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Power in cage can wean officials off corruption
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WITH dozens of officials brought into the anti-corruption drive’s crosshairs, last year clearly displayed what the CPC means when it says they will play hardball and engage in strict governing of Party members.
Corruption not only involves individual official’s ethical degradation. More seriously, it means using power bestowed by the state to snatch national and social resources for individuals or certain groups.
There are growing intricacies of intertwined interests across the administrative approval, public project and financial transaction fields. If allowing these special interest groups to act in a wayward manner, the country’s reform efforts will surely be hindered, and thus, ruin the future of both the country and the CPC.
The CPC’s discipline agency intensified its fight by fanning out nationwide to inspect misconduct, leading to the downfall of scores of officials at provincial and ministerial level or higher and the bust of several illegal interest groups. Among them were former state leader Zhou Yongkang, former military leader Xu Caihou, and former senior political advisors Ling Jihua and Su Rong.
The supervisory, judicial and auditing government agencies have been fighting “pitched battles” against corruption with anti-graft mechanisms. Meanwhile, the metaphorical guerilla war was initiated by the public, facilitated by easier whistle blowing channels, which have become a growing headache for corrupt officials.
The CPC is also building an international network to track down officials on the run to make sure that there is no safe haven abroad for the corrupt. These moves constitute a basic foundation to ensure government officials dare not be corrupt.
Fighting corruption is a world conundrum. With its intensive efforts and extensive scope, the ongoing anti-graft fight initiated by CPC has offered salutary experience for the international community. The CPC, however, soberly realizes that the fight against corruption remains complex and grave.
Under the temptation of huge interests in a China in transition, some officials may take chances anyway, despite warnings and regulations. Flaws in laws and bad habits in officials’ circles could all lead to a relapse.
Therefore, the CPC stresses the long-term effect and offers a mechanism to wean officials off corruption. While ferreting out high-ranking corrupt officials, the CPC strives to improve the political ecology by affirming power in accordance with law.
A comprehensive legal reform plan, adopted at a key Party session in late October, pledged to advance the rule of law. It’s foreseeable that the CPC will continue to promote anti-graft legislation this year. In the fight against corruption which is described as a threat to the country and the Party’s very survival, the self-willed power will finally be replaced by a power in the cage as the CPC eyes a cure instead of a palliative as the ultimate goal.
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