ultra_magnus13 posted...
Nice try Imp. He wasn't "duly elected" he orchestrated the invasion of his own planet to facilitate the removal of Supreme Chancellor Valorim. He then manipulated the sympathy for Naboos crisis, that he manufactured, to get himself "elected".
Still elected. Stop trying to subvert the democratic process, you terrorist sympathizer.
ultra_magnus13 posted...
He then waged a war against his own Republic (a crime that surely would have seen him removed as supreme Chancellor) to leverage the Senate into granting him emergency powers.
Fake news. Lies and slander.
ultra_magnus13 posted...
He used those illegally obtained emergency powers to stage a military coup and overthrow the true legit government, and install his corrupt puppet government.
Legally obtained emergency powers, nearly unanimously voted to him by the Senate.
ultra_magnus13 posted...
The Rebels at the time of ROTJ are a legitimate military force, composed of many planets and systems, some of which where never even part of the Republic, attacking a valid military target.
They're an armed terrorist insurgency, dedicated to overthrowing the rightful government, which engaged in multiple attacks on targets that led to civilian casualties, and which willingly carried about multiple assassination attempts and attacked multiple government installations.
They also engaged in piracy, smuggling, and outright theft to fund their illicit activities, and regularly did business with organized crime leaders.
Being allied with systems from outside the Republic simply makes them subversive enemy agents, saboteurs, and agent provocateurs as well as traitors.