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"Yes, but you make it sound so easy, brother Kyle. I had no idea how to do it, that's why I asked you."

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　Keep the Barka party as the number one party in Congress.

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　I have been trying to think of a way to do this, but I haven't come up with much of an idea.

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　So, I decided to ask some people's opinions.

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　The person I consulted this time is my brother Kyle.

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　Through Ai, I will explain the situation to Kyle, who is far away from the snowy mountains.

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　I told him that the Orient, Gran's home country, has a parliament, and that I had succeeded in sending Ai to that parliament and getting him appointed as its chairman.

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　Then, when I asked him how we can maintain our power and what we should do beyond that, he told me as if it was a simple matter.

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　Brother Kyle is really amazing.

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　He had an idea immediately after listening to me.

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"Yes. How do we do that?"

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"Change your mindset?"

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"...... change the structure of Congress?　Well, what do you mean?　I don't really understand."

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　What?

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　What's that? That's bogus.

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　Is it really that big of a deal to change the way Congress works?

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　I thought they would change the number of council members, the length of their terms, or create new positions.

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　But what if, as brother Kyle said, there is a rule for the candidates?

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　Then, not only would the Barka party always have a majority, but there would be no other party but the Barka party.

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　In fact, the rule of who can run for office already exists.

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　This is because it is currently stipulated that one must be a first class citizen.

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　In other words, it can be realized by changing the rule a little.

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"No, but it's still impossible, isn't it?　Such a fundamental change would definitely generate a lot of opposition. No matter how much we could make Ai the chairman, all the other members except for the Barka Party would oppose such a change in the rules."

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<<< I bet. That's why I said that was an extreme example.

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"Hmm. So, we have to find a way to have a majority, but with less opposition and more ease of changing the system as it is now. It's still difficult."

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<<< Is that so?　Maybe you can. Because Alphonse already has an organization like Barca Church, right?　Then, you can create an election system that maximizes the effectiveness of that system. From what I've heard, it seems that the members are chosen from the entire populated city-states, so maybe there is a way to divide the electoral districts. We can change it so that the maximum number of seats can be obtained with the expected number of votes >.

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　It's hard to say what you mean, brother Kyle.

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　But after that, I could understand it somewhat after listening to the further explanation by brother Kyle and Ai.

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　A change of system.

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　Now, the entire city is divided into districts, and the council members are elected in order of the number of votes they received until the number of council members reaches the specified number.

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　It seems that it would be a good idea to divide the city into several districts.

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　By counting backward from the number of votes obtained by organizational votes, they can create districts that work in their favor and secure seats for themselves.

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　Actually, this idea is not Kyle's original one, but it is based on an idea that he has heard from Ars.

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　When Brother Kyle got his own fiefdom for the first time and suddenly had to rule in an unfamiliar land, he consulted with Brother Ars about various issues, and the parliamentary system was mentioned to him.

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　He said that he had talked about the method of making an assembly and governing by elected people, as such a method existed.

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　At that time, he also mentioned the disadvantages of such a method.

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　He said that with an electoral system, it is always possible to maintain a majority even if the overall turnout is only about 20%.

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　How does brother Ars know such a thing?

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　I remembered that Ai told me that the idea of political parties itself originated from Ars.

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　The Kingdom of Fontana and the Kingdom of the Sky have councils, but they don't have assemblies where members are chosen by election.

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　Well, at any rate, it was a good thing to hear.

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　The first example of the condition of the candidacy will probably be opposed by many people, but it might be possible to allocate the electoral districts.

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　It is difficult to know immediately what the impact of doing so would be, and some people may agree to it as it would be advantageous for them.

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　We should consider what would be the best way for the Barka party and let the congress put it on the agenda.

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　After listening to Kyle's opinion, I immediately discussed the redistricting with Ai.

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