Gradual Disclosure (Ra 24.19)

[Minyatur]

Also the confederation doesn't call the shots, they are one of the two big players trying to influence this game and work to keep the other player from influencing it. We're in the middle of a tug of war between them.

Both groups are equally restrained and need to work with the set rules.  So the why that the confederation doesn't make themselves known might just be because they are denied the right to by the council of Saturn.