Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 704 Voting Controversy
The cabinet's decisions are then put to a vote in the National Assembly, which is now the main political process in Victoria.

The cabinet can make decisions on general matters on its own, but once a cabinet resolution is reached, that is, the promulgation of new policies or laws and regulations, it must be reviewed by the National Assembly before deciding whether to pass it.

Once a resolution is passed, it becomes legally binding and must be observed and enforced.

Of course, if someone strongly opposes, it is not impossible to overturn a resolution that has already been voted on, but in that case, at least one-third of the members of parliament would need to jointly propose it and more than 70% of the members of parliament would vote in favor in order to overturn the existing resolution.

Relatively speaking, passing a resolution is simple. A cabinet resolution or a joint proposal by more than ten members of parliament can be put to a vote, and it can be passed as long as more than half of the people agree.

So the royalists were particularly nervous during today's resolution vote.

The Northern faction holds a considerable numerical advantage in the National Assembly. After all, the election of members is based on regions, so it is natural that people from the Northern faction have the upper hand.

It is also because of this that when the National Assembly votes, the Northern Faction can often easily influence the outcome of the vote.

On the contrary, if the Royalists want to push for the passage or rejection of a resolution, they often need to unite with members of other factions, and sometimes even have to win over members of the Northern Faction in order to achieve their goals.

This undoubtedly made the royalists appear very passive in the National Assembly.

However, precisely because of this, the royalists tried their best this time to win over and persuade members of other factions, preparing to resolutely reject the cabinet's resolution.

"The resolution to appoint Earl Perfect Brandless as special adviser to the Cabinet will now be voted on." The Duke of Gloucester had finished reading the content of the resolution and announced the start of the vote.

Everyone cast their own vote, with a firm and sacred attitude.

Regardless of their purpose, in the minds of the vast majority of congressmen, they represent the will of the country's citizens and exercise a sacred power, which symbolizes freedom and democracy.

After all, they are the first group of parliamentarians in Victoria. Even though there are insects, most of them still have ideals.

Both the Northerners and the Royalists believed they were doing it for the good of the country.

It is said that the voting process of the National Assembly was designed by Perfectok. In order to implement the principle of secret ballot, Perfectok took great pains to install a voting machine on every seat in the parliament hall.

There are three buttons on the voting machine: Agree, Disagree, and Abstain. Once a member of parliament presses one of the buttons, the current will flow to the display board hanging high in the parliament hall, lighting up an indicator light on the display board representing the voting result.

A green light will be lit for a yes vote, a red light will be lit for a no vote, and no light will be turned off for an abstention.

The voting machine is completely blocked on all sides. No one can see what vote he or she has cast except the voter himself or herself. The voting results will not show who voted what, but only the final count.

It can be said that if someone really has justice in their heart or ideas that are inconsistent with their faction's position, they can make a choice here.

It is also because of this that the royalists were able to compete with the Northerners even though they were not at a numerical advantage.

Otherwise, the Northerners would be able to vote out the Royalists every time there was a vote, and the National Assembly would be in trouble. However, the result of this vote surprised everyone from the beginning, because the red lights on the display board lit up one after another, and the green lights representing approval would only light up after a long time.

"The final voting results are out: 91 valid votes, 77 against, 14 in favor, 9 abstentions, and a total of 100 voters. The voting results are valid and the resolution is not passed." The Duke of Gloucester was also surprised by the result, but he still read out the voting results according to the procedure.

"The resolution was rejected? But... why?" A royalist congressman was completely stunned.

In order to veto this resolution, they almost burned their bridges and made a lot of exchanges of interests to persuade other factions to vote against it.

But in the end, you told me that the Northern faction also opposed the passage of the resolution, so it was rejected by a large majority of votes?
Then weren't all my previous efforts in vain?
In such confusion, naturally some people could not bear the doubts in their hearts. They looked at the members of the Northern Faction and questioned them directly in the parliament hall.

However, the Northern Party members did not intend to explain. One of them looked at the confused eyes of the Royalists and seemed to be particularly pleased. He said disdainfully: "How could you think that the Earl would accept a position below the Cabinet and Parliament?"

After saying this, he left the meeting place with other Northern faction members.

The Northern Senator's disdainful answer silenced everyone. They felt a great humiliation, as well as shock and fear at Perfect's ambition and arrogance.

They try hard to deny, but others just ignore them.

What they never dare to think about is the target in the eyes of others.

This all-round backwardness and contempt made everyone feel the disparity in the world and a kind of anger that went straight to the top of their souls.

"What does she want to do? Does she want to be emperor?" A royalist congressman could not bear the humiliation and anger in his heart, as well as the shock that made him shudder, and said these words that should not have been spoken.

No one responded to this, but everyone was thinking in their hearts, does Perfecto really want to be the emperor? What does she want?
As for the cabinet, they were also afraid. After all, Perfectcot had the Northern Faction MPs veto their resolution, which undoubtedly meant that Perfectcot did not accept the proposal they put forward.

This means that Perfect will not come back to help them.

But this is only secondary. For the cabinet, without Perfect, they are just less efficient and do not do things as well. It does not mean that the cabinet will stop functioning without her.

What really frightened the cabinet was the claim that Perfectoct was above it.

After all, in the entire Victoria Empire, there is only one person with power who can override the cabinet, and that is Her Majesty the Queen herself.

As for Perfecto, she does have a right to inherit the throne. If she really wants to, she can find a way to inherit the throne.

But this is only a theoretical possibility.

Is Perfect going to make it a reality?
(End of this chapter)