Chapter 257 Cabinet Restructuring

After flipping through a few pages, Arthur gradually got a general idea in his mind.

The cabinet of Australasia has basically been responsible for all government work.

Although the functions of various departments seem a bit bloated, Australasia is not too big, so it does not pose a big problem.

The reason why the House of Representatives proposed to increase the number of cabinet seats is to make plans for itself.

After all, every additional seat means an additional opportunity. The cabinet government is the top link of the Australasia government, and the cabinet members in Australasia can be said to be below the royal family and above the government.

However, the election of the House of Representatives has not yet been held, and the final candidates for the members have not been determined. Is it a bit too hasty to worry about the future cabinet election now?

Arthur shook his head and looked at another proposal.

There was a line of words clearly written on the other proposal, suggesting the establishment of formal positions such as deputy prime minister and deputy minister.

In fact, each department currently has a deputy minister position. Even the diplomatic department, which currently has fewer affairs, has a minister and a deputy minister.

However, the power of the deputy minister is rather awkward. Although he is in the department of the cabinet government, he is not in the cabinet government, which is neither up nor down.

The only good thing may be that he can temporarily take over the position of the minister when the ministers of various departments encounter an accident.

But the problem is that there is no possibility of war in Australasia at present, and the ministers of various departments are generally around 40 years old.

The possibility of these young and strong ministers encountering an accident is lower than the possibility of them becoming full-time in the next election.

As for the proposal of the deputy prime minister, Arthur thinks it is good.

At present, there is no deputy prime minister in Australasia, because the cabinet government often works under Arthur's decision.

In addition, part of the prime minister's power has been divided among various departments, so there is no need for the position of deputy prime minister.

However, as the size of Australasia grows, the government affairs of ministers of various departments will become more bloated and complicated.

Therefore, it is still necessary to establish the position of deputy prime minister in advance to share the government affairs and things that may increase in the future.

After all, if Arthur needs to visit abroad for important matters in the future, having a deputy prime minister to check on the prime minister can also maintain domestic stability.

After all, the prime minister is a position elected by the House of Representatives. Although Arthur must nod his head in agreement and swear allegiance to Arthur, this cannot guarantee the prime minister's absolute loyalty to Arthur.

Although Arthur has the military power, the prime minister can basically not make any waves, but no one can guarantee that Arthur's next generation and the next two generations can still firmly control the government.

If a monarch who has lost his royal power wants to control the government, he must add a few more insurances.

A deputy prime minister directly appointed by the monarch can obviously guarantee his loyalty.

After all, the person who can be appointed as the deputy prime minister by the monarch himself is, at least in the eyes of the monarch, absolutely loyal to himself.

In this way, the monarch's power must be slightly strengthened in other aspects to prevent his descendants from losing their royal power for various reasons in the future. At least the royal power of himself and his family must be guaranteed not to be threatened. At worst, it must become a constitutional country where the monarch has certain power.

After thinking for a while, Arthur signed his decision on the two proposals and called the guards to send them to the Royal Parliament.

On May 30, the Royal House formally issued the final handling opinions on the two resolutions to the House of Representatives and handed them over to the Cabinet Government for discussion.

The two resolutions were eventually merged together, and the number of cabinet seats was successfully increased.

However, the additional seats were not elected by the House of Representatives as the members thought, but directly appointed by Arthur or the future monarch, and the term of office was also four years.

The specific resolution is as follows: After consultation between Arthur and the Royal Parliament, it was decided to reform the cabinet government of Australasia.

In addition to the ministers of eight departments and the prime minister, the reformed cabinet government also includes seven ministers appointed by Arthur himself (the chief justice, the archbishop, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the secretary of state, the deputy prime minister, and the minister of royal affairs, the finance minister, and the defense minister).

The reformed cabinet government has completely become the highest government department in Australasia, and members of the cabinet government no longer serve as members of the Royal House of Representatives.

The cabinet government is generally responsible to Arthur and the Royal House, but the House of Representatives also has supervisory power.

If the House of Representatives is dissatisfied with a cabinet government official or the entire cabinet government, it can propose a resolution to apply for impeachment of a certain official or the entire government.

Of course, the final impeachment will be reported to the Royal House of Representatives and Arthur unless the approval rate exceeds 75%.

This also means that unless the House of Representatives unites, it will lose jurisdiction over the cabinet government. The only remaining supervisory power is also subject to great restrictions, which is also the pinnacle of the Australasian monarchy.

In addition, the ministers of the cabinet departments are also officially renamed as department ministers, and the official title of the cabinet prime minister is also changed to chief minister.

From this point on, the number of cabinet seats in Australasia will increase to 16, Arthur will completely control 7, and the House of Representatives will elect 9.

In order to compensate the House of Representatives, Arthur decided to allow the then prime minister to appoint a deputy minister in each department for the term of the prime minister.

But the ministers of each department are still elected by the House of Representatives, which can completely separate the positions of the prime minister and the ministers of each department, which are elected by the House of Representatives, and block the possibility of these positions being united.

After all, the prime minister of the government will threaten the power of the ministers of the department, and will also make the ministers of each department feel a little apprehensive about the prime minister.

In the case of mutual suspicion and distrust between the cabinet and the government, they will naturally not unite and pose a threat to the royal power.

It is worth mentioning that after the complete reform of the cabinet this time, Arthur completely took control of the more important finance minister and defense minister.

However, the reaction caused by this regulation is the lowest. After all, even in the previous cabinet, the ministerial positions of the two departments of finance and defense were firmly in Arthur's hands, and they were two positions that could not be obtained by election.

The impact of this cabinet reform on the political arena is not small, which can be said to have subverted the current top-level political structure of Australasia.

In a word, the reform of the cabinet this time has greatly strengthened the royal power, both in appearance and in reality.

Although the prime minister was compensated with a deputy minister position in each department, each department is controlled by the ministers, and whether the deputy ministers can gain power is another matter.

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