For those interested in
understanding the proposed changes to ''China's Political Party System'' - as
declared in the current session of the National Congress - here is
the full text that spread across 9 short pages.
The following are abstracts taken from this article:
A-1
''The political party system China has adopted is
multi-party cooperation
and political consultation under the leadership of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) (hereinafter "multi-party
cooperation system" ), which is different from
both the two-party or multi-party competition systems of Western
countries and the
one-party system practiced in some other
countries.''
A-2
''Both the CPC and the democratic parties must take the
Constitution as the basic norm of their conduct, and uphold the dignity of the
Constitution and ensure its
implementation.
{At least, someone has declared
respect to her Constitution - will the Singapore Ruling Party do
the same - instead of bastardising the Singapore Constitution into
a worthless piece of nonsense ?}
Under China's multi-party cooperation system, there are the
CPC and eight other political parties. The eight
democratic parties are: Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese
Kuomintang, China Democratic League, China National Democratic
Construction Association, China Association for Promoting
Democracy, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, China Zhi
Gong Dang, Jiu San Society and Taiwan Democratic Self-Government
League.''
A-3
''Based on the principle of "long-term coexistence, mutual
supervision, treating each other with sincerity and sharing each
other's weal and woe," the CPC and the eight democratic parties
work hand in hand in developing socialism with Chinese
characteristics, thus giving rise to the basic feature of
"multi-party cooperation system under the leadership of the CPC,
with the CPC holding power and the other eight parties
participating fully in state affairs."
A-4
''The multi-party cooperation system shows unique political
advantage and strong vitality, and plays an irreplaceable role in
China's political and social life.''
{A-1 to A-4: will contrast the
attitude that of the Singapore's Ruling Party, who simply has no
respect towards the Alternative Parties}
A-5
''The political history and practice of modern and contemporary
China prove that the construction of democratic politics in China
must proceed from the country's basic conditions, and blind
emulation of the political or party systems of any other country
will never succeed; and that dictatorship will also end in
failure, as it is against the law of historical
development and the people's will.''
A-6
''In a liberal, stable and harmonious political atmosphere, the CPC
maintains wide political cooperation with the democratic parties,
attends to their
political and material interests, and unites with
them in the march forward.''
A-7
''The CPC and the other eight democratic parties supervise each
other. Such supervision is political supervision exercised through
exchanging views and airing criticisms and suggestions.
Since the CPC is the leading and ruling party, it needs particularly supervision
from the democratic parties more than the other way
round.'' {This
must surely make the tinpot supporters red in the eye.}
A-8
''The multi-party cooperation system has created a new form of
political party system in the world, a unique system by itself.
Under this system, the CPC and the democratic parties work closely
together and supervise each other, instead of opposing each
other.'' {This is the courage
and self-confidence of a New China, to formulate a system that is
answerable to the People, and not to a cult of self-annointed
Elites}
A-9
'' This system accords with the system of people's congresses to
ensure that the people are the masters of the
state, rather than a democracy for a minority of
people.''
{It looks as if China studied and
rejected the Singapore Political Model. Is China referring to the
66.6% majority in a democracy for only 1,000,000PLUS Singaporeans
out of an electorate of of 3,000,000 PLUS ? China ought to be
congratulated for its astute ability to discern flawed
democracy.}
A-10
''Without democracy there can be no socialism, let alone socialist
modernization.''
A-11
''The CPC aims to serve the people wholeheartedly, and represents
the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the
Chinese people.''
A-12
''One major feature of China's socialist democracy is the
combination of democratic election and democratic consultation. In
China, the people's congress system and the multi-party cooperation
system under the leadership of the CPC supplement each other. That
the people exercise their democratic rights through election and
voting and that consultation is conducted among people of all walks
of life to achieve consensus as much as possible
before any significant decisions are made are two important
ways to realize socialist democracy.''
A-13
''Full political consultation both takes into account the opinions
of the majority and shows respect to the reasonable requirements of
the minority, thus guaranteeing democracy of the widest scope and
promoting the harmonious development of society.''
{Paragraphs A9-A13 must be the
understatement of the year - if seen from the Singapore
context}
A-14
''In the new historical circumstances, one of the key jobs for
developing socialist democracy is adhering to and improving the
multi-party cooperation system under CPC
leadership, which entails expanding the orderly political
participation of citizens, broadening the channels for the
expression of social interest and fostering harmonious social
development.''
A-15
''It is a key part of the multi-party cooperation system under the
leadership of the CPC that democratic party members take
leadership positions in government and judicial
organs.''
{Surely, Singapore's Government aka
Ruling Party has alot more to learn from China now
?}
