Re: China Communist elder issues bold call for democracy

On Sep 30, 12:54 pm, demoris...@xxxxxxx wrote:
China Communist elder issues bold call for democracy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/30/AR200...

In a bold jab before a key meeting of China's Communists, a 90-year-
old former secretary to Mao Zedong has urged the Party to embrace
democracy, saying that only political freedom can end instability and
corruption.

Li Rui issued his demand for citizens' rights and legal shackles on
Party power in a Beijing magazine, China Across the Ages (Yanhuang
Chunqiu), just over two weeks before President Hu Jintao opens the
17th Party Congress, which is set to give him five more years in
power.

...

Li argued that only empowered citizens could end the corruption he
said was rotting the foundations of Party rule.

He called for citizens to be encouraged to defend their rights, for
legislation to protect a free news media from censorship, and for
strict constitutional yokes on the long unfettered Communist Party.

...

Fat chance.

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