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How much power does the secretary of the county (county-level city) party committee have?
I appreciate the words of Chen Xingjia, the former secretary of the Badong County Party Committee of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province, who has stepped down from his official position: "Even if you had a dream last night, you can turn it into reality the next day!"
This is true, and it is embodied in the head of Li Guifu, secretary of the county party committee of Qianxi County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province.
On December 6, 2023, Ma Shushan, a retired cadre, wrote a letter to report Li Guifu, secretary of the Qianxi County Party Committee. Two days later, Ma Shushan was taken away from his home by the Qianxi County Public Security Bureau.
The next day, Lao Ma was criminally detained. On December 20, the Qianxi County Procuratorate approved Ma Shushan's arrest. Five days later, the Qianxi County Procuratorate filed a public prosecution with the Qianxi County Court. On December 28, it was transferred to the procuratorate.
On December 29, the Qianxi County Procuratorate refused Ma Shushan's release on bail on the grounds that "he may be sentenced to imprisonment or higher and poses a danger to society."
The indictment was filed on January 2, 2024.
From reporting to approving arrest, conviction, and prosecution, a set of processes took only more than 20 days.
If it is a civil prosecutor, it is already Amitabha Buddha to file a case for you in one year.
The speed of moving west is about to catch up with the speed of Shenzhen.
It can be seen from here that a county party secretary, the emperor of the soil generally exists, he wants you to go east, you will never dare to go west, life and death are all in his thoughts.
The secretary of the county party committee, in China's official sequence, belongs to the seven-grade sesame official, which is not big, and is placed in the imperial capital or the magic capital, which is regarded as an official of the small ba, but in the corner of a county, the energy is not ordinarily large.
For example, Mao Youzhi, former secretary of the Jinping County Party Committee in Guizhou Province, asked all cadres under the age of 45 to get up at 7 o'clock, wear camouflage uniforms, run drills, and shout slogans, implement "militarized management" of the county's cadres, and conduct a so-called "political and legal military parade" for cadres in the political and legal contingent.
In addition, he also arranged for the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Television to equip his dormitory with integrated KTV equipment for his enjoyment, and also asked his subordinates to accompany him to drink and sing......
What Mao Youzhi did was completely the general operation of the soil emperor. The "militarized management" of subordinates was something that only the local warlords of the past could do.
Back to the Ma Shushan report, if it weren't for the intervention of public opinion, if it weren't for the intervention of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Lao Ma would probably have stepped on the sewing machine in it by now.
Some people say that although power is capricious, it also has a weakness, and its weakness is public opinion. In fact, in my opinion, power has never had a weakness, and if there is, its weakness is higher power.
The secretary of a county party committee has to clamp his tail and be a man when he shows off his might and covers the sky with one hand and covers the sky with one hand. When he saw a bigger official, he could only nod his head and wagging his tail and beg for mercy.
The official level crushes people to death, this is the status quo of officialdom.
But not all county party secretaries are this virtue.
For example, Zhang Wenxiu, secretary of the Yuanping County Party Committee of Shanxi Province more than 40 years ago, was a good county party secretary who dared to act and take responsibility.
On June 7, 1980, Zhang Wenxiu, who was studying at the Provincial Agricultural Cadre School, saw a critical article published in the People's Daily entitled "Most of the Workers Recruited by the Yuanping Bayi Quilt Factory Are Cadres' Families". The article said that 25 of the original Ping's clothing factories recruited workers, and 25 of them were family members of cadres, and Zhang Wenxiu's wife was also among them, and this matter caused heated discussions in the society.
Zhang Wenxiu immediately called the county party committee and demanded that his wife be dismissed from the clothing factory, and in addition to the county clothing factory, it was also found that the other three factories also had 12 family members of cadres who recruited workers in violation of regulations, and Zhang Wenxiu immediately demanded that the relevant departments dismiss all the cadres' families.
Afterwards, Zhang Wenxiu wrote a letter to the editorial department of the People's Daily: "As the secretary of the county party committee, I took the lead in engaging in unhealthy practices, and I bear the main responsibility. Thanks to the party newspaper for criticizing me and sounding the alarm for me, I humbly accept ......"
On July 4, the People's Daily published the full text of Zhang Wenxiu's letter, entitled "The Secretary of the Yuanping County Party Committee Corrects His Mistakes as Soon as He Knows Them."
More than 40 years ago, the secretary of the county party committee, how simple his thinking was, and how great he could improve by knowing his mistakes, this is the parent official who is rooted in the grassroots, deeply grounded, and mingles with the people.
Zhang Wenxiu, the secretary of the county party committee 40 years ago, deserves respect and praise.
How many county party secretaries who dared to take the initiative to bow their heads and admit their mistakes on the central media can still be found?
In today's Internet era, not to mention that the county party secretary will not admit his mistakes with his heart and lungs, even if someone really writes a letter of confession, how many mainstream media dare to publish it?
There is an undeniable fact that the secretary of the county party committee is no longer the original secretary of the county party committee, and the mainstream media is no longer the original mainstream media.
Could it be that this is the sorrow of the times?