After Karaturi was sworn in as Prime Minister, he was required to promulgate policy guidelines. However, before he promulgated policy policies, Karaturi went to the palace because one of his policy policies required the full support of His Majesty.
In front of Eder stood the newly appointed Prime Minister, and he was flipping through the documents given by the Prime Minister.
"I didn't expect that you would choose this as your policy policy."
After Edel read the document, he looked up at Karaturi and said.
This is a draft of the administrative restructuring of Romania, which will change the current Romanian counties into cities. Administrative restructuring is a difficult task in any era, and this is not the time when there were fewer interests in the early days of the founding of the country.
This is a major operation on the Romanian bureaucracy, which is of course not simple. Eder and Karaturi know this in their hearts.
Speaking of which, there are three current administrative divisions in Romania. One is the administrative structure of Romania before World War I, which is mainly composed of county-level government agencies, plus municipal government agencies have been established in a few important areas. This was the Romanian government structure at that time.
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After the end of the war, after Romania seized large tracts of Austro-Hungarian and Russian territory, the current administrative structure included the Russian and Austro-Hungarian government structures. After Romania took over the rule of dispatched officials in the area, it discovered a problem, that is,
The jurisdictional scope and political structure of the two places are different from Romania's original state system.
Take the current Lviv as an example. The current jurisdiction of Lviv is 23,000 square kilometers, and 610,000 people live here. It is 2.8-4.1 times that of the Romanian county government before World War I, and the population is
2.4-4.3 times. This will cause county officials from the original territory to have a long period of discomfort after being transferred to the new territory, because many previous experiences will become useless.
Moreover, the current Romanian government has too many county and city-level agencies, which is not conducive to central government management. Currently, Romania has 27 county-level and city-level governments in the original territory (including the territory captured by the original Bulgaria), and 16 county-level and city-level governments in the former Austro-Hungarian territory (including the special territory).
Transylvania and Eastern Galicia), 14 municipal and state-level governments in the former Russia. Such a wide variety and number of government agencies make it quite troublesome for the central government to manage, and it can also easily lead to a decline in the authority of the central government.
Therefore, in the draft submitted by Karaturi, he plans to change these counties, cities and states into provinces, cities, townships or towns. He will also use this reform to further expand the authority of the central government and eliminate the centrifugal force that may be generated by local governments. However, this
The work was extremely difficult and required him to think hard.
In addition, under Karaturi's current vision, Romania will establish 17 provincial government agencies, then establish municipal agencies under them, and finally villages and towns will be the basic administrative units.
At present, municipalities will be established in more important areas in Romania, such as the capital Bucharest, the largest port city Constanta, and Lviv, the future core of heavy industry, and may have other names. However, this needs to be determined based on the actual situation, and
At present, in his opinion, only these three regions meet the requirements.
However, in the establishment of these provincial institutions, Karaturi is also mixing sand. The areas where Romanians hold the majority will be divided into one or two areas of other ethnic groups to form a provincial institution, and try to ensure that the Romanians are in the vast majority of provincial institutions.
Dominance.
It is impossible to satisfy the current city and county-level officials by building a new provincial government agency. This is because they had the opportunity to work at the central government before, but now that there is an additional provincial government, they have completely eliminated the possibility of joining the central government to serve as department leaders.
Provincial officials must be promoted to the central government, which will cause many officials to lose the opportunity to work in the central government. Although the opportunities for promotion have become wider, it takes time to accumulate.
Competent people may be happy about this, but officials are in the minority after all. Facing the entire bureaucracy, even Edel needs to think twice, so this is very difficult to do.
However, Karaturi felt that these changes must be completed, so he could only say with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do about it. These tasks were left to me by Prime Minister Bretianu and can only be done by my successor.
Implementation. And I can’t continue to push back these tasks. This will affect our country’s economic development, which is not worth the gain.”
Hearing Karaturi's words, Edel felt that what he said made sense, and he still needed to support him. So after thinking about it, Edel said: "Since you have decided on this matter, then I will stand by you.
After death. But you need to seriously consider this implementation, and I don’t want the government’s work to be damaged.”
After hearing Edel's words, Karaturi nodded very carefully. He knew that as long as he did not cause a big mess, the king would be on his side.
"Thank you for your majesty's support. I will definitely make local governments operate normally. Moreover, the establishment of provincial governments will not be without benefits for these officials. I will use part of my position to reward those who support this restructuring."
After hearing that Karaturi had a plan, Edel also knew that this was the best way to reduce resistance. So he still warned: "You still need to be fully prepared before implementing this matter."
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty."
After gaining support from the king, Karaturi left the palace. While sitting in the car, he remembered his uncle's warning to him. The old prime minister told him that the current dominance of the Liberal Party in Romanian politics has caused dissatisfaction with other political parties.
Few people are watching his every move. The administrative restructuring is likely to trigger counterattacks from other political parties and officials. Such counterattacks will be a huge test for a new prime minister.
Of course, Karaturi knows that his uncle is a bit heavy-handed, but this restructuring is also an inevitable result. Although his ability to govern is not as good as that of his predecessor, Bretianu, he has been getting along with His Majesty Edel, who currently rules the kingdom, for more than ten years.
At this age, he thought he had a very deep understanding. This is a very ambitious monarch, and many people may think that His Majesty is satisfied with the current territory of Romania.
Only he knows that the territory acquired so far is far from satisfying the monarch's appetite. But now is only the period of digesting these territories, and his next appetite is probably either Bulgaria or Hungary.
Karaturi needs to follow in the footsteps of His Majesty, solve his problems, and at the same time carve his name into this period of history. At least a great politician still lives up to his identity.
Now that he has the support of the king, Karaturi naturally has no reason to back down. After a month of preparation, the announcement on the reorganization of provinces, cities, and towns in Romania was sent to governments at all levels.
Next, we need to look at Karaturi's political methods.
