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In June 2020, Liu Jun, the former party secretary and chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Baise Development Investment Group Co., Ltd., was severely investigated for serious violations of discipline and law. The Baise Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection urged the company to promote reforms and make up for shortcomings.
The picture shows that the company’s party committee organized a special democratic life meeting on “learning from the law-breaking cases of top leaders, and using the case to promote reforms and building the line of defense”.
(Photo courtesy of Baise City Commission for Discipline Inspection)
Strengthening the supervision of the "top leaders" is a key link to ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party are implemented.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection clearly requested that the supervision of the "top leaders" and the leadership team be strengthened.
The reporter learned from the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that in 2020, the nationwide discipline inspection and supervision organs filed a case to review and investigate 5,836 “top leaders” at county level and above.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels pay close attention to the key minority, severely punish the “top leaders” who violate discipline and law, continue to strengthen deterrence, conduct pressure, and urge the “top leaders” at all levels to be disciplined, respectful, and abide by the bottom line, and make good use of their power.
Hegemonic exercise of power, illegal use of power, willful abuse of power, high-level leaders are prone to corruption
On January 28, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that Zhang Anshun, the former party secretary and director of the Shanxi Banking Regulatory Bureau, was expelled from the party; three days before, Xue Jining, the former party secretary and director of the Inner Mongolia Banking Regulatory Bureau, was expelled from the party... Under the fist, many former and current “top leaders” of the units were severely punished, sending out a strong signal of non-stop anti-corruption.
The financial sector is only one aspect.
A large number of facts show that the "top leader" is in charge of a party and a domain, and is often regarded by lawbreakers as a key target for attracting, corroding, and hunting.
From a national point of view, more than 100 people in the "first-in-command" positions had major problems in the investigation and punishment of central management cadres after the 19th CPC National Congress.
In the investigation data of the disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies in various regions, the “top leaders” who fell from the horse also accounted for a considerable proportion.
In 2020, the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs of Hubei Province will handle 923 “top leaders” cases, including 18 cases involving “top leaders” at the bureau level and 264 cases involving “top leaders” at the county and department level; all levels of disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have reported them There were 1,011 clues to the “top leaders” and 726 “top leaders” at all levels were punished.
Analyzing the degenerate trajectory of these "top leaders", the word "quan" is always inevitable.
They treat the power they hold as private property. They exercise power in hegemony, use power in violation of regulations, abuse power arbitrarily, and even use power for personal gain and transfer benefits, which have a bad influence on the political ecology, economic and social development of the place and unit.
Du Jiang, the former deputy secretary of the district party committee and head of Duilungdeqing District, Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, was the first incumbent head of Tibet to "fall down".
When a new official took office, the first thing he thought of was to use power for personal gain.
Every time Du Jiang went to other places for business trips or vacations, he would require management service objects to provide them with corresponding services; in order to repay bank loans, he also borrowed a total of 2 million yuan from three management service objects.
Due to the concentration of power in the hands, "one word" in decision-making, "one word" in employing people, "one pen" in spending money, and "one-handed grasp" of projects are almost a portrayal of every corrupt "top leader" working for officials.
Ye Jiahe, the former director of the Science and Technology and Information Bureau of Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, who was "double-opened" in January last year, once described himself as the director of the "four most": "I am the oldest, the highest position, and the most qualified. Older and strongest in business. Because of these four'most's, I can say that I have absolute power in the bureau." According to the investigator, Ye Jiahe's "one word" has made democratic centralism useless.
Engineering construction is a prone area for corruption.
Many "top leaders" are planted on engineering corruption. They regard planning and approval powers as prohibitions and engage in collusion between officials and businesses, transfer of interests, and realization of power.
Zhang Qi, former member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Haikou Municipal Party Committee, is a typical example of "relying on land to make money."
From 2010 to 2018, Zhang Qi helped a number of private business owners obtain nearly 7,000 acres of land illegally in Danzhou, Sanya, and Haikou.
Among them, helping a certain real estate developer set exclusive conditions in violation of regulations, illegally acquiring more than 1,000 acres of land, occupying geological parks and ecological forest land, causing billions of dollars in losses to the country.
It is understood that since April 2017, disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels in Hainan Province have investigated and dealt with 515 corruption cases involving 536 people in the engineering field, and "top leaders" accounted for 30%; among them, the provincial commission for discipline inspection and supervision involved cases involving corruption in the engineering field. As many as 69% of the total, and “top leader” accounted for 59%.
"Driven by the wrong view of power, a few'top leaders' regard power, money, and pleasure as their life pursuits, and run counter to their purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, using the power granted by the people for their own benefit, reducing the party’s prestige and baffling the party. The cause.” Analysis by Song Wei, Director of the Center for Integrity Research of University of Science and Technology Beijing
Corruption of top leaders often has a chain reaction, which damages the cadres of a place and pollutes the political ecology of a party.
As the “squad leader” of the party and government leadership team and the “key minority” of the “key minority”, the “top leader” plays an important role in the development of localities, units and departments, and is not only the first person responsible for the construction of party style and clean government, but also the party style and clean government. The leader, executor and promoter of construction.
When the "top leader" has a problem, it is very easy to spread infection, endanger the team, destroy the team, and pollute the political ecology of a party.
Zhou Zhenxue, the former deputy secretary and director of the State-owned Forestry Administration Bureau of Tianshan Mountain, Xinjiang, has gradually formed a domineering style thanks to his long tenure in the forestry system, deep qualifications, and old qualifications.
Affected by Zhou Zhenxue, a group of "wrong forest people" who ate national interests appeared in Tiandong Bureau.
"I am a borer and a disease in the forest sea. I not only desecrated my beloved cause, but also destroyed the political and ecological environment of the state-owned forest area!" Zhou Zhenxue confessed after falling from the horse.
Some problematic “top leaders” build a network of relationships through the right to speak in personnel matters, and promote people who are well versed in the “hidden rules”, while those who really deserve to be reused are suppressed.
Yang Hongwei, the former secretary of the Qianjiang District Party Committee of Chongqing City,’s “Shuangkai” bulletin pointed out that he is “the biggest'pollution source' of the political ecology of the region where he serves”.
Yang Hongwei loves to play basketball, and those who play with him can be reused. The classmates, fellow villagers, nepotism, and former clubs around him are often promoted and placed out of style.
"It doesn't matter whether the work is good or bad, but the relationship with Yang Hongwei is good," the case handler said.
The consequence of engaging in "small circles" in selecting and appointing people is to form a squad and group type of corruption. When being investigated and punished, they will often "pull out the carrots and bring out the mud."
According to statistics, after Yang Hongwei left Qianjiang, more than 70 department-level cadres in the district were filed and investigated for violations of discipline and law. Most of their violations occurred during Yang Hongwei's administration in Qianjiang.
The “top leaders” act arbitrarily and dominate decision-making, and their powers have repeatedly derailed and crossed boundaries and run wild. The losses to the party and the country are also enormous.
Zhong Xiaoyun, the former general manager of Jiangxi Rare Metal Tungsten Industry Holding Group Co., Ltd., is a typical "prodigal son". He served as the "top leader" for 11 years. He not only took the lead in corruption, but also brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
"The harm caused by the corruption of the'top leader' far exceeds that of the average leading cadre, and the'corrosive' effect produced is stronger." Song Wei believes that the corruption of the top leader can easily lead to a collective corruption "house", the amount involved and the amount involved. The plots are relatively more serious.
Loosening of ideals and beliefs, and loss of supervision than looseness and softness, leading to frequent deviant operations of the chief power
For leading cadres, the ideological decline is the most serious disease. If the "master switch" is not tightened, and the lack of correct values, power, and career views, various violations of discipline and law will inevitably arise.
It can be seen from the confession of the “top leader” who fell from the horse.
"The fundamental reason is that there is a problem with political immunity, a deviation in thinking, and a betrayal of one's own beliefs." "The immediate promotion became out of reach in the blink of an eye, and the mentality has changed." "All my life has accumulated. , All the preparation, all the study and hard work, are for the sake of being an official."...
Some of these "top leaders" are keen on feudal and superstition activities, and do not believe in Marxism-Leninism and ghosts; some like to engage in privileges and prestige, leaving the sense of purpose behind; some seek to be an official and make money without mistakes, and engage in profit transfer.
The performances vary, and the root cause is that the territory of ideals and beliefs is seriously "worn out", and ideologically, he is suffering from rickets.
The roots of corruption and degeneration of the "top leader" are individuals, but the failure of supervision is also an important reason.
Some localities, units, and departments have imperfect systems and mechanisms for the management of powers, and there are "blanks" in supervision such as too far superior supervision, too soft supervision at the same level, and too difficult supervision at the lower levels, which weakens the overall effectiveness of supervision and restriction on the power of "top leaders". Public power can easily become a private weapon in the hands of individuals.
In some regions, departments, or units, since there are no certain rules or regulations for the operation of power, it is difficult for others to stop it as long as the "top leader" makes a decision.
When making decisions on major issues, some “top leaders” bypassed the decision-making procedures of democratic centralism and labelled abuse of power as collective decisions.
Since the Jilin Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision launched special measures to tackle corruption in the civil air defense system, the province’s discipline inspection and supervision organs have filed a case to review and investigate 368 civil air defense system cadres, involving 76 former or current “top leaders” in the civil air defense department.
"The Provincial Civil Air Defense Office simply delegated the construction approval and acceptance authority of structured civil air defense projects, the use and management rights of single-built civil air defense projects, and the power to reduce or exempt construction costs for relocation. It did not follow up and introduce restrictive measures, which led to the'top leaders' of civil air defense departments in various places. Power is too concentrated..." In April 2020, the Jilin Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a disciplinary inspection and supervision recommendation to the Provincial Civil Defense Office Party Group.
In addition, too long time in the position of “top leader”, coupled with over-concentration of power, opaque decision-making, non-standard and other reasons, it is easy to appear “small circles” and form “communities of interests”, which will breed corruption.
Strengthen restriction and supervision, promote the rule of law in the operation of public power, and ensure that top leaders perform their duties in accordance with the law and uphold public power
The frequent occurrence of "top leaders" violations of discipline and law has repeatedly verified the iron law that "the power without supervision will inevitably lead to corruption."
To strengthen the restriction and supervision of the operation of power, it is necessary to promote the rule of law in the operation of public power, eliminate the vacuum area of power supervision, reduce the wayward space for power exercise, and ensure that the "top leader" performs his duties in accordance with the law and holds public power.
The excessive concentration of power of the “top leader” is an important reason for its recklessness. It is necessary to establish the rules for the operation of power, determine the ownership of power, delineate the boundaries of power, clarify the list of powers, and enable them to exercise their powers and perform their duties in accordance with legal powers and procedures.
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is exploring the establishment of a “top leader” power list and a negative list system to strengthen the restriction and supervision of the “top leader” power.
At the same time, the party organizations at all levels are encouraged to sort out the statutory powers of “top leaders” in terms of decision-making power, executive power, and supervisory power, clarify the powers of various aspects such as decision-making, selection and employment, and clarify the content, boundaries, and exercise methods of power based on actual conditions.
At present, the system of leading cadres not directly in charge of specific affairs has been tried and implemented in some places.
For example, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and other places have introduced the "five non-direct management" (not directly in charge of personnel, finance, administrative approval, public resource transactions, construction project construction) system for major party and government leading cadres, and implemented "deputy responsibility, principal supervision, and collective leadership" "Democratic decision-making" power operation mechanism.
In response to the issue of individual “top leaders” ignoring the system and overhead teams, all localities strictly implement the "Interim Regulations on Major Administrative Decision-Making Procedures" and other regulations, improve the legal decision-making mechanism of party and government departments, and make regulations on the formation, implementation and adjustment of major administrative decisions.
Consolidate the responsibility of administering the party strictly, and solve the problem of supervising top leaders and peers
In party supervision, top-down supervision by party organizations is the most effective, and it is most effective for higher-level “top leaders” to grasp lower-level “top leaders”.
The "Provisions on the Implementation of the Subject's Responsibility of the Party Committee (Party Group) for Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party" issued by the Central Office of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China last year stipulated the strengthening of the supervision of higher-level party organizations over lower-level leaders.
As pointed out in Article 16, the secretary of the party committee (party group) should promptly remind the secretary of the next-level party committee (party group) that there are signs and tendencies in politics, ideology, work, life, style, and discipline.
The “top leaders” at higher levels ask more questions and remind more about the “top leaders” at lower levels, conduct appointment talks with the newly appointed “top leaders”, select some lower-level “top leaders” to conduct supervisory talks every year, and exhort those who have minor violations of discipline. They are all party committees. (Party group) An important starting point for fulfilling the main responsibility.
The establishment of a political supervision and talk system within the party is an important step for Anhui Province to solve the supervision problems of the “key minorities” such as the “top leaders” of the city and county parties.
The secretary of the provincial party committee talked to the secretary of the municipal party committee, the secretary of the municipal party committee talked to the secretary of the county party committee, and the higher-level party committee grasped the lower-level party committee... Many cadres who participated in the conversation said that this supervision method has better solved the infrequent, irregular and inaccurate political supervision in the past. The problem.
Inspections are an important way for higher-level party organizations to strengthen supervision of lower-level party organizations.
The Politburo meeting held not long ago emphasized that it is necessary to promote full coverage of inspections with high quality, focus on power and responsibilities, strengthen supervision of leadership at all levels and key minorities, especially the “top leaders”, and accurately identify and resolve problems.
"For example, during the whole process of inspection and inspection work, the'top leader' must be the key target; before the inspection team is stationed, it must work with the discipline inspection and supervision, organization, political and legal, auditing and other agencies and departments to understand the situation of the party organization's top leader under inspection; During inspections and inspections, when talking with members of the leadership team, the situation of the'first-in-command' should be included as a necessary content, and the specific situation should be lowered to a level." Song Wei suggested.
Strengthening the supervision of lower-level party organizations and "top leaders" is not only an important part of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision in fulfilling its responsibilities of assisting the party in comprehensive and strict governance, but also an important part of fulfilling its own supervisory duties.
In practice, the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision at all levels has effectively strengthened the daily management and supervision of lower-level party organizations, especially the “top leaders”.
On the one hand, it focuses on strengthening supervision and inspection of performing the main responsibility of administering the party strictly, and it is found that the subordinate “top leaders” fail to perform or incorrectly perform the duties of the first responsible person, causing serious consequences or adverse effects.
On the other hand, establish a sound system for regular talks between the leaders of the supervisory committees of the higher-level discipline inspection commissions and the lower-level party committees (party groups) and report the conversations to the party committees at the same level.
To implement the deployment of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs should put the supervision of the “top leaders” in a prominent position, insist on not dare to corrupt, not corrupt, and do not want to corrupt, and promote the education of “top leaders”. Restrict and correct deviations, coordinate and coordinate, deepen both the symptoms and the root causes, and further standardize the power operation of the “top leader”.