Galactic Corporate Policy League
this outwardly law-abiding and legal group of individual interests was secretly a cabal of plutocrats tied to Senator Palpatine and the ideals of his New Order. They resented the legal prohibitions on slavery, strip-mining, and credit-hoarding enforced by the Old Republic, and openly supported Palpatine's bid for Presidency. They petitioned Palpatine for the loosening of governmental controls, and Palpatine listened to them. Once he was established in office, Palpatine placed them in control of the Corporate Sector by naming them the founding members of the Corporate Sector Authority.