Chapter 21: Easy tendons and cut marrow
… After the "Secretary Law Amendment" was announced, no one suspected that Shi Qing was an old "ordinary politician"...!!
That night, two announcers from the state television station took turns to work, and it took a total of 2 and a half hours to read the entire content of the "Constitutional Amendment".
Although the announcer's voice does not contain any emotional color, making news reports very stiff, for those who are closely following the change of the Republic's regime, obtaining information within 2 and a half hours is enough for any news organization to be busy for two and a half months.
Like the name itself, the content of the "Constitutional Amendment" is a summary of political reform.
That night, the whole world was bustling.
In Kang's words, the "Constitutional Amendment" sounded the clarion call of the "general attack on political reform, and will surely become a historical turning point in the Republic.
When reporting related news, Al Jazeera not only used the "historical turning point", it also clearly mentioned that by proposing a "constitutional amendment", Wang Yuanqing made a phased summary of the "new century reform" initiated by Yuki Yuki, the "industrial structure adjustment" initiated by Yuki Yuki, and the end of political reform. At the same time, it announced the end of the "golden era" jointly created by Yuki Yuki, Zhao Rundong and Wang Yuanqing, and the Republic will enter a new historical period.
The overseas media praised it without hesitation, which proved the importance of the "Constitutional Amendment" from one aspect.
According to the official news released by the Republic, the "Constitutional Amendment" mainly involves five aspects: one is the ownership of land, social public infrastructure, and collective property under the existing system; two is the election and generation method of the highest state powers; three is the distribution, supervision and implementation principles of state public powers such as legislation, judicial and administration; four is the method of generation of the highest national leaders and the central government; five is the relationship between the central government and local governments, as well as the relationship between government departments at all levels.
There is no doubt that these are five key issues related to the basic system of the Republic.
It can be said without hesitation: No matter who it is, as long as it solves any of these problems, it is qualified to enter the ranks of the greatest leaders in the history of the Republic. It is precisely because when Wang Yuanqing proposed the "Constitutional Amendment", even the most realistic commentators will regard him as an "idealist politician."
How confident is Wang Yuanqing to complete the last step of political reform?
The Republic's State Television has already given the answer when it was making related reports. As the official mouthpiece of the Republic, the State Television's view is actually the view of the highest authority of the Republic, that is, Wang Yuanqing's view. The state TV's proposal of "national voting" is actually the political signal that Wang Yuanqing conveys to citizens across the country, and is a political signal that wins the support of the people, especially those who actively support political reform. Wang Yuanqing's actions reflect two practical problems: one is that at the top of the Republic, especially among the representatives representing major interest groups, not everyone supports the "Constitutional Amendment." There are even many people who oppose it; the other is that the support of the "Constitutional Amendment" by the people is far greater than that of the central government, and citizens' demands for public rights in society are the main force in promoting reform.
It is not difficult to understand how confident Wang Yuanqing is if he sees these two questions clearly.
To use Al Jazeera's comments, as long as Wang Yuanqing continues to display his political talents as always, no one can change the direction of the Republic, the "Constitution Amendment" is likely to be first passed at the All-Police Conference within one month, and then finally determined by a national vote within one year.
Of course, victory is not at your fingertips.
Even in the eyes of the most optimistic people, if Wang Yuanqing wants to pass the Constitutional Amendment to the General Assembly, he must make outstanding efforts.
Not to mention anything else, we must first solve the legality of "national voting".
According to the current laws of the Republic, "national voting has no legal effect and is even impossible to achieve, because the state power of the Republic is performed through the "representative system. When citizens have no way to directly perform their rights. Of course, Wang Yuanqing was not unprepared, but clearly proposed the "direct election law" in the "Constitutional Amendment". The problem is that using the clauses in the "Constitutional Amendment" to prove the legitimacy of the "Constitutional Amendment" voting method is not valid in causal logic. In this way, Wang Yuanqing must use other means before this, such as the issuance of administrative bills or temporary bills, and first recognize the legal status of "national voting".
Regardless of the poison, "The Constitutional Amendment can be regarded as the peak of political struggle within the Republic.
The road is difficult and the future is bright.
It can be said that except for the goal being too ambitious, all advantages are in the hands of Wang Yuanqing. Needless to say, the army has no need to say, even if the third military reform hurts the interests of many soldiers, because Xiang Yinghui has to wait until the new government is established. He will only leave the General Staff after the next head of state resigns. The top leaders of the army, that is, the "young and strong faction", have long formed a "community of interests" with Wang Yuanqing, so as long as Wang Yuanqing still lives in the head of state, the army will unconditionally obey the command. The support of the people is not a problem. Among the "reform factions" that account for about 70% of the total population of the Republic, it is considered
Not everyone will support the "Constitutional Amendment". Most of them will stand on Wang Yuanqing's side. In fact, even some opponents of political reform can benefit from it and become supporters of the "Constitutional Amendment". In the end, the entire congress was destroyed. If it was not unexpected, someone from Kenbao raised objections and then discussed the new bill in Renren Di. In the words of Western news media, the Republic has not formed a real parliamentary system. In the so-called thugs, "As long as the big political direction is not shaken, the vote is often just a ritualized work that goes through the motions.
That's right. From the very beginning, the people of the Republic were blinded by a bright future.
Of course, no one can deny the benefits that the "Constitutional Amendment" brings to the vast majority of citizens of the Republic.
"Land ownership reform. In terms of land ownership reform, the plan proposed by Wang Yuanqing is more ideal than many people imagine. It not only makes clear provisions for vested interest groups, but also makes provisions on the future issue of interest sharing. More importantly, "the thugs, the land ownership reform does not exist alone, but is proposed together with the "household registration reform".
This alone is enough to make the vast majority of the citizens of the Republic, especially the middle class, a firm supporter of reform. You should know that the "household registration system has existed for two years, and after entering the century, it became the main inducement of social contradictions in the Republic. Not to mention anything else, the high housing prices at the beginning of the century are closely related to the household registration system. What is more important is that the "household registration system" is suspected of serious unconstitutional. Because the "household registration system" conflicts with the social public rights enjoyed by citizens stipulated in the Constitution. According to the reform plan proposed by Wang Yuanqing, in addition to the existing "right to use" to transform it into "ownership", starting from the date of the new constitution, the existing land of the Republic will be privatized in public land, nature reserves, and infrastructure land. The remaining land will be privatized through auction and the proceeds of the state-owned land will be sold.
The "National Sovereign Fund is shared by all citizens; collectively owned land is resolved on the premise of reason and law through collective consultation; from the date of the new constitution, the household registration system is completely abolished, and the "Republic National Archives, Residents, and "Citizenship" is established on the basis of the existing Republic's resident identity management system. Any Republic citizen has a unique identity number from the date of birth, and enjoys civil rights and fulfills citizen obligations with this number. Because there are too many details involving "citizenship", it is not fully mentioned in the relevant news released by the official. It is only emphasized that "citizenship" is the cornerstone of ensuring civil liberties and the right to free residence. Of course, from the perspective of legislation, to establish a complete "citizenship system." What is needed is not as simple as a constitutional amendment.
In fact, for the vast majority of citizens of the Republic, the second point in the "Constitutional Amendment" is the most important thing.
Simply put, the second point is the "direct selection method".
Political reform has caused the thug to be drunk. After realizing direct election of county and city representatives, the selection of the highest national authority and the supreme leader through direct election has long been one of the most discussed topics among citizens in the country. Wang Yuanqing seized the opportunity to propose "direct election." It is clearly intended to use this to win the support of the vast majority of citizens in the country.
The problem is. "Direct Choice" is not to say anything, and every word is simple.
As early as the second year of Wang Yuanqing's second term, some representatives proposed that the Republic's "two-level parliamentary" should be strengthened as soon as possible. Later, some representatives proposed a bill to expand the scope of the authority of the Consultative Conference, hoping to improve the political status of the Consultative Conference. At that time, what the outside world did not understand was that when the time for the implementation of the "two-level parliamentary system" was ripe, Wang Yuanqing was indifferent. He did not take the representative's opinions seriously and did not take any action. Because several very important reforms were followed, the discussion on the "two-level parliamentary system" also ceased in that year. No one mentioned it again.
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It was not until this match, Wang Yuanqing proposed a solution to "direct election".
According to the relevant clauses he mentioned in the "Constitution Amendment", the highest authority of the Republic is still the plenary congress, but will only make a comprehensive adjustment to the composition of the plenary congress. In the past, the Standing Congress retained the thugs and returned to the provincial administrative regions, that is, each provincial administrative region has three quotas to enter the Standing Congress; the scale of the plenary congress will be greatly reduced. The number of representatives will be reduced to Taoren, among which the additional seats will be arranged by the central government, and the other milk seats will still belong to the various provincial administrative regions. Just looking at these, it will make people feel that Wang Yuanqing copied the Western democratic parliamentary system. Only when you see the details, you will know
This is a parliamentary system developed by Wang Yuanqing in response to the national conditions of the Republic. In the so-called "High Court", the central government's quota is mainly provided to national leaders and the central government. Among the three quotas obtained by provincial administrative regions, only one is elected by the provincial congress, and the other two quotas are generated through direct elections. In the so-called "General Court", the central government's additional quotas can be used to balance regional influence in addition to providing them to national leaders, while the young quotas provided to provincial administrative regions are allocated according to the share of the total number of voting in the elections of each province. This book is a book to read the book Yao Ri Members' Collection
Because laws related to direct election need to be formulated separately, it is still unknown how to achieve direct election.
Of course, the people are most concerned about. Niu Rusi..." Yuxinjiu's small advertising class, Li Xinshen Xiao Gang Li Chuan's election issue. Although in the eyes of most people, in a big country like the Republic, it is impossible to decide the highest leader through "pure direct election", in fact, no similar country has adopted "pure direct election". For example, the US presidential election relies on "electronic votes" rather than thug votes. However, in the news that has been announced, the people still found some clues. For example, "the election issue of the highest leader of the country is related to domestic unity." According to many people's speculation, Wang Yuanqing will definitely not take the path of "direct election" and will not copy the Western countries' side.
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In fact, it does not matter what method to choose the highest leader of the country. What is important is what role the highest leader of the country will play in the future political life of the Republic. That is to say, the locality of the highest leader of the country in the political system of the Republic will determine the origin of the country.
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If you see this question clearly, it is not difficult to guess Wang Yuanqing’s arrangements.
In the eyes of some "informed people", Wang Yuanqing is likely to be the last "strong head of state" in the Republic. After him, the concept of "head of state" will undergo a major change. At least in peacetime, the Republic will not again have a "super leader who can determine the fate of the entire country." State power is handed over to elected thugs and parliamentarians. Collective politics replaces oligarchy and becomes a new political vane.
If this is true, the head of state will definitely not be directly elected but indirectly.
Many people have overlooked a crucial task, that is, under the blueprint of "democratic politics" drawn by Wang Yuanqing. How will party competition as the essence emerge?
In fact, this is also one of the main topics of speculation from the outside world.
Because Wang Yuanqing did not give an answer in the "Constitutional Amendment". The Republic has not released relevant information either. Therefore, according to outside speculation, Wang Yuanqing is likely to have chosen to ignore this issue, reduce the difficulty of reform, and propose a sheath solution when the time is ripe.
At this point, the third and fourth points of the Constitution Amendment, namely the issue of power distribution, and the arising of the Supreme Leader and the central government have also been resolved.
In the eyes of ordinary people, another thing worth paying attention to is the relationship between the central and local governments.
In fact, during the political reform in the past year, Wang Yuanqing had conveyed signals of adjusting the centralized system in various ways, or admitted the fatal flaws of the centralized system. In the words mentioned by Ji Zuoguo in his memoirs, the many problems exposed by the Republic at the beginning of the century were almost all related to the conflicts between the central and local areas. As a big country with a population of more than one billion and tens of millions of square kilometers, although centralization can maximize the small sovereignty of the Republic and the integrity of the Chinese nation, it will also greatly limit the development of the Republic and create many difficult-to-resolve domestic contradictions. This book is about the tears, Edian, and members collect the
"Delegation of power has become a money term for the thug "reform of central and local relations".
If you look farther, you can find out that "Zhuilai". Wang Yuanqing has made a lot of preparations for this. Not to mention anything else, "simplifying military and government administration" has laid the foundation for the reform of the ruling system. As the central government repeatedly cut the number of civil servants and reduced the cumbersome government agencies, a lot of power has been delegated to local governments, and the previous vertical management method from the central government to the local government has gradually been abolished.
For Wang Yuanqing, the final thing to do is to establish the legitimacy of the new system through legislation.
Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, the new ruling system will definitely become a new driving force for the development of the Republic, because giving local governments greater power is equivalent to the constraints on the development of the liberated party, allowing local governments to determine the direction of development based on their own situation and needs.
Anyway, the future portrayed by the "Constitutional Amendment" is worth looking forward to.
Of course, not everyone relaxed.
While the whole country was in full swing, many people remained calm. At night, a group of sociologists joined forces to the Head of State, the General Assembly and the State Council, hoping that the Head of State could carefully consider the issue of constitutional amendment. Because in their opinion, the practice of constitutional amendment is too radical and is likely to cause irreversible serious consequences. Some scholars even bluntly mentioned that if there is a mistake in constitutional amendment, the Republic will repeat the same mistake. Wang Yuanqing will become the "pot" of the Republic, pushing the Republic into a dying depth that will never be restored.
Yuan. Although the Republic at this time was a bit unfair compared to the Soviet Union before the century. After all, the reform of the Republic has been in the near-field years, and the "New Century Reform" has been carried out for many years. Not only is the foundation of public opinion very solid, but the ruling group is also relatively united. It is unlikely that the situation will change overnight. But it is correct to have some concerns. You must know that this is an unprecedented reform. More importantly, what will happen to this reform? Not to mention that Wang Yuanqing cannot explain it clearly, I am afraid that even Ji Yuguo cannot explain it clearly.
Although Li Cunxun, as an insider, did not worry too much, in his opinion, not all worries are groundless. Li Cunxun was also very shocked about Wang Yuanqing's actions. That night, after seeing Wang Yuanqing, on the way back to the Military Intelligence Bureau, Li Cunxun was still a little dazed, feeling that what happened during the day seemed like a dream.
Only one thing is clear, a storm is coming.
Chapter completed!