Is Party above law?
黨大法大未有定論 依法治國易成空談
文章日期:2014年10月28日

【明報專訊】THE CURTAIN has been brought down on the 4th plenum of the Communist Party of China. It drew attention as long as it lasted because "running the country in accordance with the law" was high on its agenda. The communiqué of it says it was decided at the plenum that the Party should accomplish six tasks: to enforce the constitution more vigorously, to speed up building a law-abiding government, to increase judicial credibility, to raise the people's awareness of the rule of law, to make efforts to put together a force of law officers and to ensure "the leadership of the Party". The sixth task has drawn more attention than any of the other five. However, unless the relationship between the Party and the judiciary is exactly defined, there can be no judicial independence, and it may be idle to talk about "running the country in accordance with the law", however splendidly the first five tasks may be accomplished.

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