The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission’s website review and investigation column notified many cadres to deliberately discuss the central policy

Strictly enforce discipline and earnestly achieve "two maintenances"

　　●Improperly discussing the central government’s major policies or publicly making speeches against the spirit of the central government are violations of the political discipline stipulated in the Disciplinary Measures of the Communist Party of China, and political discipline is the most fundamental and important party discipline

　　● Wrongly discussing the central government’s major policies will not only damage the authority of the Party Central Committee, but more importantly, it will directly damage the seriousness of democratic centralism within the Party and interfere with the implementation of central policies.

　　● It is necessary to improve the enforcement of disciplinary regulations and other internal party laws and regulations. Only with strong disciplinary supervision can the system be binding. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the authority of the party’s laws and regulations as an important mechanism to promote political discipline construction. The behaviors of the laws and regulations were investigated and dealt with together, so that the laws and regulations within the party became a rigid constraint on the behavior of party members and leading cadres.

　　□ Reporter Chen Lei

　　□ Trainee reporter Sun Tianjiao

　　On January 22, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced that a few days ago, Deng Huilin, the former deputy mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and the former party secretary and director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, had been arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law.

　　On January 4 this year, Deng Huilin was expelled from the party and public office.

It is worth noting that the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection stated that: After investigation, Deng Huilin lost his ideals and beliefs, had no "four consciousnesses", deviated from the "two safeguards", and participated in gangs within the party. To gain political capital, be keen on political speculation, and make unreasonable discussions about the party's central government policy.

　　A reporter from the "Rules of Law Daily" combed through the information reported by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission’s website review and investigation column and found that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a total of 10 party members and leading cadres have deliberately deliberated on the central government’s major policies, and 6 others have publicly published inconsistent with the central spirit. Remarks.

　　Experts interviewed by reporters from the "Rules of Law Daily" believe that deliberately deliberating on the central government’s major policies or publicly speaking against the spirit of the central government are violations of the political discipline stipulated in the Chinese Communist Party’s Disciplinary Measures, and political discipline is the most fundamental and important Discipline of the party.

　　In the opinion of experts, arbitrarily discussing the central government's policies will not only damage the authority of the Party Central Committee, but more importantly, it will directly damage the seriousness of democratic centralism within the Party and interfere with the implementation of central policies.

Strengthening the construction of political discipline is to promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party, improve the enforcement of internal party laws and regulations, and make internal party laws and regulations a rigid constraint on party members and leading cadres.

　　Many leading cadres arbitrarily discuss the central government

　　Serious violation of disciplinary regulations

　　On January 19, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court of Sichuan Province publicly sentenced Qin Guangrong, the former secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, on the case of accepting bribes, sentenced him to 7 years in prison and fined him 1.5 million yuan.

Qin Guangrong expressed his obedience to the judgment in court and did not appeal.

　　According to the previous report on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, Qin Guangrong once "publicly issued remarks that violated the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the party."

　　Qin Guangrong worked in Hunan Province for a long time in his early years, and was later transferred to Yunnan Province. In January 2007, he was promoted to Yunnan Province’s governor. In August 2011, he was appointed Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee. In November 2014, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Internal and Judicial Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress. Membership.

　　On April 6, 2019, Qin Guangrong took the initiative to surrender to the National Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and became the first provincial and ministerial “top leader” to surrender since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　In September 2019, Qin Guangrong was expelled from the party.

A notice posted on the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection stated that he has lost his ideals and beliefs, has abandoned his original mission, has no party principles, is disloyal and honest to the party, is a double-faced person, and publicly publishes remarks that violate the requirements of a comprehensive and strict governance of the party.

　　The Chengdu Intermediate People's Court held in its judgment that the defendant Qin Guangrong's behavior constituted a crime of accepting bribes, and the amount was extremely large and should be punished according to law.

Qin Guangrong had surrendered himself, all the money and material he had received had been recovered, he pleaded guilty and repented and received a reduced punishment in accordance with the law.

Then the above judgment was made.

　　The actions of Deng Huilin and Qin Guangrong are not alone.

　　A reporter from the "Rule of Law Daily" combed through the information reported by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission’s website review and investigation column, and found that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a total of 10 party members and leading cadres involved in deliberately deliberating on the central government’s major policies have been published, and another 6 have publicly expressed their opinions on the central spirit Inconsistent remarks or public remarks against the central spirit.

　　For example, Wang Min, the former secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, “openly arbitrarily and violated the spirit of the eight central regulations, eating and drinking public funds, and violating discipline”; Wu Hongjun, former deputy secretary of the party committee and president of the Tianjin Academy of Educational Sciences, violated political discipline and publicly expressed his opposition The remarks of the central spirit.

　　It is worth noting that among these 16 cadres, 11 are central management cadres, and the other 5 are provincial cadres.

　　Peng Xinlin, director of the International Anti-Corruption Education and Research Center of Beijing Normal University, told a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily that arbitrarily discussing the central government’s policies or publicly speaking against the spirit of the central government is a serious violation of political discipline and rules. Political discipline is the most fundamental and important party discipline, and it has been written into the "Chinese Communist Party Disciplinary Measures."

　　Peng Xinlin believes that, in addition, the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" clarify the "two maintenances" as the most fundamental political discipline and rules.

The "two maintenances" are related to the success or failure of the party's cause and the future and destiny. Resolutely achieving the "two maintenances" is the primary political discipline.

　　In Peng Xinlin’s view, arbitrarily dismissing the central government’s policies by individual leading cadres, especially senior leading cadres, is seriously harmful. Firstly, it undermines the centralization and unity of the party and damages the authority of the central government and the party’s ability to govern; secondly, it can easily lead to relaxation of party discipline and unpopularity. , Hindering the smooth flow of government orders, over time, small circles and small hills will form, and political conspiracy activities such as violation of the law, party formation, gang formation, etc. will occur, causing major political hidden dangers within the party and severely destroying the political ecology.

　　Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of Peking University's Research Center for Integrity Construction, said in an interview with a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily that arbitrarily discussing the central government's policy will not only damage the authority of the Party Central Committee, but more importantly, directly undermine the seriousness of democratic centralism within the party.

Party members and leading cadres must put forward their opinions in the correct way, and cannot arbitrarily express remarks that are contrary to the spirit of the Central Committee. Otherwise, it will interfere with the thinking of Party members and cadres, causing grassroots Party members and leading cadres to be at a loss, and thus interfere with the implementation of the Party Central Committee’s policies.

　　In Zhuang Deshui’s view, party-member leading cadres, especially senior leading cadres, should be cautious in their words and deeds, and should take the lead in implementing the spirit of the central government. Once they fail to control their words and deeds and arbitrarily discuss the central government, they have lost their fundamentals. People’s political consciousness cannot abide by political discipline and rules, and it is easy to violate laws, disciplines and even criminal acts.

　　"The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s report illustrates the importance and necessity of strengthening political supervision within the party. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection resolutely shoulders its political responsibilities, earnestly fulfills its duties as a dedicated agency for supervision within the party, strictly enforces political discipline and rules, and strengthens institutional constraints within the party. Persisting in examining the issues of violations of discipline and law from the perspective of political discipline, integrating political supervision with review and investigation, and effectively tightening and standing up political discipline and political rules will inevitably help promote the comprehensive and in-depth development of strict party governance." Peng Xinlin said.

　　Two amendments to the disciplinary regulations

　　Practical experience is upgraded to party regulations

　　According to the information on the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, as early as August 2015, Zhao Shaolin, former member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, was notified of "publicly disseminating remarks that violated the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the party."

　　On October 16, 2015, Yu Yuanhui, former member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and former secretary of the Nanning Municipal Party Committee, was expelled from the party and public office due to serious violations of discipline. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection stated that he “seriously violated political discipline and rules, publicly published and strictly governed the party Requests contradictory remarks".

　　On the same day, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection stated that Zhou Benshun, former secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and former director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, severely violated political discipline and rules and "expressed remarks against the spirit of the Central Committee on major issues."

　　Two days later, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China," which included "wrongly discussing the central government's policy and undermining the party's centralization and unity" as a violation of political discipline.

　　What is "unjustified" central government policy?

On December 28, 2015, the Regulations Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection explained that the Party Central Committee used different channels and methods to fully listen to the opinions and suggestions of relevant party organizations and party members when formulating major guidelines and policies. Talking "behind the scenes", "not talking at the meeting, talking nonsense after the meeting", "not talking on the stage, talking nonsense off the stage", in fact not only disturbed people's thinking, but also undermined the party's centralization and unity and hindered the implementation of the central policies and policies. Implementation has caused serious consequences.

　　On January 1, 2016, the revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" came into effect, and "misconsiderable central policies" began to appear in the notices of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

　　On January 5, 2016, Lu Xiwen, the former deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, was expelled from the party and public office. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that he "seriously violated political discipline, deliberately deliberated on central policies, and engaged in gangs for a long time."

　　In January 2017, Huang Xingguo, the former Mayor and Acting Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, was notified of “serious violations of political discipline and rules, arbitrarily discussing the central policies, and undermining the party’s centralization and unity”.

　　In August 2018, the Party Central Committee revised the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" to further emphasize political discipline and added "consistent with the Party Central Committee on major issues of principle and actual speech, behavior, or adverse consequences." Articles, detailed violations of political discipline.

　　In October 2019, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a notice to Gong Xiaonong, the former deputy director of the Guizhou Non-ferrous Metals and Nuclear Industry Geological Survey Bureau, stating that it "seriously violated political discipline and is consistent with the Party Central Committee on major issues. , Publicly making inappropriate remarks, undermining the party’s centralization and unity."

　　Peng Xinlin believes that since the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" were revised in 2015, in practice, the discipline inspection and supervision agencies have not only notified typical violations of political discipline, such as deliberately deliberating on the central government’s major policies, but also notified some such as "public statements against the spirit of the central government." "Remarks" and other violations of political discipline and political rules, these violations cannot simply be equated with deliberately deliberating on the central government's major policies, and there are differences in expression, behavior, and severity, and they cannot be replaced by deliberately deliberating on major policies of the central government. .

　　In Peng Xinlin’s view, it is precisely because of this that when the "Chinese Communist Party Disciplinary Measures Regulations" are revised again, these latest theoretical and practical innovations in governing the party and the new experiences and practices in supervision and discipline will be upgraded to the system level, and discipline construction will be strengthened. , Realize the system advances with the times.

　　Zhuang Deshui said that from the perspective of the comprehensive and strict governance of the party since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has always attached great importance to the construction of political discipline, from publicly publishing (spreading) remarks that violate the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the party to arbitrarily arguing about the central government. The Party Central Committee has summarized regular content from some specific expressions. When the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" was revised twice, it transformed the practical experience of political discipline into systems and regulations governing the party and governing the party. The code of conduct that party members and leading cadres should abide by.

　　Zhuang Deshui believes that the “two maintenances” are the highest standards of our current political discipline, which means that each party member’s leading cadre is required to maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in words and actions, and resolutely maintain the authority and centralization of the Party Central Committee. leadership.

　　Discipline supervision to ensure compliance with discipline

　　The exposure case draws a red line

　　Among the leading cadres who deliberately discussed the central government’s major policies reported by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission’s website, He Bingrong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Jiaxing Municipal Committee of Zhejiang Province and former secretary of the Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone Party Working Committee, was disclosed.

　　On November 29, 2018, according to news from the Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, He Bingrong was suspected of violating discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.

　　On May 8, 2019, He Bingrong was expelled from the party.

Information published on the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection showed that He Bingrong violated political discipline and arbitrarily discussed the Party Central Committee’s major policies.

　　On October 30, 2019, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published the relevant case of He Bingrong’s “misconsideration of the Central Committee”: During the period from 2013 to 2015, He Bingrong had repeated misconceptions at meetings of the Party Working Committee of the Jiaxing Economic Development Zone. "The spirit of the eight central regulations will affect the economic development of the Economic and Technological Development Zone. The Economic and Technological Development Zone is a special place, and the standard should be lowered." "How to attract investment if good merchants are not received".

　　After publicly publishing these remarks that contradicted the spirit of the eight central regulations, He Bingrong still did not constrain or stop his actions.

From the beginning of 2013 to August 2017, he repeatedly required his subordinates to use public funds to purchase a total of 1470 bottles of high-end alcohol. The market price of this kind of alcohol was 1700 yuan a bottle.

When Ho Bingrong retired in September 2017, all these drinks were drunk.

　　"Blazingly refraining from closing and restraining, unscrupulously over-standard reception, and rash comments have a great impact on the cadres and masses of the development zone, and seriously affects the implementation of the spirit of the eight central regulations." He Bingrong said in his confession. .

　　In Zhuang Deshui’s view, this action of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has played a warning role in disciplinary supervision. Through the analysis and exposure of typical cases of violations of discipline and law, it has drawn the “bottom line” and “red line” of behavior for party members and leading cadres, and clearly told party members. Which "red lines" cannot be crossed by leading cadres and which "minefields" cannot be trampled on.

　　Zhuang Deshui believes that it is more important to improve the enforcement of disciplinary regulations and other internal party laws and regulations. Only when the system is effective can the system be binding. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the authority of the party's laws and regulations to promote the construction of political discipline. An important mechanism for violations of the party’s laws and regulations was found to be investigated and dealt with together, making the party’s laws and regulations a hard constraint on the behavior of party leaders and cadres.

　　"Through strict discipline, the party’s political discipline is truly established, strict, and implemented in place, and the party is governed by strict political discipline, so that each party member’s leading cadre can recognize and abide by political discipline from the bottom of his heart, Discipline is internalized in the heart and externalized in action." Zhuang Deshui said.

　　In Peng Xinlin's view, in order to restrict party members and leading cadres from observing political discipline with a system, the first thing to do is to strictly observe the party's political discipline and rules.

Disciplinary inspection agencies should regard compliance with political discipline and political rules as the primary task of supervision, enforcement, and accountability, strengthen the rigid constraints of party discipline, and severely investigate and deal with corruption and violations of political discipline. Resolutely resist the behavior of discipline, dare to use the sword, and enforce discipline strictly.

　　“Secondly, the observance of political discipline and rules is taken as an important content to measure whether party members and cadres are politically firm or not, and as an important basis for selecting and using cadres.” Peng Xinlin said, “Finally, it is necessary to highlight the key point of party members’ leading cadres and strengthen the party. Disciplinary education and ideological education in order to deal with the signs and tendencies of the problem, we should grasp the early to catch the small, early detection and early correction."

　　Zhuang Deshui reminded that to strengthen the construction of discipline, it is also necessary to educate party members and cadres not to forget their original aspirations and remember their missions, to strengthen the line of defense of ideology and morality from the perspective of ideals and beliefs, to maintain the "bottom line" of political discipline, and to reduce or even prohibit behaviors such as arbitrarily discussing the central policies. occur.