BBC: China proposes to let Xi Jinping extend presidency beyond 2023
China's governing Communist Party has proposed removing a clause in the constitution which limits presidencies to two five-year terms.
The move would allow the current President Xi Jinping to remain as leader after he is due to step down.
There had been widespread speculation that Mr Xi would seek to extend his presidency beyond 2023.
Party congress last year saw him cement his status as the most powerful leader since the late Mao Zedong.
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WNU Editor: All that I can say is that there are a lot of people in China who are not happy with this move, and see this as a way to extend his rule from 2020 to 2035.
More News On Reports That The Chinese Communist Party Is Scraping Presidential Term Limits Thereby Clearing The Way For Xi Jinping To Rule Indefinitely
China paves way for Xi Jinping to extend rule beyond 2 terms -- AP
China sets stage for Xi to stay in office indefinitely -- Reuters
Xi Jinping to cement his power with plan to scrap two-term limit -- The Guardian
Xi poised to extend power as China set to lift term limits -- AFP
China's Xi Follows Putin in Laying Ground to Rule for Decades -- Bloomberg
China Proposes Dropping Term Limits for President Xi -- VOA
China's Communist Party mulls end to two-term limit for president -- DW
China's Communist Party sets stage for Xi to remain in power -- UPI
China to scrap presidential term limits, clearing way for Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely -- ABC News Online
China is moving quickly to allow Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely -- Quartz
Why China's proposal was long expected -- BBC
7 comments:
Looks like we are stuck with Xi. Of course I could've easily explained this to our leaders. Did they ask for my wise counsel? Of course not!! Had they done so Cold War 2 would be over and our country would be prospering like never in our history and we'd even have peace with china as well!! Unfortunately current US leadership is not so wise. Fortunately for us Russian leadership thinks we will figure this out eventually
. I share their optimism.
China is making one more mistake after giving more power of politic in the economy and reducing freedom. The effect is a long term one, but it will be very serious.
Alright, comrade
You surely believe that electing a new leader every 4 years, having a lame duck president for more than 9 months, and constant firing/hiring in all parts of the government in those intervals is highly effective, don't you? Democracy has its own problems
Also US democracy is arguably no longer a democracy that is accessible to all. Both, the democratic and republican party are private organisations (!) who get to choose the presidential candidate. Let that sink in. We saw what the DNC did to Bernie last election. We saw traitors like Donna Brazille manipulate the election process by passing on townhall questions to Clinton. She didn't even have to go to prison. Instead she wrote a book about it and got $4 million. Where is the uproar on the left about this? Actual election process collusion and manipulation. She even admitted to it and had to leave CNN. But got rich by doing it. That's democracy in the US right now.
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