Study Times: Resolutely eliminate the "bad apples" among the ranks of party members and cadres

On January 8, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that "resolutely eliminate the bad apples among party members and cadres, strictly and practically strengthen the management and supervision of party members and cadres, and promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party." Develop in depth, promote the uncompromising implementation of the decisions and arrangements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and effectively lead the way to ensure the start of the new journey." "Remove the bad apples on a regular basis, resolutely prevent and control 'darkness under the light', and strive to set an example for self-revolution and follow the example of self-revolution. We must set a benchmark for compliance with discipline and create an iron army of discipline inspection and supervision that reassures the Party Central Committee and satisfies the people.”

A black sheep originally refers to a horse that is irritable and out of control and hurts horses arbitrarily. It is often used to refer to a person who has no scruples and harms the collective and society. In the process of deepening the comprehensive and strict governance of the party, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly used the metaphor of "black sheep" as a metaphor for those party members and cadres who have lost principles, violated disciplines and laws, and pointed out that they must be "resolutely eliminated" and "normally eliminated", emphasizing that Our party has a clear attitude of turning its blade inward and having zero tolerance for corruption.

"Those who are good at eliminating harm should look at their roots." Typical cases investigated in recent years show that corruption problems often begin with the abuse of public power by individual bad apples or even "top dogs". When a bad horse appears and is not restrained in a timely and effective manner, the "bad horse" will be indulged, and other "horses" in the horse group will be infected, and even lead to "bad horses driving out good horses". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has carried out the mission of "offending hundreds of people and living up to 1.4 billion", seriously investigated and dealt with and accurately eliminated a large number of bad apples, and promoted the loose and soft state of party governance. It has been fundamentally changed, and the party's style and political style have taken on a completely new look. However, we should also be soberly aware that the current anti-corruption struggle is still grim and complex, the soil and conditions for corruption have not yet been eradicated, the stock of bad apples has not been completely eliminated, and increases are still occurring. For example, some party members and cadres ignore political disciplines and rules, and have the problem of "seven things"; some suffer from the "achievement impulse syndrome" of trusting the horse and reining in the reins, committing fraud and violating the rules; some ride the horse in Nanshan and do not remember the horse. They even pursue fat horses, light fur, sensual dogs and horses; some put on "new vests" and engage in new types of corruption and hidden corruption. Another example is that a very small number of disciplinary inspection and supervision cadres take advantage of their power or influence to make good choices and handle cases selectively. They even act rashly, go out of their way to handle favor cases, relationship cases, and money cases, and eventually make mistakes and end up behind bars. All these phenomena indicate that we must never look back, relax or be merciful in the fight against corruption. We must "leave the bad ones away without letting them defeat the others" when it comes to the black sheep.

"Those who are good at managing illness will eliminate its source." To eliminate the bad apples and prevent the legacy of carbuncle disease, it is urgent to promote the "three non-corruptions" in an integrated manner, and continuously deepen the treatment of both symptoms and root causes and systematic treatment. The first is to maintain a high-pressure posture against corruption and give power to unscrupulous people. For the black sheep among party members and cadres, no matter who they are involved in or their positions are high or low, they will be investigated and dealt with as many as they are found, so that corrupt elements will never have a place to hide. Continue to strengthen the atmosphere of "don't dare to corrupt", force "sick horses" to stop and restrain themselves as soon as possible, and curb the spread of corruption. The second is to imprison public power in the cage of the system. Strengthen the use of cases to promote reform and treatment, and promote "investigating a case, improving a set of systems, and solving a type of problem" to form a virtuous cycle of investigating corruption, discovering problems, urging rectification, and improving governance. We will improve the allocation of power and operation control mechanisms, set up "separation walls" and connect "high-voltage lines" in all links based on the full-cycle concept, deepen the use of big data technology to improve the quality and efficiency of supervision, and tighten the cage that "cannot be corrupted". Focus on strengthening the rigid constraints on the "key minority", keep a close eye on the "top leaders" and leadership teams at all levels, and keep a close eye on the team of disciplinary inspection and supervision cadres as the "officials who govern officials", and ensure that power is not abused through strict management and supervision. , to prevent the "black sheep" from becoming the "black sheep". The third is to focus on strengthening education on both positive and negative aspects, so that those who are lucky can stop at the brink. The reason why black sheep are repeatedly banned is that there is a problem with the "master switch" of thinking. Therefore, we must pay more attention to rectifying the roots, consolidating the roots and cultivating the talents, and ideologically eradicating the soil that causes corruption problems. At present, we should seize the opportunity to carry out party discipline study and education, make good use of discipline as the "ruler" to govern the party, educate and guide party members and cadres to learn discipline, know discipline, be disciplined, and observe discipline, and further develop the ability to be supervised and disciplined. habits of working and living in a constrained environment. Innovate ways and means to promote the combination of positive guidance and warning and deterrence, inherit the party's glorious tradition and fine style, inspire the majority of party members and cadres to pursue their lofty ideals, regard abuse of power for personal gain and corruption as a great shame, and truly cultivate "not wanting to be corrupt" consciousness.