BEIJING: The new head of China's ruling party sounded a strong anti-corruption
warning in his first speech to top politicians, state media said on Monday,
following a series of stern messages by top officials.
Xi Jinping stressed the theme as
he and other top leaders take charge for the next decade in the world's most
populous country, where public anger has mounted at perceived privileges and
abuses of power in the one-party system.
"A large body of evidence
has shown us that the issue of corruption is growing more intense and in the
end will kill the party and the country," Xi said, according to the
party-linked People's Daily and other outlets.
"We must be alert," he
told the top 25-member Politburo Saturday.
"In recent years in some
countries, long-festering disputes have led to popular anger, social unrest and
a collapse of government power -- and in all this corruption played an
important role."
Xi also warned against graft last
week in his widely watched first speech as party leader, as did his predecessor
Hu Jintao a week earlier in his last major address before handing over the
reins.
"If we fail to handle this
issue well, it could prove fatal to the party and even cause the collapse of
the party and the fall of the state," Hu told 2,300 delegates at the start
of a tightly scripted party congress which oversaw the handover.
Xi is expected to succeed Hu as
China's president early next year in a move that would formalise his leadership
of the country.
In the new lineup the respected
official Wang Qishan will take over the party's "discipline
inspection" body which handles corruption cases, in a move analysts said
could signal a more serious intention to tackle the problem.
The party has been rocked by
high-profile scandals in recent years, notably the dramatic fall of top
politician Bo Xilai who now faces trial for corruption and abuse of power.
Still, analysts note that
authorities have warned against corruption before, and while low-level
offenders have faced punishment, truly uprooting corruption would also require
tackling powerful figures and their interests.
- AFP
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