Reborn Russia as an oligarch

Chapter 945 Polarity Reversal
Standing by the small podium, Dania took a deep breath and adjusted her mood.

It was the first time for her to speak on such an occasion, especially when all the honorable Duma MPs were sitting on the stage...

But she didn't have stage fright. The bigger the scene, the more calm she became, and even a little excited.

Maybe this is also born, born to be suitable for big scenes...

She turned around and bowed to the four speakers on the rostrum, and then bowed to the members of the audience, and then Dania began her own narration.

As a representative of the joint working group, the main content of what she said today is naturally why the removal of Luzhkov was initiated, what were the specific reasons, and the necessity of this removal procedure.

Regarding Luzhkov's alleged crimes, Dania didn't make it too clear, but only mentioned "corruption and party formation", which completely failed the trust and expectations of the voters in him!

Then she described in detail that under the leadership of Luzhkov, the development of Moscow in these years seems to be not slow, but in fact it is seriously inconsistent with the resource tilt given to Moscow by the state!

In other words, the development of Moscow should have been much better than it is now!

Therefore, the re-election of Luzhkov's governor in these years not only failed to make any real political achievements, but hindered the development of Moscow...

This is not off topic, but her joint working group, although it was established because of several reporting letters.

But when it was established, the powers and responsibilities assigned by Wang Ye to this joint team were not limited to corruption investigations, but also included due diligence on the entire Moscow state bureaucracy. Otherwise, there would be no need to bring in so many departments to form a joint team.

The Duma originally also had the responsibility of supervising the work of government departments.

The state government, that is also part of the government agency...

Of course, the reason why Danya talked so much about how Luzhkov hindered the development of Moscow State was to win the support of the members of the audience.

At the same time, she knew very well that her speech was just a formality, and it was almost impossible to affect the voting results, because the real voting results might have been determined before the meeting started!
The contest in the audience should have already been decided, and today's vote is just to show the result.

I just don't know if my boss is really sure, or if he doesn't care about the result at all.

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After Dania spoke, Gryzlov didn't waste any time, turned sideways and whispered to the deputy speakers of Wang Ye. If the deputy speakers had nothing to add, the voting would begin immediately. Anyway, he himself There is nothing more to say.

Before Wang Ye could speak, Konov said first: "I have a proposal. In order to make all the members take this vote seriously, we will vote in order according to the seat area. First, the first district will vote, and the results will be counted. Then start the second district, third district, fourth district..."

In fact, Konov's original intention was to vote separately by faction!

Because in the Duma Hall, there are a total of four major areas. The first area is full of MPs from the Kraveko Group, the second area is full of MPs from the Wangye faction, and the third faction is naturally the MPs from Zhirinov’s faction. up.

And the Moscow faction and the remaining members of the few small factions are sitting in the seats of the fourth district!

Therefore, upon hearing Konov's proposal, Gryzlov was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then his face became gloomy.

Obviously, he also roughly guessed why Konov made such a proposal.

It is obvious that this guy has dealt with some of the members of the Kravico Group. Now let the members of the Kravico Group vote first, just to let everyone see clearly, and this is also making himself look ugly!
Grezlov also knew about Konov's search for the core members of his faction yesterday, but he didn't ask those members in private what he had talked with Konov about.

Because you don’t need to ask, and you know what was discussed, but whether those congressmen have reached an agreement with Konov, this question cannot be asked!

After all, what happened this time had nothing to do with the Hilavik Group, it was just a struggle between Mikhail and the Moscow faction.

Even if I have a good personal relationship with Mikhail, I can only support him personally, and I can't let all the members of the faction follow me to support Mikhail.

After all, the Hilavik Group is very powerful, but the faction is also very complicated. No one can fully control this huge power. Even the current Kremlin is just a representative of this interest group...

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Gryzlov looked at Wang Ye, wanting him to express his thoughts, whether he agreed with Konov's proposal.

Wang Ye looked calm, nodded slightly and said, "I have no objection."

Zhirinov frowned and said nothing.

Since even Wang Ye did not object, Gryzlov had no reason to object, so he nodded and said to Konov: "Then do as you say!"

After knocking on the gavel again, Gryzlov solemnly announced the voting rules, and reminded the members of the audience, please be careful with the votes in your hands!
"Next, please cast your votes, members of the First District!"

Accompanied by Gryzlov's loud announcement, all the people in the hall focused their attention on the members of the first district.

Obviously, there are no fools who can sit in this hall.

It is almost an "open secret" that Konov has made some small moves behind the scenes, and most of the congressmen have already heard about it.

Everyone is also very curious about what price the Moscow faction will pay this time to "buy" the votes of the members of the Kravico Group.

Moreover, will these members of the Kravico Group turn their heads to support Luzhkov, an old enemy, for the benefits promised by Konov...

In fact, before each Duma vote, there will be a "lobbying" link. It is nothing more than interested parties going to various influential senior congressmen in private, and exchanging benefits for the votes in their hands.

This is nothing new.

This time is no exception, Konov is also familiar with the activities in advance.

It's just because the matter this time is more important, and it involves Mikhail and Luzhkov, two top leaders in the political arena!

That's why it's so sensitive...

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The members of the Hilavik Group sitting in the first district looked at each other in dismay. They did not expect that today's voting rules would be like this.

However, there is no precedent for removing a governor, so changing the voting rules is nothing.

Now that Gryzlov has announced this, he can only vote in this way, and it is impossible to change it.

Because this kind of voting is a real-name system, that is, voting machines are not allowed, but directly raise hands with those who approve, and then the clerk will record all the votes.

To be honest, it is quite difficult to make an open choice when so many people are watching.

Especially when their Hiravik Group and the Moscow faction have always been regarded as deadly enemies in the past...

"Members who are in favor of the removal of Governor Luzhkov, please raise your hands!" The clerk reminded.

Members of the first district looked at me and I looked at you, with the meaning of consulting in their eyes, obviously no one wanted to take the lead.

"Those who agree, please raise your hand!" The clerk reminded again.

Finally, the first person raised his hand, and then the second, and the third...

Hands up means in favor of the removal of Luzhkov!

There is no need for statistics, as long as you look casually, you can see that the number of congressmen who raised their hands is not too many, it can even be said to be very few!
The meeting hall suddenly became a little noisy, and the councilors in the other three areas saw this scene in the first area, and all whispered.

You know, the Hilavik Group is the first faction in the Duma, with 150 seats!
Roughly counting now, there are no more than fifteen congressmen who raised their hands!
Wouldn't it be that more than 140 members of parliament opposed the removal of Luzhkov?
According to the rules, as long as the number of opposing congressmen reaches 180, the recall procedure will be terminated and declared a failure!

And the Moscow faction itself still has [-] seats and has not yet started voting. Adding these [-] votes, wouldn't it mean that the number of opponents has reached more than [-]...

Many congressmen turned their eyes to the rostrum, and the faces of the four speakers were all different.

Gryzlov's face was ashen. Before the vote, he knew that some members would choose to oppose the dismissal of Luzhkov, because Konov had done a lot of work yesterday, and he should have promised a lot of benefits.

But he never expected that so many MPs in his faction would make such a choice!

This nature is different!
Because more than 140 people chose to oppose the removal of Luzhkov, this basically announced the result of today's vote, and the Moscow faction won!
Mikhail's failure is a small matter, but his faction's embarrassment is a big one!

It is estimated that after today, not only Mikhail will bear the consequences of losing the vote, but even his own faction will become a joke among everyone.

For a little benefit, so many congressmen openly "turned their backs" and defended their old enemy Luzhkov to death, what is all this...

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A smile appeared on Konov's face involuntarily.

His efforts were not in vain!

Luzhkov's money was not in vain...

The reason why he proposed such a voting method just now is to give everyone a little shock!

This is the first faction in the Duma, this is the Kraveko Group, and this is the old enemy of the Moscow faction.

As a result, in the face of interests, there will still be so many congressmen who make choices that make everyone feel incredible!

140 votes!

Together with the [-] votes from his own faction, he won today's vote firmly.

As for the factions of Mikhail and Zhirinov, to be honest, it doesn't matter whether they vote or not now, because it is impossible to get dozens of votes out of thin air!
The result is already doomed, haha...

Zhirinov frowned. He was quite surprised, and apparently he did not expect that so many people from the first faction would choose to defect and support Luzhkov.

He looked at Wang Ye with doubts and a trace of blame in his eyes.

Is this kid too underestimating the enemy? Didn't he prepare in advance for such an important matter?

It's all right now, the voting is basically over, and the consequences of failure, I don't know if he can bear it...

From the beginning of the meeting to the present, the expression on Wang Ye's face has not changed, with a smile on his face, looking very relaxed.

Even after such an astonishing scene now, he still hasn't changed much.

Among other things, this demeanor and psychological quality alone convinced many congressmen!
Because if they were Wang Ye, how could they be able to sit still in the face of the coming fiasco...

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On this occasion, Gryzlov couldn't say anything, so he could only bite the bullet and continue announcing that the members of the second district began to vote.

The seats in this area are all people from the Wangye faction, 150 members of parliament.

Fortunately, there was no surprise. All the members of the second district raised their hands in unison, expressing their support for the removal of Luzhkov!
Now the number of votes in favor is 150+15=165, while the number of votes against is 140, which is about the same.

Then the votes began in the third district, here the deputies of Zhirinov's faction.

Although not as fast as Wang Ye's faction raised their hands, all the congressmen still raised their arms, expressing their support for the removal of Luzhkov, which also eased Zhirinov's face, because it shows that there is no "" Inner ghost"!
The Zhirinov faction has a total of 80 votes. With these votes, the total number of votes in favor has reached 245!
Temporarily cast aside the number of negative votes.

But Konov's face was normal, and he didn't panic at all, because their Moscow faction would vote next.

As long as the sixty negative votes are securely obtained, the voting will be over!
No, there is no need for as many as sixty votes, as long as there are another forty votes, that is enough!
To be honest, Mikhail has been acting too calm these two days, a little abnormally calm...

So Konov wondered if he had any backhands, did he buy some members of his own faction?
It is possible!
But even if he bought it, so what? Could it be possible to directly buy more than half of the members' votes...

That would be outrageous, almost impossible!
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Without giving Konov much time to think, Gryzlov has announced that the fourth district has started voting.

Members of the five small factions raised their hands first. They moved closer to Mikhail. Even if the current situation is not good for Mikhail, they have no other choice but to bite the bullet and choose to continue to support Mikhail. Speaker Il!

The remaining [-] members of the Moscow faction, you look at me, I look at you, everyone's eyes are a little erratic, but no one raised their hands.

Just when Konov thought the dust had settled and he had won, the situation on the field changed!

"Show your hands to those deputies in favor of Luzhkov's dismissal!"

With the clerk's last reminder, a member of the Moscow faction suddenly raised his hand.

The congressman raised his hand as if it was a signal, the second, the third...

Members of the Moscow faction raised their arms one by one!
There was an uproar!

Today's vote was full of drama, and there was a two-level reversal!

The first faction that was supposed to support the removal of Luzhkov turned out to be mostly opposed, die Paul Luzhkov!

What everyone didn't expect was that at the most critical moment, the members of the Moscow faction chose to collectively betray the faction and abandoned the core figure of the faction - Luzhkov!

This turn of events left the three speakers sitting on the rostrum dumbfounded except for Wang Ye!

Konov, in particular, stood up involuntarily, with anger in his eyes, and tremblingly stretched out his fingers to those congressmen who raised their hands...

(End of this chapter)