Chapter 92, the opening of the Congress
After the parliamentary elections, Ferdinand announced that the National Assembly would be reconvened on November 8, 1892, with the aim of electing a new legitimate government.
Although this was just a formality, Ferdinand still took it very seriously and announced the news as soon as possible.
At the end of the 19th century, mankind had begun to transition to a society governed by the rule of law, and legal system was attracting more and more attention. Ferdinand, as a man with vested interests, certainly did not want to undermine the majesty of the law.
Since Ferdinand's accession to the throne, although minor changes have been made to Bulgarian law, there has never been a direct violation of the constitution, and they have always tried to exploit loopholes or find ways to circumvent them.
In any case, the legal system in Bulgaria is not perfect, and in many places there are two kinds of molds, and even the jurists of the time expressed their opinions and did not reach a conclusion.
Ferdinand's small movements naturally went unnoticed. Now that a new Congress has been born, it's time to legalize many of the previous regulations.
In the days when there was no parliament, Bulgaria would not have changed much, and people would still do what they should do, which is the advantage of a conservative country, and people are not very politically sensitive.
Internationally, Ferdinand has been hacked into the sky, "a terrible tyrant", "evil dictator" and other titles, smashed by the so-called democrats who don't want money.
Well, in fact, there was no European monarch at that time who was not scolded by them, everyone was the same, it was nothing more than Ferdinand who had been scolded a little more recently.
But Ferdinand can't control the mouth on others, so just let them go, anyway, they won't do anything else except shout a few times.
In order to ensure the stability of the country's ideology, after Ferdinand succeeded to the throne, Bulgarian students stopped going to France, and went to Britain, Germany, Austria, Russia and other countries, even Belgium and Sweden.
Ferdinand has always stayed away from the liberal trend of thought in France, yes, it has a positive side to promoting national liberation and national independence, but that thing is really a cancer of the empire.
Since the rise of liberalism, the French Empire has begun to play political infighting at home, and its national strength is declining day by day. Ferdinand was drunk when he thought about it, and gradually tossed a world's top industrial power into a usury kingdom.
Putting away his chaotic thoughts, before the meeting began, Ferdinand summoned the next cabinet in the lounge.
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"Constantine, how are you preparing? Don't drop the chain at a critical moment! There is a precedent for Bulgaria to recall candidates, right? Ferdinand said with a chuckle
Konstantin smiled awkwardly and replied, "Your Excellency, please rest assured, we are all ready." The achievements of the interim cabinet in the past few years are here, and with these foundations, there should be no jokes! ”
Ferdinand smiled and nodded, acquiescing. The number of mouth cannons in this session of Congress is already the lowest in history, and real political achievements are the best weapon to conquer them. Even if Ferdinand had not operated in the shadows, the outcome of this election could now be determined.
Then he said, "Then go and meet the councillors, and I will be there later!" ”
As soon as Ferdinand's words fell, several people replied in unison: "Yes! Then he told Ferdinand to leave, daring to go to the halls of the Parliament.
The current congress hall is already very lively, and the parliamentarians are gathering in groups of three or five to discuss together. There are also a few who are gloriously isolated, and the lonely ones stand on the side, which can be described as distinct.
Bulgaria is a small country with a sparse population, many parliamentarians know each other and have good relations, and there are very few contradictions between regions.
However, the direct contradiction between party members and non-party parliamentarians has been around for a long time, and before Ferdinand came to power, non-party parliamentarians were almost deprived of their political voice.
In relatively conservative Bulgaria, non-partisan parliamentarians see political parties as tools of power for personal gain; Members of political parties believe that they do not have a sense of the big picture and are conservative in their thinking.
Previously, political parties had an advantage in Bulgaria and could co-opt some non-partisan figures; Now that feng shui is taking turns, and non-partisan parliamentarians are dominant, they have no way to collect people, and it is still okay to squeeze out the evil spirit.
Mr. Charles, who had just been elected, is now embarrassed, and the few party MPs have no common language because of the previous feud. And the non-partisan parliamentarians are not interested in him, and he no longer has expectations for the previous plan.
It all started with the parliamentary elections, when after the defeat of the neo-liberal party in the general election, Caston's hatred of Ferdinand rose to the point of no return, and he found the original back-up supporters of the neo-liberal party - Britain and Austria-Hungary.
Obviously, the British and Austria-Hungary have been dissatisfied with Ferdinand's pro-Russian policy for a long time, and they have endured it for the time being in order to make the woolly bear turn, but Ferdinand has been strictly guarded and has not given them a chance to make a move.
Now that the opportunity has come, he is happy to teach Ferdinand a lesson, and perhaps change the political landscape in Bulgaria.
With this in mind, the two sides naturally hit it off, and the British and Austria-Hungary came forward to facilitate this alliance of Bulgarian political parties, preparing to win over a group of parliamentarians who were dissatisfied with Ferdinand and make trouble in the National Assembly.
In order to keep it a secret, this time no one else knows except for the people involved, so the work of wooing the parliamentarians cannot be done in advance.
However, at present, the non-party parliamentarians are not willing to contact them at all, and there is no way to talk about wooing them, and the major political parties in Bulgaria have joined forces, and the number of deputies in the parliament has only just been able to gather enough to make proposals, and the results are not optimistic.
As soon as Konstantin and others entered the venue, they became the center of attention, chatting with enthusiastic parliamentarians from all over the country until the opening of the National Assembly.
There were no tricks, everything went according to the old practice. Oh, there is a vacancy in the speaker of the Bulgarian parliament, which was previously nominated by the party that won the general election, but this time of course there is none, so let's leave it empty first! Anyway, it will not affect the next meeting, so let the Secretary-General take over his work first.
After the ceremony, Ferdinand appeared to announce the opening of the National Assembly.
First of all, Konstantin made a work report on behalf of the Provisional Cabinet, summing up the achievements of Bulgaria in the economic, cultural, political, and military fields in the previous years.
Previously, although there were relevant reports in the newspapers, they had never been summarized in this way, and a series of political achievements were added together.
It soon won the high approval of all the parliamentarians, and even the most demanding people had to admit that the interim cabinet government did a good job. The subsequent state consultation went very smoothly.