A few days ago, Song Xue, deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Communist Navy, was removed from his post as a deputy to the National People’s Congress for unknown reasons. The outside world speculates that he is likely to fall suddenly, but the authorities have not made it public because of the extra-sensitive nature of the incident involving the military.
The Communist Party’s Xinhua News Agency said on April 29 that the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) announced that the Naval Servicemen’s Congress had decided to remove Song Xue from his position as a delegate to the 13th NPC. In accordance with the relevant provisions, Song Xue’s qualification as a deputy was terminated.
The announcement also mentioned that Li Xiyong, a delegate to the 13th NPC, passed away. The Standing Committee of the NPC expressed its condolences for the death of Representative Li Xiyong, whose qualification as a representative was naturally terminated.
Li Xiyong was the chairman and secretary of the party committee of Shandong Yanzhou Coal Group and died on April 10 at the age of 57 due to illness.
The above announcement shows that Li Xiyong’s qualification as a deputy to the National People’s Congress was naturally terminated because he had passed away. However, the deputy chief of naval staff Song Xue was removed from the qualification of representative, and no reason was given. Outside analysis suggests that it may mean that he has fallen or been removed from office, and the fact that the authorities did not disclose the reason indicates that his issue is more sensitive.
A few days ago, Song Xue, deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Communist Party Navy, was removed from his position as a deputy to the National People’s Congress. However, the Chinese Communist Party has not officially stated the reason. (Composite photo)
In February 2018, Song Xue was “elected” as a deputy to the 13th CPC National People’s Congress.
According to the CPC National People’s Congress website, it is customary for deputies to be removed if they lose the trust of their constituents or electoral units. It is possible that the delegate may have committed a crime or serious dereliction of duty, or may have failed to perform his or her duties well.
As of now, there are 2,951 deputies to the 13th CPC National People’s Congress.
Baidu’s encyclopedia shows that after the 18th Congress of the CCP, there have been 68 officers above the deputy military level who have been publicly announced for investigation and punishment, including 2 at the deputy state level (admirals), 4 at the full military region level (admirals), and 11 at the deputy military region level (9 lieutenant generals and 2 major generals).
The military power of the CCP has been held by Jiang Zemin’s group in the past, and Jiang was the chairman of the military commission from 1989 to 2004. Before Jiang stepped down, he promoted his beloved Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou to hold military power for him, hollowing out Hu Jintao’s military power.
After taking power, Xi Jinping has made a strong effort to overhaul the military. According to data disclosed by the Chinese Communist Party, Xi investigated and punished nearly 160 officers of military rank or above during his first five-year tenure, but according to the number announced to the public, there are more than 70 “military tigers” according to incomplete statistics.
But the Chinese Communist Party’s military newspaper continues to emphasize that “thoroughly purge Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou’s influence” and the fight against corruption is a long way to go. This means that the Jiang faction in the military is still not completely purged.
After the fall of Fang Fenghui, former member of the CPC Central Military Commission and chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department, and Zhang Yang, director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, in 2018, military sources revealed that as many as 300 people were involved in housing cases in the CPC military, involving huge amounts of money. After Zhang Yang’s death by hanging himself, Dovi quoted informed sources as revealing that there were more than 40 people involved in Zhang Yang’s case.
On February 22, 2019, the Hong Kong media revealed that six more “military tigers” were investigated, respectively, the deputy commander of the western war zone, the deputy political commissar of the army, the deputy political commissar of the air force, the deputy commander of the armed police force, the deputy commander and chief of staff of the northern war zone.
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