Burning a square of weeds is "verbal penalty of $500": the absurd horror of grassroots law enforcement

An acre of vegetable, a piece of grass, a little fire, a drama.

The wave of grass-roots law enforcement in Hanoi, Hanoi, seems to be a small rural thing, in fact, a textbook-style arbitrary law enforcement, arbitrary law enforcement, after-confessional law enforcement. The whole process of operation is absurd, out-of-the-scenes, eye-catching, exposing the grass-roots governance's formalism lazy, arbitrary abuse of law enforcement power, and the scandals of evading responsibility.

Repeat the whole thing, every link is written with irregularity, opacity, and no respect for the rule of law.

A local rural woman, cleaning her grass in her own vegetable land, only burned less than a square meter of grass, no fire spread, no fire hazard, did not cause any public harm.

The most outspoken operation has come: villagers know that administrative punishment must be justified and compliant with the law, and demand a formal administrative punishment decision. law enforcement personnel can directly refuse, only verbally ask for money, do not give documents, do not leave proofs.

The common sense of the rule of law lies there: no legal documents, no factual notes, no basis for punishment, no fine to inform the right, is the typical miscarriage, abuse of law enforcement, is naked power across the boundaries.

After the public opinion was exposed, the local painting momentaneously reversed 180 degrees.

From the initial "the fine of 500 yuan", the second change of the law enforcement captain's mouth "no fine, only take a note of instruction"; from the tough pursuit of punishment, to the light fluffy oral education. on September 18, the Joint County Investigation Group issued a notice, directly a hammer "washed": no decision on the fine, the specific situation further verified.

In just a day, the calorie repeatedly jumped over, the words were contradictory, and the behavior was completely crushed.

* Please *

Who ordered the villagers to pay fines?

Is the village's real name reflecting the penalty demand a hole in the wind?

Oral law enforcement, unreasonable law enforcement, and intimidation of the masses, is it not illegal?

A real law enforcement drama, eventually turned into a word game of "no finding this thing." fines can disappear in vain, violations can be taken over, law enforcement mistakes can be washed by mouth, this is some of the most genuine law enforcement status.

This incident is by no means an individual case, it is a long-standing illness of grassroots governance.

Many grassroots law enforcement, has long deviated from the original intention of "public law, violation, for the people", became punishment, strict control, strict disorder.The original intention of the ban burning policy, is to prevent large areas of incineration, prevent forest fires, guard public safety, is to seize risk, guard the bottom line, protect people's livelihoods.

In the hands of some grassroots law enforcement personnel, the policy is layered, unlimited, extreme abuse.No matter the scene, no matter the size, no matter the danger, no matter the circumstances, no matter the reality of the masses, it is better to wrongly punish a hundred people, never to make a mistake.

A large area of burning polluted air, triggering fire irresponsible, people clean up their own land of star weeds, on-site burning weed removal, but are closely watched to death, small-scale, scattered fines. The real risk vulnerability is invisible, specifically looking at farmers' chicken wool small things accurately, this is not the fulfillment of duty, it is lazy law enforcement, selective law enforcement, mechanical cut.

What is more frightening is this mature “law enforcement evasion suite”.

The first step: strong pressure on the scene, verbal punishment, arbitrary punishment, not giving documents, not speaking procedures, and using information to deceive ordinary villagers;

The second step: the masses are powerless to defend, silently accept punishment, violate the law enforcement and silently land;

Third step: Once the public opinion is exposed, the public opinion is out of control, immediately change the confession, remove traces, and deny punishment.

The fourth step: the official notification is vague, ends with the "control" word, and finally big and small, no-one accountable, no-one accountable.

Perfect closed circle, no cost, zero cost of violation, no boundaries of power, no speech for the masses.

The Law on Administrative Punishment clearly stipulates that administrative punishment must be factual, legal, and procedural, and must be issued with a penalty document to guarantee the parties' rights to make statements, defend, reconsider, and litigate.

Oral fines, unjustified punishment, refusal to open documents, post-affair change of mouth, every step is a violation of procedures, every step is overriding power.

But this is the obvious violation of the law, repeatedly performed at the grassroots level, repeatedly prohibited. Law enforcers do not understand the law, do not observe the law, do not respect the law, hold the power of the rule of law, do people's affairs, use arbitrary operations, expropriate the government's credibility, consume the sense of trust of the masses.

It is even more questionable: why is this absurd law enforcement so low?

The essence is the lack of constraints of power, the lack of respect for law enforcement, and the flow of supervision in form.

Grassroots to complete the assessment, avoid persecution, layer-up code, cut-off control; law enforcement personnel for the province, to compute, to exempt from liability, simple roughness, arbitrary enforcement of the law; after the events there are official underpinnings, speech and whitening, there is public warming, naturally, there is no resentment, there is no fear.

Burning a square of weeds harm little; abusing a law enforcement power, it hurts the heart of the people, it destroys the credibility.

Farmers' grass-treatment is the simplest agricultural labor; regulatory control is the need for governance, but excessive law enforcement, arbitrary law enforcement, illegal procedures, and post-cause laundering are absolutely not the normal conditions for governance.

Hopefully this investigative team's verification, do not stop with the "no penalty" word game, do not flow into painless verbal criticism.

* The entire law enforcement process must be thoroughly checked *

Who made a verbal request for a fine?

Who refused to issue legal documents?

Who is the law enforcement, the procedure violation?

Who is the public opinion fermentation after confession and cover up the issue?

There are errors, violations and accountability, so as to truly stop the distortion of grassroots law enforcement.

Grassroots governance takes care of small things and protects the mind of the people.

Even the law enforcement of a peanut weed can evolve into an absurd drama, what about refining governance, what about administrative law, what about serving the people?

Don't let the bottom line of grassroots law enforcement be knocked over by verbal power; don't let the dignity of the rule of law be defeated by the bureaucracy that can be changed.