China News Agency, Beijing, August 1st (Reporter Li Chun) The Military Status and Rights Protection Law came into force on August 1. This is the basic and comprehensive law for the protection of the status and rights of Chinese military personnel.
Hao Wanlu, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a professor at the Joint Service College of the National Defense University, said in a recent interview that this law has filled the gap in the national legal system and established the "four beams and eight pillars" of the military status and rights protection system.
Hao Wanlu said that the positioning of this law is the law governing the status and rights of military personnel, and it runs through the main line of "making military personnel a profession respected by the whole society".
The key is to properly handle the relationship between the status of soldiers and their rights and interests. On the basis of standardizing the status of soldiers, the key point of highlighting the rights of soldiers and guaranteeing them.
According to reports, the law has 7 chapters and 71 articles, mainly including the "six norms", namely, the basic principles and implementation responsibilities that regulate the status of military personnel and the protection of rights and interests, regulate the legal status of military personnel, regulate the military honor maintenance system, and regulate the military treatment guarantee system. , Standardize the military pension and preferential treatment system, standardize the rights and interests relief and accountability system.
Hao Wanlu said that these have made reasonable standards for the protection scope, content, methods and level of protection of military status and rights, and established the "four beams and eight pillars" of the military status and rights protection system, and answered "Who will protect and what? , How to protect the issue.
The law also clarifies the responsibilities of various entities that protect the status and rights of military personnel, including all state agencies and armed forces, various political parties and group organizations, enterprises and institutions, social organizations, and other organizations that protect the status and rights of military personnel in accordance with the law. Responsibility, all citizens should protect the lawful rights and interests of soldiers in accordance with the law.
Hao Wanlu pointed out that the purpose of such regulations is to mobilize and encourage various organizations and all citizens to do a good job in safeguarding the status and legal rights of soldiers.
One of the basic provisions of this law is to clarify that the honor and reputation of soldiers are protected by law.
The law also stipulates that the honors obtained by soldiers shall be enjoyed by them for life, and shall not be revoked without legal reasons or legal procedures.
"Military ranks, honorary titles, medals and medals and other honors are lifelong honors of soldiers, and the state should give them special protection." Hao Wanlu said.
In addition, the law stipulates that no organization or individual shall in any way slander or demean the honor of soldiers, insult or slander the reputation of soldiers, and shall not intentionally damage or tarnish the marks of honor of soldiers.
Hao Wanlu pointed out that these regulations are restrictive and prohibitive clauses set in response to problems that exist in reality or are prone to occur. They are the concretization of laws and regulations such as the Civil Code, the National Defense Law, the Criminal Law, the National Medal of Honor, and the National Honorary Title Law. "It is an important guarantee for the rule of law to protect the bottom line of social conscience and safeguard the honor and dignity of military personnel." (Finish)