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Chapter 742: Semi-Constitutional Monarchy (Part 1)

The day when Wang Guorui will hold the enthronement ceremony is getting closer, and the major domestic and foreign media are also carefully observing the process of forming the new government. Everyone thought that Ouyang Xuan, President of the Executive Council of Taiwan, would be the first Prime Minister when the voice was the highest. At this time, it was revealed that Ouyang Xuan voluntarily resigned from the post on the grounds that her term of office had expired, and said she would not participate in the next election. up. Now everyone immediately understood that the emperor Wang Guorui had crossed the river and demolished the bridge. But it’s okay for everyone to talk about it in their hearts, and it’s okay to talk about it in private during this period, but there will be no comments on drinking newspapers in public.

The establishment of the following two parties, the National Renaissance Party and the Huaxia Renaissance Party, also showed that under Wang Guorui's persecution, Ouyang Xuan's original political power was also divided into two groups. However, anyone with a little brain will know that once they are separated, it is almost impossible to merge again, and the more time goes by, the more impossible it is. And Wang Guorui can still live for decades, so it is definitely impossible for him to merge.

And then during the preparation process of the new empire, the political system of the new empire will also be announced, and this is what everyone cares about. Many Western countries are also discussing what kind of monarchy this new empire will adopt. In the end is the monarchy of the past, or a constitutional monarchy. The constitutional monarchy is also divided into two types, one is a dual constitutional monarchy, and the other is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The dual system of constitutional monarchy is currently dominated by Germany and Japan, and their most important manifestation is that the monarch still has a lot of power. In a dual constitutional monarchy, the parliament is more of an advisory body without much real power. And the monarch has the executive, legislative, judicial, military and other powers. The monarch can sign laws, which means he has legislative power, and can appoint people he likes to form a government, which means he has a huge influence on the government. But the only thing that can make the monarch have scruples is the constitution. Other laws can be enacted and abolished by the monarchy, but the constitution is the bottom line, and the constitution is something that cannot be easily changed. This is the bottom line of the dual constitutional monarchy. If there is no such thing, it is not a constitutional monarchy, but a monarchy.

As for the parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the monarch has almost no power, and the monarch is mainly the ceremonial head of state. There is no legislative power, no executive power, and no judicial power. In a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the prime minister is formed by the representatives of the majority party in the parliament. Although the monarch has the right to appoint in name, in fact they must agree to the election results of the parliament. This veto power is of little significance. This parliamentary constitutional monarchy is the current form of government in the United Kingdom.

As for the monarchy, that is, the king has almost all powers. That is to say, in the current Tsarist Russia, everything revolves around the Tsar. There is no parliament, and there is no various supervision.

Everyone is also wanting to know what kind of system Wang Guorui's new empire will adopt, and which of these three.

"My friends, our new empire will adopt a new political system, which is different from the Western parliamentary constitutional monarchy. It is also different from the dual system of constitutional monarchy, and our Lord Wang named it a semi-constitutional monarchy." Li Enfu said.

Everyone immediately began to pay attention, and then obviously hoped to see what new models China could create in this regard. The regimes of various countries have always been studied by experts from various countries. The regime is a very large and worthwhile thing to study. Every move is related to the operation of the entire country, and Western countries also learn from each other. It is inevitable that all countries will continue to accumulate experience in this area and then improve themselves. So they also carefully recorded and prepared to use it for research.

"Our future new empire adopts a semi-constitutional monarchy, and a series of distribution of power will be carried out. First of all, the emperor is the head of state. It will be generated through hereditary. However, Mr. Wang has already said that in the future, the generation of monarchs will be hereditary and Combination of elections. Any Chinese king will retire at the age of sixty, and cannot extend his term of office arbitrarily. The new king is elected from the direct descendants of the previous king, and all descendants of the previous king who have reached the age of twenty-five can participate Election. Finally ascend to the throne. And the parliament can supervise the king, if more than 90% of the members agree that the king can be abolished, then the king can also be deposed!"

After hearing this, everyone was shocked. Isn't this council too powerful? Even the British Parliament only has the power to "persuade you to quit", but it has absolutely no power to dethrone! Persuade and dethrone. There are two situations entirely. Persuading you to quit can save your face and allow you to abdicate decently, but deposing you really doesn't save any face. Therefore, this parliament also has a lot of power, which makes everyone feel incredible. However, some careful people have discovered a result, that is, ninety percent of the members of the parliament must agree to it. If an emperor can't even get 10% of the parliamentarians to stand on his side, and even a few people can't hold back a large group of people against you, then you, the head of state, are too idiots, right? For such a worthless person, it would be a scam if he stayed in his position, so it's better to let him go. And 90% of the members agree that this is not such a simple matter, the threshold is very high! So although it seems that the power to dethrone can be exercised, it is actually very difficult to do so. This only exists in theory. Of course, if 90% of the councilors also oppose you, the emperor, then what kind of outrageous things did you have to do to make so many people oppose you? This kind of person is no longer suitable to stay on the throne, and letting him go is a good choice. Anyway, the throne will still be born in this family, and the rotten meat will be rotten in the pot, so there is nothing to worry about!

"Master Li, is there anything new? Could it be this one?" someone asked.

Li Enfu went on to explain: "Of course it's not just this, but there is another distribution of power. As for the government, the head of our government is the prime minister. In principle, the prime minister is elected by the parliament, but the prime minister and cabinet members cannot directly participate in the parliament. They must be full-time members of the government cabinet. Although they must be approved by the emperor to take office, in principle, the emperor cannot refuse the appointment if the prime minister has no major faults in the past, and the emperor does not have the right to directly nominate the prime minister! The prime minister is selected entirely by parliamentary elections, but cabinet members cannot concurrently serve as members of parliament."

"The next thing is about legislative power and judicial power. Legislative power is completely vested in the parliament. Although His Majesty the emperor can propose the establishment of a certain law, it must be approved by the parliament. The emperor did not directly announce it without the approval of the parliament. The power of the law. If the parliament vetoes, it can only change or cancel the decree. The king will not directly have judicial power, but will be handed over to the Supreme Court of the Empire for execution. The president of the Supreme Court of the Empire is in principle a non-partisan person And no judicial officials can join any party to ensure the independence of the judiciary. The president of the Supreme Court is elected by voters who have the right to vote.”

"Of course, next we have another important link, that is, the composition of voters. Our voters are not all the people, our voters use the examination system. When any citizen reaches the age of 18, he can Take the right to vote and be elected. If you want to get the right to vote and be elected, you must pass the test before you can get it. The right to vote is held every year. If you don’t pass the test, you have to wait until the next year. And this topic is not difficult. In principle, as long as you have a middle school level of education, you can pass. The reason why this method is formulated is because the current literacy rate in our country is relatively low, and many people have no awareness of political rights, so opening the general election rashly will definitely cause problems of."

"The emperor is the commander-in-chief of the army. He personally serves as the chairman of the Military Commission and is responsible for commanding the entire army. Moreover, the emperor has diplomatic power and the power to issue the highest administrative orders. However, to issue an order, you must get the cabinet prime minister or the deputy of the corresponding cabinet member. Only then can it be regarded as a legal order."

"Finally ~lightnovelpub.net~ about the relationship between the parliament and the head of government. First of all, the prime minister is not responsible to the emperor, but to the parliament. If the parliament proposes a vote of no confidence against the head of government, it must have 100% It can only take effect after being initiated by more than 10 members of parliament and must be approved by 70% of the members.”

"Of course, after the vote of no-confidence takes effect, the prime minister has two choices. One is to resign collectively by the cabinet members, and the other is to ask the emperor to dissolve the parliament and hold a new election. But this depends on whether the emperor agrees, If the emperor at that time did not agree to dissolve the parliament, the prime minister of the cabinet must resign, and then the cabinet re-elects a prime minister. At this moment, the initiative lies with the emperor. If the emperor agrees to dissolve the parliament, the parliament will be re-elected, and then It will be up to the next batch of MPs to decide whether the current government will stay or not."

"Also, the last item is the local personnel power. Those who are above the fifth grade, that is, the prefect of the local state capital, the appointment right of officials above the director and deputy director, will be selected and appointed by the Imperial Examination Institute. And a province Governor and deputy governor, after the examination institute proposes a list, it will be handed over to the emperor to review and sign the appointment. The president of the examination institute is appointed by the emperor himself for a term of five years. However, once the emperor appoints the dean of the examination institute, he cannot An easy removal must be approved by the parliament."

…(to be continued.)