Almost suddenly, the pace of the National Party's expansion accelerated dramatically.

In just one week, the size of the National Party has tripled, from more than 50 to 160 members, which is undoubtedly a welcome result, and the National Party is very excited from top to bottom, even though these new recruits do not have the right to vote, which is still a welcome progress.

There is no way, the white people who have the right to vote in Johannesburg have been preempted by the Liberal Party, even the Chinese who have not yet obtained the right to vote have been absorbed by the Liberal Party, and the National Party is now lagging behind in an all-round way, not only is it difficult to expand, but it is also squeezed out by the Liberal Party in the Election Commission.

Whether Roque is present or absent, the situation facing the National Party is very different.

When Roque was not in Johannesburg, Owen would do things, and he would also consider the decency among the nobles, and things would not be so desperate.

Roque is different.

After Roque returned to Johannesburg, the first meeting of the Electoral Commission was held, and Roque was brazen.

In fact, Roque didn't say anything, although Roque was not a member of the election committee, but Owen, as the chairman of the election committee, agreed that Roque should attend the meeting of the election committee, and then the process of the meeting became a little weird.

The most intuitive change is that the committee members, who had previously been hesitant on the question of whether Chinese Americans should have the right to vote, suddenly became firm, and Henri Matilda was slammed by some members of the election committee after only expressing a question.

"One question, the election in Johannesburg, should be decided by the Johannesburgers, Henry Alsop and Kevin Trivekang are neither from Johannesburg nor hold any position in Johannesburg, why can they serve as members of the Election Commission? Just their National Party, which has become a joke? Don't be funny, even if my chef forms a political party, he may have more supporters than the national party, and I propose to re-examine the qualifications of the members of the Election Commission, and expel all those who are not worthy of the election committee, and the election in Johannesburg can only be decided by the people of Johannesburg! "Taxation Commissioner Marcos Beaufort was the most resolute, offering to expel Henry Alsop and Kevin Trivecan from the Election Commission.

"I'm not trying to target anyone, since Johannesburg's democratic representative system is a pilot, then don't make a difference between the upper house and the lower house like the mainland, then the democratic representative system will not make any sense, Director Beaufort is right, we should simplify the election process, streamline the members of the election committee, some people think that with the status of their parents in Pretoria, they can dictate the elections in Johannesburg, what I want to say to them is, you!" The interior secretary, James Bernard, was equally radical, and both James Bernard and Marcos Beaufort were members of the Liberal Party, with a membership number of 100 members, and they would of course go out of their way to cheer for the Liberal Party.

"Gentlemen, we should not focus on the issue of electoral committee membership now, but on whether Chinese Americans should have the right to vote, whether we are Liberal or National, at least we are white, and this issue deserves our attention." Henry Alsop tried to get the conversation back on the right track.

If this had been before, maybe Henry Alsop would have succeeded, but this meeting was attended by Roque, so as soon as Henry Alsop's words fell, Roque immediately stepped forward.

"Mr. President, I have the floor to be!"

Roque adheres to the rules of the meeting.

The chairman of the election committee is Owen, and Roque's request is just a formality, but before Owen can speak, Kevin Trevecom can't wait to jump out.

"Mr. President, according to the statutes of the meeting, those who are not qualified to elect the committee have no right to speak, and Lord Nyasaland is also Chinese, so he should recuse himself on this issue!" Kevin Trivecon has a righteous face, and the family may have forgotten that if he really operates strictly according to the bylaws, he also does not have the right to enter the election commission.

"Do you mean that I don't have a say either? Don't open your mouth and close your mouth to bring the race to your lips, what do you want to say? What are you trying to express? Should Chinese Americans not be allowed to vote? Please see for yourself that two-thirds of Johannesburg's population is ethnic Chinese, and you now want to exclude ethnic Chinese from the elections, and I doubt your motives. Roque was not polite and launched a sharp counterattack directly at Kevin Trevecon.

"Some people are always self-righteous, thinking that if they have a good father, they can rise to the sky in one step, and they don't look at what kind of person they are—" Marcos Beaufort laughed, and without the slightest concealment, Kevin Trevecan and Henry Alsop's faces changed at the same time, they never thought that Marcos Beaufort would be so faceless.

Face!

This is a very good topic, if Harry Alsop and Swift Trivecom were present, Marcos Beaufort would not be so presumptuous, Henry Alsop and Kevin Trivecom are still not enough after all, these two unlearned and unskilled second generation officials, when they enter the officialdom, they may have a higher starting point than others because of the energy of their parents, but when it comes to actual work ability, Henry Alsop and Kevin Trivecom are really not as good as Marcos Beaufort.

That is, Marcos Beaufort did not save some face for Henry and Kevin before, if there was really a fundamental conflict of interest, Marcos Beaufort and his battle-hardened old oilmen would be able to swallow the scum of Henry and Kevin in minutes, the second generation of officials who relied on the shadow of their fathers to enter the officialdom.

Now, Henry and Kevin have a fundamental conflict of interest with Marcos Beaufort and other officials, Marcos Beaufort has only made a slight effort, and Henry and Kevin have been defeated.

"Going back to the original question, Chinese Americans must have the right to vote, who is in favor of it? Who is against? "Roque is domineering and does not give these officials room to evade at all.

Looking around the audience, almost no one dared to look at Roque.

Roque's gloomy gaze swept over everyone's face, and every member of the election committee who made eye contact with Roque either showed a humble and flattering smile, or nodded slightly with a smile, even Kevin Trivecom didn't dare to look at Roque, only Henry Alsop-

Henry Alsop's gaze was a bit complicated, he was full of contempt for Roque before, even though Roque was now a baron of the British Empire, Henry Alsop still had a lot of criticism of Roque.

Henry Alsop did have the capital, he had a father who was the lieutenant governor, and Henry Alsop had the capital to fight against Roque, but that was in Pretoria, not Johannesburg.

"It's a long-standing practice that people of color can't have the right to vote, and we can't just make a special case open to all Chinese Americans." Henry Alsop finally found an angle to counter-attack.

"Shut up, you Luther, according to you, the Mahanles family, with their French roots, should not have a title of nobility in the British Empire at all, so what right do you have to sit here and talk nonsense?" Roque unscrupulously revealed the bottom of the old man, the foundation of the Mahanles family is not clean, if you really want to talk about blood, everyone's bloodline is not pure.

"Bastard, this is not the place to discuss this!" Henry Alsop finally lost his mind.

"Annoyed and angry? I'm sorry, but if you want to do it, you might regret it - see, guys, I didn't provoke them first! "Roque has reached this time, and he has not forgotten to bring in other committee members to testify for himself.

In fact, Henry Alsop really didn't mean to do anything, and Roque was also notorious in this regard, first as the chief of police, then as the commander of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, and then outstanding in the Natal counterinsurgency, basically no one dared to do anything with Roque.

Henry Alsop was about to go crazy, and he jumped out of his chair and was about to rush to Roque.

Roque smiled and got ready.

It's a pity that Henry Alsop was pulled by Kevin Trevecon.

Except for Kevin Trevecon, there was no one around to help, and the other committee members all watched coldly, and they slapped the table with their hands while boosing.

"Quiet, Henry Alsop, sit back for me, and don't force me to disqualify you!" Owen slammed the table with something similar to a mallet, and looked at Henry Alsop with angry eyes.

Henry Alsop was obedient, and immediately sat back in his chair and glared angrily at Roque with bloodshot eyes.

Roque doesn't care about this kind of person, for the right to vote, Roque naturally has his own way: "Whether the Chinese can get the right to vote, we can decide in a more democratic way, Johannesburg is already going to implement a democratic representative system, the era of a certain person, or a certain family is in a word, not to mention that it is not a full-time official, what can I be proud of!" ”

At this point, Roque hadn't forgotten the sarcasm.

Henry Alsop tried to jump again, but was stopped by Kevin Trivecom.

"Let's vote by a show of hands, and those who are willing to give Chinese suffrage should raise their hands now!" Before Marcos Beaufort's words could be finished, he raised his hand in the air.

Roque sneered and raised his hand as well.

James Bernard followed Roque with a raised hand.

More people pandered, and even Owen raised his hand in agreement.

"This vote is invalid, it is not in accordance with the constitution of the meeting!" Henry Alsop was furious.

"Well, Henry, it's a collective decision of the Election Commission, and we're going to be democratic, so this result is valid." Owen slowly pushed back, this is the power of democracy.