She was the ringleader for the state house coup back in 2025 (where they tried to elect her speaker of the house after playing games with absent members.)
I would suggest it's not even really close. I'm pretty sure that the Menk might feel differently about Phlox's decision in a few hundred years.
while Phlox tries to see it as 'living in harmony' and having developed a 'stable' relationship, the Valakians were definitely using them as labor, forcing them to live in compounds where food cannot be readily grown and generally taking advantage of their naivety.
To aid the Valakians was to perpetuate that enslavement.
Further, it's rather important to note Phlox didn't create the genetic issue to begin with, nor did he cause it to accelerate. while withholding medical care is problematic, so is providing medical care that allows an entire species to perpetuate the exploitation of a "lessor" species.
But who doesn’t want to look at this cat?!