Chapter 547: Overwhelming Public Opinion
When Duan Zetao proposed at the Standing Committee to strictly investigate the consumption of the 'three publics', and proposed that the details of the 'three public expenses' of all government units, especially the entertainment expenses of public funds, be made public, the budget examination and approval of the 'three public expenses' should be strictly examined and approved, and the inspection team should be dispatched to investigate and secretly visit high-end consumption places, and the top leaders of government units whose 'three public expenses' exceed the standard should be held accountable, and the government units with excessive 'three public expenses' should be exposed through the news media, which was almost unanimously opposed by all members of the Standing Committee.
Even Lin Zitong, who has always followed Duan Zetao closely and was just recommended by Duan Zetao to be promoted to executive vice mayor, also raised objections to Duan Zetao's decision, "Secretary Duan, you have to investigate strictly." I don't object to the consumption of the three publics, but taking such a strict measure is inevitably a bit of a bridge in vain, the government departments often have to receive the inspection of the relevant departments at the higher level, and some are still the inspection teams sent down from the central government, they are warmly received in other places, and when they arrive in our Xingzhou, they are treated coldly, and a lot of work is not easy to carry out, and the projects that can be won may be yellow......."
"And if the consumption of public funds is strictly investigated, it will inevitably have an impact on the hotel service industry, which is also unfavorable for stimulating domestic demand, and it is not good for the economic development of Xingzhou, we still have to focus on ......economic development."
Xie Zili has always been very upset about Duan Zetao, and even turned his face for him and Yuan Zhinong, and defected at the Standing Committee, and said worriedly at this time: "Yes, our development zone has to receive a large number of investors every year, as well as foreign guests, many of whom are representatives of internationally renowned manufacturers. ……”。
Gong Hanchao, deputy secretary of the party and the masses, is the oldest member of the existing Standing Committee, and he played a decisive role in helping Duan Zetao fight Yuan Zhinong, so he spoke not so politely, and said in a long tone: "Comrade Zetao, you have a set of economic work, but you may not be so experienced in party building and organization and personnel. Our Huaxia is a society of personal feelings, and it is normal for superiors to come to inspect and receive them, and it is not feasible to talk about human feelings at all, and it is not feasible to talk about ...... people."
**Minister Huang Aiguo also answered: "Yes, we have been talking about building a harmonious society, many things you are doing may not be done, at the dinner table, everyone drinks wine may be done, there are contradictions to talk about, the contradiction may be resolved, so that it is harmonious, I think as long as you don't put the money into your pocket, eat and drink can not be regarded as a big mistake...... right."
Chen Dongfeng came down from the central government, and he also shook his head and said: "The central government has been talking about controlling the 'three public expenses', why has it not been able to control it for so many years, but the more the control costs are getting higher and higher, to put it bluntly, there are policies and countermeasures, we control the 'three public expenses', if it is controlled, it is fine, if it cannot be controlled, it will not become a laughing stock of the whole country, I think we should not be a good ...... for this bird."
Duan Zetao had expected that he would strictly investigate the 'three public consumption', and there would definitely be people who opposed it, but he did not expect that the opposition would be so strong, almost all the Standing Committee members unanimously opposed his decision, and even Lin Zitong, who followed him closely, did not agree with his own opinions, this was the first time that Duan Zetao held a Standing Committee to discuss his own proposal after being promoted to secretary, and if it could not be passed, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to his prestige.
Thinking of this, Duan Zetao frowned, took out the invoice of 12,800 and the statistical data on Xingzhou City's 'three public consumption' in the past few years that he asked Fang Dongmin to help him collect, put it on the table, and said solemnly:
"This is an invoice for my private banquet yesterday for a few friends to eat in a four-star hotel, because the hotel treated me as a guest for public consumption, so it killed me fiercely, and ate 12,008 in one meal, which is the annual income of a poor family! ……”
"This is the statistical data of Xingzhou City's 'three public consumption' in the past three years, which I asked my secretary to help me collect, and last year, Xingzhou City's expenditure on 'three public consumption' reached 32.5 billion! And it's growing at a rate of 15 percent a year, and our total investment in education and agricultural infrastructure last year was less than 30 billion, how many hope elementary schools have we eaten?! How much life-saving money from poor peasants was eaten?! Now there are still people who think that eating and drinking is just a small problem, isn't it a big mistake?! ……”。
The Standing Committee members were shocked when they looked at the 12,800 invoice and the statistical data on Xingzhou City's expenditure on the 'three public consumption', and no one had really done this kind of statistics before.
Duan Zetao waved his hand vigorously and said in a deep voice: "I admit that it will be difficult to correct this unhealthy trend at once, the cadres below will not understand it very much, and it may also cause some passivity to our work, and even have a certain impact on our economic development in the short term, but what I want to say is a government that can't even control its own mouth, will it be a clean and efficient government?" Will an official who eats and drinks all day long and squanders taxpayers' money be a good official who is honest and does things for the people? ……”。
"The reason why the credibility of the government among the people is declining day by day is because our cadres have not been strict with themselves and established a good government image! Hong Kong has done a very good job in controlling the 'three public consumption', but Hong Kong's economic development has not been affected by this, so I think the reasons you just talked about are not reasons, the key lies in whether we are determined to fight this unhealthy trend, just as the so-called habit becomes natural, we just have to get rid of the bad habit of eating and drinking at public expense in the past, and develop a good habit of being honest and honest! ……”。
At this time, Pan Wenhua, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, also stood up, "I support Secretary Duan's proposal, anti-corruption and clean government should be strictly investigated'Three Public Consumption', and our Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection is willing to act as a pioneer to ensure that the Municipal Party Committee's regulatory measures for 'Three Public Consumption' are in place!" ……”。
In the end, Duan Zetao passed the proposal of strictly investigating the 'three public consumption' at the Standing Committee, and soon promulgated the 'ten bans' to strictly control the 'three public consumption', which immediately caused an uproar in Xingzhou as soon as the 'ten bans' were promulgated!