Chiyan commentator Xu Tengfei
Selecting and appointing people has been an important part of China's political governance from ancient times to the present, and grassroots elections are the key cornerstone. However, recently, a "strange case" of suspected election fraud in the grassroots election was ***
According to Chiyan News, recently, Wang Yiqiang, a member of the Xigao Community Branch of the Xuegong Sub-district Office in Zibo City, Shandong Province, reported to reporters that in April 2021, during the election of the village committee team of Xigao Village (now Xigao Community), Wang, who was the village secretary and village director at the time, in order to prevent Wang Yiqiang's votes from surpassing him, "played" on the spot, and instructed Lu, a female village cadre who was in charge of singing votes at the scene, to sing Wang Yiqiang's vote to himself, and Wang won.
According to the recording provided by Wang Yiqiang, when Lu talked to others afterwards, he personally admitted that he had cheated in the vote, sang some of the votes for Wang Yiqiang to Wang, and also revealed that "Director Miao knew that I changed it."
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According to common sense, the recording of Lu's personal admission should attract the attention of the superiors, and be strictly investigated as an important clue, so that the discipline inspection department can find out.
However, the final handling of this clue is incredible. Under the continuous reporting of the villagers, in December this year, the Xuegong Sub-district Office announced the results of the investigation: Lu, who voluntarily admitted to cheating on the votes, was "returned to his innocence" by the superior organization, saying that she had not changed the number of votes, and the statistics were accurate.
So, why did Lu expose himself to fraud and "smear" himself?The cadres of the neighborhood office explained that Lu "told a lie in order to curry favor with others." Therefore, Lu was also criticized and educated by the organization.
This incident occurred in April 2021, but it was not until this year that the sub-district office released the results of the investigation. However, it is no wonder that the villagers are suspicious: the ticket bearers themselves took the initiative to admit cheating, but forcibly "whitewashed", which is not in line with common sense.
According to the election method of the Shandong village committee, after the day of the counting of votes is over, the village committee should seal the ballot papers on the spot. The purpose of retaining the original evidence is to ensure the fairness and authenticity of the election, which will be well documented in the future. Since the higher-level organization has investigated the report in recent years, why not publish a more detailed, detailed, and convincing investigation conclusion to the villagers, lay out the facts and reason, and solve the doubts in the hearts of the villagers.
Judging from the incident itself, it also exposes that within a certain scope, violations of discipline in the general election of village-level organizations occur from time to time.
Taking Shandong Province as an example, according to the data released by the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision in October 2021, the province investigated and dealt with a total of 229 village-level violations of discipline that year, and 448 people were dealt with.
In fact, when we think about it, grassroots organizations directly facing the masses are actually the "last mile" to implement the party's line, principles and policies, and it has a bearing on the party's ruling foundation, leadership core, and important force for promoting development and construction in rural areas.
Therefore, the change of village-level organizations related to the people's livelihood has attracted much attention at the grassroots level. If fraud occurs in the general election, it will not only damage the interests and trust of the masses, but also undermine social fairness, justice, and the construction of the rule of law.
As far as the masses are concerned, how can village-level cadres who have risen to power through violating the discipline of the re-election believe that they will serve the people wholeheartedly and be good "waiters" of the people?
Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen supervision and management over the election process, ensure the fairness and transparency of the election process, and do a good job in answering questions from the masses. Whether it is the act of falsely reporting votes involving black-box operations and bribery and cheating, or the act of interfering with the election results and inciting voters' will out of selfish selfish conduct after the election, it is an improper act and should be taken seriously, and there should be "zero tolerance" for all of them.
Only in this way can we put an end to all kinds of problems in grassroots elections to the greatest extent, ensure the democracy and interests of the masses, and ensure that the elections do not lose their original intentions.
Edited by Li Ying Program Editor Zhao Yaqi