Argai Parliament

The Argai Parliament was the first democratically elected legislature established in the, being elected in 2004 BBY. The Parliament convened on the Cronese capital of around the time that the  was shocked by the outbreak of the, reviving the dormant separatist and nationalist sentiment in the Tion Cluster. As the situation escalated, in 2001 BBY the Parliament declared the Tion Cluster's independence from the Republic under a new government (which it had been part of since its defeat in the in 23,900 BBY). The Parliament was also notable for passing a constitution, the Argai Constitution, which called for the creation of the Star Kingdom of Tion under the rule of a hereditary emperor (the ). This caused a realignment of the Tion Cluster's politics, which until then had been divided between the and the Kingdom of Cron. The, dominating the Hegemony, initially rejected the proposal, not accepting King Dionis XIV of Cron as the head of state. But after negotiations the House decided to accept the Kingdom of Cron's proposal for a unification, in exchange for recognizing Lord Atticus Tion as the new King Atticus of Tion.

As the Republic was dealing with the and the rise of the  under  around the same time, the politicians on  paid little attention to the Tionese upstarts, choosing to ignore them. The Star Kingdom was formally established towards the end of 2001 BBY, at which point the parliament on Argai was dissolved and new elections were held for the unified Tionese Parliament. From then on the Argai Parliament became a symbol of Tionese unity and independence, as although the Star Kingdom would be defeated and rejoined the Republic, its memory was invoked by Tionese leaders when the Hegemony joined the  nearly two millennia later.

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