At the first meeting after the special investigation team was established, Wang Ye spoke with particular gravity:
"Everyone, I'm sure you all know why we established this special investigation team: to uncover the truth behind the election fraud case as quickly as possible!
"Throughout the investigation, no matter which person or institution is implicated, we must investigate thoroughly to the very end. No concealment or bending of the law for personal gain will be tolerated.
"Otherwise, once discovered, legal responsibility will be pursued without exception!
"The first thing we need to do now is immediately dispatch a joint investigation team made up of multiple departments to Siberia. Find those voters whose ballots were bought and verify whether the election fraud case is real.
"Once we confirm that this case truly exists and is not fabricated by the media, we can proceed with the next step.
"I propose that..."
Wang Ye directly announced a list, appointing a senior Duma member to lead the team, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service serving as the main operational personnel. They would head to Siberia to investigate the election fraud case.
Their task was relatively simple: first verify whether election fraud had actually occurred, find the people involved—the voters whose ballots had been bought—and establish the facts.
Only then would they move on to the next stage, such as investigating the people who had orchestrated it from behind the scenes.
Of course, everyone present understood perfectly well that confirming whether fraud had occurred would be easy, since the voters involved were not going anywhere.
The truly difficult part was finding the masterminds. Since they had dared to do it, they must have been confident they would not get caught.
With the matter causing such a huge uproar, the people who had