What impact will the National People's Work Committee's call to stop the "joint sitting" have on the construction of the rule of law in our country at this stage?
Bihan Fengwen.
According to ** report, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress disagreed with the punishment measures imposed by some localities on the close relatives of persons involved in certain types of crimes, believing that it violates the principle of self-responsibility, does not conform to the principle and spirit of the Constitution's provisions on "citizens' basic rights and obligations", and does not conform to the principles and spirit of the state's laws and regulations on education, employment, social security, etc., and requires the relevant organs to repeal them and carry out self-examination and self-correction nationwide.
Although this is just a normalized record review work, and the people's congresses at all levels will record and review some policies and laws and regulations every year, this year's two decisions are indeed far-reaching and significant.
One is to stop the close relatives of local criminals from "sitting together";There is also a "complete ban on fireworks and firecrackers is illegal". All of them have aroused widespread attention and heated discussions in the society. This is because these two things are closely related to the vital interests of the masses and are also closely related to economic and social development.
In my opinion, these are all landmark rule of law events, which deserve attention in terms of economic and social development, individual citizens' rights and interests, and the progress of the construction of the rule of law. For example, the ban on fireworks and firecrackers involves the traditional Spring Festival culture and folk customs, the conflict boundary between cultural folklore and environmental protection and safety, the economic development of the fireworks industry, and the adherence to the spirit of the rule of law.
The analysis of the suspension of "joint sitting" alone will have at least the following positive effects:
The first is to raise the level of rule of law. **Put governing the country and governing in accordance with the constitution in a prominent position, strengthen the filing and review system and capacity building, pay attention to giving play to the important role of the constitution in governing the country, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens.
The filing and review of normative documents is an important function and power entrusted to the people's congress by the Constitution and laws, a constitutional system that conforms to China's national conditions and has Chinese characteristics, an important measure to uphold the rule of the country according to the Constitution, strengthen the supervision of the Constitution and laws, and safeguard the authority of the Constitution, and an important way to safeguard the unity of the country's legal system and the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
All law enforcement and judicial work must be standardized and advanced on the track of the rule of law. To improve the level of rule of law, we must first start with the improvement of the level of legislation and policy. The law must first be a good law, otherwise it is not a true rule of law.
The second is to promote administration according to law. Stopping the "joint sitting" is a very good lesson in popularizing the law, and it is a very good lesson for popularizing the law, whether it is for localities and departments, or for individual citizens, and it is much more effective than how many classes and exams it takes, and it has a very strong demonstration effect. On the one hand, it is necessary to persist in administering according to law, and must not violate the Constitution and laws, and must not infringe upon the legitimate rights of citizens. On the other hand, it is also to encourage and guide individual citizens to participate in the construction of the rule of law, and effectively supervise legislation, law enforcement, judicial and other acts.
In recent years, the policies and measures of some places have often been questioned by the society, and one of the aspects worthy of reflection should be that there are problems with the "rule of law", whether it meets the requirements of the rule of lawIs it administered according to law?For example, some fines in urban management, arbitrary fees for public parking spaces, a ban on straw burning, unified signboards in urban stores, and a ban on noodle processing in vegetable markets, etc. In short, there are various reasons, but there are too many human factors, and there is an obvious lack of awareness of the rule of law.
The third is to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens. In particular, there is greater equality in the rights to education, employment, social security, etc., to prevent discrimination.
At present, there is also a phenomenon of political review, which is one of the public security links, which examines the family background of candidates, such as whether there are immediate family members who are serious crimes endangering public safety, death row prisoners, or prisoners who are serving sentences.
In some localities and units, political censorship may be further extensive, and all children of criminals may be restricted or affected. For example, some drunk driving and negligent sex crimes may have an impact on the life of children. Isn't that fair?Debatable.
Therefore, every time it comes to the public, some people will pay special attention to the issue of political trial.
In carrying out the work of comprehensively managing public order, one of the tasks is to resettle, assist, and educate those who have been released from prison so as to better help them return to society. However, now this work may be somewhat diluted in some places, and the sense of social identity is also decreasing, and many enterprises and units will emphasize that there is no illegal or criminal certificate when recruiting, which makes it difficult for them to return to society, and if their children are affected again, this actually leaves a hidden danger to social security.
In view of this, it is also possible to further increase the intensity of filing and review of normative documents of organs at all levels, actively mobilize social participation, and increase the intensity of online publicity and solicitation of opinions, so as to promote the level of rule of law construction.