Nowadays, more and more white people in southern Africa are willing to learn Chinese. Paul Louis really expressed his gratitude to Roque. Roque regarded this as an investment in the future, but he didn't take it too seriously now.
According to the deliberation procedures of the Southern African Congress, the Congress will hold a vote on October 1 to select a new prime minister, and hold a prime minister handover ceremony on January 1, 1920. From now on, Ade's term will be approximately
It will end in three and a half months.
Ade himself is not just talking. He has decided that after stepping down as prime minister, he will travel around southern Africa and then live in seclusion somewhere.
According to relevant regulations in Southern Africa, Adelaide will continue to enjoy the treatment of the prime minister even after leaving office, including lifelong pension, security services, a separate medical team, etc. The fees for those security personnel and health doctors will be paid by the federal government.
Roque definitely hopes that Ade will settle in Nyasaland after retiring from office. Originally, Roque hoped that Ade could serve as Speaker of Parliament after retiring as Prime Minister. However, judging from Ade's physical condition, it is estimated that he will not be able to assume the responsibility of Speaker of Parliament. Roque will also
Gave up this plan.
If Philip's idea is to follow, then after he becomes prime minister, it is best for Owen to serve as speaker.
This idea does not show that if Philip becomes prime minister and Owen becomes speaker, then Southern Africa will really become a father-son team, so the speaker of parliament will still have to choose someone else.
The candidate recommended by Roque to Philip was Buck, hoping that after Philip became Prime Minister, Buck would succeed Philip as Speaker of Parliament.
Buck is also considered a veteran in Congress. After the federal government of Southern Africa was established, Buck represented the Transvaal in Congress and became a member of Congress. It has been 12 years now.
For 12 years, Buck worked conscientiously, working closely with Roark both internally and externally, to safeguard the interests of the Transvaal and the Chinese in southern Africa to the greatest extent possible.
What should be noted here is that Buck also has extremely high prestige within the Liberal Party. Although the leader of the Liberal Party is Owen, the chairman of the Liberal Party National Committee is Buck. This structure is also modeled after the separation of powers, which limits the power of any party to the greatest extent.
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Under the premise that Irving cannot serve as one, it is almost natural for Buck to serve as speaker.
"The only problem is that Buck is Chinese. It seems inappropriate for him to serve as the Speaker of the National Assembly." Irving was unwilling to give up on this issue. His position was actually very embarrassing. When Ade was the Prime Minister, it was not Irving's turn to be the Speaker.
; When Philip is Prime Minister, Owen cannot be Speaker; in a few years, if Roque becomes Prime Minister, Owen will still have to avoid suspicion.
It seems that the only way to break the situation is that Owen directly runs for prime minister, but compared with Roque, Owen has no advantage.
"Owen, in fact, the Chinese have become the largest ethnic group in southern Africa. We must face this fact." Roque reminded Owen and also reminded Philip.
Forget it Henry, Henry generally doesn't express his opinion on this kind of matter. His ability is limited to being the Minister of Justice.
Sure enough, as soon as Rock finished speaking, Philip and Owen's expressions were a bit complicated. Although Rock was also Chinese, the reality of southern Africa really made both Philip and Owen feel embarrassed.
Rock didn't speak, giving Phillip and Owen enough time to think.
"I don't think it's okay. The Chinese are now part of southern Africa. We cannot ignore the political demands of the Chinese group. Without the help of the Chinese, when the federal government is established, we will lose our dominance over the federal government, even without Boer.
Sooner or later, Africans will become a serious thorn in our side. Look at the Congo Free State now. You definitely don’t want to see southern Africa become like the Congo Free State.” Henry is a bystander. If he doesn’t express his opinion, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t have his own opinion.
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When the federal government of Southern Africa was established, without Rock's continuous immigration of Chinese, the British would definitely lose their dominance in Southern Africa. However, the Boer population in Southern Africa far exceeded the British population.
It is precisely because of the existence of the Chinese in southern Africa that the British have stabilized their dominance over southern Africa. Now they are gradually clearing Africans out of southern Africa, eliminating the biggest hidden danger in the future.
For Philip and Owen, if there is still a hidden danger in southern Africa now, it is the threat from the Chinese.
Given the size of the Chinese population, once the Chinese exert their strength, neither the Boers nor the British will be able to compete with the Chinese.
Of course, Philip and Owen will never say this.
"Yes, Buck is indeed a good candidate." Philip weighed the pros and cons and had to admit that Roark's proposal was the best choice. If someone else was the speaker of Congress, it would be better than Buck.
"Owen, why don't you try to be the governor of the Transvaal? This is also a very challenging position." Rock found something for Owen to do. Previously, Philip served as governor of the Transvaal, and now Phyllis wants to be the prime minister.
, the governor's position will be vacant. If Irving is interested, Roque and Philip can work together to send Irving to the governor's position easily.
"Haha, if possible, I would rather go to Nyasaland to be the governor." Owen is also picky about food. If he goes to Nyasaland, where will Anton go?
"Come on, the work of the governor of Nyasaland is very busy. Are you sure you can do it?" Roque is not polite. Irving is also ambitious and short-handed. Anton is working hard in office and works more than ten hours a day. Irving must be affected by it.
No, if he becomes governor, he will probably be the governor like Roque.
"The governor's position is a good one, you can try it." Philip also hopes that Owen can give it a try. Transvaal's potential ranks among the top three in southern Africa, which is still very challenging.
"Okay, I'll give it a try." Irving decided to shoulder the heavy burden. The reporter from "Le Figaro" asked the question wrongly. This was insider trading.
After taking care of Phillip and Owen, Rock went back to find Buck and asked Buck to prepare.
As Roark's earliest companion, Buck is also wealthy and lives in a manor on the outskirts of Pretoria.
Like Roark, Buck also likes to keep dogs. He has more than a dozen dogs in the manor. When Roark was in Pretoria, he would sometimes stay at Buck's house.
"Being the Speaker? I'm afraid Philip and Irving won't agree." Buck was a little surprised, but it was reasonable.
The Chinese population in southern Africa has far exceeded the white population, but the proportion of Chinese members of Congress in the Southern African Congress is far lower than that of whites, accounting for only about 10% of the members of Congress.
On the one hand, this is certainly because the Chinese have not yet fully exerted their efforts, but on the other hand, it also proves that the status of the Chinese has not received enough attention.
Under normal circumstances, not to mention that the proportion of Chinese-American members of Congress significantly exceeds that of white members, at least it should be equal to that of white members, so that the interests of Chinese-Americans can be fully guaranteed.
"They did not agree at first, but they also have to face reality." Roque also does not want to see the Matilda family dominating southern Africa, although in a general sense, Roque is also a member of the Matilda family.
The current situation in southern Africa is partly inevitable due to history.
Roque hopes that in the near future, there will be three to five large families in southern Africa with relatively balanced strengths coexisting, so that they can better check and balance each other and be more conducive to the stability of southern Africa.
Now it seems that the Matilda family will not weaken in the foreseeable time. When Arthur, Gavin and their generation grow up, the Locke family should also be as strong as the Matilda family.
Roque also pinned his hopes on the Rhodes family. In fact, Roque's current performance is still very good. When Roque becomes prime minister, Roque will also bring Roque into the federal government if Roque is willing.
Rock, Stoudemire, plus Henry and Irving, if nothing else happens, these people should rule together in southern Africa twenty years from now.
Buck and Anton are both officials from Roque's family, and Philip also has his own staff. Roque believes that the Rhodesian and South African companies must also have Xiaosi's help. By then, Southern Africa should be stronger than it is now.
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More aggressive.
"If they agree, then I will definitely have no problem." Buck is full of confidence. The Speaker has great power, even greater than the Prime Minister in some aspects. Buck has been in politics for more than ten years and has accumulated rich experience. What he lacks is trust and power.
, there is no problem in terms of ability.
"That's good. Next, we will increase immigration and strive to reach one million immigrants every year. We will increase the development of Diaz and Victoria. Starting next year, we will also increase infrastructure construction.
Investment, railways, highways, airports, urban construction - time waits for no time!" Rock felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier. In the past, with Adelaide and Philip standing in the way, Rock had almost no pressure. Now Adelaide has withdrawn.
Sitting on the second line, Philip is unable to support himself, and Rock's good days are coming to an end.
"The work is never finished and must be completed one by one." The burden on Buck's shoulders is also heavy. After the end of the world war, the global economy did not return to normal, but continued to be depressed. Now the economic crisis has begun to erupt to a certain extent.
Southern Africa is also inevitably affected.
In fact, it is not the responsibility of the Speaker of Parliament to lead Southern Africa forward, but the responsibility of the Prime Minister.
However, Buck was not responsible for the British government, but for the Chinese people in southern Africa, so he was uneasy about the heavy burden.
Rock smiled. Just don't aim too high. As I said before, this is a bad era. Southern Africa faces many difficulties. The same goes for other countries, including the United States. With the economic ties around the world getting closer and closer, there is no
