Punishing family corruption
The Jiange County Commission for Discipline Inspection of Sichuan Province excavated the family traditions and integrity stories such as Li Rong's "six words of ancestry" and "Four Commandments of Mother Education" in the Qing Dynasty, and built the Li Rong Memorial Hall to cultivate a clean and upright politics with family culture Ecology. The picture shows that recently, party cadres of the county received family style education at the Li Rong Memorial Hall. Photograph by Jia Haifan
Recently, the case of the former standing member of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and the former secretary of the Haikou Municipal Party Committee Zhang Qi took a public hearing in the first instance of the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province. The procuratorial organ alleges that from 2005 to 2019, Zhang Qi used the convenience of his duties to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as land development, project contracting, and project advancement, and to receive and receive property individually or through his close relatives, totalling RMB. More than 107 million yuan.
After sorting out the cases of discipline and law violations investigated and dealt with in recent years, many leading cadres have been investigated and dealt with in a family-style corruption problem. What are the manifestations of family corruption? How do disciplinary inspection and supervision organs thoroughly investigate family-style corruption? How to let leading cadres guard the line of family integrity and avoid the tragedy of "family overthrow" caused by "family corruption"?
One person corrupted the whole family, and parasitic corruption happened frequently
The National Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a circular on March 4 this year. Zhang Qi, former member of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Haikou Municipal Party Committee, was severely disciplined and dismissed from the party and public office. The report pointed out that Zhang Qi "had a bad family style, and he and his family collected money and collected money and engaged in power trading." Previously, in the work report of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhang Qi was also "named"-"deeply scrutinizing Yun Guangzhong, Zhang Maocai, Nur Baikeli, Qian Yin'an, Zhang Qi, etc. Indiscriminate family-style corruption."
Zhang Qi is serving as Deputy Mayor of Sanya City, Hainan Province, Deputy Secretary of Sanya City Committee, Director of Hainan Tourism Bureau, Deputy Secretary of Danzhou City Committee, Mayor of Danzhou City, Secretary of Danzhou City Committee, Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial Committee, Secretary of Sanya City Committee, Haikou During the duties of the municipal party committee secretary and others, he alienated public power into a tool for private gain, for the benefit of others in project contracting, land acquisition and demolition, promotion of cadre positions, etc., and received bribes from relevant units and individuals with his family.
Using the convenience and influence of their duties, they arrange and transfer jobs for their relatives; they share dividends in the company in the name of their wives and sons, and seek benefits for their relatives... The family of Li Shirong, former secretary of the Hulunbeier Municipal Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is also deeply involved in corruption. Not long ago, Li Shirong's first-instance criminal judgment was made public. The verdict shows that while serving as the deputy mayor of Ordos City, the party secretary and director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Land and Resources, he not only embezzled himself and took bribes, but also participated in the involvement of multiple relatives or specific related parties such as his wife, son, daughter, brother, nephew, etc. Among them, it is also a typical family-style corruption case.
When serving as the deputy mayor of Ordos City, Li Shirong took advantage of the convenience of the human resources and social security bureau and instructed Wang Heng, then deputy minister of the organizational department of the Erdos Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Party Committee of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, to fail to perform the normal enrollment procedures , Arranged for his son Li Junda to work in the city's Social Insurance Administration Bureau, and became a career establishment employee. In the next two years, Li Junda never went to work, but his salary and subsidies were charged into his bank account on time every month.
"The common feature of this type of corruption problem is'depending on the mountain to eat the mountain and relying on the water to eat the water'. Relatives mostly obtain illegal benefits within the scope of leadership or the scope of power of the leading cadres." The relevant person in charge of the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection told reporters that some Leading cadres use their power and influence to arrange their spouse's children, siblings, distant relatives, etc. to the units or related departments in charge of the field to eat "empty rates", or to let them "progress" quickly by greeting.
Relying on the power and influence of leading cadres, relatives seeking private profits through business-run enterprises are a typical manifestation of family-style corruption. Leading cadres may be "shadow" bosses to unravel relationships with relatives, and relatives may use leading cadres' power and position to influence the accumulation of wealth; or they may act as "double springs" and use their powers to instruct relevant individuals or units to "care" relatives. , And then accumulate money together.
The verdict shows that during the time that Li Shirong was the deputy mayor of Ordos and the party secretary and director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Land and Resources, several coal energy companies and real estate companies bribed him. Li Shirong provided "care" to these companies while coordinating the progress of the project and allocating coal resources. He also regarded it as a "private treasury" to help raise money for his elder brother and nephew, as well as his wife, son, and lover. Wait for "share dividends".
To help Bayannur Qiulin Coal Trading Co., Ltd., which is actually controlled by Big Brother Li, solve the funding difficulties, Li Shirong borrowed 30 million yuan from Inner Mongolia Huineng Coal Power Group Co., Ltd. The company's chairman Guo confirmed that because the company is in the charge of Li Shirong, he feared that the rejection would affect the company's production and operation, and he could only agree to borrow money. In fact, the money was just borrowed in the name of borrowing, and eventually borrowed or not repaid.
"The company has good efficiency and high dividends, and many people want to buy shares, especially some'key people', so the company has 22% of the society's reserved shares." Guo said that it is a coal mine project in Taishan Coal Mine, Fu'an Coal Mine Technical Reform Project, etc. With the help of Li Shirong, at the request of Li Shirong, the company agreed that his wife, son, and lover would invest 450,000 yuan, 350,000 yuan, and 1 million yuan, respectively, and received a total of 19.33 million yuan in dividends.
In the Li Shirong case, the corruption problem was mainly manifested in the selfish and greedy expansion of leading cadres, did not hold the boundaries of public power, and "actively" borrowed public power to benefit relatives. In addition, due to inadequate control of relatives and excessive accommodation, leading cadres let them intervene in jurisdictional affairs, accept petitions, and receive property, which is also a common situation of family-style corruption.
If the corruption of leading cadres is called primary corruption, then family corruption can be regarded as parasitic corruption. Treating power as a privilege and using public power for private gain not only results in a family tragedy in which couples, fathers, sons, brothers, and sisters are tried and sentenced to jail, but also seriously jeopardizes social fairness and the interests of the people.
Concealed means cover each other, the organs can hardly escape discipline and severe punishment
Familial corruption is based on intimate relationships, using kinship as a chain and using political resources to control other social resources. When it reaches a certain level, a community of interests will be formed centering on corrupt cadres, which will lead to the emergence of "secret roads" for power rent-seeking and the "undercurrents" of interest delivery.
How difficult is it to investigate and deal with such corruption? On the one hand, the relevant violations of discipline and law are more concealed and not easy to be discovered.
According to Hu Haijiang, director of the seventh review and investigation office of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, judging from the cases of disciplinary and law violations investigated, the bribery and bribery methods of family-style corruption are various and concealed, and the form of benefit transmission is difficult to detect. "Bribes and recipients often do not use the "simple and rough" approach of direct power and money transactions. Instead, they use loans, investment dividends, and real estate transaction preferences to determine whether they are illegal interests. It was found that this is the difficulty of review and investigation."
On the other hand, due to the connection of blood or in-laws, the interest communities cover each other, form an offensive and defensive alliance, and confront the investigation and investigation, which makes the case investigation more difficult.
"Li Shirong's corruption case involves many family members. Li Shirong's wife, second aunt, nephew, elder brother, and others have inconsistent accounts in Huineng Group's shareholding and loan issues. The loss of contact does not cooperate with the review work. An offense and defense alliance has been established between the persons involved and the family members to confront the investigation of the organization." The relevant person in charge of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region told reporters that Li Shirong initially refused and avoided the heaviest and tried to justify his actions. absolve. After a period of meticulous ideological education, Li Shirong and others only told the truth under the influence of policy and discipline.
"In a family-style corruption case, when a particular person is under investigation, they usually don't confess their backing, but choose to carry it down or set up barriers." In the corruption case of Yang Jiawei, the former secretary of the Weixin County Party Committee in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, Yang Jiawei By acting as the behind-the-scenes boss and collecting money from the front desk of the brothers, he and his second and third brothers illegally made millions of dollars through contracted construction of engineering projects. The relevant person in charge of the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection told reporters that when handling the Yang Jiawei case, he first entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with his brothers, relatives and friends. After being detained, "Even though Yang Jiawei had already confessed, his brothers, relatives and friends still refused to admit it, and to protect Yang Jiawei, it was difficult to form a chain of evidence on the confession. Later, after many setbacks, he broke through the defense line. They have to choose to be honest."
In December last year, Lan Bin, the former standing member of the Binjiang District Committee of Hangzhou, and deputy head of the district, etc., publicly pronounced the sentence in the first trial of the case of bribery and abuse of power. In this case, Lan Bin’s brother-in-law Liao Weiping received a total of 3.75 million yuan in bribes in the name of “borrowing” nine times, with Lan Bin’s knowledge, acquiescence and even personal request. The case of Chen Xi, who announced the execution of the ruling recently, used the influence to accept bribery. The case shows that Chen Xi, as the nephew of the former Secretary of Xiangtan Municipal Committee of Hunan Province, Chen Sanxin, used Chen Sanxin's influence to ask the trustee to contract the project, pay the project money, and accept the project. Seeking illegitimate benefits on audits, microfinance company approvals and other matters.
"Since brother-in-law, nephew and other close relatives are not immediate relatives, their relationship is relatively hidden, and the organization is not easy to grasp the relevant situation." Hu Haijiang believes that from the situation of related cases such as Lan Bin, how to strengthen the The mastery and understanding of specific stakeholders who work or work in the field of influence of their duties is an important point to solve the problem of family-based corruption supervision.
Pay attention to the family style and tighten the fence, so that the family becomes a strong line of defense
General Secretary Xi Jinping said many times on different occasions that we should pay attention to the family, family education, and family style, and emphasize that every leading cadre must place the construction of family style in an important position. At the same time, strict requirements for spouse, children and staff around.
In recent years, whether it is a major case investigated or dealt with, or a case of "micro-corruption" at the grassroots level, it has been shown that improper family style and inadequate family education are the direct causes of family corruption. Some leading cadres are not strong enough to withstand the "greed and help" and "prodigal sons" blowing the "pillows", so as to relax their guard and throw away the principle; some do not ask about the corrupt behavior of relatives, indulge or acquiesce in the "people around" "Using influence to seek private gains; some have personally entered the battle and "worked together" with relatives, getting deeper and deeper in the quagmire of corruption...
Family affairs lead to national affairs, and family styles are connected with political style. The family style of leading cadres is not a personal matter or a private family matter. To prevent family-style corruption, we must start with the construction of family style.
The "Rules of Honesty and Self-discipline of the Communist Party of China" propose that party members and leading cadres should "have a clean family and take the lead in establishing a good family style." In the "Regulations on Disciplinary Measures of the Communist Party of China" revised in 2018, it also stipulates that party members and leading cadres do not pay attention to the construction of family style and punish spouses, children and their spouses for lack of management and punishment.
The work report of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pointed out that it is necessary to "focus on the construction of family style, and guide party members and cadres to cultivate self-discipline and integrity. To prevent family corruption, how should the discipline inspection and supervision organs exert their efforts? The relevant person in charge of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province believes that first of all, the party’s political discipline and political rules should be strictly stipulated, and the party members and cadres should be urged to strengthen the cultivation of party spirit and sense of purpose, and strict requirements for family members to observe discipline and abide by the law and cultivate a clean and honest family style.
Many beneficial explorations have been made around the construction of family style. From honest talks on honest government to home visits by leading cadres, from family education to help clean government, to advanced commendations, the style of homework construction is more diverse and the content is more substantial. This year, Yunnan Province carried out "three one" series of activities throughout the province, with the content of carrying out a drug warning education, shooting a good family style micro video, and conducting an honest government visit; Chongqing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Women's Federation Jointly analyze and use the family style problems that have emerged in typical cases. Since last year, more than 2,200 educational activities on the theme of “building a family with morality and promoting moral integrity” have been carried out in the city, and millions of people have received education; In the theme of "Strict Party Style, Excellent Political Style, Family Style, and Shumin Style", in recent years, it has successively established a clean culture education base, a self-cultivation Qijia navigation station, etc., and organized a "corrupt family style Run Wanjia" and "self-cultivation lecture hall" And other series of themes of clean government education.
"On the one hand, we must promote the strengthening of family style construction, on the other hand, we must strengthen supervision and strictly implement various supervision systems." Hu Haijiang believes that inadequate implementation of the system, blind spots in daily supervision, and untimely handling of letters and visits clues, etc. Familial corruption breeds soil.
"At present, we have included party members and cadres'outside eight hours' into the scope of supervision through clean home visits and the opening of a 24-hour online reporting platform, and fixed family participation in warning education as a long-term mechanism." Hangzhou Shangcheng District Committee Jin Xiaodong, member of the Standing Committee, Secretary of the District Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Director of the District Supervision Committee, said that efforts should be made to prevent the family from breeding corruption and make the family a strong line of defense.
To strengthen the construction of family style, it is also necessary to tighten the system cage and build a supervision fence. Regulating the conduct of leading cadres' spouses, children and their spouses in business-run enterprises is an important measure to implement the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the party. Beijing, Guangdong, Chongqing, Shanghai and other places have successively introduced relevant measures to focus on collusion between government and business and power-money transactions. , Improper transfer of interests and other issues and put forward clear requirements.
Regarding the issue of leading cadres’ relatives, etc. using the powers or positions of leading cadres to influence their private interests, Hunan Province has successively issued the “Provisions on Prohibiting the Use of Leading Officials’ Powers or Positional Effects to “Pull Baskets” for Private Benefits” and “Resolutely Resist and Seriously Investigate and Utilize "Provisions for Leading Cadres to "Play Brands"" This year, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection strengthened daily supervision and found that the use of leading cadres in the name of "lifting baskets" and "playing brands" to record illegal acts for relatives' enterprises was recorded in a timely manner, as an important content and cadre of the "portrait" of the integrity administration, the integrity archives. Select and appoint important basis for soliciting opinions, and strictly investigate and deal with relevant cases.
In addition, in view of the concealment of family-style corruption, many interviewees believed that in addition to planned and focused supervision, they should also flexibly use multiple methods such as cross-supervision, rolling supervision, and visits to strengthen online public opinion monitoring. , Multi-channel collection and processing of mass reports and public opinion responses, timely discovery of familial corruption signs and clues. At the same time, increase punishment efforts, carry out special governance, clean up relations in key areas and key industries, and cut off the chain of benefit transmission. (Reporter Chai Yaxin)