The chamber of the House of Representatives and the City Hall are two adjacent buildings, but the two buildings are not in the same yard.
In the imperial system, the City Hall and the House of Representatives are two institutions that restrict each other. The City Hall is the institution that maintains the normal operation of the entire city, while the House of Representatives is more like a group decision-maker. Many laws are promulgated by the House of Representatives.
This time, Surdak not only serves as the governor of Ruit City, but also serves as the speaker of the House of Representatives. In addition, he is currently a major lord in the Tarapagan area who controls a certain private army. Only by gathering these three identities can he do this.
Really take charge in Ruit City.
The meeting held in the House of Representatives in the afternoon was to get the members of Ruit City to recognize Suldak as their new speaker.
Another procedure for the position of speaker is that the members of the House of Representatives in Ruit City need to vote. If more than 60% of the members agree, Suldak can become the speaker of the House of Representatives in Ruit City.
In order to help Surdac get enough votes, Earl Lake Cushing was communicating with the members of Ruyter City after lunch...
Earl Lake Cushing looked at Senator Slim who turned to leave, and couldn't help but frowned. The current situation was much worse than he thought. Usually many members showed kindness to him. This time Earl Lake Cushing
When it came to voting, many of these congressmen actually showed some hesitation, and they left without making any commitments.
Earl Lake Cushing couldn't understand... Do these people have shit in their heads?
When the situation is so clear, what do they want to do?
Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Earl Cushing drank a lot of tea during the noon period. He closed his eyes and rested for a while.
Until Lady Tanya came over to remind Count Cushing that Count Suldak had arrived and that the time for the election of the Parliament was coming soon.
Earl Cushing immediately stood up from the chair, took the towel handed over by Lady Tanya, wiped his face carefully, and then walked out of the lounge and joined Suldak who was waiting in the office.
to the chamber of the House of Representatives.
As expected, less than half of the members were in the chamber of the House of Representatives, and the seats of other members were still empty.
Count Cushing could only bring Suldak to the rostrum and let him sit side by side with him in the speaker's seat. Then there was a long wait until two quarters of an hour later, all the congressmen arrived. Lake Cushing
Only then did the Earl knock on the table hard, asking the members in the meeting hall to stop discussing, and the whole hall finally became quiet.
Earl Lake Cushing began by introducing Surdak to everyone.
Unexpectedly, the congressmen in the audience did not make any gesture of welcome, and even the applause seemed extremely sparse...
Deputy Speaker Glenys, who was sitting on the left side of Earl Lake Cushing, didn't even raise his hand. It seemed like he was too lazy to do the most superficial perfunctory thing.
Earl Lake Cushing felt that something was wrong.
'At this time, will anyone really stand up to compete with Suldak and compete for Speaker of the House of Representatives?'
Earl Cushing braced himself and continued reading:
"...Now, the voting for the nomination of Speaker of the House of Representatives in Ruit City has officially begun. I will automatically abstain from voting and ask everyone to re-elect the next new Speaker!"
Two congressmen have placed a half-meter-high wooden ballot box on the table of the podium.
Earl Lake Cushing was the first to step off the podium. Originally, he was holding an envelope, but instead of throwing it in, he hid it in his sleeve. He wanted to see the final results of the election vote. Maybe he didn't need to know the results at all.
Cast your vote!
Just as Earl Lake Cushing stepped down from the podium, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Glennis stood up first, holding a voting sheet in his hand.
He walked slowly onto the podium, but did not enter the ballot box immediately.
Deputy Speaker Glenis stood on the podium and said loudly to all the members present: "In this election for speaker, I will vote for myself!"
The entire chamber of the House of Representatives was in an uproar. No one expected that Deputy Speaker Glenys would do something like this.
Many members below who had already prepared their voting slips tore up the voting slips in their hands, and then quickly picked up a voting slip and filled it out again.
The meeting hall was in chaos. Only Deputy Speaker Glenys showed a proud expression. He stood on the podium and threw the voting slip in his hand into the ballot box.
"Glennis, what on earth are you doing..."
Earl Cushing stood in front of the rostrum, put his hands on the long table, suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted at Deputy Speaker Glenys.
"This is the House of Representatives. Shouldn't we respect the decisions of members?"
Deputy Speaker Glenis responded unceremoniously.
Earl Cushing's face turned pale with anger, and he stood on the rostrum somewhat unsteadily.
This kind of confrontational scene will basically appear every time the House of Representatives in Ruitt City makes a resolution, but Earl Lake Cushing did not expect that Deputy Speaker Glenis would actually want to take advantage of it in this situation.
Earl Cushing couldn't control the situation and planned to suspend the voting.
At this time, the members on the parliamentary bench seemed to have changed their names and walked towards the ballot box on the podium one by one.
However, Suldak did not give a speech this time. He strode onto the podium and punched a big hole in the ballot box.
The congressmen who were about to go on stage to vote all froze in place, looking at Surdak and his fist in surprise. Surdak fumbled around in the ballot box before finding the only voting slip inside.
.
Then Suldak tore up his voting slip on the spot in front of Deputy Speaker Glenis...
Suldak suppressed his voice and said to the MPs in the meeting hall:
"I'm not here to talk about anything with you. I'm just telling everyone present that I will serve as the speaker of the House of Representatives in Ruit City for a long time to come."
"You... are simply unreasonable. You are blaspheming the laws of the empire!" Deputy Speaker Gleniss angrily yelled.
As he spoke, he grabbed the deputy speaker badge on his chest, pulled it off with force, and threw it directly on the floor at his feet...
Deputy Speaker Glennis then left the scene angrily.
The members on the parliamentary bench were also talking a lot at this time. Some people wanted to support Deputy Speaker Glenys, and some were also talking that Deputy Speaker Glennis might have a backing this time. Many people stood up from the parliamentary seats and insisted.
Keep this vote going.
The moment Deputy Speaker Glenis stepped out of the meeting hall, Suldak took out a small box from his magic belt bag, which contained a pile of parchment contract documents. He rummaged through the pile of documents for a long time.
, and then pulled out a piece of parchment filled with records.
Suldak said loudly to all the members on the floor: "I now officially announce that Deputy Speaker Glenis is suspected of participating in Lord MacDonnell's rebellion and collaborating with black magic in September 2586..."
"In February 2587, together with McDonnell..."
The members of the House of Representatives looked at Surdak in stunned silence. No one expected that Surdak would actually pull out a piece of parchment filled with incriminating evidence at this time.
Unfortunately, Deputy Speaker Glenis walked too fast and did not hear Suldak read out these criminal regulations.
Finally, Suldak took out another blank judgment, quickly wrote the name of Deputy Speaker Glenis on it, and said to everyone present:
"I will announce the decision of the military department to immediately arrest Deputy Speaker Glenys and conduct a military trial by the military department of Bena Province..."