Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

The thought of having to give a self-criticism in front of so many subordinates made even Ji Changming blush.

He was cautious his whole life, but even as he was about to retire, he was still betrayed by this group of scoundrels under his command.

Especially Hou Liangping. After talking with Secretary Sha, he originally thought that Hou Liangping should rest for a while.

His appointment was confirmed after the Standing Committee meeting, and the appointment document was issued before the announcement.

Unexpectedly, the other party was in a hurry to start investigating the case. He only announced Hou Liangping's appointment as the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau in advance because he thought of the Zhong family and Sha Ruijin's words.

Unexpectedly, after all this time, Hou Liangping was demoted to deputy director level and also received a major demerit.

This is ridiculous.

Ji Changming stood on the platform, glanced at all the Party members and cadres in the institute, adjusted himself, and began to speak.

"Comrades, today's meeting..."

"It was done in accordance with the requirements of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government, and the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and in coordination with the guidance of the Supreme People's Procuratorate."

"We held a mobilization meeting for the 'Clarifying Discipline and Promoting Governance Through Cases—Special Campaign for Rectifying Discipline and Work Style in the Handong Provincial Procuratorate System' campaign."

"It was also a warning meeting."

"Comrades, before the meeting begins, I would like to inform you of the disciplinary decisions made against some cadres."

"Lu Yike, Director of the First Investigation Division of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Provincial Procuratorate."

"As the person in charge of front-line case handling, I failed to perform my duties, lacked strict monitoring and control, and failed to respond to emergencies in a timely manner."

"He is the main person directly responsible for Ding Yizhen's escape. After investigation by the Party Committee, it was decided to give him an administrative demerit and issue a public reprimand to the entire bureau."

"His position as director of the First Investigation Division is revoked, and he is demoted to deputy director of the First Investigation Division."

"Zhou Zheng, Lin Huahua, and others served as frontline investigators."

"Those who are lax in performing their duties, have a sloppy work style, neglect their duties, and fail to implement measures effectively are directly responsible for the dereliction of duty in this case."

"Each of them will be given an administrative warning and a bureau-wide reprimand, and their individual rank will be reduced by one level."

After Ji Changming finished reading the disciplinary decisions against Lu Yike and others to all the cadres of the procuratorate with a blank expression, he looked at Lu Yike's indignant expression below.

Ji Changming completely ignored it; the public punishments these people received were much lighter than the other penalties.

Of course, it was also because Ji Changming took some of the blame for their mistakes.

Ji Changming took out a written self-criticism from his pocket. He was going to apologize to all the cadres of the procuratorate for the sake of these kids.

"I am Ji Changming, Party Group Secretary and Chief Prosecutor of the People's Procuratorate of Handong Province. At today's meeting of all cadres of the procuratorate, I would like to make a self-criticism to everyone."

He bowed deeply.

"In the case of Ding Yizhen's escape, the procedural irregularities of the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the Ding Yizhen case were not discovered in a timely manner, and no accountability and rectification were promptly initiated after the problems arose."

"This is my dereliction of duty. Today, I stand on this platform to first apologize to the organization and also to all the comrades present."

After finishing his speech, Ji Changming bowed to everyone again.

"Since the Ding Yizhen case, the Supreme People's Procuratorate has launched a special campaign to 'promote reform through cases'."

"As the Party Group Secretary and Chief Prosecutor of the Handong Provincial Procuratorate, I, Ji Changming, failed to ensure the implementation of the directives within the procuratorate in a timely manner."

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"In addition, because Comrade Chen Hai is seriously injured and unable to perform his duties normally, before the Provincial Party Committee makes a resolution and issues an appointment document."

"As the chief prosecutor, I verbally appointed Comrade Hou Liangping as the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau in advance."

"This is also a serious error that violates organizational procedures. For this reason, I once again apologize to the organization and to all the comrades present here."

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Ji Changming's self-criticism mainly focused on three aspects of leadership responsibility. One was his failure to promptly detect Lu Yike and his group's activities in the Ding Yizhen escape case.

Or rather, they discovered it and tacitly approved of it.

The second aspect is the Supreme People's Procuratorate's deployment of the "Case-Based Reform" special campaign.

He merely arranged for everyone to study the spirit of the document, without carrying out any real rectification of discipline and work style.

Finally, there's the matter of Hou Liangping. Before the official appointment documents were issued, someone softened their heart and prematurely announced Hou Liangping as the director of the anti-corruption bureau, causing a huge blunder.

Lu Liang, the deputy director of the anti-corruption bureau who was hospitalized, glanced at Hou Liangping and felt a surge of satisfaction.

News of the Standing Committee meeting is now everywhere, and he is extremely grateful to the newly arrived Vice Governor, Zhou Chuyi.

"Now, I announce the final appointment of Comrade Hou Liangping."

"After deliberation by the Party Committee of the Procuratorate, it was decided to appoint Comrade Hou Liangping as the Director of the First Investigation Division of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Procuratorate."

After he finished his self-criticism, Ji Changming's voice rang out again in the meeting room.

Oh wow, after the appointment was read out, Lü Liang turned around with a smile and looked at Hou Liangping, who looked embarrassed.

Not only Lü Liang was watching him, but also Lu Yike, the former director of the First Investigation Division, whose eyes were blazing with anger.

Now, she's been demoted to deputy. Although Hou Liangping and she are now at the same administrative level, Hou Liangping is still ranked lower than her by the monkey she dislikes.

Lu Yike has always been strong-willed and has high aspirations.

Since joining the company, he has believed that he has performed his duties diligently and has never been punished. He has had a smooth career and has always been a key member of the anti-corruption bureau.

She feels she has lost all face after being demoted, given a demerit, and publicly criticized because of Ding Yizhen's case.

Feeling wronged, resentful, and angry, I struggled to calm myself down for a long time.

He was especially unhappy that Hou Liangping had taken his position as the head of the First Investigation Division.

Zhou Zheng and Lin Huahua were filled with anxiety and fear, as their previously stable careers were directly demoted due to their dereliction of duty.

This would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the two of them.

Demotion and disciplinary action will be recorded in your personnel file, severely impacting your future prospects.

The two, who usually joked around, only realized the seriousness of discipline at this moment.

In the back row of the conference room, Hou Liangping sat alone in a corner, his heart filled with resentment and indignation.

He already knew his position beforehand; the position of bureau chief was vacant, and he was now merely the head of the investigation department.

After all that effort, he's still just a section chief, and a deputy section chief at that.

How could someone as proud and arrogant as him accept this?

After these matters were read out, the mobilization meeting for the "Clarifying Discipline and Promoting Governance Through Cases - Special Campaign for Rectifying Discipline and Work Style in the Handong Provincial Procuratorate" officially began.

After Ji Changming read out the documents and notices from the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government, and the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission, he asked Deputy Procurator-General Lin Jianguo to speak.

Lin Jianguo first introduced the spirit of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's document, and then explained the origin of this "Clarifying Discipline and Promoting Governance Through Cases - Special Campaign for Rectifying Discipline and Work Style in the Handong Provincial Procuratorial System".

When Lin Jianguo recounted how a director of an investigation department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau violated regulations by forcibly breaking into a ministry's classified department for a search without proper procedures.

The entire venue was abuzz with discussion. Many of them had no idea that there were people in Yanjing who were even more valiant than those from the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong.

When Hou Liangping, who was sitting in the audience, heard this, he almost lowered his head to his crotch.

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