Hearing Regarding International Relations

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Based on private correspondence between Serrah and Kachiso Doshima, where Serrah feels insulted by the astrian senator, the Veolian Commonwealth accuses the Astrian Colonial Authority of negotiating in bad faith. Further, they request a ruling from the Ministry of Justice on the issue of a world's sovereignty to assign any representatives they see fit, and whether another Union world can declare a representative unfit to represent their world.

At the same time, Serrah raises the issue of the insult in the Senate which leads to some discussion on the matter, and eventually an apology from the Lord-Master of the Astrian Colonial Authority. Serrah accepts the apology, leaving only the hearing to be decided.

At the hearing investigator Pilos quickly gets to the bottom of the accusation of negotiations in bad faith. The Veolian Commonwealth withdraws their accusation of negotiating in bad faith, after which the hearing is suspended for a while before second part of the hearing commences.

In the second part of the hearing investigator Pilos investigates the interpretation of international law regarding the sovereignty in the assignment of representatives.

The Veolian Commonwealth pose that any Union member has the sovereign right to assign as representative any individual they choose, and that this choice can not be countermanded by any Union member. They base their argument on the principle that each member world may assign a senator by their own customs, and that in parallel the same should hold for representatives, even if such is not explicitly stated so in law.

After Pilos asked several questions of Serrah on the position of the Commonwealth he opened the floor for other Union worlds to state their position:

• Senator Lonco Morubixaba (of the High Chiefdom of Skuldda) believes that a representative should be representative for the people he represents
• Lady Peinaili de Montrève (of the Sundarian Federation) states her support for the Veolian position
• Senator Danar Tassar (of the Teprogrenaian Consensus) states his support for the Veolian position
• Ardios Eldrilith (of the Praetorian Empire) is of the opinion that refusing to talk with a negotiator can not be separated from political consequences
• Kachiso Doshima (of the Astrian Colonial Authority) states that a nation is not obliged to provide any reason for breaking of negotiations and as such there is no such thing as having 'no right to break off negotiations'

After considering the various testimonies and declarataions the Minister of Justice, Senator Mathi-ey C'b'rton pronounces the Ruling on Representatives in International Relations which shall stand until such a time as the Senate creates law to overwrite it.