Why did the ＂soft landing＂ post ≠ safe haven become a ＂high-risk place＂ for officials to fall？
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Cctv news(Reporter Wang Xiaoying) At 18: 00 on July 11th, the website of the Ministry of Supervision of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a heavy news that Wang Sanyun, vice chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and accepted organizational review.
In April this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided that Wang Sanyun would no longer serve as secretary, standing committee member and member of Gansu Provincial Party Committee. On April 27th, Wang Sanyun served as the vice chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the National People’s Congress.
According to past experience, retiring from front-line posts is considered a "soft landing" and generally nothing will happen.
However, according to the reporter, at least five "big tigers" failed to "get away with it" after the 18th National Congress, and the other four were Yang Gang, Wang Min, Su Rong and Bai Enpei.
These high-ranking officials have been dismissed continuously, conveying a clear message: the anti-corruption procedure has never left a "back door".
Yang Gang: After leaving his original post for half a year, he was investigated
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On December 27th, 2013, Yang Gang, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and was investigated.
After investigation, Yang Gang took advantage of his position as Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Personnel Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Secretary of Urumqi Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Vice Chairman of the Autonomous Region Government, and Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Party Group of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to seek benefits for others and illegally accept huge amounts of property from others.
When Yang Gang fell, he had left the post of deputy secretary and deputy director of the Party Group of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for half a year … …
Wang Min: I went to the National People’s Congress for less than one year.
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In March 2016, Wang Min, deputy director of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress and former secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and accepted an organization investigation.
After investigation, Wang Min seriously violated political discipline and rules, openly discussed and violated the spirit of the eight central regulations, eating and drinking public funds, violating discipline, and confronting organizational censorship; Violation of organizational discipline, using the influence of authority and position to provide help and accept property for others in the selection and appointment of cadres; Violation of integrity discipline, seeking benefits for others in business operations, etc., and their relatives get economic benefits from the transfer of benefits; Using authority and position influence to seek benefits for others and accept property is suspected of accepting bribes.
In May 2015, Wang Min left Liaoning for the National People’s Congress, and left Liaoning for less than a year before his fall.
Su Rong: Falling horse after one year.
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On June 14th, 2014, Su Rong, Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was investigated for serious violation of discipline and law.
According to the indictment of the procuratorate, Su Rong took advantage of his position as secretary of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee, secretary of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee, vice president of the CPC Central Party School, and secretary of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee to seek benefits for others and illegally accept huge amounts of property from others; Abuse of power, causing heavy losses to public property, the interests of the state and the people, and the circumstances are particularly serious; The defendant Su Rong and his family’s property and expenses obviously exceeded the legal income, and the difference was extremely huge, and the source could not be explained.
According to his resume, Su Rong went to work in Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in 2013 and was dismissed one year later.
Bai Enpei: After three years in office, he fell.
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On August 29th, 2014, Bai Enpei, vice-chairman of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and was investigated.
According to the indictment of the procuratorate, Bai Enpei took advantage of his position as secretary of Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, secretary of Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and vice chairman of the National People’s Congress Environment and Resources Protection Committee, as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of his authority and status, through the behavior of other national staff, seeking benefits for others and illegally accepting huge amounts of property from others; The defendant, Bai Enpei, and his family’s property and expenses obviously exceeded their legal income, and the difference was extremely huge, and the source could not be explained. According to the law, he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes and huge amounts of property with unknown sources.
Sorting out his resume, he went to the National People’s Congress in 2011 and was dismissed three years later.
Why did the CPPCC become a "high-risk place" for officials to fall?
According to incomplete statistics, in the anti-corruption storm in CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, there are many officials who can clearly identify their fields, including CPPCC and NPC.
However, when the CPPCC or NPC officials were investigated, the main illegal facts rarely occurred in the position of CPPCC or NPC, but more happened in a more powerful position before. The above five people worked in local party committees and governments for decades before entering NPC or CPPCC, and entered the NPC or CPPCC system at the age of near retirement, which was almost the standard career path of officials from the party and government system in the CPPCC system in the past.
In this round of anti-corruption storm, the investigation of retired officials is nothing new, which is equivalent to showing the outside world that "retirement" as a sign of "safe landing" is no longer "safe".
The in-depth development of the anti-corruption struggle shows that no matter who has abdicated, has just been promoted, or is full-time anti-corruption, as long as they violate the law, they will not let go.
Expert: Let corrupt officials eliminate luck.
According to the official, saying "no" to the corrupt people who landed safely is a distinctive feature of this anti-corruption struggle, breaking the previous practice of being lenient and lenient to corrupt officials who retired from the front line or retired.
Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of the Research Center for the Construction of a Clean Government in Peking University, said that it is of great warning significance to investigate and deal with retired officials who have corruption problems, indicating that China’s anti-corruption attitude is absolutely zero tolerance, warning serving officials not to be lucky, and there is no so-called "soft landing". As long as you are suspected of corruption, you will never let go.
Zhuang Deshui said that officials who had served as "government officials" before the fall of the horse, if they entered the National People’s Congress or the CPPCC system, their power was suspended, and it was easier to investigate and deal with them. Otherwise, if it is investigated during its tenure as the top leader, it will be difficult to be undisturbed.
He said that it is necessary to strengthen supervision over officials who hold important positions, as well as those who have left their original posts and entered the NPC, CPPCC and other departments, so that corrupt officials can eliminate their luck and dispel their idea that as long as they are greedy enough, they will not attract others’ attention and successfully realize the "safe transition."