New Republic Presidential election , 28 ABY The New Republic Chief of State election of 28 ABY was the last election for a Chief of State of the New Republic . It may have been the most corrupt election in the New Republic ' s short history . Background . After the Yuuzhan Vong ' s Capture of Coruscant and the suicide - sacrifice of Chief Borsk Fey ' lya , the New Republic all but disintegrated . In the initial aftermath , Pwoe , the Quarren Senator of Mon Calamari , declared himself Chief of State . When the New Republic Senate convened on Mon Calamari to elect a new Chief of State , Pwoe ordered the Senate to convene on Kuat to confirm his self - appointment . The Quarren revoked Pwoe ' s senatorial status and the Senate declared the office of President of the New Republic to be empty . The four major candidates in the election were Senators Cal Omas of New Alderaan , Fyor Rodan of Commenor , Cola Quis of Ryloth , and Ta ' laam Ranth of Antar 4 . Campaign . Rodan set the tone of the election . He stated that the Jedi , whom he had consistently opposed , demanded special favors from the government while the New Republic had no oversight over them . To counter this , Luke Skywalker proposed to Omas , the pro - Jedi candidate , that a new Jedi Council be formed with half its members being non - Jedi from the government . Quis and Ranth made no statements on the Jedi , but it is believed that while Ranth was not an avid supporter of the Jedi , he was not an avid opponent either . Election . Unlike the definitive victories of Mon Mothma , Leia Organa Solo , and Borsk Fey ' lya , the election had several revotes . In the first round of voting , Rodan received 35 % of the vote , Omas 28 % , Ranth 18 % , and Quis 10 % . Pwoe received a total of three votes , and he declared the election illegal . Quis was convinced to drop out and support Omas after the latter promised Quis the chair of the Commerce Council . At this point , Lando Calrissian and Talon Karrde arrived with the Smugglers ' Alliance , several hundred YVH 1 war droids , and sixteen vessels full of supplies for refugees . Lando and Karrde decided to " help " Omas along . They wanted to sell the droids and donate the supplies , and they decided the best way to influence the vote would be to donate the supplies to some of Rodan ' s more questionable supporters in exchange for their purchase of the YVHs . The Senate overwhelmingly passed an appropriations bill which included the purchase of several thousand YVH 1 droids . After that , the Senate held a second vote , where Rodan received 37 % , while Omas received 35 % , and Ranth 22 % . The Gotal Senator was now the king - maker that would decide the next Chief of State . It was also at this point that Shimrra Jamaane , the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong , ordered Cal Omas to be killed . Lando and Karrde paid a few more visits to the senators they had contacted and revealed they had recorded their conversations with them . In exchange for avoiding the implication that the senators had taken bribes , Lando and Karrde asked them to vote for Omas . In the third round , Omas received 46 % of the vote while Rodan dropped to 24 % and Ranth dropped to 20 % . Pwoe actually went up to four votes . Ranth was convinced to support Omas in exchange for the continued chair of the Justice Council . The Yuuzhan Vong then launched their assassination attempt on Omas , which was foiled by Mara Jade Skywalker . In the fourth vote , Omas received 85 % of the vote , and Rodan received about 12 % of the vote . Pwoe ' s total votes went back to three . The next day , Omas was sworn in as Chief of State of the New Republic , and signed the order to form the High Council . Aftermath . That would be the final election of the New Republic . Following the decisive Battle of Ebaq 9 , Omas reorganized the remnants of the New Republic into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . With a new constitution , increased checks and balances , and a new federal structure , the Galactic Alliance strove to correct many of the flaws of the previous government .