Cardassian Assembly

By the mid-2380s, the Cardassian Assembly had replaced the Detapa Council as the democratically-elected parliamentary body of the Cardassian Government. Members represented regions of the Cardassian Union. Castellan of the Union, Elim Garak, regarded the good running of the Assembly as one of the triumphs of his first three years as castellan.

In 2386, Castellan Garak commissioned Assembly-Person Carnis to perform a report into Cardassian crimes during the Bajoran Occupation. Just over two years later this was completed, and Garak chose to follow Carnis's suggestions and open a full inquiry into the crimes.

A question remained over whether anyone indicted for criminal acts would be tried on Cardassia, on Bajor or in the Federation. For Garak, however, transparency was necessary for the Union to one day enter the Federation - something he confided to his companion, Kelas Parmak.