Xi says people's rights and their freedom should be guaranteed
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December 5, 2012, Wednesday
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XI Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, yesterday pledged to promote the authority of the Constitution and the rule of law.
Xi said that all citizens were equal before the law, human rights should be respected and safeguarded, and people's extensive rights and freedom should be guaranteed.
He made the comments at a congress in Beijing marking the 30th anniversary of the implementation of China's 1982 Constitution.
"The foundation of the Constitution lies in people's heartfelt support, and its mighty force stems from people's sincere belief," Xi said.
People's dominant position should be adhered to in order to ensure that citizens enjoy rights and fulfil obligations, he said.
The Constitution is closely related to the country's future and the people's fate, he said.
Safeguarding the Constitution's authority is to maintain the dignity of the will of the Party and the people, he said.
"To ensure the Constitution's implementation is to ensure the realization of the fundamental rights of the people," Xi said.
However, Xi noted that supervising mechanisms and systems ensuring the Constitution's implementation had not been perfect, and there was still lawlessness, lax enforcement and failure to punish law-breakers in a timely fashion.
Judicial and law enforcement problems concerning people's immediate interests are still evident. He said that some officials abused power, failed to fulfil duties, committed crimes while enforcing the law, and even bent the law for personal gains.
The legal awareness of citizens, including certain officials, needs improving, he said.
To fully implement the Constitution is the primary task and the basic work in building a socialist nation ruled by law, Xi said, adding that the Constitution is the country's basic law and the general rule in managing state affairs.
The Constitution is "of supreme legal status, authority and efficacy," and it is fundamental, stable, lasting and concerns the overall situation, he said.
"No organization or individual has the special right to overstep the Constitution and law, and any violation of the Constitution and the law must be investigated," he said.
Xi said the authority of the Constitution and the rule of law should be promoted, which will enable the masses to "fully believe in the law and consciously use the law," so that they will understand that the Constitution is not only a code of conduct that must be followed by all citizens, but also a "legal weapon" that guarantees their rights.
"A country ruled by law should be first ruled by the Constitution, and the lawful governance should be based on the Constitution," Xi said.
As the legislation is conducted by the people under the CPC leadership, the Party's activities should be within the scope of the Constitution and the law so that the CPC takes the lead in enforcing and observing the law.
Xi urged that "the power bestowed by the people is constantly used for the interest of the people."
Xi said that all citizens were equal before the law, human rights should be respected and safeguarded, and people's extensive rights and freedom should be guaranteed.
He made the comments at a congress in Beijing marking the 30th anniversary of the implementation of China's 1982 Constitution.
"The foundation of the Constitution lies in people's heartfelt support, and its mighty force stems from people's sincere belief," Xi said.
People's dominant position should be adhered to in order to ensure that citizens enjoy rights and fulfil obligations, he said.
The Constitution is closely related to the country's future and the people's fate, he said.
Safeguarding the Constitution's authority is to maintain the dignity of the will of the Party and the people, he said.
"To ensure the Constitution's implementation is to ensure the realization of the fundamental rights of the people," Xi said.
However, Xi noted that supervising mechanisms and systems ensuring the Constitution's implementation had not been perfect, and there was still lawlessness, lax enforcement and failure to punish law-breakers in a timely fashion.
Judicial and law enforcement problems concerning people's immediate interests are still evident. He said that some officials abused power, failed to fulfil duties, committed crimes while enforcing the law, and even bent the law for personal gains.
The legal awareness of citizens, including certain officials, needs improving, he said.
To fully implement the Constitution is the primary task and the basic work in building a socialist nation ruled by law, Xi said, adding that the Constitution is the country's basic law and the general rule in managing state affairs.
The Constitution is "of supreme legal status, authority and efficacy," and it is fundamental, stable, lasting and concerns the overall situation, he said.
"No organization or individual has the special right to overstep the Constitution and law, and any violation of the Constitution and the law must be investigated," he said.
Xi said the authority of the Constitution and the rule of law should be promoted, which will enable the masses to "fully believe in the law and consciously use the law," so that they will understand that the Constitution is not only a code of conduct that must be followed by all citizens, but also a "legal weapon" that guarantees their rights.
"A country ruled by law should be first ruled by the Constitution, and the lawful governance should be based on the Constitution," Xi said.
As the legislation is conducted by the people under the CPC leadership, the Party's activities should be within the scope of the Constitution and the law so that the CPC takes the lead in enforcing and observing the law.
Xi urged that "the power bestowed by the people is constantly used for the interest of the people."
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