On the role of political participation from Sun Zhigang's incident
Laws and regulations have been revised, and political participation, which embodies the macro function of political participation, is helpful to realize social equity. Political participation is a process of expressing people's wishes, which helps to make the social interest distribution policy develop in the direction of people's interests and also helps to improve social welfare. Punishing those who hurt Sun Zhigang according to law embodies the citizens' function of restricting and supervising the government. Whether the formulation and implementation of government policies are correct, whether national public officials, especially political leaders, are active within the scope of the Constitution and laws, and whether they act according to certain rules of conduct, all these constitute important issues that are worrying in the process of government activities. In addition to being restricted and controlled by the internal supervision of state power organs, the political participation of citizens and citizen groups around political power is also an indispensable supervision. Political participation can reduce mistakes in political decision-making and help overcome the abuse of power.