Someone knocked on the door and came in, handing a small note to the Du family.
At this time, the discussion is coming to an end. Basically, the members of the Ecumenical Party believe that the Privy Council's proposal, on the whole, has more benefits than disadvantages for the Ecumenical Party, and they should all vote to support the proposal.
"Colleagues, it is written by Gao Wangling, the leader of the Justice Party, that nine members of the Justice Party and its alliance, plus one independent member she persuaded, will vote for Councilor Lu Qianxing to be a municipal councilor." Du Jiahe unfolded the note in his hand and read. , there was no expression on his face.
Lu Ming frowned, feeling a little depressed in his heart, but if he wanted to scold her, he couldn't scold her here, and it would be meaningless if he told others.
"Oh? Then I think our entire party and our alliance should fully support Qianxing!" Wei Baozeng was very serious. He rarely had such a serious expression when speaking within the party.
"Even if we all vote for Councilor Lu Qianxing, it will only add up to more than 20 votes! It doesn't mean anything!" The opponent was Dong Wenquan, one of the party's heavyweight councilors whom Lu Ming had first met, and a member of the 11th District. , chairman of Dongji Gold Industry.
Wei Baozeng frowned and looked at him: "Then who among us has hope of joining the municipal committee?"
A congressman surnamed Wang next to him said with a smile: "The Free Citizens Alliance supports Congressman Dong's appointment to the committee. If our entire party supports it, we will definitely get more than half of the votes."
Indeed, there are a total of 57 members of Parliament, of which Baclow's Alliance for Free Citizens' Movement has 19 seats and the Ecumenical Alliance has 13 seats, making a total of 32 seats. When voting, there is no problem in obtaining a simple majority advantage.
Wei Baozeng looked at Dong Wenquan, "So, what are the conditions for the Free Citizens Alliance to support you? They don't support you unconditionally, right?"
Councilor Wang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, we need to support the two members of the Free Citizens Alliance to join the committee. The Free Citizens League also agrees that we can elect Congressman Dong, as well as Congressman Wei, you two, to the committee. .”
Du Jiahe smiled: "Our two-party alliance is in power, the Free Citizens Alliance. The committee has three seats and we have two."
If the two parties act together, they can indeed form a governing coalition.
At this time, Wang Zili raised his hands, "Everyone, I am a newcomer, but in the municipal committee election, unless I vote for Councilor Lu Qianxing, I will not support anyone being elected!"
Dressed as a fisherman, his face was simple, and the words written on his forehead vaguely read, "Lu Qianxing is my boss."
"I only support Councilor Lu Qianxing!" Another councilor raised his hand. His surname is Zhang. His name is Zhang Jing. She is the only female councilor in the party. She is in her forties. She was recommended by Mr. Qing and succeeded Mr. Qing in the party. Membership quota.
small book booth
Wei Baozeng ran for the Qinglao constituency, while she ran for the Wei Baozeng constituency.
She is also one of the only two female congressmen in Beiguan. The other one, Gao Wang, succeeded her husband and has little to do with gender. Zhang Jing, to some extent, responded to the feminist movement, which is more convenient. Beiguan also needs one. Female MPs.
"I only support Senator Lu Qianxing!" The member who raised his hand was named Zhao. He was in his fifties and a senior member of the party. His constituency was always in the suburbs.
"Me too." Another congressman raised his hand. He was a congressman who had been promoted by Qing Lao all the way. His surname was Wang.
Meng Dezhu hesitated for a moment and raised his hand: "Me too."
He, Liu Laocai, Wen Liangyu, and Zhao Xingwang were originally part of the Gang of Four. When Lu Ming first entered this circle, the first political figure he met was Principal Meng Dezhu.
Wei Baozeng smiled: "I also support Qian Xing's appointment to the municipal committee."
The atmosphere immediately became a little solid.
To say that they "only support" Councilor Luk Chin-hang to enter the Municipal Council, and to hope to form an alliance with the Free Citizens Alliance to elect the second candidate as Councilor Luk Chin-hang, has a completely different meaning. "Only support" Councilor Luk Chin-hang, that is, within the party, they are known as Councilor Lu Qianxing followed suit and confessed that he was a die-hard loyalist of Councilor Lu Qianxing and a die-hard member of the Mainland faction.
Six people, including Party Whip Wei Baozeng, made such statements.
If you add Lu Ming, there will be 7 people.
There are only 13 members of the party, accounting for more than half of the total.
Dong Wenquan and Councilor Wang both looked a bit ugly.
Councilor Wang forced a smile and said: "If Bao Zeng expresses it like this, then we can elect two municipal committee members, just Councilor Dong Wenquan and Councilor Lu Qianxing. Bao Zeng shouldn't have any objections, right?"
Zhang Jing looked at him: "Member Wang, do you have a problem with your thinking? We just don't agree with the alliance with the Free Citizens Alliance. Can't you understand? There are too many mediocre people like you in our party, so we have never been able to join the party." No less, it wasn’t until Congressman Lu Qianxing joined that we became the second largest party, and now we are in a situation where we can directly become the ruling party after forming an alliance with Barcolo! Only then did Barcolo start to look at you and Lao Dong seriously. Do you really think you and Lao Dong are very talented?"
"You!" Councilor Wang suddenly stood up. A councilman next to him hurriedly pulled him to sit down and persuaded him in his ear.
One advantage of women speaking is that no matter how harsh or harsh the language is, the person being criticized will have an easier time stepping down.
There was a gentle knock on the door, and someone came in again and handed the Du family a small note.
Du Jiahe looked slightly startled and said with a smile: "Okay, I think we don't have to argue about anything. The information from the Sunflower Party is that all members of their party will support Qian Xing's march to the municipal committee."
Everyone was stunned. The Ecumenical Party, plus the Justice Party, plus the Sunflower Party, had more than half of the members.
But the Sunflower Party has always been independent and never formed alliances with others, so few people would think about trading with them.
Wei Baozeng's eyes widened, "In this way, can we form an alliance among the three parties, and all four municipal committee members can be elected by our three parties!"
Du Jiahe smiled: "Not necessarily, Sunflower Party!" He shook his head and sighed, "The other committee members will still stubbornly elect their own people."
Wei Baozeng smiled bitterly, it seemed that it was really in line with the Sunflower Party's consistent style.
"Qianxing, Sunflower Party, you have done your homework, but you act like nothing is wrong, you are wrong!" Du Jiahe looked at Lu Ming and smiled.
Lu Ming was even more surprised in his heart. He knew better than anyone else that he had never had any contact with anyone in the Sunflower Party.
His face was calm and he smiled without saying a word.
"Then let's do this..." Du Jiahe mused, "For the four municipal committee members, we elected Qian Xing, Justice Party leader Gao Wangling, and Sunflower Party leader Sun Xiangyang. They did not make any demands, but we must reciprocate. As for the fourth Congressman, we vote for Mr. Dong!" Du Jiahe looked at Dong Jiaquan, "But Mr. Dong, you have to make it clear to the liberals that we will not vote for the liberals' electors, so whether they support you or not is up to you. They decide for themselves, and they can’t say that we betrayed our trust and swayed them, right?”
Dong Wenquan looked ugly and nodded silently.
…
In the 950th year of the Empire, on December 30, the first meeting of the new parliament in Beiguan passed the "Municipal Management Committee Reform Plan" by 35 to 22.
As a result, the Beiguan Municipal Management Committee has officially changed from a 7-member committee to a 5-member committee.
In the next committee election, the five municipal councilors elected were chief committee member Dale Bucklow, Ecumenical Party member Lu Qianxing, Justice Party leader Gao Wangling, Ecumenical Party member Dong Wenquan, and Free Citizens Alliance member Sherlock.
There are rumors that Dong Wenquan, a member of the Ecumenical Party, deceived Dale Bucklow in order to join the five-member committee. The specific inside story is not known to outsiders.
In Donghai, almost all newspapers and periodicals focused on Lu Qianxing, the newly elected municipal committee member or deputy mayor of Beiguan.
The nineteen-year-old congressman has already made the history of the empire, but what about the nineteen-year-old municipal councilor and deputy mayor?
After all, the satellite towns in Donghai are no different from cities in other states and provinces, let alone Beiguan, with a population of more than 500,000. It is an absolute heavyweight city in any other state and province, and according to its economic In terms of scale, as the capital city of many remote states and provinces, there will be no problems.
For such a deputy mayor of a major economic city, he is only 19 years old, which is a bit too much to believe.
Not only Donghai, but also newspapers and magazines in many states and provinces have published large photos of the young deputy mayor as front pages or covers.
But most editorial reviews are not very good.
Because of this deputy mayor, campaign funds reached one million yuan.
Political donations are public data and can be easily verified.
Obviously, this is another spokesperson for an invisible super-rich family. His election is proof of the serious polarization between rich and poor in the empire.
Most newspapers, periodicals, and relevant editorials are calling for fair elections, criticizing money politics, and expressing concern about the increasing cost of elections. The cost of local town council elections has exceeded the red line of one million yuan. This is what we The tragedy of democratic politics is that we need to do something to reverse this situation.
…
In the limousine, Lu Ming slowly flipped through the editorial page of "World Journal" and was criticizing the "Lu Qianxing Phenomenon".
Shaking his head, he piled up the newspapers and threw them into the trash can. The things that the superstructure really tacitly acknowledges, public opinion, are sometimes nothing more than a joke.
Opposite him, Murong Xue, who was wearing a red skirt, was sitting. Her current position was Lu Ming's office manager.
Lu Ming's office now has dozens of affairs officers, two brands, and a set of people. The two brands are "Councilor Lu Qianxing's Office" and "Deputy Mayor's Office", which are divided into several groups, such as the first one. The second group is dedicated to handling council affairs, and the third group is to handle the government affairs of the city hall.
Sitting in the car, listening to Murong Xue's report, Lu Ming shook his head.
From the beginning to the end, I don’t know why all 10 members of the Sunflower Party’s alliance voted to support themselves as municipal councilors.
I wanted to chat with Sun Xiangyang, the leader of the Sunflower Party. I made several appointments, but the other party avoided me.
Murong Xue frowned and said thoughtfully: "Boss, maybe it's because you have spared no effort to fight against extremist organizations and redress the justice of those Central-Continent people who were brutally killed. Moreover, I can feel your affection for the Central-Continent people due to the many cases you dealt with. Status is very important."
"The Sunflower Party doesn't have any suitable candidates. They might as well elect you to power, but they are still observing you. They may feel that if they don't agree with your ideas now, it would be better not to meet you."
Lu Ming smiled, Murong Xue seemed to be progressing very quickly, and it was roughly the same as he thought.
