When Gryzlov explained his duties in such a righteous way, Koloff became a little confused.

His face turned red, and he stretched out his hand to scratch his head, causing his gray hair to become messy.

Several times he wanted to interrupt Gryzlov, but unfortunately Gryzlov didn't give him a chance.

After finally waiting for Gryzlov to finish speaking, he couldn't wait to defend himself:

“You can’t blame me for this!

Everyone knows that a weak country has no diplomacy.

Look at our country’s economic development over the years and its total GDP. It ranks outside the top ten in the world!

In addition, our previous national system had a hostile relationship with European and American countries.

So even now we have become a free and democratic society like European and American countries, but acceptance requires a process and time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhirinov, who didn't deal with him very well, sneered and said:

"Weak country?

Why, it turns out that in the eyes of our Comrade Kolov, Russia has become a weak country!

No wonder when conducting diplomatic relations, you always look forward and backward, and are submissive, and you can't even speak forcefully. How can others think highly of you like this?

Let me tell you, the main reason is that you, the person in charge, are too weak-minded and don’t have any backbone like us Russians. That’s why you are looked down upon everywhere in the international community, and your profile is getting lower and lower!

At this point, I think Mikhail is countless times better than you.

He is full of passion for work. He is neither humble nor overbearing when facing anyone. He also fights for the interests of our country and refuses to give in at first!

This is the quality that a qualified diplomat should possess!

Therefore, I agree that Mikhail should be the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee. No matter what, he will do a better job than you!"

These words really didn't save any face, and Koloff's face turned green and red.

The leaders of the remaining four small factions also expressed their agreement with Gryzlov and Zhirinov's opinions and agreed that Mikhail should take over as director of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Koloff was filled with despair. He finally realized what it meant to be pushed down by the wall. This is it!

Isn't it because in this general election, their Moscow faction's strength was greatly reduced and they only got 60 Duma seats?

It fell directly from the original second place to the fourth place.

The "sequelae" of the fiasco in the election have begun to show...

The party leaders of all other factions have reached a consensus and support Mikhail to take over as the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee. No matter how unwilling they are, it is of no use.

Because even if this matter is brought to the Duma Congress and all Duma deputies vote, it is impossible for me to get enough votes.

The combined votes of the Petersburg faction and the Mikhail faction alone exceeded 300!

This will only make your situation more embarrassing...

Now that it was impossible to do anything, Koloff no longer resisted. He rolled his eyes, forced a smile on his face, and said:

"Since everyone thinks so, I won't say anything anymore. The minority must obey the majority.

However, after Mikhail took over as director of the Foreign Affairs Committee, his position as director of the Economic Committee became vacant.

It just so happens that I am relatively familiar with economic work. I have been engaged in related work in government departments for many years.

Let’s just swap the two of us, and I’ll be the director of the Economic Committee!”

He is also a bachelor and has no head to the end.

In order to recover some losses, I simply settled for the next best thing and sought a position as director of the Economic Committee.

Although the Economic Committee's influence in national affairs is slightly weaker than that of the Foreign Affairs Committee, it is not much different.

After all, the Economic Committee is actually responsible for domestic economic policies and approving the financial budgets of government departments.

There is also a lot of space for activities here!

…………

Unfortunately, Koloff's wishful thinking did not succeed.

Grezlov said dismissively:

"just you?

I have the nerve to take charge of the Economic Committee!

I would like to ask you, in the economic field, whether you were serving in the government or working in the Duma, have you made any achievements?

Comrade Koloff, before you speak, please think through your thoughts.

Look at how much Mikhail has contributed to the country's economic development in the past year or so since he served as director of the Economic Committee!

Do you really have the confidence to achieve his results?"

Koloff was stunned. He really didn't expect that Gryzlov would be so disrespectful to him.

Suddenly he became angry and patted the conference table, stared and said:

"I am not suitable for the Economic Committee, so I would like to ask you who else is suitable!

Could it be Zhirinov?

I can tell you responsibly that if he were to be in charge of the Economic Committee, he would be worse than me!"

According to Duma practice, the directors of the three major economic committees can only be held by the speakers.

Now there are only four speakers and deputy speakers in total. Gryzlov will serve as the director of the most important committee, and Wang Ye will take over as director of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Then the only two vacant candidates for the director of the Economic Committee are Zhirinov and Kolov.

In comparison, Koloff does understand the economy better.

After all, he has done related work, but Zhirinov has never been exposed to economic work at all!

Zhirinov blushed. He was indeed not very familiar with economic work, but he was still a little unconvinced when Kolov said this.

He immediately retorted: "Maybe I am suitable, maybe I am not suitable, but I haven't tried it yet. But you are already sure that it won't work! So from this perspective, I seem to be more suitable than you."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Gryzlov quickly stopped him:

"Okay, there's no need for you to argue. Mikhail did such a great job. No one else but him can achieve this result, including me!

Therefore, of course, he will continue to be the director of the Economic Committee. Isn't it normal to serve as the director of two committees at the same time?

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And Mikhail is so young, so naturally he should share more work. We can't let old men like us do more work than him, haha..."

In fact, Gryzlov changed the concept a bit here.

Indeed, the speaker or deputy speaker sometimes serves as director of two or even more committees.

But the problem is that the three major committees are different from those small committees!

Under normal circumstances, it would not happen that one person serves as the director of two major committees...

However, except for Koloff, who expressed dissatisfaction with Gryzlov's proposal, no one else objected.

Because everyone highly recognizes Mikhail’s economic ability!

As Gryzlov said, in the economic field, in the past ten years since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, there is absolutely no one better than Mikhail!

Look at how many practical things he has done in the more than a year since he served as the Economic Committee!

Especially in the past two years, the national economy has also improved rapidly, but the foundation is too weak, so the total volume is not large enough.

But if you give Mikhail a few more years, maybe he will really be able to lead this country to prosperity!

Even if he can't, then no one else can do it better than him...

…………

Another vote was taken, and except for Koloff, seven votes were in favor.

It’s finally settled that Wang Ye will continue to serve as the director of the Economic Committee!

Zhirinov and Kolov were only assigned the insignificant position of director of the small committee, and their treatment was similar to that of the other four party leaders...

Although the first congress of the new Duma has not yet been held, the leaders of the factions present here all clearly understand it.

In the future, there will only be two major forces in the Duma!

The Petersburg faction represented by Gryzlov is a strong force in the Kremlin.

The "pan-liberal" faction headed by Mikhail is close to the Kremlin, but it is not a hardcore force. It is also a major force and can even surpass the Petersburg faction in the new Duma!

Why is it called a "pan-liberal" faction? It's because Mikhail's faction concept is relatively vague. It is both left and right, pro-Western and has a good relationship with the East. It not only promotes all aspects of the country to be more open and free, but

It also emphasized that the government must have strong control and restrict certain industries...

Therefore, it is difficult to characterize Wang Ye’s factional philosophy.

To describe high emotional intelligence, it means freedom!

If you have a low EQ, you have both sides...

The original Moscow faction has completely "degenerated", and it is difficult for them to become a "mountain" on their own, but no other faction is close to them, so if they want to do something, they must rely on the two major factions.

Compared to Gryzlov and others, the Moscow faction is more willing to get closer to Mikhail.
To be continued...