Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC issued the Notice on Solving Prominent Formalism Problems to Reduce the Burden for Grassroots Units, and decided to take 20 19 as the year of reducing the burden for grassroots units, in which it was proposed that the problem of "one-vote veto" should be strictly controlled, and "liability certificates" should not be signed at will, and the responsibility should be shifted to local units and grassroots units in disguise. The notice aroused enthusiastic response among cadres and the masses everywhere. At present, Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places have issued documents to strictly control the issue of "one-vote veto".

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

In recent years, the "one-vote veto" has been abused at the grassroots level: in addition to the projects explicitly implemented by the central government, such as population and family planning, comprehensive management of social security, environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction, safety in production and the risk of major safety accidents, and building a clean and honest party style, many places have also joined education and scientific research, rising prices, urban construction, tax collection, investment attraction 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, a district government listed "controlling residential oil fume" as a "one-vote veto" project; In some places, newspaper subscription, file management and other work should also accept the "one-vote veto". A township cadre in a county in northern Jiangsu told reporters that local letters and visits and urban construction work were all included in the "one-vote veto". Last year, a family in town went to the province to petition because of a contract dispute. "The result is not only a petition problem, but also an urban construction problem. At the end of the year, there were two "one-vote vetoes", and one year passed. "

In addition, there are still many abnormal "one-vote veto" assessments for grassroots cadres. The party secretary of a township in Anhui told reporters that last year, he signed at least 20 letters of responsibility, "too many to remember". Many responsibility letters clearly indicate that they are linked to promotion, award and evaluation, which is actually an extension of "one-vote veto". There are also cadre introductions, as well as full-time target responsibility letters, military orders, and letters of guarantee.

Why is the "one-vote veto" abused?

The reporter found that some "one-vote veto" assessment settings have remained unchanged for many years, regardless of actual work. A grassroots family planning cadre said that today, with the liberalization of two children alone, 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 cerclage and ligation for women of childbearing age, the cerclage rate and ligation rate are still taken as assessment items, causing dissatisfaction among the masses.

There are also places that ignore the differences in regional economic and social development and set up a "one-vote veto" project across the board. The reporter found that some poverty-stricken counties in remote mountainous areas issued a "one-vote veto" to attract investment, requiring all staff to go out to pull projects. A local cadre said: "Isn't this the main business of getting rid of poverty?"

Zhu, a professor at the National School of Administration, believes that the reason why the "one-vote veto" is abused is that the higher authorities are unwilling to think of a more practical assessment method, shirking responsibility and transferring stress risks. Ouyang Aihui, an associate professor at the School of Economics, Management and Law of the University of South China, said that the root cause of the "one-vote veto" was that some places did not fully implement the idea of administration according to law and did not effectively build a scientific evaluation system and indicators for grassroots political achievements. In addition, individual departments have the mentality of quick success and instant benefit.

Since the beginning of this year, many places have actively reduced the burden on the grassroots. According to the reporter's incomplete statistics, more than seven provinces and cities have issued documents to clean up the "one-vote veto" problem. Anhui, Sichuan and other provinces clearly put forward that "one-vote veto" matters that are not stipulated by the central government or approved by provincial party committees and governments will be cancelled.

According to Xinhua News Agency