President Xi Jinping extends his deep condolences to the families affected by the landslides that hit Mocoa, Colombia. (Photo : Getty Images)
In his campaign to rally anti-corruption in the government, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the attention of senior officials.
Since the beginning of his term, the Chinese leader waged a full force implementation of ousting corrupt government officials. The campaign led to thousands of arrests and disciplinary actions against prominent Party leaders and their relatives.
After a meeting with core officials in Beijing last week, he again released two statements to reiterate the importance of fighting corruption.
According to the statement, officials are called to "build a fence" surrounding them to ensure that they are not abusing power, or use their government position to protect themselves or their relatives.
Xi is asking government officials to practice self-discipline and warned that a repeat of his predecessors' mistakes of letting corruption run the Communist Party.
The statement read: "A handful of senior party officials, overcome by their political cravings and lust for power, have resorted to political conspiracies by working with ostensible obedience while forming cliques to pursue selfish interests."
He then cited the case of one of the most remarkable arrests done to former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, as an example of the success of the anti-graft campaign.
The president added, "Nepotism and election fraud have endured and power abuse, corruption as well as legal and disciplinary violations have been spreading."
Due to the massive devastation that occurred in previous administrations, the Communist Party suffered many political and economic problems. Xi explained that the country suffers from giving way to the interest of the few.
Xi wrote, "Like natural ecology, political ecology is also vulnerable to pollution. Once problems emerge, we have to pay a huge price to restore it to its original state."
The leader is also faced with a multitude of critics. Xi then called on Party officials to stop these anti-Party ideologies from spreading.
"No party member should make or distribute statements that run counter to the party's theory, path, principle, policy, and decisions," they said.
