Zhang Li, deputy dean and professor of the Law School of Renmin University of China, believes that in order to prevent the abuse of state public power and ensure the advanced nature and purity of the civil servants, it is of positive significance to prevent public officials from corruption, abuse of power and other criminal acts by restricting the children of criminals from taking public examinations and excluding those who may fall into family relationships and have criminal risks in advance.
It is worth noting that parents' criminal records directly affect their children's exams, and even some positions have been checked for three generations. The existence of these realities not only makes many people give up their ideal jobs because of their parents' criminal records, but also makes some parents afraid of affecting their children's future. For example, according to public reports, there are women who suffer from domestic violence. Because I am worried that calling the police or defending my rights will leave a criminal record for my husband and affect my child's employment, I choose to tolerate it.
Cancel the restrictions on the examination of criminals' children.
Many experts interviewed by the reporter of "Rule of Law Daily" believe that whether parents have criminal records is an important assessment standard in political examination, on the one hand, it is to increase the cost of crime, on the other hand, it can effectively prevent the staff of important national positions from abusing power for personal gain. However, this restriction also deviates from the principle of "responsibility for one's own crimes" to a certain extent and should not be "across the board". We can explore the gradual relaxation of restrictions and appropriately adjust the standards according to the post situation.
Some supporters believe that it is unfair for one person to do things and one person to do them. The children of criminals are influenced by their parents' mistakes, which leads to the examination for civil servants and other positions. Some opponents believe that if the cost of crime is getting lower and lower, people who want to commit crimes have nothing to worry about. Employment is not only a way of examination, but also will not limit children's opportunities to engage in other jobs.