There was still a difference between an elected president and one who had not won an election. For example, an elected president could truly form his own Presidential Cabinet instead of continuing to use his predecessor's Cabinet.
The previous president's midterm resignation had already been unexpected enough. For the sake of the Federation's stability, it was naturally impossible to immediately change the personnel holding important positions throughout the country.
On top of that, it had happened during such a special period, so almost all the Cabinet Ministers were members of the Conservative Party.
Of course, in order to cooperate with the President's work, those Ministers tried not to keep appearing in front of him whenever possible.
The President had no good way to deal with them either. For instance, he had really wanted to put Mr. Truman in an important position and have him resolve some of his troubles at work.
But because he was not an elected president, he could not do that.
Until yesterday, the Department of State had been little more than a decoration. The Minister of Foreign Affairs barely came to the Presidential Palace, and all diplomatic affairs had been handed over to the Vice Minister and Mr. Truman, who had no "official title."
But today, he had won the election. He was qualified to make changes to these people.
Just as the President stood in the nine-thirty morning sunlight, holding the "Federal Code" in his hands, and shouted before the statue of the first president, whose charter was engraved outside the Presidential Palace, "I will defend the people's rights with my life"...
A group of people had already packed their belongings and were walking out of the Presidential Palace. They held paper boxes of various sizes, all filled with their personal possessions.
Guards were beside