Electus Matari working with an independent capsuleer to secure details pertinent to the prosecution of Matari criminals is not by any stretch of the imagination an “incursion by hostile forces”. Republic sovereignty extends over it’s people, and BRUVA’s former agents fall firmly under the Republic’s jurisdiction.
It’s amazing to me how our political opponents will hawk on and on, demanding disavowals and justice for this tragedy, and then turn around to actively hamper our pursuit of the aforementioned.
It is my sincere hope that perhaps, when the Republic metes out due punishment to Matari war criminals, that the Empire may reciprocate. I don’t profess a lot of faith in the inverse.