An unusual thing happened today: Zhang Dejiang presided over the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress and delivered a speech. What is unusual about
? First of all, this is a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress "temporary convening", which is very unusual; and the reason for the temporary convening is to vote for the election of some National People's Congress representatives in Liaoning Province to be invalid, and the content is also very unusual.
temporary
In accordance with the "Rules of Procedure for the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress" promulgated in 1987, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress generally has a meeting time every two months. "When there are special needs, you can convene a meeting temporarily."
How special is this temporary convening? Let’s put it this way, on the National People’s Congress, you can read the special topics of “Previous Standing Committees”. The earliest update of this topic was the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress in February 2004; in the past 12 years, this mechanism has been carried out almost completely at a two-month interval.
has only three "exceptions": 1. The first and second meetings after the new Standing Committee were generally separated by one month, which is a common practice; 2. In April 2004, two meetings were held within one month, but it was not said that they were "temporary". According to the date, the additional one was because the method of signing the appointment of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council was decided; 3. This time.
In other words, this is the first time that the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held an extraordinary meeting in at least 12 years, and it is also the first time during Zhang Dejiang's tenure. The content of the
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conference is even more important: Liaoning bribery election.
Therefore, the officialdom in Liaoning is undergoing a deep reshuffle in the case. Previously, four provincial senior officials who were dismissed - Wang Min, former secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, Wang Yang and Zheng Yuzhuo, former deputy directors of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, and Su Hongzhang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, were all named in the review notice related to the canvassing votes and bribery case. A group of department-level officials, entrepreneurs, and NPC representatives were also involved in the case, and subsequent aftershocks continued.
Today, Zhang Dejiang's speech was also the first time that the Liaoning election bribery case was "characterized" - this is "the first major case investigated and dealt with since the founding of New China, seriously violated party discipline and national laws, seriously violated political discipline and political rules, seriously violated organizational discipline and term change discipline, and seriously undermined the election system of the people's congress system. It is a challenge to our country's people's congress system, a challenge to socialist democratic politics, a challenge to national laws and party discipline, and touched the bottom line of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the bottom line of the Chinese Communist Party's governance."
"The first since the founding of New China" and "provincial level", which has highlighted the difference. A similar statement has been used before. Hengyang’s election bribery case, but it is not a “provincial level”. The
data can indeed prove the reason. You should know that there are only 102 representatives of Liaoning among the 12th National People's Congress. This time, 45 were invalid, accounting for 44.1% of the total number of the province;
Xinhua News Agency's data is even more shocking: 523 representatives of Liaoning Provincial People's Congress were involved in this case! The Standing Committee of the 12th People's Congress of Liaoning Province originally had 62 personnel and 38 representatives had been terminated. Therefore, less than half of its Standing Committee members are unable to perform their duties normally; "This situation has not happened to a provincial People's Congress Standing Committee in the history of New China"!
Previously, the notice on the Liaoning case had actually been conveyed layer by layer within the party. The content of this rare extraordinary NPC meeting was reported at the level of "NPC representatives" within its authority; and the Liaoning election bribery case also involved the canvassing and bribery of party and government cadres during the election of the new term. However, the central government's attitude and handling methods towards this case can actually be seen in Zhang Dejiang's speech.
rules
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held next year. According to convention, in the first or two years before the National Party Congress, the four-level party committees at the provincial, municipal, county and township levels across the country will usher in a concentrated election, and there will be a change of elections at the People's Congress and CPPCC at all levels in the future, so it is known as the "year of election". This year, the adjustments to the main provincial leadership positions have become very intensive. Everyone has seen it, and those below the province are also in full swing.
At this moment, the central government’s notice, the National People’s Congress’ extraordinary meeting, and the central government’s “Opinions on Preventing the Promotion of Cadres with Illness” issued by the previous Central Committee can all be seen as giving vaccinations to the change of leadership. After all, the key to governing is to employ people. What kind of cadres appoint, and who to promote or adjust to new positions will involve a large number of systematic personnel arrangements, which is the top priority of political life. What kind of people to be elected as NPC representatives is also directly related to whether China's democracy can be carried forward and whether the people's opinions and suggestions can be understood.
Like the holiday, the change of leadership was once a "pass" with frequent problems. According to the officialdom's "unwritten rules", at such a barrier, people move in a dense manner, and there are constant private activities, and many secret matters are reported.
For example, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's official newspaper published an article listing some chaos: over-age, you can't nominate, but you can do something in your household registration book; you shouldn't plead for others, but you can "introduce the situation"; it is obvious that someone was leaking at a research cadre meeting, but it is called "heroes have similar views", so that the practical practitioners who abide by "clear rules" are excluded, and those who take shortcuts and seek quick success and instant benefits are all good.
Zhang Dejiang also pointed out the chaos in the Liaoning People's Congress election: "The election organization and relevant responsible persons do not implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and... turn a blind eye to the act of disrupting the election; some representative candidates use capital to manipulate the election and canvass votes and bribe elections; some representative representatives cannot discipline the matter and regard accepting money and goods from representative candidates as a hidden rule; some NPC leading cadres and staff know the law and violate the law, and canvass the votes and lead the thread to the representative candidates..."
Generally speaking, canvassing votes and bribery votes are naturally canvassing and bribing votes with voting rights. In the work procedures of the Party’s organization department, every year of the term change, a complete set of procedures is required. For example, the inspection team sent by the superior organization department must go to the lower party committee to carry out work; in this process, it is necessary to find cadres of a certain level to talk to them within a certain range, so that they can evaluate and recommend candidates, etc.; at the same time, some cadre research meetings and recommendation meetings must be held to evaluate the candidates, and then vote to form organizational opinions.
NPC representatives also have their own set of inspection and selection procedures, because representatives at the national level need to vote for provincial representatives, and so on. It is not difficult to understand why 45 Liaoning National People's Congress representatives were removed, and more than 500 provincial representatives were involved in the case.
Originally, this is a very good system. These cadres who are familiar with each other in the local and system can evaluate candidates, reflect their actual work ability, work and life style, public reputation, etc., and achieve the effect of "selecting talents and appointing abilities" under the framework of the conditions for cadre appointment. But speculators also find space: find the right people with voting rights, let them "say a few good words" for themselves when talking to the organization department, or vote for themselves when voting. This is how rent-seeking and exchange of power are formed.
Ecological
Selecting and employing people is the top priority in governance. Canvassing votes and bribery will cause serious damage to the political ecology of in a place.
such as Liaoning. In fact, two years ago, after the Central Inspection Team inspected Liaoning, it investigated and dealt with issues such as Liaoning cadres' appointment of leaders and canvassing votes and running for the most prominent style of "canceling votes". It is recommended that the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee learn from the lessons of the election work of the new term, resolutely investigate and punish canvassing votes and bribery, and prevent similar problems from happening again.
Liaoning's "look back" rectification report reads: "Liaoning's political ecology has been severely damaged, and some problems have deep problems, and it will take time to completely reverse them. "This report shows that the canvassing and bribery in Liaoning has affected the "provincial development and reform commission, provincial court and other departments, as well as important cities such as Dalian, Anshan , Chaoyang , and Chaoyang ". The reason why
is like this is because it has been mentioned earlier that if you want to canvassing and bribery, it will be "Hela" and "hai bribery", because the scope of the interviewees in the democratic recommendation process may be very wide. Taking Nanchong, Sichuan and Hengyang, Hunan, which have been investigated and dealt with, the former has 477 people involved in the case, while 467 people have been punished and 69 people have been transferred to judicial organs.
"One dirty and one nest" is not a false statement in canvassing and bribery.
What is even more worrying is that in this case, it is very likely to form cliques and gangs. For example, if the leaders of a city want to be promoted to the provincial ranks, if they want to follow this wrong path, they may play the "memberly card", "classmate card", and "work experience card", allowing them to support each other and other political rewards, and eventually form a closed independent kingdom, and jointly advance and retreat and confront the organization. On July 11, the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee held an enlarged meeting to study the issue of "rectifying 'circle culture' and forming cliques."
Prevention
Because of this, the vaccination and tightening curse are more necessary. The provisional Standing Committee held by the National People's Congress today has already said very harshly - "The power-money transaction is never allowed to be brought into the election, and the socialist democracy and rule of law are never allowed in any form." "Adhere to 'zero tolerance', and if you find it, investigate and punish it, and hold it accountable, and never tolerate it or not to be merciless."
At the beginning of this year, at the National Organization Ministers' Meeting, the "nine prohibitions" of strictly prohibiting gangs, buying and selling officials, etc., were issued; the term "four and four musts" was also implemented in this year's term change: cadre files are "reviewed" for every mention", personal matter reports are "reviewed" for every mention", and the opinions of the discipline inspection and supervision organs are "reviewed" for any clues that reflect specific clues of violations of regulations and discipline, and the verifiable letters and visits and reports.
In vernacular, any cadre who may be promoted and appointed must re-examine the cadre files and re-verify personal matters declarations. Opinions on discipline inspection and petition reports must be listened to to the opinions of the disciplinary inspection and petition reports to minimize possible loopholes. Because these things hinder the promotion process, there are many in the country now.
When despicable becomes a pass for despicable people, good money will inevitably be driven out by bad money. If a capable and pragmatic cadre cannot be recognized and promoted through his hard work, it is not just the cadres who are disheartened. The eyes of the masses are sharp, but the sequelae caused by the destruction of the political ecology may be very long-lasting. After the cage of
system is tightened, accountability will be carried out to the end, and the gray space will be squeezed. In the issue of cadre selection, stopping speculators is the first step. How to encourage reform and innovators, let capable people take over and lazy people give way is another issue that requires careful design and bold implementation. For example, we have seen that during this year's term change, some places have clearly stipulated the appointment ratio of young cadres and the proportion of grassroots experience among the chief officials, which are all explorations worth encouraging.
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