Rise of Australia

Chapter 114 Establishment of the political participation group (please subscribe!)

Arthur moved very quickly, and after only three days, he persuaded most of the officials of the New Zealand colonial government, and under the "applause", he established a political institution that had a great influence on New Zealand, the Political Council.

The Senate is actually the combination of the upper and lower houses of Australia, just with a different name.

New Zealand's political parties can be elected by New Zealand's political parties and civilians, and are elected by all New Zealand citizens who have the legal right to vote.

In terms of rights, the Political Group does not have as much power as the House of Representatives, but it can also give its own opinions based on the current situation in New Zealand and submit them to the colonial government.

In addition to these, the Political Council has a more important right, that is, it can supervise officials of all New Zealand factions and impeach them when they have sufficient evidence.

Although it is basically impossible to threaten the officials appointed by the United Kingdom, there are actually very few officials appointed by the United Kingdom. Except for the Governor and the Commander of the Garrison, there are very few officials personally appointed by the United Kingdom. Most of them are appointed by the Governor and the Commander of the Garrison, or directly from the New Zealand people. elected officials.

This also means that the newly established Political Council has a lot of power among the local forces in New Zealand. It can even be said that it is the most powerful institution and group in New Zealand except for the Governor, the Commander of the Garrison and the colonial government.

In order not to let this newly established political group get out of his control, under the regulations for the establishment of the political group, Arthur also deliberately added a new article, that is, the governor of New Zealand can do so if he feels that the political group is harmful to New Zealand. Disband the Senate without any explanation.

This order directly allowed Arthur to grasp the lifeline of the political suffrage group.Once the Senate Political Group tended to break away from Arthur's control, he could only face the fate of disbanding.

Thanks to the fact that New Zealand is not a free government, no one objected to Arthur's conditions.

Of course, because the political suffrage was the reason why Arthur proposed the establishment, those who were eligible to be elected to the political suffrage would naturally not object.

The announcement of the colonial government was issued very quickly. In just a few days, most New Zealanders in Wellington had already learned the news of the establishment of the Political Council.

The vast majority of New Zealanders are not interested in the establishment of the Political Council, which is to be expected.

After all, New Zealand's economic recession has just ended, and many New Zealanders have recovered from the state of not having enough to eat.

In this case, they really do not have much mood and energy to participate in politics.

Arthur has also been prepared for this. After all, the Political Group is not prepared for ordinary New Zealanders, but for the Coalition Party.

To put it bluntly, the Political Group is just a step for the Coalition to gain more power.Only by allowing the Coalition Party to gain greater power can Arthur's plan to annex New Zealand be implemented.

It is indeed a good time to form a political participation group at this time.As another major party in New Zealand, the New Zealand Labor Party itself does not have a strong desire to participate in politics.

The background of the establishment of the New Zealand Labor Party is actually that these workers protect their rights, which is similar to the party established by Australian workers.

The nature of the New Zealand Labor Party is slightly looser than that of the Coalition Party. What they pursue is to improve the welfare of workers and ensure the basic living conditions of workers.

Coupled with the economic recession in New Zealand in the past few years, these workers are the first to bear the brunt.

Because of the large amount of food produced by the factory, the finished products cannot be sold, which has greatly reduced the profits of the factory owners, so they have to deduct the wages of the workers and reduce the benefits of the workers.

Although this led to a surge of workers' enthusiasm for participating in politics in a short period of time, in fact, they still could not resist the factory owners and capitalists who had wealth in New Zealand.

In the face of livelihood, many people also gave up fighting against the factory owners and had to accept the cruel reality of being exploited.

At the same time, the rise of Australia has also attracted the attention of some New Zealanders.Under the premise that the team can't fight, there are also many people who hope to join Australia.

Because the newly established industrial areas and various factories in Australia strictly implemented the policies established by Arthur at that time. Not only did the ten-hour work system generally be implemented, but workers' salaries and due welfare policies must be paid on time.

Ten hour work system!This is a policy that many European countries cannot enjoy.

In fact, although many countries in Europe have established a ten-hour or even eight-hour working system, there are only a handful of people who can actually travel there. Even the great powers are implementing a ten-hour or even longer working system.

This is also impossible.In this gloomy era, if you want to protect your own interests, you can only exploit the interests of the people at the bottom.

Although Australia's work system is only the ten-hour work system that is common in Europe, at least Australia has implemented this system very strictly. All Australians work less than ten hours, and any overtime work has double pay.

This alone has attracted the yearning of many New Zealand workers.

As an autonomous colony, New Zealand has imperfect welfare benefits and systems.Taking the working system as an example, New Zealand does not have specific requirements for workers' working hours, which gives factory owners and capitalists room to operate.

After all, the government doesn't even have working hours requirements. As long as these workers are guaranteed not to die of exhaustion in the factory, isn't that meeting the government's requirements?
After all, every year in Europe, a large number of workers are exploited to death, starved to death, and exhausted.

But there is no way, this is the early twentieth century, for capitalists, what is the people?Animals that can be exploited.

In fact, this is nothing.For workers in New Zealand, gritted teeth may be acceptable.

After all, this is an event that workers all over the world, even in Europe, are experiencing.

But Australia, which has the same root as them and is not far away, has changed.

Although workers in Australia don't earn much, at least they don't have to worry about being oppressed. They are paid a full salary every month, and they can also enjoy double pay on holidays and other overtime.

What does this mean for workers?Heaven!

This caused the New Zealand Labor Party to fall into a long period of downturn. Many workers chose to join the Coalition Party or compromised with capitalists in order to maintain their own livelihoods.

The establishment of a political suffrage now can at least guarantee that most of the seats will be won by the Coalition Party.Even if the workers of the New Zealand Labor Party can get some seats, they may not really support the Labor Party.

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