(Two Sessions Express) Zhang Yesui: In a country that is democratic or not, the people of this country have the most say
China News Service, Beijing, March 4 (Reporter Li Jingze) Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress, pointed out in Beijing on the 4th that a country is not democratic, but its practice is the most convincing, and the people of this country have the most say. .
On the same day, the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People. The spokesperson of the conference answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on the agenda of the conference and the work of the National People's Congress.
On March 4, the press conference of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress was held in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The spokesman of the conference, Zhang Yesui, answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on the agenda of the conference and the work of the National People's Congress.
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When answering questions, Zhang Yesui pointed out that the concept of people's democracy in the whole process has two key words, one is "people's democracy" and the other is "the whole process".
——People's democracy is the life of socialism, and the people being masters of the country is the essence and core of socialist democratic politics.
The Chinese Constitution stipulates that all the power of the state belongs to the people, and the people manage state affairs, economic and cultural undertakings, and social affairs through various channels and forms in accordance with the provisions of the law.
——The whole process is to implement democratic election, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision by all the people in accordance with the law, and to ensure that the people are the masters of the country.
"People's democracy in the whole process of China's development not only has a complete system and procedures, but also has a complete participatory practice." Zhang Yesui said that China implements the system of people's congresses, the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China, and the ethnic regions. The basic political systems such as the self-government system and the grass-roots mass self-governance system have consolidated and developed the broadest patriotic united front, and formed a comprehensive, extensive and organically connected institutional system in which the people are the masters of the country.
The socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics centered on the Constitution, including a series of legal system arrangements such as the Election Law, the Representative Law, the National People's Congress Organization Law, the Legislation Law, and the Supervision Law, provides a solid legal guarantee for the development of people's democracy throughout the process.
Zhang Yesui pointed out that the people's congress system is an important institutional carrier for realizing the whole process of people's democracy in China.
Under the leadership of the Party, we should expand the people's orderly political participation, strengthen the protection of human rights and the rule of law, ensure that the people enjoy a wide range of rights and freedoms in accordance with the law, and ensure the people's rights to know, participate, express, and supervise, and implement them in all aspects of the work of the National People's Congress. The whole process of each link.
It is necessary to improve the platform and carrier of the People's Congress for the expression of democratic public opinion, base all work on a solid foundation of public opinion, and promote the realization, maintenance and development of the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people.
"Democracy is not a decoration, it is not used for decoration, but to solve the problems that the people need to solve." Zhang Yesui pointed out that a country's democracy is not democratic, practice is the most convincing, and the people of this country have the most say .
Practice has proved that the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics is a real and effective democracy rooted in Chinese history and culture, in line with China's national conditions, and in solving China's problems.
Zhang Yesui emphasized that democracy is the common value of all mankind.
There is no identical democratic system in the world, nor is there a democratic model suitable for all countries.
Democracy is not the best, only better.
"We are willing to exchange and learn from other countries on the basis of mutual respect, and continuously enrich and improve the achievements of human political civilization."
Regarding the election of deputies to the National People's Congress and how the deputies to the National People's Congress participate in the exercise of state power, at the press conference, Zhang Yesui further introduced the four characteristics of the election of deputies to the National People's Congress: the principle of combining direct and indirect elections, the most extensive universality, the The widest representation, fully reflecting the will of the broadest people.
Zhang Yesui pointed out that since the reform and opening up, China has held 12 elections to the township-level people's congress and 11 to the county-level people's congress, and the voter participation rate is around 90%.
At present, the national county and township level elections for the National People's Congress are drawing to a close, with more than 1 billion voters participating in the election.
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