Deliberation on pledge to Constitution
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Chinese officials will pledge their allegiance to the Constitution when assuming office, according to a draft legal document submitted to the top legislature yesterday for deliberation.
All officials elected or appointed by people’s congresses and their standing committees at both national and local levels, as well as state functionaries appointed by people’s governments, courts and procuratorates at all levels must, in the future, take a public oath of allegiance to the Constitution while assuming office, according to the draft.
Explaining the draft, Han Xiaowu, deputy secretary-general of the 12th NPC Standing Committee, which began in Beijing yesterday, said as the Constitution is the basic law of the country with supreme legal status, authorities, forces, state functionaries must have constitutional awareness, observe constitutional principles, uphold the constitutional spirit and perform their constitutional obligations.
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