China News Service, Beijing, September 7th (Reporter Kan Feng) On the 6th, the topic "Whether domestic violence has become a reference for the selection and appointment of cadres in Jiuquan" was on the Internet hot search list.

Then, what disciplinary and legal responsibilities should Party members and public officials bear when committing domestic violence?

Data map: Citizens watch anti-domestic violence materials at Minzu Square in Nanning City, Guangxi.

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Netizens discuss: Jiuquan incorporates domestic violence into the selection and appointment of cadres

　　According to the China Women's Daily on September 6, at the beginning of this year, 13 departments in Jiuquan, Gansu launched the "Special Action for the Prevention and Resolution of Marriage and Family Disputes and Anti-Domestic Violence", and multiple departments jointly formulated the "Special Action Implementation Plan".

　　The plan stipulates that the discipline inspection and supervision and organization departments should keep abreast of whether there is domestic violence or violation of the rights and interests of women and children in party and government organs, enterprises and institutions, and provide a reference for the selection and appointment of cadres.

　　Whether domestic violence has been written into the reference for the selection and appointment of leading cadres has attracted heated discussions among netizens as soon as the topic came out.

　　"Language violence and cold violence should also be counted." "In recent years, there have been many cases of domestic violence by cadres."

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The official was once named for "perpetrating domestic violence"

　　In fact, observing the cases of party members and cadres investigated and dealt with in various places in recent years, in the issue bulletin issued by the discipline inspection department, some officials were indeed named for domestic violence.

　　For example, in November last year, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a "double-opening" notice of six party members and leading cadres with serious violations of discipline and law, including Yang Junshan, who was previously the director of the Forest Public Security Bureau of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

　　During its review and investigation, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision found that in addition to sabotaging the party's system of selecting and employing people and illegally accepting other people's property, Yang Junshan also violated family virtues and committed domestic violence.

　　In December last year, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced that Yang Junshan (deputy-department-level), the former director and chief inspector of the Forest Public Security Bureau of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the former first-level police commissioner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Public Security Department, were suspected of taking bribes. Prosecutors review the prosecution.

According to the news, the Bayannaoer City People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Yang Junshan on suspicion of taking bribes.

　　In the disciplinary inspection department's report on Yang Junshan, the expression "deviation from family virtues and domestic violence" is quite interesting.

　　According to the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China", deviating from family virtues is a violation of life discipline. Article 138 of the regulations stipulates that if there are other serious violations of social morality and family virtues, a warning shall be given depending on the specific circumstances until expulsion from the party. Punishment.

Data map: Volunteers from Xinhua News Agency District, Hefei, Anhui, disseminated legal knowledge about anti-domestic violence to citizens.

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How are public officials punished for domestic violence?

　　Party members and public officials should abide by party discipline and state laws, so what disciplinary responsibilities should public officials bear when committing domestic violence?

In December last year, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission published a special article explaining this topic in the "You Ask and I Answer" column.

　　This question-and-answer article explains that in practice, the nature of domestic violence committed by party members and public officials is different, and the party discipline and government sanctions they should receive are also different.

　　The article analyzes the domestic violence of public officials into four situations, that is, the behavior is minor and less harmful, and does not constitute a crime but has adverse effects; the behavior constitutes an illegal but has not yet constituted a crime; the crime is minor and the procuratorial organ decides not to prosecute. Or the people's court has ruled that the criminal punishment shall be exempted; the conduct constitutes a criminal offence such as the crime of abuse and shall be subject to criminal punishment.

　　The article said that in reality, most behaviors that violated moral norms can be corrected and adjusted through the power of morality itself such as public opinion and education, and some behaviors need to be restrained by party discipline and laws.

Based on the principle of separation of discipline and law, if domestic violence committed by party members and public officials has seriously violated the interests of the state and society, as well as the rights and interests of others, their own national laws will treat them as illegal and criminal acts.

　　For the behaviors that are minor and less harmful, although they do not constitute illegal crimes, but cause adverse effects and cannot be corrected only by virtue of moral force, they must be regulated by party discipline.

　　For Party members who have such behaviors, according to Article 138 of the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), they should be given warnings up to and including expulsion from the Party, depending on the specific circumstances.

If the person involved is a public official, according to Article 40 of the "Government Sanction Law of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Government Sanction Law"), domestic violence, abuse, abandonment of family members, and other serious violations of family virtues and social ethics If the circumstances are serious, they will be demoted or dismissed; if the circumstances are serious, they will be dismissed.

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