1105 Congressional Strikeback
During Philip's tenure in Congress, the power of Congress was considerable, which greatly limited Ade's power.
Since Philip is keen on power, after serving as prime minister, most of them can't bear the constraints of Parliament, and even this time he proposed to take back the power of Bloemfontein and Cape Town, which is a temptation for Philip, if Buck does not deal with it properly, then Philip will intensify it next.
It's not Philip targeting Buck, it's more precise, whoever is the Speaker, Philip is targeting.
Even if it is Roque, it is normal for Philip to have some small movements.
Roque's fears soon became a reality, and on January 10, Transvaal MP Fern Hansa formally introduced a bill proposing to abolish the capitals of Bloemfontein and Cape Town and return all power to Pretoria.
The proposal was shelved by Buck and was not openly discussed in Congress at all.
What is certain is that the MPs of Orange and Cape will be against it.
And there are actually many people who support Fern Hansea, such as the Nyasaland parliamentarians, who are very dissatisfied, even Bloemfontein, which has been marginalized, is the capital of southern Africa, how is Los Angeles worse than Bloemfontein?
Not even L.A., even Port Edward, is a notch above Bloemfontein.
If you want to rate the cities in southern Africa, Pretoria and Johannesburg, Los Angeles and Port Edward are the undisputed first-tier cities, Cape Town, Salisbury, Kimberley and Lorenzo Marques are second-tier, and Bloemfontein is about the same as Victoria and St. George's, and at most third-tier.
Port Elizabeth does not count, and it is not yet officially incorporated into Southern Africa and is not eligible to participate in the selection.
"Why can't it be discussed openly, as a member of Parliament, I am qualified to introduce a bill." Fern Hansa, like Barker, was a member of parliament from the Transvaal.
"Hanseatic Councillor, I don't care what your purpose is in proposing this bill, in short, it is not appropriate to discuss this bill at this time." Buck didn't give Fern Hansa a chance to make waves, and Fern Hansa and Owen had a good personal relationship.
"What can I do, of course I want Southern Africa to get better-" Fern Hansa's expression exaggerated, the bills of the members of Congress must be reviewed by the Speaker, and the Speaker will only submit them to the Parliament for discussion if he believes that they are feasible.
If more than five members of the Diet jointly submit the submission, then it can bypass the Speaker and submit it directly to the Diet for discussion.
"If you really want Southern Africa to get better, then don't bring this bill at this time, you know what the consequences will be." Buck's expression was grim, this was actually a challenge to the authority of the speaker.
"Okay, I'll get more MPs to agree and then submit this proposal jointly." Fern Hansa doesn't give up, it's not just Fern Hansa and Owen who are waiting to see Buck unlucky, don't forget that Buck is Chinese, and Southern Africa is a country founded by white people.
Again, although the number of Chinese in southern Africa has far exceeded the number of whites, and the Chinese have also made great contributions to the rise of southern Africa, there are always people who are unwilling to face this and are unwilling to accept this reality.
In the eyes of most white southern Africans, Roque's status today is based on solid military exploits and a single gun.
Buck's tenure as speaker of Congress is difficult to convince the public, including those members of Congress who voted for Buck, who may not be willing to do so deep down.
After Philip stepped down as Speaker, Buck competed for Speaker, along with Aiden and Owen.
No one wants to see the Prime Minister and the Speaker as father and son, so Owen was eliminated first.
The second to be eliminated was Aiden, who was supported by lawmakers from Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuana, and Lourenço Marques, who was clearly not supported enough, with 17 abstentions.
These abstentions, as well as those who voted for Aiden, are theoretically Buck's opponents.
This situation is not surprising to Roque.
There are still too few Chinese-American parliamentarians in the Southern African Parliament, and when Chinese-American parliamentarians can account for more than half of the congressmen, those white congressmen in Congress will give the Chinese the attention they deserve.
"It's okay—" Buck wasn't angry, anger wouldn't solve the problem.
In retrospect, the first bill that Buck submitted to Congress was that Congress should strengthen its oversight of the federal government's use of funds, and establish a corresponding oversight agency to be specifically responsible.
In fact, Congress has always had the right to supervise the federal government in the use of funds, and the federal government's budget is also approved by Congress, but in terms of the use of funds, Congress lacks effective supervision over the federal government, which is also a dereliction of duty by Congress to a certain extent.
In the past, when Philip was president of the National Assembly, some lawmakers introduced similar bills, but they were not given the opportunity to discuss them publicly in the National Assembly.
If you think about it, you can understand that Philip has always been quite a prime minister, and it is impossible to come up with such an institution to impose restrictions on the federal government.
Buck probably doesn't have a chance to be prime minister in his life, so Buck is happy to strengthen the power of Congress, and the prime minister's power is too much, which is not a good thing for a country.
Of course, Congress itself has more drawbacks, and too much power is not good for the country, and a balance needs to be balanced between the two to form a mutual balance.
On January 15th, Congress discussed Barker's proposal, and on the 18th, it was voted on and unanimously passed!
That's right, making the stumbling block return to the stumbling block, and enhancing one's own strength is the king.
The newly created department was called the Oversight Commission, whose main task was to oversee the use of federal funds, and Buck's heart was a little dark, so he chose Cape British-American Congressman Terence Waolet as chairman of the Oversight Commission.
"Look at what our Speaker has done, he has just taken office, and he has strengthened supervision of the federal government, will the federal government report to Congress every penny spent in the future?" Philip was clearly ill-prepared for Buck's offense, and he grossly underestimated Buck's abilities.
Buck was able to become speaker of Congress because of more than just Roque's support.
If Buck just has a good relationship with Roque and doesn't have the ability to serve as Speaker, then Roque won't support Buck as Speaker.
To put it mildly, Philip is a bit of a discerning man, and if the speaker of parliament is also unreliable, then even if Roque tries his best, he will not be able to push southern Africa forward.
"This committee is more symbolic." Roque acts as a peacemaker in the middle, trying to ease the conflict between Philip and Barker.
"What do you mean?" Philip is indeed old, and his brain is a little slow.
"It's just supervision, and no other rights, and I don't think it's a bad thing, some of our officials are really not like words-" Roque's words meant otherwise, while southern Africa was soaring all the way, spiritual construction did not keep up with the pace of material construction.
This problem actually arose during the World War, when some companies exported shoddy or even shoddy products to Europe.
This is absolutely forbidden in southern Africa, and the Ministry of Justice conducted an investigation at the time and found that these enterprises and some officials are inextricably linked, and there are also cases of abuse of public funds and corruption at all levels of the federal government, and in the final analysis, there is still a lack of effective supervision.
There is no good solution to this problem, human nature is still greedy after all, and there are some unspoken rules that must be followed, otherwise you will be ruined.
To put it simply, if the Pretoria city government wants to build a road, no matter how much money the contractor spends to get the project, the bottom line is that the road must be of good quality and quantity, and it cannot be potholed beyond recognition after three or two months.
The same reason is to build a building, can not be cut corners because the cost is too high, change to how many grades of cement to use how many grades of cement, a column should be tied a few steel bars on a few, and don't be in front of the supervisor during the day to steal out at night, if the follow-up use of quality problems, then the federal governments at all levels will be held accountable to the end, when the time can not run away.
Nyasaland has done a good job in this regard, many projects of the Nyasaland government are undertaken by Christian, Christian is actually very sensible, he has made enough money, he can't spend it in ten lifetimes, Roque is not a ruthless person, as long as Christian is honest and does not steal and play tricks, Roque will ensure that Christian is prosperous and rich.
"It's not like to catch it, and you must be ruthless when dealing with this kind of person." Philip also has his own bottom line, the Matilda family is also one of the largest families in southern Africa, Philip has no desire in the economy, just wants to write his name in the history of southern Africa, and accumulate more prestige for the Matilda family.
Officials don't need to be corrupt if they want to make money, there are actually many ways, and they are all normal channels, so people can't find fault if they want to.
It was only after Roque was knighted that he understood why so many officials had to build a lot of construction as soon as they took office.
Among them, there must be political achievements, and I am afraid that more of them are economic interests, who still uses such a low means of bribery and bribery these years, just find any seven aunts and eight aunts to be white gloves, and make money innocently.
"So the power needs to be supervised, and if you really want to find any violations, you still have to stop the federal government, and Congress doesn't have that power." Roque is not worried about the expansion of the power of Congress, only worried about what the federal government is doing, and Buck has no intention of competing with Philip for power, and he, the speaker of Congress, will only transition, and when Roque becomes prime minister, Buck will have to step down.
It is estimated that the white people of southern Africa will not be able to accept the Chinese as prime minister and speaker at the same time.