The Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR) was established during the Clone Wars as a political movement of patriotic citizens of the Galactic Republic. Its members were fiercely loyal to the Republic government's head of state, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, and often lobbied for constitutional amendments that invested greater power within the executive branch. When the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, with Palpatine as its self-appointed emperor, COMPOR was reorganized into the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR).