Tips for Writing Effective Attorney's Statements: Selecting Quotable Material from Xi Jinping's Instructions at the Central Political and Legal Affairs Work Conference on January 20, 2015
The Central Political and Legal Affairs Work Conference was held in Beijing on the 20th. President Xi Jinping recently issued important instructions on political and legal affairs work, emphasizing that under the new circumstances, political and legal organs bear heavier tasks and face higher demands from the people. He expressed hope that political and legal organs across the country will proactively adapt to the new situation, enhance the forward-looking nature of their work, effectively prevent and control various risks, and fulfill their major responsibility of safeguarding national security and social stability.
[3] Below is a summary of several excerpts of reference materials for your consideration, hoping to assist you in drafting agent statements.
(1) Regarding public security organs, procuratorates, and courts: Political and legal organs nationwide should continue to deepen judicial system reform, providing strong institutional safeguards for strict law enforcement, civilized law enforcement, impartial justice, and enhancing the credibility of law enforcement and justice.
(2) Regarding public security organs, procuratorial organs, and people's courts: Political and legal organs across the country must enforce strict discipline over police personnel, strictly observe the Party's political discipline and organizational discipline, resolutely oppose the misuse of public power for private ends and judicial corruption, and focus on maintaining overall social stability, promoting social fairness and justice, and ensuring that the people live and work in peace and contentment.
(3) With regard to administrative departments: they must earnestly shoulder the political responsibility of maintaining stability in their jurisdictions, incorporate political and legal work into the overall planning for economic and social development, and actively study and resolve major issues affecting such work.
(4) Regarding administrative departments: they should take the lead in acting in accordance with the law, support the people's courts and the people's procuratorates in independently and impartially exercising judicial and procuratorial powers in accordance with the law, support all political and legal units in independently and responsibly carrying out their work in a coordinated manner in accordance with the Constitution and laws, and create a favorable environment for political and legal organs to perform their duties in accordance with the law.
(5) Regarding administrative departments: It is necessary to strengthen and improve leadership over political and legal work, select and strengthen the leadership teams of political and legal organs, continuously enhance the ideological and political quality and performance capacity of the political and legal workforce, and cultivate a political and legal force that is loyal to the Party, the country, the people, and the law, ensuring that the instrument of power remains firmly in the hands of the Party and the people.
(Xinhua News Agency)
