2009-02-28 - GNN Fireside Chat on Tatooine Injustice

Submitted by Pesiro
The holocamera clicks over to a live feed from the home of the Sullust President. It is very cozy with a number of plush furnishings. Pesiro is sitting in a single-person chair as he looks at the camera. Off his right shoulder, there is a fire burning in a fireplace.
"I am sure the entire galaxy is aware of the turmoil that has embroiled Tatooine between the rightfully elected Headwoman Kalira Valen and the various leaders within the Rim Rebellion. However, I doubt the entire galaxy is aware that Mos Eisley, the largest city on Tatooine, has been turned into a massive fortification. People that live outside the walls of the city are unable to get in or out easily. This is harming commerce for the moisture farmers and other businesses that are attempting to ply their wares that are not already located in Mos Eisley. In fact, I would not be surprised if water was in short supply in the city."
"While I believe the Headwoman must do her utmost to protect her citizens, she is failing them miserably. She was not elected to act in a paranoid, super-marshall fashion to protect her own body. A leader must think above themselves and their self-preservationist actions. She is killing her own people in the name of security as they attempt to enter the cities to bring goods in and out that are badly needed. This is unacceptable."
"I call upon Kalira Valen to immediately to deal with the problem of the Rim Rebellion to protect her people outside of a location where they are housed or to resign her position. She cannot be allowed to continually kill or harm her own people for her own protection. She has a number of friends and associates in the Black Imperium to help protect her planet from a rag-tag group of psychopathic terrorists. If nothing else, there is plenty of open, unpopulated sand to call them out into conflict. Far from the innocent people of Tatooine."
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