Chinese Communist Party warns retired members not to make ‘negative’ political comments
- The instruction – issued in the run-up to the year’s main political set piece – warns that violations of the disciplinary rules will be ‘dealt with seriously’
- A statement warns against discussion of the party’s policies and spreading ‘negative political remarks’
The General Office of the Central Committee issued a set of regulations – titled Strengthening Party Building among Retired Cadres in the New Era – state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The statement called for all party departments to ensure that retired cadres and party members “listen to the party and follow the party” and warned that “violations of disciplinary rules should be dealt with seriously”.
An unnamed spokesperson for the Central Organisation Department told Xinhua that the new rules are a response to some party members committing disciplinary offences after retirement.
The statement asks them “not to discuss the general policies of the Party Central Committee in an open manner, not to spread political negative remarks, not to participate in the activities of illegal social organisations, and not to use their former authority or position influence to seek benefits for themselves and others, and resolutely oppose and resist all kinds of wrong thinking”.