Greece’s Roman Road

Chapter 150: reach an opinion

Using the proportional system to pay taxes, the poor in the middle and lower classes are relieved from the heavy burden of paying most of the taxes, the government has increased financial resources, and the financial crisis can be solved.

The only ones whose interests are damaged are the middle and high income earners in the society.

However, they will be compensated in Article 3 reforms.

"Then, let's talk about the third goal of reform, strengthening the independence of the judicial system," Prime Minister Alexandros announced to everyone.

"As long as the independence of the judiciary can be strengthened, even if I pay more taxes, I am willing," Silos said first.

"Every time a dispute occurs, the court does not make a judgment based on the law, but instead seeks a relationship with everyone."

"Officials can easily influence the work of the courts"

Most of the people present nodded in agreement with Silos' opinion.

"Actually, the chaos of the Greek judicial system is also influenced by the civil service system and the party's fat-sharing system. The judges of the court must have a good relationship with the political party before they can take office. How can such a court be fair?" Cantor Riotis, the current Greek textile tycoon, as the factory owner's representative, was also invited this time to participate in the reform consultations.

"The judicial system is not independent. Whenever there is an economic dispute, the court always fails to make a fair and just judgment. For businessmen, it is easy to suffer losses."

"For many businessmen, the opaque laws will greatly discourage everyone's investment enthusiasm"

"It's easy to fall into a vicious circle when litigating - in order to make the verdict in your favor, everyone scrambles to bribe the judge"

"Sometimes when I meet someone with a deep background, I can only admit that I am unlucky."

"The judges can't do anything either, their salaries are in the hands of others"

There is little opposition to reforms to increase judicial independence.

Especially the representatives of the bourgeoisie, they support reform because they are fed up with the suffering of the judicial system.

"The reform measures of the judicial system, in order to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and let the law serve everyone fairly and justly in social life, the future operation funds of the courts must first be listed separately in the budget, rather than being trapped in the executive department. ” said Prime Minister Alexandros.

"Similarly, in the future, the Greek court system will operate as independently as possible, without the influence of administrative agencies, social groups, and individuals."

In fact, the three goals of the reform are all related.

For example, in tax reform, if there is no clean and efficient tax collection agency, choosing a proportional tax system that is difficult to operate will do more harm than good. It is better to choose an equal tax system.

Because his operation is simple, how much tax has been paid, and how much has not been paid, count the number of people and the total amount, and you will know, anyway, everyone pays the same amount of tax.

The confusion in the judiciary was also influenced by the official appointment and dismissal system.

As a result, the political crisis originally triggered by the financial crisis has led to a comprehensive reform of the current government.

Seeing that everyone was in favor of judicial reform, and that this reform consultation was approved by everyone, Constantine was also relieved.

In general, all classes have something to offer.

Civil service groups will be restricted, and will gradually follow the British civil service system to reform, as compensation, they will have a retirement system.

The lower-middle-class poor benefit the most. They don't have to feel the burden of not being able to breathe because they haven't heard the news of the tax increase as before, because the taxation system has been changed to a proportional taxation system.

Relatively speaking, the emerging bourgeoisie will become an important source of tax payment in the future, but they will also be compensated, the right to speak in society will be strengthened, the judicial system will be reformed, and their business costs will be reduced in the future.

The reform proposals are full of compromises.

With the efforts of all parties, the government reluctantly reached a consensus with representatives from all walks of life.

After more than 40 delegates left, King George, Constantine, and Prime Minister Alexandros, the three of them could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, the crisis was finally over.

On the way to see the Prime Minister back to his official residence, Prime Minister Alexandros gratefully said to Constantine: "Your Highness, thank you for your support."

This crisis seems to be easy to resolve. It was resolved after calling representatives from all walks of life to discuss it.

In fact, it is very risky for the royal family to do so.

Especially the act of decisively mobilizing the army and forcibly maintaining order.

In case everyone's differences are sharp, and a consensus cannot be reached for a long time, the whole country may fall into civil war and chaos, and even the royal family will be caught in flames.

From the perspective of the royal family, a more secure way to deal with it should be to not intervene in disputes in the government.

After all, Greece is a constitutional monarchy, and the king is not obliged to take charge of the government's financial problems, it is the parliament's problem.

If the government of Alexandros can solve the financial crisis, everyone will be happy.

If he can't handle the matter effectively, he should also throw his hands on the parliament and let them re-elect a new prime minister who can take on a big job.

Until all parties are exhausted and finally compromise with each other and reach a consensus.

"You don't have to, Prime Minister, the royal family has their own considerations," Constantine said in a relaxed tone.

The region of Albania, which Greece is currently ceding from the Ottomans, is still under military control due to a lack of government funding.

The lack of government finances has affected normal work.

In addition to these considerations, the reason why Constantine decisively persuaded King George to use the army as the prime minister's platform to promote reform was also because the Greek society itself had indeed accumulated a lot of contradictions.

After years of rapid economic development in Greece, the traditional and imported means of economic development have come to an end.

For example, in the development of the textile industry in Greece, almost all the main machines are imported from Germany. It is said to develop the industry. In fact, it is more accurate to say that it is processing with supplied materials, and raw cotton is imported from abroad. After processing by the same imported German machines, the textile becomes Cloth, exported to the Ottoman Empire.

There is also the export of agricultural products from the Congo, such as coffee and sugar, to countries on the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts, relying on trade to make money.

However, in the next time, if Greece still relies on these old means, it will be very difficult for Greece to continue its rapid economic development.

Further development of the Greek economy, UU reading www. uukanshu.com can no longer rely on pure export trade.

He needs some spare money in the hands of the Greek people to consume and promote the transformation and upgrading of Greece's economic structure.

This requires changes to Greece's original equal taxation system.

Constantine did not want Greece, because of the internal chaos, a good opportunity for the development of measures.

After the signing of the London Treaty with the Ottoman Empire, this large market once again opened its doors to Greek goods, which is a good time for the development of Greek industry.

It would be extremely unfavorable for Greece to wait for a large amount of German industrial products to enter the Ottoman Empire with the warming of relations between the two countries.

If a country cannot reform at the right time, it will lose the opportunity for development.

"Do you estimate how much tax Greece can raise every year after the reform of the tax system?" Constantine asked.

"If the reform of the taxation department is quicker, the tax revenue this year can be 50 million drachmas more than under the equal taxation system," Alexandros said happily.

"As the Greek economy developed rapidly after the war, this number will continue to grow rapidly"

"After the government repays the UK's due foreign debt, in addition to the military expenditure allocated to the army, the government will invest the rest of the funds in the Albanian region."

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