Socialist Democracy with Chinese Characteristics｜The National People’s Congress General Election Work at the County and Township Levels Promoted in an Orderly and Steady Way
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 17 (Reporters Luosha and Chen Fei) According to the Constitution and laws, from the first half of this year, the general elections of the National People's Congress at the county and township levels have started one after another.
The reporter learned from the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the 17th that the current general election work is progressing in an orderly and steady manner in accordance with the law.
Up to now, Shanxi, Hebei, and Tibet have successfully completed the general election of the people's congresses at the county and township levels, and the first meeting of the new people's congress has been held.
Other 28 provinces (regions, cities), counties and townships’ general elections have been determined. 17 provinces (regions, cities) including Beijing will be completed within this year, and 11 provinces (regions, cities) including Inner Mongolia will be completed in the first half of next year. Finish.
The general election of the county and township people's congress directly faces hundreds of millions of people and is the most vivid and direct manifestation of people's democracy in the whole process.
It is understood that all localities conscientiously implement the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the provisions of the Electoral Law, protect voters' right to vote and be elected in accordance with the law, so that the whole process of the development of people’s democracy can be concretely and realistically reflected in the practice of voters’ participation in the effective exercise of their voting rights in accordance with the law. It is realistically reflected in all aspects and links of the general election.
In the general election, according to the newly revised electoral law, the number of deputies to the county and township people's congresses was re-determined, and the number of new deputies was tilted toward the grassroots and community workers.
Combining local reality and the level of economic and social development, scientifically and rationally determine the proportion of county and township people’s congresses to ensure the broadness and representativeness of the representatives.
At the same time, all localities have established election committees in accordance with the law to do a good job in organizing the general elections and serving voters.
Including earnestly and meticulously carrying out voter registration work, and striving to ensure that there is no missed registration, good registration, and no re-registration; safeguarding the voting rights of the floating population, adopting various measures to create convenient conditions for the floating population to participate in elections; organizing representatives in a flexible, diverse and effective manner Candidates meet with voters to protect voters' right to know, participate, and supervise in accordance with the law.
Carry out multi-channel, multi-level and multi-form propaganda activities, extensively mobilize the majority of voters to actively participate in the election, and create a good public opinion atmosphere for the general election.
It is reported that this general election was held under the background of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and the prevention and control situation in some areas is still very severe.
All regions and departments coordinate the work of epidemic prevention and control and general elections, and implement epidemic prevention and control requirements into the entire process and all links of the election to ensure the safety of epidemic prevention and control and the smooth election of elections.