will then be required to reconcile them in turn should those modifying the same text pass. Unless some system's Senator among this esteemed body wishes to submit an overhaul absent any objectionable mistakes or omissions."
