Council of Ministers The Bajoran Council of Ministers , also known as the Board of Ministers , Chamber of Ministers , or the Bajoran Council , was the head of the Bajoran Provisional Government . Together with the Vedek Assembly the Chamber of Ministers decided on matters which concerned the whole of Bajor . The Council was located in the Bajoran capital . ( ) While the crew of Deep Space 9 was under the influence of the Saltah ' na energy sphere s , in 2369 , Odo attempted to contact both Starfleet Headquarters and the Bajoran Council to report the situation , but was unable to establish contact due to a communications lockout ordered by Miles O ' Brien . ( ) In 2370 , as it was being proved that the Cardassian s were secretly funding the The Circle , Kira Nerys believed that Navarch Li Nalas could end the civil war on Bajor . Benjamin Sisko ordered a channel be opened to Bajor , so that Li could address the chamber on subspace ; however , communications between Bajor and Deep Space 9 was lost . ( ) Kira Nerys presented before the Council of Ministers evidence of Cardassian involvement behind Minister Jaro Essa ' s attempted " coup " of the government . She had a manifest PADD from a Kressari freighter , bearing the thumbscan of a gul who authorized the transfer of weapons to the ship . These weapons were transported to The Circle , who used them in their fight against the government . The council went into recess , where they could investigate evidence of Cardassian involvement . ( ) In 2370 , the Chamber of Ministers debated the request of the Skrreea ns that they be allowed immigration to Bajor . Acting in accordance with the Vedek Assembly , the Ministers denied the request . ( ) For an individual in the government to approach Benjamin Sisko directly , they would have to request permission through the Board of Ministers , a process that could take months to carry out . Doctor Mora Pol circumvented this process later that year by contacting Odo in person , who he had , in turn , ask for Sisko ' s permission to travel to the Gamma Quadrant to investigate the Changeling ' s origin . ( ) The Chamber of Ministers made a request , which Kira Nerys found ridiculous , that all arriving vessels were to be screened . ( ) In 2371 , some Ministers on the Council called for Elim Garak ' s removal from Deep Space 9 . Benjamin Sisko used this call to persuade Garak to participate in a mission to rescue Kira Nerys from the Obsidian Order . ( ) Later that year , the Chamber of Ministers agreed to hand over three Cardassian dissidents – Natima Lang , Rekelen , and Hogue – to the Cardassian Union in exchange for the release of a half - dozen Bajoran prisoners . ( ) In 2373 the Council of Ministers voted to delay acceptance of Federation membership after Sisko warned that it was too soon to join , and that doing so would destroy Bajor . Sisko was later confronted by Admiral Charlie Whatley about contacting the Chamber of Ministers and try to convince them to change their minds , to tell them that it was a mistake . ( ) Later that year , the Council of Ministers debated signing a nonaggression pact offered by the Dominion . Although it was initially almost certain that the council would reject the pact , it was signed following its endorsement by the Emissary of the Prophets , who argued that it was Bajor ' s only chance of survival . With the Federation forced to abandon Deep Space 9 , the station was occupied by Dominion and Cardassian forces , who were officially welcomed into Bajoran space by Major Kira on behalf of the Council . ( ) " In 2374 , Major Kira went to the Council of Ministers , asking them to lodge a formal protest against the planned execution of Rom . However , Weyoun had previously informed Kira that any such protest would fall on deaf ears . ( ) In early 2375 , the Council of Ministers accepted a request from Senator Kimara Cretak of the Romulan Star Empire to build a field hospital on the Bajoran moon Derna to treat injured Romulan s . When evidence emerged that the Romulans had begun arming the facility with plasma torpedo es , the Council of Ministers objected to this action and demanded that the Romulans remove the weapons . The Romulans refused , forcing the two allies into a tense stand - off . The Council of Ministers authorized Colonel Kira Nerys to blockade the hospital , providing her with twelve ships . ( )