To reduce the burden on the grassroots, "one-vote veto" must be strictly controlled

The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recently issued the "Notice on Solving Outstanding Formalism Issues and Reducing Burdens on Grassroots Levels" and decided to use 2019 as the year of reducing burdens on grassroots levels, which proposed strict control of "one-vote veto" matters. We cannot arbitrarily sign "responsibility certificates" and shirk responsibilities to local governments and grassroots in disguise. The notice aroused enthusiastic response among cadres and masses in various places. At present, Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places have issued documents requiring strict control of "one-vote veto" matters.

"One-vote veto" has been abused at the grassroots level

In recent years, "one-vote veto" has been abused at the grassroots level: in addition to the comprehensive policies on population, family planning, and social security explicitly implemented by the central government, In addition to projects such as governance, environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction, production safety and major safety accident risks, and party style and clean government construction, many places have also included education and scientific research, price increases, urban construction, tax collection, investment promotion and many other matters. , covering almost all aspects of social life.

A grassroots cadre in a county in northern Jiangsu told reporters that at most, they had 17 "one-vote veto" items on their heads.

In a city in central Anhui, the first district government included “controlling oil fumes in residential areas” as a “one-vote veto” project; in some places, newspaper subscriptions, file management and other tasks also need to be subject to a “one-vote veto” . A cadre of a township in a county in northern Jiangsu told reporters that local petitions and urban construction work have been included in the "one-vote veto". Last year, a household in the town went to the province to petition due to a contract dispute. "The result was that it was regarded as both a petition issue and an urban construction issue. If you failed to memorize two "one-vote veto" assessments at the end of the year, your work for one year will be in vain."

In addition, there are many deformed "one-vote veto" assessments that are imposed on grassroots cadres. The secretary of the party committee of a township in Anhui Province told reporters that last year, he signed at least 20 responsibility certificates, "so many that I can't remember them all." Many responsibility certificates clearly stated that they were linked to promotion, awards and excellence, etc. In fact, they were An extension of "one-vote veto". There are also introductions for cadres, similar to all employees’ target responsibility letters, military orders, letters of guarantee, etc.

Why is "one-vote veto" abused?

The reporter's interview found that some "one-vote veto" assessment settings ignore the actual work and have remained unchanged for many years. A grassroots family planning cadre said that today, when single-child parents are allowed to have two children, the "one-vote veto system for family planning" still uses the old assessment system in many places. For example, under the new regulations such as voluntary IUD and sterilization for women of childbearing age, the IUD rate and ligation rate are still included as assessment items, causing dissatisfaction among the masses.

There are also places that ignore regional differences in economic and social development and set up "one-vote veto" projects "one size fits all". Reporters interviewed found that some impoverished counties in remote mountainous areas have introduced a "one-vote veto" for investment promotion, requiring all employees to go out to promote projects. A local cadre said: "Isn't this losing the main task of poverty alleviation?"

Zhu Lijia, a professor at the National Academy of Administration, believes that the reason for the abuse of "one-vote veto" is that higher-level departments are unwilling to use their brains. Think about more realistic assessment methods to shirk responsibility and transfer pressure and risks. Ouyang Aihui, an associate professor at the School of Economics, Management and Law at the University of Nanhua, said that the root cause of the "one-vote veto" layer upon layer of intensification lies in the fact that some places have not fully implemented the idea of ????administration according to law, and the scientific grassroots performance evaluation system and indicators have not been effectively constructed. Some departments have a mentality of eager for quick success and pursuing political achievements.

Since this year, many places have actively reduced the burden on the grassroots. According to incomplete statistics by reporters, more than seven provinces and cities have issued documents to clean up "one-vote veto" matters. Anhui, Sichuan and other provinces have made it clear that all "one-vote veto" matters that are not stipulated by the central government or approved by the provincial party committee and government will be cancelled.

According to Xinhua News Agency