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CHINA’S Communist Party announced a range of measures to reinforce the rule of law in the country as its central committee plenum finished today.
Major new policies will now have to go through a legal scrutiny stage where experts ensure they do not conflict with citizens’ constitutional rights.
And courts will be removed from local officials’ jurisdiction so they can make decisions free of political interference.
A full record of all communication from Communist Party members to lawyers and judges during trials will also now need to be kept — an unexpected proposal, according to Shanghai Fudan University’s Xie Youping.
“That will make officials more cautious and safeguard judicial independence,” he said.
The Supreme People’s Court will also set up circuit courts to hear local cases where local courts have been accused of being biased.
But the committee emphasised that Communist Party leadership would be the guarantee that a “socialist rule of law” is implemented.
