By Tenzin Monlam
DHARAMSHALA, March 18: An open letter signed by a group of “loyal party members” calling for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s resignation from all state and Party leadership positions appeared on a website on March 4 but removed later.
The letter published on Wujie News website, jointly owned by SEEC Media Group, Alibaba and the government of Xinjiang, called president Xi Jinping to resign for his inability to tackle the unprecedented problems and crisis in all political, economic, ideological, and cultural spheres.
The letter had also mentioned the safety of the president and his family could be in jeopardy if not complied.
“Comrade Xi Jinping, since your election as General Secretary at the Party’s 18th National Congress, your determination to fight corruption by ‘beating tigers’ has led to some improvement in the unhealthy tendency of internal Party corruption,” the letter said.
It also stated his gathering of all the power in his hand and taking decisions directly had led to problems in every section of the political and civil society.
They complained, “In handling the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan problems, lack of compliance with Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s wise concept of ‘one country, two systems’ has created a further dilemma, allowing the Democratic Progressive Party to win power in Taiwan and letting sentiment of Hong Kong independence to rise.”
The letter also mentions the flaws in leadership in political, economic and ideological spheres to rule the country. “We feel that you do not possess the capabilities to lead the Party and the nation into the future, and we believe that you are no longer suitable for the post of General Secretary.”
A well-known Chinese columnist, Jia Jia, on Tuesday went missing from Beijing Airport from where he was scheduled to board a flight to Hong Kong. It is reported that the 35-year old’s disappearance may be linked with the open letter.
According to Reuters, he had gone missing after warning former colleagues of the danger of re-publishing the letter. Yan Xin, Jia’s Lawyer, said that Jia feared something could happen to him after he had warned former colleagues about republishing the letter.
Yan also cleared that the columnist had no connection with the letter.
His current whereabouts are still unknown and his friends and family members are still unable to reach him since the disappearance.
