Standing beside the small podium, Danya took a deep breath and steadied herself.
It was her first time speaking on an occasion like this, especially with all those distinguished Duma deputies seated before her...
Yet she did not feel intimidated. The grander the occasion, the calmer she became—perhaps even a little excited.
Perhaps she had been born for this, born for the big stage...
She first turned and bowed in greeting to the four speakers on the dais, then bowed to the deputies below before beginning her address.
As the representative of the joint task force, her main topic today was naturally why Luzhkov's removal from office had been initiated, the specific reasons behind it, and the necessity of this removal procedure.
Danya did not go into much detail regarding Luzhkov's alleged crimes. She merely mentioned "corruption and cronyism," saying that he had utterly betrayed the trust and expectations voters had once placed in him!
She then gave a detailed account of how, under Luzhkov's leadership, Moscow's development over the past few years might have appeared fairly rapid on the surface, but in reality, it was severely disproportionate to the preferential allocation of national resources Moscow had received!
In other words, Moscow should have developed far better than it had!
Thus, Luzhkov's successive terms as governor had not only failed to produce any meaningful achievements, but had instead hindered Moscow's development...
This was not off-topic. Although the joint task force had been formed over several letters of accusation, Wang Ye had granted it authority and responsibility far beyond merely investigating corruption when it was established.
It also included a thorough investigation of the entire Moscow Oblast bureaucratic system. Otherwise, there would have been no need to bring so many departments together into a joint task force.
The Duma itself also