Chapter 175: Election

After the ballot box was opened, in order to avoid fraud, the ballots did not move, but faced the members of parliament directly, and took out the ballots one by one from the opening in front. Each ballot will be shown to the members so that everyone can see the elected ones clearly.

Huang Xing was responsible for taking out the ballot from the ballot box, then spreading his hands wide and lifting them to his chest to show them to everyone.

"Sun Yat-sen's vote." After Song Jiaoren glanced at the first vote in Huang Xing's hand, he saw that the person who was selected was Sun Yat-sen, and immediately announced the name of the person who had the first vote to the audience in a crisp and bright voice.

Clerk Chiang Kai-shek recorded the number of ballots on the side, and there were also members of parliament as supervisors, following the count of the number of ballots to prevent statistical errors and fraud.

Chiang Kai-shek's shining light reflected a dazzling light under the light, which was quite eye-catching. The parliamentarians gradually began to remember the only member of the parliament's light brain. Some reporters also specifically interviewed him for why he left a bald head. Chiang Kai-shek was embarrassed and said that he deliberately left a bald head to change the dynasty and started again. In fact, he had to leave a bald head because of his thin hair, otherwise he would look very ugly.

The young Chiang Kai-shek raised his head every time he made a note, looked at Song Jiaoren with his shrewd and calm eyes, got the name of the candidate from him, and then recorded it carefully.

"Li Tiancheng voted."

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"Li Tiancheng."

"Li Tiancheng."

"Sun Yat-sen."

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The process of counting votes was very fast, and it was completed in about half an hour. Finally, the voting statistics and supervision team began to summarize. Judging from the probability of Li Tiancheng's name just now, everyone heard that his votes should have exceeded Sun Yat-sen. Everyone was just waiting for the statistical results and had a digit in their minds.

The members of the Democratic Party of China began to look forward and excited. Although most of the Kuomintang members seemed a little gloomy, they were also looking forward to the birth of the first president of the United Democratic Republic of China and were looking forward to it.

After the statistics came to an end, Sun Yat-sen and Li Tiancheng in the audience were relieved because the results were already obvious. The probability of Li Tiancheng appearing was unnecessary. Sun Yat-sen's election result was about to be announced. However, in order to complete the procedure, the two still maintained their due calmness and sat in their seats with a solemn expression.

Finally, everyone cast their eagerly anticipated eyes on Song Jiaoren who was holding the statistics and preparing to announce to everyone, and the rest had returned to their seats.

"According to the statistical results, the Kuomintang candidate Sun Yat-sen won 92 votes, and the Democratic Party candidate Li Tiancheng won 118 votes. Now I solemnly announce that the candidate who was elected as the first president of the United Democratic Republic of China is: the Democratic Party candidate Li Tiancheng," Song Jiaoren announced to the parliamentarians excitedly that the birth of the first president of the United Democratic Republic of China was betting on Li Tiancheng with enthusiasm.

All the members stood up again, and thunderous applause was heard in the venue again. The applause lasted forever, warm and inspiring. Amid the hot eyes of everyone, Li Tiancheng left the seat step by step and walked towards the rostrum. Before he left the seat, Sun Yat-sen shook hands with him very politely to express his congratulations, showing the demeanor of a great man of his generation.

"Dear comrades, dear elites of the China United Democratic Republic, I am very honored to be elected as the first president of the China United Democratic Republic. Thank you for your congressmen for casting a precious vote that represents democracy. Here I bow deeply to you." Li Tiancheng calmed down his excitement, glanced at more than 200 congressmen who were staring at him in the audience, and then bowed to everyone with deep affection.

The warm applause rang again. After the applause was over, Li Tiancheng raised his head again, and his heart was still surging. He walked along the way. After five years of dormant, he then worked hard and fought countless times, before he reached his current position. He was extremely excited, and his slightly trembling hands supported on the rostrum, looking a little stiff.

"I will be sworn in at the Presidential Palace tomorrow and officially become the first president of the United Democratic Republic of China. At this time, I am extremely excited. Everyone trusts me and votes on the votes in my hands. I must work diligently and diligently in this important leadership position, and bet all my life and enthusiasm into our unfinished career, overthrow the feudal system, unify the whole of China, and drive away the noble cause of expelling foreign enemies."

"Here, I once again thank all the members of parliament for their trust and support for me, and also express my highest respect to my opponent, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, a great man from the China United Democratic Republic." Li Tiancheng made a thankful statement.

Warm applause sounded again in the venue. The moment Li Tiancheng walked off the stage, the members of the parliament walked down from their seats, surrounded Li Tiancheng, and extended their warmest congratulations to him. Especially the members of the Democratic Party, they were even more passionate. Some people rushed to the front and hugged Li Tiancheng, while others left tears of excitement. They also looked forward to this day for a long time.

According to the election procedures, only the presidential election will be held on December 25. On December 26, Li Tiancheng will appoint the vice president. The vice president does not need to pass a parliamentary vote and is directly appointed by the president. However, the Premier of the State Council nominated by Li Tiancheng will have to pass the majority of the votes of the Congress before he can be elected. Otherwise, the president will have to nominate another candidate again and vote again. After the Premier of the State Council is elected, he will nominate leaders of various institutions of the State Council and then voted by the parliament.

Previously, the General Executive Yuan and the Executive Yuan of each province will be reorganized into the State Council, with the highest leader of the State Council being the Premier of the State Council and the highest administrative official of the provincial unit being the governor.

The Chairman of the Central Military Commission is also the President, and the President is also the commander-in-chief of the three armies, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and the vice president is the deputy commander-in-chief. In special circumstances, he will act as the president. The Military Commission has another position of Chief of Staff, the Minister of National Defense, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Army and Air Forces, and the Chief of Staff. In this way, there are ten members of the Military Commission. The Chairman of the Military Commission will nominate the list of members of the Military Commission and will be voted by the Parliament.

Li Tiancheng had already thought about the list of members of the Military Commission and would be announced one by one at tomorrow's inauguration ceremony, and then it would need to be approved by the parliament. This is also a democratic compromise made by Li Tiancheng and Sun Yat-sen. Initially, considering the absolute leadership of the military, the military commission's personnel appointment and removal powers were all in the hands of Li Tiancheng alone. At that time, a formal country had not been established. Now after the country was officially established, these rights would be weakened. However, most of the members of Congress were members of the Democratic Party. There is a high possibility that Li Tiancheng's nomination candidate would be approved. As long as half of them passed, the nominated candidates would be appointed.

Regarding the list of provincial parliamentarians, before implementing universal suffrage, the highest position system will be adopted, that is, the fifteen highest positions are automatically elected as members of parliament, and the fifteen members of each province are the governors, vice governors, directors of departments, and mayors of provincial capitals.

The heads of government of prefecture-level cities are directly nominated by the governor and the provincial council can vote and pass it. Officials from the region and below shall be reported by the region themselves, and the heads of the region shall nominate, and then handed over to the provincial unit, which shall be reviewed and voted for implementation by the provincial council. There is currently no parliamentary body below the provincial council.

In addition, after the government is formally established, it will formulate the fundamental law of the country, that is, the Constitution. The first constitution will impose candidates for presidential elections within 20 years between Li Tiancheng and Sun Yat-sen. The Constitution will also stipulate that the president has the power to reject the bill passed by Congress. However, if the Congress passes the law with a support rate of more than two-person, the president has no other right and must be implemented in accordance with the passed bill.

The Constitution is the fundamental law of the country and must also be approved by the Congress of more than two-person support ratings before it can be finalized. If the Constitution needs to be amended, it must be voted to pass again.

The first constitution will be very conducive to Li Tiancheng's control of state power. Once the 20-year period passes, if the country is not in a state of war, a new constitution will be re-formulated, the current presidential candidate system will be abolished, and citizens across the country have the right to participate in the presidential election, but they still need to be qualified as presidential candidates.

In the press conference hall, countless hot eyes were focused on Li Tiancheng. After Li Tiancheng made a brief and enthusiastic speech, he answered a series of questions from the reporters and introduced and promised his future policy proposals and various policies and guidelines to implement.

The reporters congratulated Li Tiancheng one after another. What they are most concerned about at present are the issues related to the super education system technology and its practical application.

The reporters mentioned how the super education system was obtained, who invented the technology, whether it was a magic weapon given to Li Tiancheng as rumored by God, or the technology from aliens mentioned by some foreign scientists. When Li Tiancheng was asked these questions, it was difficult to give a positive answer. He only introduced that the super education system was obtained by chance, and the inventor of this technology himself had never met. As for how this mysterious scientist invented this magical new technology, he himself did not know. He also believed that the scientist might not be a person on earth, but an messenger from aliens, in order to bring alien civilization to the earth and help the scientific and technological civilization on earth move forward...
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