Kailu County, Inner Mongolia: Farmers were obstructed from farming, and village cadres actually said "collecting money" and "not understanding the law", and the official reported that the Commission for Discipline Inspection intervened]
In this hopeful spring, the boom in farmland cultivation is in full swing across the country. However, in Kailu County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an incident related to farmers' rights and interests and challenging social fairness and justice was quietly staged, which aroused strong public attention.
According to local villagers, they have signed a 30-year land contract with the village committee and have paid the contract fee in full. However, just as they were looking forward to spring ploughing, the village committee suddenly changed its mind and demanded an additional fee of up to 200 yuan per mu per year, totaling more than 1 million yuan. What is even more alarming is that the village committee has even adopted round-the-clock monitoring methods, strictly prohibiting farmers from carrying out any farming activities.
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Among them, Lao Zhang of Shuangsheng Village became a typical victim of this incident. He spent decades of painstaking efforts to transform a piece of saline-alkali wasteland into fertile and fertile land today, and he was supposed to enjoy the joy of a bumper harvest, but he was forced by the village chief to pay back the contract fee with almost gang-like threats: "If you want to farm the land, hand over the money first! Even if the police come, it will be useless!" This astonishing remark has subverted people's perception of the image of grassroots cadres, and his arrogance has made people stunned.
Behind the incident, the reason given by the village director is even more unacceptable. He claimed that since the land had been changed from saline-alkali land to fertile land, the contract fee should be calculated at the new price, and asked Lao Zhang and others to terminate the contract in advance or pay back the fee. What is even more outrageous is that the town cadres not only failed to perform their duty to safeguard the rights and interests of the peasants, but instead aided the abuse, seized Lao Zhang's spring ploughing vehicle, and obstructed his normal production.
In the face of such a bad act, the villagers rose up to protest, but the response of Ji Mou, deputy secretary of the town party committee and member of the political and legal committee, was jaw-dropping: "What does this have to do with our government, don't look for me, I don't know the law." These remarks not only shirked responsibility, but also exposed his ignorance and disregard for the law as a party member cadre and a member of the political and legal committee.
The village cadres even threatened to organize 200 villagers to stop Lao Zhang's farming, which ignored the law and abused his power, which aroused great public indignation and condemnation. As the incident continued to unfold, the authorities reacted quickly, issuing a notice and setting up a working group to conduct an in-depth investigation. At the same time, the Commission for Discipline Inspection has also intervened to conduct a comprehensive review of the illegal acts of the village and town cadres involved.
This incident is undoubtedly a tragedy of naked abuse of power and infringement of peasants' rights and interests. It has revealed the ugly features of some grassroots cadres who have a weak sense of the rule of law, ignore the spirit of contracts, and wantonly trample on the rights and interests of peasants. All sectors of society expressed strong indignation at this and called for severe punishment of those responsible, ensuring that the legitimate rights and interests of farmers are not infringed upon, and safeguarding social fairness and justice.
The intervention of the official and the Commission for Discipline Inspection indicates that the matter has entered a critical stage of being handled in accordance with the law. We hope that the results of the investigation will be fair and open, severely punish the violations of laws and regulations of the cadres involved, restore justice to the farmers, and restore the rule of law and order of grassroots governance. At the same time, this incident has also sounded the alarm for all localities, emphasizing the need to strengthen the rule of law education for grassroots cadres, strengthen the awareness of contracts, protect the legitimate rights and interests of farmers in the process of land contracting, and ensure the stability of agricultural production and the smooth implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.