Standing beside the small podium, Dania took a deep breath and adjusted her mood.

This was her first time speaking on such an occasion, especially since the people sitting on the stage were all distinguished members of the Duma...

But she didn't have stage fright. The bigger the occasion, the calmer she became, and even a little excited.

Maybe this is also natural, born for big scenes...

First, she turned around and bowed to the four speakers on the rostrum, and then bowed to the MPs in the audience. Then Dania began her story.

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

Regarding Luzhkov’s alleged crimes, Dania did not make it too clear. She only mentioned “corruption and party-based selfishness”, which completely failed the voters’ trust and expectations of him!

Then she told in detail that under the leadership of Luzhkov, Moscow's development in these years seemed slow on the surface, but in fact it was seriously inconsistent with the resource tilt given to Moscow by the country!

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

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

This is not a digression, but her joint working group was established based on several letters of complaint.

But when it was established, the powers and responsibilities that Wang Ye gave to this joint group 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 group.

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

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

Of course, the reason why Dania talked so much about how Luzhkov hindered the development of Moscow Region was just to win the support of the MPs in the audience.

At the same time, she also 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 battle in the audience should have already decided the winner, and today's vote is just to show the results.

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

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After Dania spoke, Gryzlov did not waste time. He turned sideways and whispered to the deputy speakers Wang Ye. If the deputy speakers had nothing to add, they would start voting immediately. Anyway, he himself

There's nothing more to say.

Before Wang Ye could speak, Konov said first: "I have a suggestion. In order for all members to treat this vote with caution, we will vote sequentially by seating area. The first district will vote first, and the results will be tallied.

Then start the second area, the third area, the fourth area..."

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

Because there are four major areas in the Duma hall. The first area is all members of the Klaviko group, the second area is all members of the Wangye faction, and the third area is naturally the members of Zhirinov's faction.

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The Moscow faction and the remaining members of the small factions sit in the seats in the fourth district!

Therefore, after hearing Konov's suggestion, Gryzlov was obviously stunned for a moment, and then his face turned gloomy.

Obviously, he roughly guessed why Konov would make such a proposal.

Obviously this guy has taken over some of the members of the Klaviko Group. Now he lets the members of the Klaviko Group vote first because he wants everyone to see clearly. He is also making a fool of himself!

Gryzlov also knew about the fact that Konov approached the core members of his faction yesterday, but he did not ask those members in private what they had discussed with Konov.

Because you don’t need to ask, you know what was discussed, but you can’t ask whether those congressmen reached any agreement with Konov!

After all, this matter has nothing to do with the Shilavik Group, but is just a struggle between Mikhail and the Moscow faction.

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

After all, the power of the Shilavik Group is huge, but the factions are 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 and whether he agreed with Konov's proposal.

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

Zhirinov frowned but said nothing.

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

Banging the gavel in his hand again, Gryzlov solemnly announced the voting rules and reminded the members in the audience to be careful with the votes in their hands!

"Now, members of the first district, please cast your votes!"

Following Gryzlov's loud announcement, everyone in the hall focused their attention on the members of the first district.

There is obviously no fool who can sit in this hall.

It is almost an "open secret" that Konov has done something behind his back, and most of the congressmen have already heard about it.

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

Moreover, will these Kravko Group MPs turn around and support Luzhkov, his old enemy, for the benefits promised by Konov?

In fact, before every Duma vote, there will be a "lobbying" link, which is nothing more than interested parties going to various influential senior members in private to exchange their interests for the votes they hold.

This is nothing new.

This time was no exception, and Konov was able to do some activities in advance.

It's just because this matter is relatively important and involves Mikhail and Luzhkov, two top political figures!

That's why he seems so sensitive...

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The members of the Shilawik group sitting in the first area looked at each other a little bit. They did not expect that today's voting rules would be like this.

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

Since Gryzlov has already announced this, he can only vote like this, and no further changes are possible.

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

To be honest, it is quite difficult to make a public choice with so many people watching.

Especially since the Shilavik Group and the Moscow faction have always been sworn enemies in the past...

"Members who support the removal of Governor Luzhkov from office, please raise your hands!" the secretary reminded.

Councilors from the first district looked at me and I looked at you, with inquiries in their eyes. Obviously no one wanted to take the lead.

"Those who agree, please raise your hands!" the secretary reminded again.

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

Raising your hands means supporting the removal of Luzhkov!

There is no need to count. Just take a casual look and you can see that the number of congressmen who raised their hands is not that many, it can even be said to be very few!

The conference hall suddenly became a little noisy, and the MPs from the other three areas started whispering when they saw the scene in the first area.

You know, the Shilavik Group is the largest faction in the Duma, with 155 seats!

Now, roughly counting, there are no more than fifteen members of Congress who have raised their hands!

Isn’t it true that more than 140 members of parliament opposed the removal of Luzhkov?

According to the rules, as long as the number of opposing members reaches 180, the recall process will be terminated and declared a failure!

And the Moscow faction still has 60 seats and has not yet started voting. With these 60 votes, wouldn't it mean that the number of opponents has reached more than 200...

Many members of Congress turned their attention to the rostrum, and the four speakers had different expressions on their faces.

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

But he never expected that so many members of 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 the embarrassment of his faction is a big deal!

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 in everyone's mouth.

For a little benefit, so many congressmen openly "turned sides" and defended their old enemy Luzhkov to the death. What kind of thing is this...

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Konov couldn't help but smile.

His efforts were not in vain!

Luzhkov’s money was not in vain...

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

This is the first faction of the Duma, this is the Klaviko group, this is the old enemy of the Moscow faction.

As a result, in the face of interests, there are still so many congressmen who have made incredible choices!

One hundred and forty votes!

Coupled with the 60 votes from his own faction, he firmly won today's vote.
To be continued...