-Interpretation of the Code of Integrity and Self-discipline and the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions (IV)

Source: China discipline inspection and supervision newspaper Author: Our reporter Zhang Lei

10 June 16, the website of the Supervision Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published a series of heavy news: Zhou Benshun, Yang, Pan Yiyang and Yu were expelled from the Party and public office for serious violations of discipline.

Different from the past, this bulletin is full of "Ji Yan concubine": look at the title, there is no "illegal" in "serious violation of discipline and expulsion from party membership and public office"; Looking at the text again, common words such as "bribery" and "bribery" no longer appear, and the layout of the text mainly reflects the violation of discipline, not the violation of law.

Inner-party review is a disciplinary review, not a judicial prosecution. One is based on "discipline" and the other is based on "law". The two are clearly defined and cannot be confused. To strictly manage the Party in an all-round way, we must strictly observe the Party discipline, put discipline before the law, and make discipline the ruler for managing the Party and the insurmountable bottom line for party member.

The newly revised Code of Integrity and Self-discipline in China (hereinafter referred to as the Code) and the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions in China (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) follow the law of governing the party, adhere to the separation of discipline and law, put discipline before the law and strictly enforce the law, and fully embody the characteristics of party discipline and the vanguard nature of China.

The head of the Law Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection told the reporter: "This is a major institutional innovation in the process of building laws and regulations within our party and managing the party."

2065 438+04 2065 438+04 The website of Supervision Department of Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection released the analysis of Wang Youming's corruption case, the former deputy inspector of Shanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources. Wang Youming is known as "capable, enterprising" and "outstanding in performance", and has won various honors in the land and resources system of the whole province and even the whole country. However, such an "honor-covered" cadre, from accepting local products, gradually developed into accepting warm shirts, sweaters and thousands of gifts, and finally accepted huge coal mine performance shares, and finally ended up with a "two-year suspension of death penalty".

Those who "break the law" must first "violate the discipline", which is the iron law of corruption proved by countless cases. However, the contents of the original codes and regulations are seriously confused with laws and regulations, especially more than half of the provisions of the original regulations are duplicated with national laws such as criminal law. As a result, the party discipline consciousness is weak in practice, and the party is governed not by discipline, but by law. As long as party member cadres don't violate the law and discipline, the relevant supervision will "hold high and light", or even turn a blind eye and ignore it, resulting in an embarrassing situation of "being either a good comrade or a prisoner".

"Small discipline is not adhered to, small mistakes are ignored, and minor illnesses are not dead, which leads to a large open area between discipline and law, which leads to party member cadres slipping from violation of discipline to illegality in the form of' free fall'." Gao Bo, deputy secretary-general of China Integrity Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, said that if discipline and law are separated, the problem of overlapping and confusion between discipline and law should be solved first.

In this regard, the revised guidelines and regulations have deleted the contents that are duplicated with national laws and regulations, among which the regulations have deleted more than 70 items that are duplicated with criminal law, public security management punishment law and other laws and regulations, such as corruption, bribery, dereliction of duty and acts that undermine the socialist economic order, etc.

The key to strictly administering the party in an all-round way lies in governance and strictness. While deleting relevant contents, the revised guidelines and regulations have also added and improved several clauses, clearly defining the main problems existing in party member's leading cadres' honesty and self-discipline and party member's discipline, especially transforming the requirements of strict political discipline and political rules, organizational discipline, implementation of the spirit of the eight central regulations and opposition to "four winds" since the 18th CPC National Congress into disciplinary norms. For example, as stipulated in Article 68 of the Regulations, leading cadres in party member shall not organize or participate in spontaneously established hometown associations, alumni associations and comrades-in-arms associations in violation of relevant regulations.

"If discipline and law are indistinguishable, discipline is equal to law, which is actually equivalent to confusing party member with ordinary citizens, which is equivalent to taking the bottom line of law as the bottom line of party member, which does not reflect the advanced nature of our party." The person in charge of the regulations office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said. Our Party is the vanguard of the working class in China, the people of China and the Chinese nation. If the bottom line of ordinary citizens' behavior is taken as the bottom line of party member cadres' behavior, it means lowering the party member standard and strictly administering the Party in an all-round way will become empty talk.

"Party discipline is stricter than national laws, and putting discipline and rules ahead is the fundamental reason." Gao Bo said that the revised guidelines and regulations adhere to the separation of discipline and law, and discipline is stricter than law, which not only solidified the practical orientation of grasping early and grasping small, but also strengthened the ruling concept of stricter discipline and heavier punishment, fully demonstrating the characteristics of political parties and party disciplines, and provided institutional basis and strong support for comprehensively administering the party strictly and strengthening inner-party supervision.

Of course, the separation of discipline and law does not mean that discipline and law are completely separated. "The railway police are in charge of each other." The "Regulations" not only stipulates in the chapter "Guiding ideology, principles and scope of application" that party organizations and party member must consciously accept the party's discipline and abide by national laws and regulations; A chapter on "Disciplinary Action against party member for Illegal Crimes" was specially set up to effectively link the Party discipline with the national laws.