Everyone should abide by law
Everyone should abide by law
Everyone should abide by law
2005-04-26 06:59
Everyone is equal before the law and the authorities should stand up against anyone who violates it, says an article in Legal Daily. An excerpt follows:
It is reported that a private entrepreneur has been building an expensive tomb in Meiling National Forest Park in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, for three years without being investigated.
According to the forestry law, such a brazen act should have been stopped and punished.
However, local forestry and civil affairs bodies, media reports say, did not put an end to his illegal behaviour for three whole years.
So what went wrong with these public organs and why have they failed to perform their duties?
There are three possible reasons.
First, it is because of local protectionism. Some local governments, with their focus on developing the local economy, often turn a blind eye to businessmen's wrongdoings in the name of protecting the local investment environment.
As such, many public organs will find it hard to rein in wrongdoers if local government protects them.
The second possibility may be due to the entrepreneur's political status.
Famous private entrepreneurs are usually deputies to the local people's congress, or members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or heads of government-affiliated industry associations.
Some people take advantage of their political status to dodge or excuse themselves from the rule of law, hampering law enforcement agencies' work.
The third possible reason may reside with the collusion between corrupt officials and businessmen.
It is known that some wealthy businessmen pay officials to back up their businesses and some officials are willing to do 'dirty' deals with businessmen.
It is this very umbrella extended by corrupt officials that emboldens some high fliers to defy the authority of public bodies.
No matter the reason for the current mess in the forest park case, the failure to discipline the wrongdoer is mind-boggling.
Such blatant illegal acts are a serious blow to our efforts to build a society ruled by law.
It is reported that an investigation team has been set up to look into the case. We hope justice can finally be served.
(China Daily 04/26/2005 page6)
Everyone should abide by law
2005-04-26 06:59
Everyone is equal before the law and the authorities should stand up against anyone who violates it, says an article in Legal Daily. An excerpt follows:
It is reported that a private entrepreneur has been building an expensive tomb in Meiling National Forest Park in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, for three years without being investigated.
According to the forestry law, such a brazen act should have been stopped and punished.
However, local forestry and civil affairs bodies, media reports say, did not put an end to his illegal behaviour for three whole years.
So what went wrong with these public organs and why have they failed to perform their duties?
There are three possible reasons.
First, it is because of local protectionism. Some local governments, with their focus on developing the local economy, often turn a blind eye to businessmen's wrongdoings in the name of protecting the local investment environment.
As such, many public organs will find it hard to rein in wrongdoers if local government protects them.
The second possibility may be due to the entrepreneur's political status.
Famous private entrepreneurs are usually deputies to the local people's congress, or members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or heads of government-affiliated industry associations.
Some people take advantage of their political status to dodge or excuse themselves from the rule of law, hampering law enforcement agencies' work.
The third possible reason may reside with the collusion between corrupt officials and businessmen.
It is known that some wealthy businessmen pay officials to back up their businesses and some officials are willing to do 'dirty' deals with businessmen.
It is this very umbrella extended by corrupt officials that emboldens some high fliers to defy the authority of public bodies.
No matter the reason for the current mess in the forest park case, the failure to discipline the wrongdoer is mind-boggling.
Such blatant illegal acts are a serious blow to our efforts to build a society ruled by law.
It is reported that an investigation team has been set up to look into the case. We hope justice can finally be served.
(China Daily 04/26/2005 page6)
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