Did anyone notice how Ju Peter had a weird reaction to Garling 's promotion?
No other Elder had that reaction panel. Maybe the theories that he was betraying Imu are right. He did underperform in the fight against Luffy and the Giants as well as Emet. Perhaps he was holding back enough to let Luffy get away but not to the point the others would suspect something is up. It helps that Saturn got all the blame because of Emet, Kuma, Bonney and Vegapunk being the mess he made. Seeing that Imu can kill him from afar, Ju Peter might be forced to remain in the shadows by making covert plans and sabotage the WG while giving himself a lot of plausible deniability (certainly more than Saturn did).[/SPOILER}