Intergalactic Summit

HATAKANI - Executives from Kaalakiota, Sukuuvestaa and CBD have walked out of Chief Executive Panel talks with the Federal government, after audio recordings were leaked in which a number of Gallente Senators criticised the ethics of forcing protestors in the State back to work.

While the identities of the senators involved are unknown at this time, it is known that questions were raised about the unethical treatment of the workforce in the State, after those protesting against conditions on Oijanen II were forced back to work by the enactment of employment contract clauses prohibiting employee involvement in civil unrest.

The audio recording also made unconfirmed mentions of an apparent Federal Intelligence Office investigation into missing Kaalakiota employee Jaron Kasaras.

The talks have now been closed aboard the CONCORD Bureau in orbit of Hatakani VI, after the remaining members of the Chief Executive Panel departed a little over an hour ago, citing lack of a majority presence of CEP members required for decision making.

Requests for comment from the Senate have been met with silence, however the Press Office for Lai Dai quoted Alakoni Ishanoya, their Chief Executive, as describing the talks as a "complete circus, designed to detract from the real issue of Federal interference in State affairs."

If this ploy were any more transparent, it would be a Mannar shirt.

The FIO has some house cleaning to do.

And anyone who acts like this is a surprise, and that we didn't already know the Federation tut-tuts at every opportunity, is either looking for excuses, or an idiot. Really, who the hell cares if some wined up senators shot off their mouths behind closed doors?

The big concern is that it got out...

AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME.

Use your heads. Someone played on pride. And it worked.

I remain convinced that we can get past this roadblock to peaceful relations - but I'm not sure how. Perhaps the problem is that the Senate itself is just too damn big, and the Senators far too interested in political grandstanding to support their upcoming re-election campaigns.

It's why I could never participate in an indirect democracy like the Federation. I want my representatives to be focused on securing their positions through performance - not theatre.

Unrelated.

Besides, any FIO "investigator" who would dare to put their dirty swine noses into KK affairs should be dealt with, better by use of excessive firepower.

To be fair, they are. No matter which way you slice it, these unnamed Senators are telling Caldari CEOs to do something. Namely not treat citizens in a way that these Senators do not like.

It's a case of telling someone to do x, what x is is irrelevant given the point is that they are telling someone to do x. That is the definition of dictation. To dictate, to instruct. You can meta this how you like, but this is what it ultimately boils down to.