NO ONE IS FORCING FR TO BE A THEOCRACY.
However, if they want to be treated like a theocracy, they well... HAVE TO BE A THEOCRACY. Government type is in character information. Always has been, always will be. I agree, there should be a better way to change government type, but there isn't.
Your argument has zero merit. Nobody is just going to bend over and give FR everything they want. They knew what would happen when they formed the republic.
And maybe, just maybe, Jonsu doesn't want Khari as an elder. Something about resisting the Church every step of of the way on everything, and then suddenly "oh I want to be an elder!"
