With the “bullet” of China's parliament, the Communist Party takes greater control over the government

China's parliament moved on Monday (11/3) to amend a law aimed at giving the Communist Party greater control over the country's cabinet, the State Council, after earlier canceling a press conference given by President Xi Jinping for the first time in three decades. prime minister after the parliament session. On the final day of the National People's Congress in Beijing, the amended Organizational Law of the State Council passed with the votes of 2,883 delegates, with eight voting against and nine abstaining. It was the latest in a series of measures in recent years that have gradually eroded the executive power of the State Council, which is headed by Chinese Premier Li Qiang and which on paper oversees the Chinese government's 21 ministries as well as local governments. Legal experts say, as reported by the Athens News Agency citing Reuters, that with the amendment of the Organizational Law of the State Council for the first time since 1982, the trend of transferring more […]
Source: News Beast

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