Chapter 244: Confrontation at the Standing Committee

Chapter 244: Confrontation at the Standing Committee

Qi Tongwei took the initiative and voted in advance on Guo Wenjian's appointment as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, completely disrupting Xie Zhonglin's plans.

Naturally, he was unwilling to fall into a passive situation like this.

So, he decided not to remain silent anymore, took the initiative, put forward his own opinions, and turned the situation around.

However, the conditions for nominating Wu Shuangling as the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission are not yet mature, and it can only be done after Guo Wenjian is removed from the position of Secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission by the Provincial Party Committee.

However, Guo Wenjian's position as Public Security Bureau chief can be moved.

Although he didn't know what other tricks Xie Zhonglin had up his sleeve, it was definitely not a good idea for him.

Therefore, before Xie Zhonglin could speak, Qi Tongwei said in advance: "Other personnel matters are not urgent, put them aside for now.

The main purpose today is to discuss the aftermath of corruption in the education system.

Comrade Zhong Lin just said that we should select the generals first. I agree with him in principle.

However, time waits for no one, and personnel appointments must be carried out in accordance with organizational principles. Even if the recommended candidates are determined today, it will take some time to complete the procedure.

The correction work in the education system is indeed urgent, so my opinion is to temporarily appoint a deputy mayor to be in charge of education work, and then a comrade from the Standing Committee should lead it.

As for the candidate for deputy mayor, the organization department needs to look for more and select the best.

Today, we all unanimously nominated Comrade Guo Wenjian as the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. I think we should let him take charge and solve the current problems. What do you think? "

As soon as Qi Tongwei finished speaking, Li Yue, the head of the Propaganda Department, took over and said, "I agree with Secretary Qi's opinion. The previous deputy mayor in charge of education has just fallen. The next one must be carefully selected. If there are problems again, it will be a joke."

"From the perspective of our Discipline Inspection Commission, the appointment of cadres must be rigorous, especially the promotion of a deputy mayor in charge of education. Therefore, I agree with Secretary Qi's opinion and temporarily appoint a deputy mayor to be in charge of education." Li Youcong also said.

Xie Zhonglin was so angry watching Qi Tongwei's performance. Qi Tongwei's words were equivalent to telling everyone that personnel work would no longer be discussed today.

As the top leader, he does have such power.

If he hadn't said this, Xie Zhonglin might still have a chance to put forward his own suggestions, but now it's no longer possible, unless he is prepared to completely turn against Qi Tongwei.

At present, Xie Zhonglin can only try his best to get the power to be in charge of education, so he said: "I recommend Comrade Shuangling to be in charge of education. In this way, our work will be more powerful."

At this moment, before others could vote on Xie Zhonglin's proposal, Li Yue suddenly interrupted and said, "Secretary Qi, I have a proposal. I wonder if it is feasible?"

Qi Tongwei nodded secretly at Li Yue's performance, thinking that it was time to give the Propaganda Minister more responsibilities and burdens.

He smiled and replied, "Of course! Minister Li, tell me your proposal."

Qi Tongwei deliberately ignored Xie Zhonglin's flushed face.

This old guy actually dared to use a surprise attack on me. He wanted to learn from Li Dakang and become the mayor and have the final say. He is dreaming!

"Secretary Qi, fellow comrades, I think the newly promoted deputy mayor will need some time to get familiar with the job, so we might as well make adjustments to the jobs of other deputy mayors first.

In this way, it will not be a temporary responsibility, but a deputy mayor can be directly appointed to be in charge of education work, which will also help consolidate responsibilities. "

As soon as Li Yue said this, Li Youcong, Guo Wenjian and others expressed their agreement.

"Minister Li, this is a good suggestion. Do you have any specific candidates to recommend?" The two men completely ignored Mayor Xie Zhonglin. Qi Tongwei did this on purpose to make him face the reality.

Li Yue continued, "I recommend Comrade Ma Yan. She is the deputy mayor in charge of health work. Last year, during the SARS virus outbreak, she assisted Secretary Qi in completing the prevention and control tasks. I suggest that she be given more responsibilities."

Li Yue was quite capable. She not only praised Ma Yan, but also flattered Qi Tongwei.

"Comrade Ma Yan is really good, responsible and capable." Qi Tongwei said to himself, but his voice was loud enough for everyone to hear.

His words clearly told everyone that he favored Ma Yan.

Therefore, Li Youcong and Guo Wenjian both spoke in agreement.

Xie Zhonglin knew that he had to object and recommend another person, otherwise he would have no prestige in the Municipal Party Committee from now on.

However, he had just taken office as mayor, and among the incumbent deputy mayors, only Wu Shuangling and Long Tao were his people. The others were either neutral or biased towards Qi Tongwei.

Therefore, he decided to recommend Long Tao to be in charge of education.

"Comrade Ma Yan is currently leading the health reform and has a lot of work to do. If she is also in charge of education, I'm afraid she won't be able to do it. So I recommend Comrade Long Tao," Xie Zhonglin retorted.

Li Yue said calmly: "Comrade Long Tao is in charge of industrial work, which is related to the employment of 680 million people in Luteng. Wouldn't his work be even busier? Therefore, I still think Comrade Ma Yan is suitable."

Seeing that Xie Zhonglin wanted to continue to argue, Qi Tongwei directly said: "Comrade Zhonglin recommended Long Tao, Comrade Li Yue recommended Ma Yan, do you have any other candidates?"

Everyone shook their heads to indicate no.

Qi Tongwei then said: "These two comrades are indeed outstanding and both have the ability to be in charge of educational work.

In that case, let's vote now.

Those who agree that Comrade Long Tao should serve as the Director of the Education Bureau, please raise your hands. "

After saying this, he turned his gaze towards the standing committee members present, wanting to see how many of them would support Xie Zhonglin's proposal.

Not long after Qi Tongwei finished speaking, Xie Zhonglin raised his right hand without hesitation to express his agreement.

Immediately afterwards, Organization Department Minister Lei Wenlong, Executive Vice Mayor Wu Shuangling, and Deputy Mayor and Shimen District Party Committee Secretary Li Xin also raised their hands to express their recognition of Long Tao.

Qi Tongwei quickly glanced at Lei Wenlong and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Before this, he always thought that Lei Wenlong belonged to the neutral faction, but he didn't expect that he was also one of Xie Zhonglin's supporters.

It turns out that the head of the Organization Department is not the city party secretary's man. It seems that he needs to change the head of the Organization Department. Li Yue is a good choice.

In fact, Lei Wenlong was not willing to raise his hand in approval. He also did not want to be exposed or offend the municipal party secretary. He had no choice but to raise his hand today.

It turned out that last night, Wang Zheng, the executive vice governor of Handong Province, called him personally and clearly instructed him to fully support Xie Zhonglin at today's standing committee meeting.

When Wang Zheng was the county magistrate, Lei Wenlong was his secretary.

The fact that he can have such a status and achievements today is entirely due to Wang Zheng’s support and care.

Therefore, he could not refuse Wang Zheng's request and could only choose to obey.

Even with Lei Wenlong's support, it would be useless as they only had four votes.

It seems that Wang Zheng overestimated Xie Zhonglin's ability.

"Please raise your hands if you agree with Comrade Ma Yan?" Before Qi Tongwei finished speaking, Li Yue, Li Youcong and Guo Wenjian also raised their hands in agreement, but with Qi Tongwei, there were only four votes.

The two people who control the situation now are Liu Jiafu, Minister of the United Front Work Department, and Hu Junjian, Colonel Commander of the Luteng City Military Sub-district.

Xie Zhonglin looked at the two of them expectantly, hoping that they would not raise their hands.

Qi Tongwei was very confident because he maintained good relations with the local army wherever he went due to his help to the army in his early years.

Hu Junjian remained neutral, but he could raise his hand at any time if Qi Tongwei needed him.

It’s just that Qi Tongwei has always regarded him as his trump card and had no intention of exposing him. But today it seems that their relationship is going to be exposed.

Hu Junjian was indeed ready to raise his hand.

But before he could raise his hand to agree, the Minister of the United Front Work Department, Liu Jiafu, raised his hand first to agree.

Xie Zhonglin looked at Liu Jiafu with gritted teeth. He had tried to win over Liu Jiafu during this period, but the other party neither objected nor agreed.

He thought Liu Jiafu would remain neutral like Hu Junjian, but he didn't expect that he would also stand on Qi Tongwei's side.

If he had known this earlier, why would he recommend Long Tao and let Lei Wenlong be exposed in advance?