Learning Times: "Concealing Serious Mistakes Before Joining the Party" Cannot be done

Cases In recent years, among the typical cases reported by discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels, there have been many violations involving "concealing serious mistakes before joining the party. In August 2023, the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province announced the serious violations of discipline and law by the original owner of the Zhongtang Town Engineering Construction Center in Dongguan City. One of them was "violating organizational principles and concealing serious mistakes before joining the party". In June 2022, the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision notified Wang Lintao, the former deputy manager of the Rizhao Adjustment Department of the Marketing Corporation of Shandong Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., of serious violations of discipline and law, including "violation of organizational discipline and concealment of serious mistakes before joining the party". In March 2022, the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection issued the news that Liu Suoxing, the former party secretary and president of the Heihe Intermediate People's Court, was "double-opened". The problems pointed out also included "concealing serious mistakes before joining the party, and concealing in the organizational assessment. Distorting the truth". It can be seen from the above notification that He Fuqiang, Liu Suoxing, Wang Lintao and others "concealing serious mistakes before joining the party" are violations of organizational discipline. The third paragraph of Article 73 of the regulations on Disciplinary actions of the Communist Party of China stipulates that those who conceal serious mistakes before joining the party shall generally be removed from the list; those who perform well after joining the party shall be given a serious warning, removed from their posts within the party or placed on probation in the party. In the party's discipline system, organizational discipline is an important part of the party's six major disciplines. It is a rule of conduct that regulates and handles the relationship between party organizations at all levels, between party organizations and party members, and between party members. An important guarantee for maintaining the party's centralization and unity and maintaining the party's combat effectiveness. In the inner-party political life, the relationship between the party member and the party organization is the individual and the whole. The individual is a part of the whole, and only by obeying the whole can the individual form a whole with the whole; the whole is a combination of individuals, the development direction of the whole affects the individual, and the behavior of the individual in turn affects the realization of the whole goal. For individual party members, the party organization has always been the matrix of political life, the guidance of life value, and the support for growth and progress; only when party members believe in the organization, accept the training and discipline of the organization, can they always maintain political determination and grasp the direction of life. Establish an advanced image of Communists. As far as the party organization is concerned, in order to always maintain the party's advanced nature and purity, and constantly enhance the party's cohesion and combat effectiveness, it is necessary to have a positive and enterprising contingent of party members. The strength of the party comes from organization, and organization can multiply strength. The unity of the organization closely depends on the firm belief and resolute obedience of each party member to the party organization. Therefore, obeying the decision of the organization, obeying the call of the organization, uniting with the party, uniting into a "hard steel" under the banner of the party, and gathering powerful forces to realize ideals and complete missions have become the inevitable requirements of the party for its members. This also means that from the moment a person applies for joining the party, he must establish the ideology of handing himself over to the party, cultivate the organizational concept of "I am a member of the party", and be unreserved in front of the organization. Psychological preparation; it also determines that when a party organization recruits party members, it must understand and inspect all the development targets, distinguish the true from the false, and truly absorb advanced elements, so that the ranks of party members will not only have an increase in quantity, but also have a guarantee of quality. For this reason, the application form for joining the party sets up two columns: "when, where, why and what kind of punishment" and "questions that need to be explained to the party organization", requiring the development object to fill in truthfully, so as to test the individual's attitude towards the party, especially the loyalty to the party. Whether a person can be honest with the organization, tell the truth, and show the truth is an important manifestation of a person's loyalty, and it is also a basic condition for a person to become a qualified party member. The Party Constitution stipulates that one of the eight obligations of Party members is "to be loyal and honest to the Party and to match words with deeds". According to the requirements of the party constitution, loyalty and honesty to the party means taking the banner of the party as the banner, the direction of the party as the direction, and the will of the party as the will, unswervingly, loyal, and use a lifetime to fulfill the firm oath to follow the party. Repay the training, trust and support of the organization with actions. Loyalty is the basic political character of party members, which embodies the political cognition, political emotion, political will and political belief of party members, and determines the political behavior of party members. Judging by the party constitution as the standard, concealing serious mistakes before joining the party is a manifestation of disloyalty to the party, and an act of political dishonesty. From a subjective point of view, the reason for the problem of concealment is related to insufficient ideological understanding and even improper motives for joining the party. Some people think that the situation before joining the party belongs to personal privacy and there is no need to report it, so they do not want to report it. Some people think that the party organization only needs to grasp and solve the problems after joining the party, and there is no need to grasp the problems that occurred before joining the party, so they do not want to report them. There are also some people who do have ghosts in their hearts and have hidden secrets, so they dare not report them. Objectively, it is related to the failure of the grass-roots party organizations to observe and even develop in violation of regulations. Some grass-roots party organizations do not have strict examination and control when party members apply to join the party, the procedures for the development of party members are not strict, the filling of materials is not standardized, the introduction of party members does not emphasize enough in the explanation of relevant matters in their daily guidance, and even individual party branches recruit party members in violation of regulations, which brings troubles to the development of party members and has a negative impact on the image of the party organization. It should be pointed out that although the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" only provide penalties for concealing serious mistakes before joining the party, it does not mean that general mistakes can be concealed and not reported. No matter what the factors are, concealing the mistakes before joining the party, including serious mistakes, is a reflection of ignoring the party's discipline and rules, and is an evasion of organizational supervision. According to the regulations, when filling in the relevant materials for joining the party, everyone must truthfully report the major personal situation, including serious mistakes he has made, criminal penalties, administrative penalties, etc., so that the party organization can deal with his ideological and political status. Make an accurate evaluation. Concealment and failure to report will inevitably interfere with and affect the comprehensive understanding and correct judgment of the party organization. At the same time, it will also make individuals miss the opportunity to receive the education and correction of the party organization, and plant the seeds of destroying great morality and losing great festivals, so that political life will be based on from the beginning. Unstable and weak foundation. In real life, some party members and cadres have become corrupt, betrayed the party, and betrayed the people. It is from concealing such violations of discipline that they step by step toward the abyss of illegal crimes. Looking at the reports of discipline inspection and supervision institutions, He Fuqiang, Liu Suoxing and Wang Lintao are typical examples. Looking through the confessions of corrupt officials, "should not deceive the organization" is the sincere repentance of many people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the in-depth advancement of comprehensive and strict governance of the party, the institutional fence of political life within the party has become tighter and tighter, the requirements for the implementation of party discipline have become stricter, and the "risk" of concealing and not reporting is increasing. Both applicants and party members must see the firm determination of the Communist Party of China to govern the party in an all-round and strict manner. They must strengthen the sense of the role of party members as people's servants and cadres as people's public servants, and they must correct individuals and organizations. Relationship, constantly integrate personal growth and progress into the party's cause, consciously accept organizational supervision, and keep the "loyalty and honesty" stipulated in the party constitution in mind and action, we should not rack our brains to conceal, do not try our best to make changes, do not ignore laws and regulations and take chances, and resolutely keep pace with the party in thought and action. Party organizations at all levels must do a good job in the development of party members and the education, management, and supervision of party members, organize and study party laws and regulations in a planned and targeted manner, and often use negative examples to carry out warning education, so that the educated will always remember The party's discipline and rules are an insurmountable red line and a bottom line that must be adhered to, so that there is a party in mind and a stop in action. It is necessary to put discipline in the forefront, pay attention to grasping early and preventing the slightest failure, and resolutely punish and show no mercy to those party members who deliberately do not report or deceive the organization, and to cadres who recruit party members in violation of regulations, so as to ensure that the political life within the party is clean and clean. Party members temper their party spirit and character in the "melting pot" of the party organization, and become the vanguard of the development of the party and the people's cause.