No Hiding-Place Is Allowed for Corrupt Elements in the PartyThe serious cases of breach of law and violation of discipline by Mu Suixin, former mayor of Shenyang City, and Ma Xiangdong, executive deputy mayor, and several others have been subjected to investigation and prosecution, and a group of corrupt criminals have been punished according to law.This once again indicates: the Communist Party of China (CPC) is never indulgent toward and soft on the punishment of corrupting actions and corrupt elements and never allows a hiding place for them within the Party. Mu Suixin, Ma Xiangdong and others, as leading cadres, broke laws and violated discipline, became corrupt and degenerate in defiance of Party discipline and State laws. Abusing powers in their hands, they received huge amounts of bribes and grabbed private gains; they appointed people by favoritism and benefits, addressed chiefs of the black market as their brothers, and indulged in the trading of power for money; they practiced curve-accumulation of wealth by letting their spouses, children and relatives participate in business and operate enterprises; they committed crimes despite orders and decrees and resisted examinations conducted by the Party and government, in an attempt to escape legal penalty. Their actions have smeared the images of the Party and government, and jeopardized the cause of reform, opening up and the modernization drive. From the case of Mu Suixin it can be seen: The key to improving the Party's style of work and successfully building a clean and honest administration and guaranteeing that Party cadres at all levels effectively exercise and use their powers for the people lies in leading bodies. First of all, it is necessary to choose and use the right people. We should begin with deepening the reform of the cadre and personnel system, tighten supervision over the selection and appointment of cadres, prevent and overcome the unhealthy trends in employment and violation of discipline from their source, establish and perfect the system of making public the assessment of cadres and the system of multi-candidate election, and give play to the role of mass supervision, so that people with both ability and political integrity and enjoying support from the masses will come into the open, and the evil ways of campaigning and asking for official posts will be blocked; we should set up a system for investigating and affixing responsibility for cadre work. Cases of oversight and mistake made in employment which entail serious consequences should be investigated and affixed responsibility and seriously prosecuted. It is imperative to intensify supervision over leading cadres. Cadres at all levels, being public servants of the people, must be subject to the supervision of the people and the law. It is necessary to rely on the development of democracy and improvement of the legal system to prevent and rectify the phenomenon of corruption. By strengthening inner-Party supervision, legal supervision and mass supervision, in light of the concrete structure, system and weak link that aptly give rise to the phenomenon of corruption, and through deepening reform and structural innovation, it is essential to establish a power operating mechanism featuring a rational structure, scientific allocation, compact procedure and mutual restriction, to ensure that power operates along the track of institutionalization and legalization. The key to combating corruption and encouraging honest practices lies in the temporary tackling and permanent solution of problems, it is necessary to prevent and control corruption from its fountainhead, and gradually eradicate the soil and condition for the breeding of the phenomenon of corruption. The vast numbers of cadres who are Party members should draw a lesson from the degeneration of Mu Suixin and others. They must establish and maintain the noble sentiment and revolutionary quality of Communists, pursue the temperament and interest of life featuring active effort to make progress, and cultivate a sharp sense of integrity of Communists. They should pay attention not only to the need to study, to be politically minded and to be honest and upright, but also to cultivation, morality and honor and shame, they should do fruitful work with man. They should practice strict self-discipline, so as to check a vice in the bud. They should persevere in self-respect, self-introspection, self-vigilance and self-encouragement, so as to constantly enhance their consciousness of observing discipline and laws, they should persistently be clean and honest, and be upright persons. Should consciously resist the corrosion of money worship, hedonism and extreme individualism, and construct a solid ideological Great Wall against corruption and degeneration. Party cadres, especially leading cadres, should establish a correct outlook on power, position and benefit and keep firmly in mind the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly. They should be the first to show concern and the last to enjoy themselves, the first to bear hardship and the last to enjoy comfort. They should set an example, be clean and honest and self-disciplined. They should properly govern themselves, their spouses, children and working staff around them, they should properly handle the construction of Party style and clean and honest government in their own regions and departments. They should withstand the tests of reform, opening up and ruling power, as well as the tests of power, money and badger game. Jiang Zemin's important speech given on July 1 provides us with a fundamental guidance and a sharp weapon for strictly administering the Party and combating corruption and encouraging honesty in accordance with the requirements of the "three represent's", we must study and implement it conscientiously. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 15th Party Central Committee adopted the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Strengthening and Improving the Construction of the Party Style of Work", clearly pointed to the need, at present and for a period of time to come, to grasp focal points and concentrate our efforts to solve outstanding problems in the respects of the Party's ideological style, the style of study, style of work, style of leadership and life-style of cadres. From the height concerning the life and death of the Party and State and lasting peace and stability, comrades of the whole Party must realize the important significance of the construction of the Party's style of work and clean and honest government and the struggle against corruption. The work of combating corruption and encouraging clean and honest practices must be carried through the whole process of the reform, opening up and modernization drive, we must win the confidence of the people with the actual results of the construction of Party style of work and clean and honest government, so that our Party will always maintain vitality and vigor. This article, written by a commentator of People's Daily, is published on page 2 of this newspaper on October 11 |
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