"By the way, what are your plans after you retire?" Wang Ye asked casually.
His godfather let out a long sigh and smiled bitterly. "You said it yourself—retirement. What else could I do? Go enjoy my old age, I suppose. I just don't know whether, after being busy for most of my life, I'll be able to adjust to suddenly having nothing to do."
It was clear that he was still somewhat unwilling to accept it. After all, he had been born in 1952 and was only fifty-seven this year—not even sixty yet. He was still in his prime, so suddenly stepping down naturally felt strange.
Wang Ye nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "How about this? I'll discuss it with Gryzlov and Zhirinov and have the Duma introduce a new bill. Starting immediately, if a president does not seek another term, they can automatically become a senator after retirement, with a lifetime appointment, and work in the Federation Council."
His godfather froze for a moment. Clearly, he had not expected Wang Ye to make such a suggestion.
And honestly, the proposal was quite tempting to him!
Russia had a bicameral system, divided into upper and lower houses. The upper house was the Federation Council, also known as the Senate, while the lower house was the Duma!
Nominally, the upper house was more "prestigious" than the lower house, but in practice, it held far less power than the Duma...
One only had to look at the scope of authority of the so-called upper house, the Federation Council.
The Constitution stipulated that the Federation Council possessed the following powers:
1. Confirming the borders between the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
2. Approving decrees by the President of the Russian Federation declaring martial law or a state of emergency;
3.