Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 625 Cabinet and Prime Minister

Perfecto's words made the truly knowledgeable people think deeply, as many of them were deeply aware of the inefficiency of parliament.

Sometimes, even though it is an urgent matter, it is stuck in the process of being approved by Parliament, which causes a lot of delays.

Then the Duke of Gloucester asked Perfecto, "What do you think, Earl of Brandiles?"

"The empire needs a more efficient and professional organization to manage the empire's daily affairs and deal with emergencies. The parliament is more of a place to decide on major decisions such as national policies and major policies." Perfect finally put down the book in his hand and began to talk slowly.

As she spoke, almost everyone sat up straight and listened to her attentively.

This is the power of the Earl of the North. His words must be listened to carefully by the entire empire.

However, Perfect didn't feel anything about this. She was just expressing her own opinion: "Major policies and lawmaking can be put in the hands of parliament, because these things really require detailed debates and the integration of opinions from all interest groups, and finally forming a plan that everyone can accept before implementation.

Parliament happens to be such a place. With representatives of various interests present, everyone can have enough time to have serious discussions and formulate policies and laws that may not be the most suitable but are acceptable to everyone.

But when it comes to governing the country, parliament is undoubtedly inefficient. We cannot let the National Assembly argue for a week and still not come to an answer just to build a road or put up a few more trash cans on the roadside.

Therefore, the empire needs an institution that is efficient, professional, and has sufficient power to make timely decisions.

The Imperial Conference is the key to supporting the operation of the entire empire, making important decisions in a timely manner at critical moments, and allowing the empire to always stay on the right path and prosper.

Therefore, I suggest that the responsibilities of the parliament be clarified, and the decision-making power over the daily administration of the empire and major emergencies be separated from the parliament and handed over to the Imperial Conference.

In addition, the Imperial Council will form a regular cabinet, establish the position of Prime Minister to oversee the overall situation of the empire, and manage the daily affairs of the empire together with the cabinet members nominated by Her Majesty and approved by the Queen and the Parliament. "

After hearing what Perfectot said, everyone present didn't know what to say.

There is no doubt that Perfectot's move is undoubtedly to reduce the authority of the parliament, turning the parliament that could originally influence the empire's politics and decisions into a place for nothing but quarrels.

Perhaps the power of legislation is indeed a very important power, but for such a large empire, it is impossible to hold meetings to legislate every day, right?

Moreover, as the law continues to improve, new legislation will become less and less, and what remains is nothing more than adjustments and modifications to existing laws in response to social changes.

These tasks seem important, but in fact they are not as important as we think.

As for the national policy? That's even more nonsense. This thing is just a programmatic thing. It's the best thing to discuss what to do this year once a year.

And it is just a discussion, not a decision by the parliament on what to do or what to do specifically.

To put it bluntly, this is just a reference opinion to set the tone, and the specific implementation depends on the cabinet.

The cabinet, which was reorganized from the Imperial Council, is the one that actually implements the major policies and decides the specific strategies of the country. The most important person in the cabinet should be the prime minister. According to Perfectcott's explanation, the list of cabinet members needs to be nominated by the prime minister, which undoubtedly gives the prime minister great power.

After all, the cabinet is the institution that truly manages the country, and cabinet members are undoubtedly the people who can truly manage the country, which is enough to be described as high-ranking and powerful.

"Earl Brandelis, how should the prime minister be chosen? By a vote of the parliament, or by the Queen's personal appointment?" Someone asked Perfectot this key question.

In fact, the position of Prime Minister did exist in the empire in the past. For example, the Duke of Gloucester was the Speaker of the Parliament of Peers, which in a sense possessed some of the powers of the Prime Minister.

However, the position of Speaker of the Parliament of Nobles is more of a role in restraining the Parliament of Nobles and coordinating the conflicts between the imperial power and the Parliament of Nobles. He does not have the power to appoint and dismiss members of the Parliament of Nobles, let alone the power to truly manage the country.

Perfectok proposed the prime minister and cabinet, which was largely seen by all parties as a way for Perfectok to control the entire country.

This immediately made all the forces nervous. After all, if this really happened, even if Perfecto did not sit on the throne, it would be no different from being the emperor.

Therefore, how the prime minister should be elected and how the prime minister should perform his duties becomes the key among the keys.

But they obviously misunderstood Perfect, she just waved her hand and said: "The position of Prime Minister must be elected, and then approved by the Queen before he can perform his duties, and this position cannot be lifelong, and the term of office cannot be too long, so as to prevent the Prime Minister's power from expanding and cultivating personal power to have a one-man show.

Therefore, the term of office of each prime minister should be controlled at around four to five years. After each term, a new election should be held, and the prime minister can be re-elected for a maximum of one term, after which he must be replaced.

Of course, if it is a time of war or other critical special circumstances, the Prime Minister can extend his term of office, but he must obtain the consent of both the National Assembly and the Queen. "

The system proposed by Perfectok exceeded everyone's expectations. They did not expect that Perfectok would just give up the opportunity to control the empire so directly, but they still felt that the system she proposed was acceptable.

Of course, even if you feel you can accept it in your heart, you still have to argue about it verbally.

But these have nothing to do with Perfect. She has made her attitude clear, and naturally there are officials on her side who will fight for her vested interests.

As for herself, she picked up the book again and read it with great interest.

When he felt bored, he had snacks and Befa's black tea, which made Perfect feel really comfortable.

Perfect was not worried at all about whether the prime minister and cabinet system would be passed. After all, the prime minister system was also created in the original world around the 18th century. The prime minister elected under this system was the direct manager of the country, which was also a symbol of the transfer of imperial power to the emerging bourgeoisie at that time.

If Perfecto proposes this system now, it will definitely gain support from a considerable number of people. After all, this is an important opportunity for the emerging bourgeoisie and the middle and lower class nobility to gain power.

Such a system is advanced enough in this era to effectively manage a country, and it can ensure a very critical thing, that is, even if the king is a fool, it will not affect the country's internal affairs.

(End of this chapter)