A paramilitary guard (C) stands on Tiananmen Square as tourists arrive to watch the daily flag-raising ceremony early on October 23, 2012. Supporters of disgraced politician Bo Xilai have published a letter on a leftist website urging him not to be expelled from China's parliament which would pave the way for him to face trial over alleged corruption and charges. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

千名学者、律师呼吁中央委员会委员自上而下地公开个人财产。

(德国之声中文网)近日,一千多名律师、学者和专业人士联名发表公开信,呼吁新当选的中共中央委员会委员公开个人家庭财产状况,以身作则、遏制腐败。

A Chinese petitioner wears a hat with the words Officials Corrupt, Changed Judiciary in Beijing, China, Monday, May 4 , 2009. Protesters timing their protest on the 90th anniversary of May Fourth protest movement strung banners from a Beijing hotel and flung handbills off the roof seeking redress for a litany of grievances and in hopes of winning attention from authorities to their plight. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)市民抗议腐败

他们在公开信中说:“面对严峻的形势,我们要求官员按照他们的官职资历,自上而下地申报财产”。信中表示,中共中央委员会的205名委员应当打消民众顾虑,重申自己全心全意为人民服务的准则。中国官员们掌握着巨大的公共资源和权力,他们的所作所为和中国社会的稳定、人民的幸福密切相关。

这封公开信将被提交到具有立法权力的全国人大,公开信的签署人希望该提议能在明年三月份的人大会议上得到讨论表决。

新当选的中共中央总书记习近平近日反复强调反腐败的重要性,称如果处理不好反腐败问题就会“亡国亡党”。而公开官员个人资产,往往被视为反腐斗争中的重要一环。在最近一连串曝光高官贪腐事件的背景下,这个提议显得格外有时效性。

2012年9月28日,中共中央政治局会议审议并通过中纪委的审查报告,开除原政治局委员、原重庆市委书记薄熙来的党籍、公职。罪状之一就是以权谋私,收取巨额贿赂。几周之后,《纽约时报》的一篇报道则将矛头直接指向国务院总理温家宝。该报道称,其家人在温任职期间聚敛了超过27亿美元的财产。

China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai (L) and former Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Wang Lijun (R) sing the national anthem during a session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of the Chongqing Municipal Committee, in Chongqing municipality in this January 7, 2012 file photo. Wang, the former police chief at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in decades faces trial next week on charges of defection, taking bribes and illegal surveillance. REUTERS/Stringer/Files (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA薄熙来事件

不久前的中共十八大上,官员的财产公开也是焦点问题。对此,官员们的表态不一。原上海市委书记俞正声声称“无所隐瞒”,愿意公开财产。被视为党内改革派的广东省委书记汪洋称,广东已经试点官员财产申报制度,将逐步实现官员的财产公开。同时汪洋也表示,应先从省级及以下干部的财产申报公开开始。

广州中山大学政治与公共事务管理学院教授郭巍青向德国之声表示,官员财产公开必须自上而下进行。郭巍青教授说,“我所接触的基层官员,经常表达同样的意思,最高层不公开财产,为什么要拿我们做试点?”财产公开要从最高层开始,基层试点没有用。

“官员财产申报制”在国外早有实践。1978年,美国国会通过《政府行为道德法》,要求行政、司法、立法部门官员必须公开本人、配偶及子女的财产状况,提交财产状况的书面报告。