Benito has said that he is not worried about CSE-W becoming a theocracy against as long as it does not affect the "detirmined secularism" of his own CSE-E. Benito has maintained his ban on the Church Of Oojok in his half of the empire though as CSE-E is quite isolated from the west this has not really been an issue for Oojok and XE who have successfully re-established their church and now have defacto command of the empire.
The question remains who will replace Captain Clone, no facility for an orderly transition of power exists however the Cloneworld government and HCS General Staff will both meet over the next couple of days and are expected to endorse the restoration of Oojok as supreme ruler. Of CSE-W that is. His status in the east has never been defined, Benito may accept him as a figurehead ruler in return for assurances secularism will continue to be supported in the east.
