Chinese Communist Party Elders Say The Party Is Too Powerful In Open Letter

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2022. Reuters  

Radio Free Asia: Letter says Chinese Communist Party is too powerful, warns against personality cult 

While CCP leader Xi Jinping isn't named, the letter appears as he gears up to seek a third term in office. As ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping prepares to seek an unprecedented third term in office, three veteran party members have spoken out against the ongoing centralization of power and signs of a personality cult around the general secretary. 

 An open letter jointly penned by CCP elders Dong Hongyi, Ma Guiquan and Tian Qizhuang calls on the party to amend its charter, deleting the phrase "the party will lead in everything," which it criticizes as granting "unlimited power" to the ruling party. "This phrase first appeared during the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong's instructions so as to restore order as soon as possible ... but has no wider meaning," the letter, posted by the rights website Weiquanwang, said.  

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WNU Editor: Only 3 elders signed this letter. Not enough to make President Xi worried.