A letter asking for President Xi Jinping’s resignation appeared on the US-based Chinese-language news website Mingjing on Tuesday. However, it was quickly deleted. It is the second open letter urging Xi to resign that has surfaced this month – the first was published by Wujie News, a Xinjiang news outlet also known as Watching News. The company is now reportedly facing shutdown.

The new letter published on Tuesday was apparently signed by “171 Chinese Communist Party members” and asked for Xi to be relieved from all his duties.

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Letter published on Mingjing website. Photo: Google Cache.

“Given the grim situation of the extremely abnormal party organisational life caused by Comrade Xi Jinping’s personal dictatorship and personality cult, we, anonymously for now, publish this open letter to the whole party, army and people,” the letter read.

The letter listed Xi’s five gravest errors, including condoning personal worship, dictatorship, and neglect of citizen welfare.

It also mentioned the case of the Hong Kong booksellers and alleged that Xi was behind their disappearances. “Because the Hong Kong bookstore published the book Xi Jinping and His Six Women, he used the Chinese police to kidnap all of its shareholders and staff members across borders,” the letter alleged.

“International society criticised our government for violating the principle of One Country, Two Systems, leading to diplomatic dispute,” it said. “Xi Jinping’s debaucherous personal life is tarnishing the image of the party and the country. This is unacceptable.”

 

”Letter in full – in Chinese. Click to view.”

就立即罢免习近平同志党内外一切职务告全党、全军、全国人民书 時間:
我们是171名忠诚的中国共产党员,来自党政军群等各个机关部门。鉴于因习近平同志个人独裁及个人崇拜而导致的当前极不正常的党内组织生活的严酷现状,我们暂不署名地向全党、全军、全国人民书发布这一公开信。

我们以这份公开信的形式,表达我们对党和人民事业当前所面临的严峻危机的深切担忧,同时要求党中央、政治局、中央军委及全国人大常委会立即召开紧急会议,就习近平大肆推行个人崇拜、破坏法治实施个人独裁、不顾国内民生大肆外援、祸乱军队自毁长城、个人生活糜烂玷污党和国家形象等严重问题展开讨论,并立即罢免习近平同志党内外一切职务,以挽救党和人的事业。

习近平同志自十八大执政以来,虽在反腐败中取得了一些成果,但其连续不断地犯下严重错误已经对党和人民的事业造成了巨大的损失、构成了巨大威胁,已经到了必须解决的时候了。

习近平同志的严重错误有以下五点:

一、公然违反党章,纵容、支持对其个人崇拜。

《中国共产党党章》第十条(六)明确规定:“党禁止任何形式的个人崇拜。”

纵观为习近平歌功颂德流传网络的数十首歌曲,什么《要做就做习大大这样的人》、《习主席寄语》、《习大大爱着彭麻麻》、《跟着领袖习近平》、《要嫁就嫁习大大这样的人》、《东方又红》等等,歌词肉麻不堪,甚至在《东方又红》中有“东方又红,太阳又升,习近平继承了毛泽东”这样完全不顾党的历史的歌词。这种对习近平个人崇拜的歌曲在互联网上大行其道,和习近平自身的纵容和支持是分不开的。

而更为严重的是,湖南卫视推出了歌曲《不知该怎么称呼你》,并公然将这首对习近平颂扬的歌曲搬上电视这一主流传媒。而在两会期间习近平听着湖南省委书记就此歌曲对其谗佞的吹捧时,习近平竟然欣然接受。

而更不能令人容忍的是,今年的中央电视台春节联欢晚会,竟然让习近平爱人彭丽媛的妹妹出任制片主任,把今年的春晚办成了对习近平个人崇拜的宣传晚会。今年春晚亿万人民唾骂,而只有CCTV等喉舌仍不顾事实地大肆吹捧。

习近平任其吹鼓手称其为“习大大”(大大即是父亲),对比一下改革开放总设计师邓小平同志面对社会对其颂扬时,谦逊地称自己是“中国人民的儿子”,习近平妄称“大大”是何等的狂妄,是何等地悖逆党内伦理。

习近平扶持的吹鼓手花千芳近期竟然写文章公开鼓吹“现在应该实行国家领导人终身制”,这更是令党内同志忧心忡忡。难道习近平想做一个晚年的毛主席吗?

习近平一天到晚要求党内同志遵守政治规矩,而其自身却在公然践踏《党章》这一党内最大的政治规矩!

二、破坏法治实施个人独裁。

习近平抛弃了党的以民主集主制为核心的常委会集体领导原则,大肆揽权。习近平设立了各种中央领导小组,自任组长,严重破坏了将现行党、政行政体制的运作,破坏了法治精神。

“文革领导小组”的前车之鉴仍历历在目,习近平的“小组长”治国又在泛滥。包括国务院总理李克强在内等同志的合法职权受到了很大影响和制约。各级党政干部无所适从。改革开放后建立起来法治环境,遭到习近平个人权力欲望的肆意践踏。

三、不顾国内民生大肆外援。

习近平执政以来,不顾国内民生大肆外援,令国内民众怨声载道、骂声不断,甚至给其起了个“大撒币”的外号。

面对我国数以百万计的贫困失学儿童、面对上百万复员军人生活穷困潦倒无以为继、数百万领不到工资的钢铁煤矿工人、面对上千万个贫困家庭,在中国老百姓治不起病、养不了老、买不起房的现象普遍存在的情况下,习近平为了获取其在国际上的虚伪声望,竟然不经党中央全会讨论、不经全国人大批准,大肆外援、任意免除国家债务,以至于民怨沸腾。一篇恳求习近平两口子别再出国撒钱的文章风靡网络,人民形容习近平的访问的特点是:“背书单、秀恩爱、大撒币”。

对比习近平要求退休人员缴纳医疗保险金、延长公务人员退休年限等搜刮自己同胞的荒诞政策,习近平动辄数十亿、上百亿美金的外援是不是已经到了丧心病狂的地步?

四、祸乱军队自毁长城。

习近平同志为了个人掌握军权,竟然不顾军队的现状、历史,不经党中央全会讨论,擅自废除七大军区,改设五大战区。军队乃是国家稳定的保障,军队改革必须经过中央全会的充分讨论和批准!

而习近平一意孤行,造成目前军队内部军心涣散,军内同志矛盾重重的现实。与军队经历的徐才厚、郭伯雄的十年祸乱相比,此次习近平的军改所导致的问题更为严重。

中国人民解放军是党的军队、人民的军队,不是习近平的私人武装,不是习家军。习近平以军队改革为名任人唯亲,随意任免。近期竟然将在军队反腐败中立下大功的刘源同志强行退役,军内同志已经不知道军队干部任免、升迁到底遵循什么样的原则?

五、个人生活糜烂玷污党和国家的形象。

习近平同志在福州工作期间,和福州电视台主持人梦雪的亲密关系是福州当地几乎路人皆知的事情。这本是其个人私生活的事情,但其因香港书店出版《习近平和他的六个女人》一书,竟然动用国家公安机关将香港书店所有股东、员工跨境绑架,其中两人还有英国、瑞典国籍,引起国际舆论哗然。国际社会纷纷指责我国政府践踏了“一国两制”的原则,并引起外交纠纷。而香港亲我们的各个政治团体也感到颜面无光。习近平因其个人糜烂的生活玷污党和国家形象,令人不能容忍!

综上,我们强烈要求立即召开中共中央紧急会议、全国人大紧急会议,就习近平上述五大严重错误予以讨论,并罢免其党政军的所有职务。

最后,我们声明:鉴于党内现有制度导致习近平这种无德无才无能的人成为总书记的严重教训,十九大必须实现8000多万党员一人一票选举总书记、党中央、党代表,8000多万党员民主权利不能被永远剥夺。不经8000万党员直接选举的总书记、党中央将不再具有任何的合法性。我们不承认任何不经8000万党员直接选举的党中央。

171名中国共产党员。

2016年3月29日星期二

The letter has now been deleted from the website, but internet archives showed that the original post was published at 6:03am on Tuesday.

Mingjing News was founded by Ho Pin in Canada in 1991, and has been based in the US since 1993. The site is banned in mainland China.

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Chinese journalist Jia Jia has been missing since March 15.

Wujie News published a letter seeking Xi’s resignation earlier this month. It was signed by “loyal Communist Party members” but was deleted a few hours later.

The website was reportedly facing liquidation and shutdown following a meeting held last Wednesday, reported Apple Daily. On March 15, mainland Chinese journalist Jia Jia was taken away by the authorities at Beijing airport on Tuesday as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong. His disappearance is believed to be connected to the open letter published by Wujie News, according to Apple Daily. A lawyer confirmed on Sunday that missing Chinese journalist Jia Jia has been detained by police in the mainland. Jia has now been released but he and his lawyer did not give any details on his detention.

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