Among the members of the Beiguan Assembly, the four major parties and their alliances account for an absolute majority.
Among the four major parties, the most powerful is the Free Citizens Movement Alliance, in which former chief councilor Bucklow is the leader of the Beiguan branch.
The Free Citizens Movement Alliance is an empire-level party and one of the three major political parties in the entire empire. In the past century, the Free Citizens Movement Alliance has been the ruling party or a coalition of ruling parties for half of the time.
In Beiguan, the number of independent members of the Free Citizens Alliance and its affiliated small parties and independent parliamentarians often exceeds twenty.
In this election, it has been curbed to a certain extent, especially its important ally, Cao Ying, an independent member of the Justice Party who broke away from the Justice Party. He failed in the third constituency. This is a big blow to him, because Cao Ying has always been a professional.
He is a highly sexual commentator on current affairs and an advocate of equal rights theory. His influence in the Beiguan Assembly is unique.
However, this term, the Free Citizens Alliance and its die-hard allies won only 19 seats in the House of Representatives.
It is still the largest party in Beiguan.
The Ecumenical Party and its allies rose to become the second largest party. Although Chiang Lao retired, its parliamentary seats did not retreat but increased, winning 13 parliamentary seats.
Wei Baozeng, who succeeded Chiang Dao constituency, and the new parliamentary candidate who went to Wei Baozeng constituency both performed well. The original 11 constituencies were saved without any danger, and the two extra seats were Councilor Luk Qianxing in the third district.
and Councilor Wang Zili of the 49th District.
The third largest party is the Sunflower Party. Its original purpose was to fight for more political rights for the people of Central China and demand the removal of all aristocratic privileges. In some areas, the more radical Sunflower Party has even launched an independence movement. Of course,
In Lu Ming's view, these independence movements are actually the same as those of the Catalans in Spain, the Corsicans in France, etc. in his previous life. Most of the people shouting independence slogans are demanding more autonomy.
Instead of really wanting to break away from the empire, the ultimate goal is naturally to be something like a completely independent government, but to continue to reap the dividends of a huge empire.
In the East China Sea, the Sunflower Party is still quite powerful. There are rumors that the Sunflower Party is preparing to introduce a bill in a certain satellite town. The content of the proposal is that in the circuit court of that town, the chief judge will be a Central Plains person.
In fact, there are various signs that in the East China Sea, the old custom that the chief judge of all levels of courts must be a Greifenian has been shaken.
After all, the times are developing, and the East China Sea is the most open-minded and active place. Historically, the political and economic rights of many Central Continent people were first won in the East China Sea.
The Sunflower Party is more like taking advantage of the situation and being a booster of the times rather than a pioneer.
But no matter what, Lu Ming has a natural affinity for this party, but it is not enough for outsiders.
Of course, there has never been a clear regulation in the empire or even in the East China Sea laws and regulations, which requires that the chief judges of all levels of courts must be Westerners, which is naturally seriously unconstitutional.
However, due to its chief judge nomination mechanism, it is inevitable that Judge Griffin will serve as chief judge.
It is now said that the Sunflower Party is preparing to directly propose a bill in a certain satellite town, which is to change the town's chief judge nomination mechanism so that judges from Central China can have the opportunity to be nominated.
Lu Ming is also looking forward to it, and from the bottom of his heart, he hopes that this rumor is true.
However, come to think of it, this proposal will not be launched in Beiguan.
Because the Sunflower Party and its allies are only the third political party in Beiguan, they got 10 seats in this parliament.
The fourth party in the Beikuan Assembly is the Justice Party. It was originally the second largest party, but it has suffered too many setbacks in the past year. The former party leader retired, and some members resigned from the party. Everything seems to be in line with the newly elected party.
Councilor Luk Qianxing cannot escape the relationship.
Today, the Justice Party and the Alliance, led by Gao Wang, have 9 seats in the parliament.
The four major parties and their alliances have a total of 51 seats in parliament.
There are 57 seats in the Beiguan Assembly, and the remaining 6 members are truly neutral members.
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The Taihao Hotel near Beiguan City Hall is only a small three-story hotel, but it is always full during parliamentary meetings, and many members of the political parties stay here.
At this time, room 306 of Tellhow Hotel was full of people.
All 13 members of the Ecumenical Party and the Alliance are present and are having secret discussions, or in other words, a preparatory meeting within the party.
Tomorrow is the first meeting of the new parliament, and the main topic is naturally the election of the new seven-member committee.
Naturally, all political parties must unify their ideas and vote lists, and they must try to be as consistent as possible.
In the election of the seven-member committee, except for the chief committee member who has a clearly nominated candidate, the other six members are elected by differential elections among all members.
With the votes of each councilor, in addition to the special mechanism of the chief committee member, one or more people can be selected as municipal committee members at will, with a maximum of 6 people.
The format of the ballot paper is that the chief committee member has a single item, with one or more candidates listed above, and whoever agrees will put a check mark behind it, which is a single option.
Behind it is a list of 57 members. Each member can tick up to 6 members to elect these 6 as municipal committee members.
Of course, you can also choose yourself.
Finally, the remaining 6 municipal committee members are elected based on the number of votes from high to low.
Before the start of the conference, each party naturally needs to coordinate its positions. At the same time, it is inevitable to exchange interests with other political groups.
In the room, there were only party minister Du Jiahe and thirteen members of the alliance.
In addition, if Party Whip Wei Baozeng is a non-member, he will also participate in this preparatory meeting.
Lu Ming sat in a corner, and Wang Zili, dressed as a fisherman, sat next to him.
Party Minister Du Jiahe and Party Whip Wei Baozeng sit in the center.
Because we are still waiting for the letter from the Duke and Privy Council, that is, the nomination of the chief municipal councilor or mayor, we haven't gotten to the main topic yet. Everyone is chatting and chatting.
Several congressmen who were not very familiar with Lu Ming sat over and chatted with Lu Ming.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Du Jiahe suddenly raised his voice: "Dear colleagues, last month, when the Privy Council Office of the Public Reserver conducted a customary advisory survey on political parties in various towns, the topic of urban municipal administration was mentioned.
Is there something that the committee can streamline? According to the rumors coming out of the Privy Council, it seems that this is not just a pretense. It is possible that the first proposal we vote on this time is the Privy Council’s Proposal No. 1, which is probably about streamlining the municipal administration.
The number of people on the committee will be increased, and the decision-making power on more matters will be handed over to the parliament for a vote."
Lu Ming nodded as he listened. When the scale of a city develops to a certain extent, the city management committee system will gradually become outdated. There were many development directions in the previous life, and the transformation to a council-mayor system is one of them.
It seems that the East China Sea has gradually reached this stage.
From the East China Sea, it is a relatively routine and peaceful procedure for such major changes to be proposed by the Duke and Privy Council. It should be recognized by most of the upper-level political groups. Otherwise, this kind of change will become drastic and chaotic.
However, it seems that it is only being implemented in satellite towns now, and it should be used as a kind of observation, a transition, or a test field.
Moreover, there will definitely be councils in satellite towns that reject the proposal. This depends on the relatively strong political party group in the local council and their understanding of the change. Whether it will harm the interests of the group or benefit the group.
Over there, Du Jiahe said with a smile: "If the seven-member committee really wants to streamline, can you tell me the pros and cons of this?!"
Everyone was talking about it. Of course, most people thought that if there is such a proposal, it still depends on the specific content. For example, should the seven-member committee be reduced to 5 people? Or should it be reduced to 3 people? What powers of the original committee will be affected?
Limitations? How much power will be delegated to the plenary session of Parliament?
If it is reduced to three people, then no matter what, the whole party should firmly oppose it.
etc.
There was a gentle knock on the outer door, and a civil servant in black uniform came in. He handed the Du family and a large letter with both hands. The pattern on it was the giant bear emblem of the Duke's Privy Council.
Du Jiahe solemnly opened the seal of the letter, took out a few pages of gorgeous paper, and slowly read through it.
There was no expression on his face. After reading it, he handed it to Wei Baozeng first.
Wei Baozeng read it and passed it on to people around him.
Ten minutes later, the message reached Lu Ming.
The first three pages are indeed Proposal No. 1 submitted by the Privy Council to each town council.
The general content is that for urban municipal management committees with a population of more than 300,000, the seven-member committee will be streamlined and will be composed of five municipal committee members. The chief committee member (mayor) will lead the daily work of the municipal committee, and the remaining four municipal committee members will
, carry out relevant division of labor for the work of the city hall.
Municipal committees with a population of less than 300,000 have been reduced from seven to three.
All municipal management committees will remove the three-vote power of the chief committee member.
In addition, the appointment of heads of administrative agencies, deputy heads, etc., financial budgets, public affairs, etc., all need to be approved by the parliament.
etc.
According to the proposal, Beiguan will change from a seven-member committee to a five-member committee.
Moreover, the power of the chief committee member has been greatly reduced. Originally, the chief committee member had three votes on the municipal committee. Now, he only has one vote.
The remaining municipal committee members must also share the work of the city hall. They are no longer just summoned by the chief committee member to vote by a show of hands when the municipal committee meets.
The expansion of parliamentary power can be ignored. After all, basically what the municipal committee decides can itself represent the result of the game between the political groups in the parliament.
After reading the proposal, there is a separate piece of very gorgeous paper underneath, which is the candidate for the chief committee member of the Beiguan Municipal Committee nominated by the public reserve.
As expected, the nominee was Dale Bucklow, also known as Bucklow Sr.
But looking down, Lu Ming was slightly startled. The nominee, Christine Charles De Donghai?
Christine??
Although I had heard that the Duke's position was unstable, I never imagined that Charles IX would focus on his daughter.
Of course, the nomination of the chief committee member of the urban municipality does not confirm the nominee's status as a public reserve, it is just a default.
In other words, it is Archduke Charles, whose most valued child today is likely to be his successor.
But until the day when Archduke Charles dies or abdicates, anything is possible.
After all, Christine's eldest brother Hans has been in the position of public prince for how many years? Hasn't he stepped aside?
Lu Ming thought about it wildly, with a calm expression on his face, and handed the letter to Wang Zili beside him.