Chapter 76 Comment on the resolution of the National Political Council on the National Assembly [1]

(July 22, 1945) The Chinese dictators are very cunning. They are good at political tricks and organizing surprise attacks on the people.The Chinese people, and above all the democratic parties, must pay close attention to what their next movers are.A reporter from Xinhua News Agency said: Article 2 of the resolution of the Political Council is also extremely vague, and the reactionaries can take advantage of this article.This article says: "With regard to the issue of representatives to the National Assembly, the government is requested to refer to the proposals of the political representatives of this association, consider the law and facts, and determine a method so that the National Assembly can be fully representative." The government mentioned here? , is the government of the dictatorship, and the "law" mentioned here is the law of the dictatorship. Now it has written a resolution. A group of "representatives" of the National Congress is still valid. The dictatorship will also "consider" the "facts", and the result will not be "selected" or send an additional group of people. In this way, they will say: already "extremely complete representative "Yes. But the Chinese people and the democratic parties should look at the problem in this way. The so-called "government" must be a nationally unanimous democratic coalition government composed of representatives of all parties and non-party affiliations. We are all opposed to the "National" Congress. The so-called "laws" must be re-enacted by the coalition government. We are opposed to any reactionary representative election laws, National Congress organizational laws, etc. formulated by the Kuomintang dictatorship government. "Facts" The so-called National Congress Representative ten years ago was forged by the Kuomintang, and it must be completely denied; during the entire period when the enemy has not been completely wiped out, the country has not been completely liberated, and the people have no complete freedom, the election of the National Congress Representative is not allowed Only by negating all the old representatives and re-electing new representatives under all necessary conditions can it be called "extremely complete representation". We fully agree with the words "extremely complete representation". From now on , anyone who wants to convene a "national" assembly that is absolutely unrepresentative and incomplete will be firmly opposed. Article 3: "When the constitution is formulated, it should be implemented immediately so that the government can return power to the people as early as possible." achieved. "This article shows the reactionary plan of the Kuomintang dictatorship, and they still insist on it. They have always sung the "promulgation" of the constitution and opposed the "implementation" of the constitution, but now they sing the nice tune of "immediate implementation". This is What do you mean? It means "electing" a great president and imitating Yuan Shikai as emperor. Today's Chinese dictatorship, that is, the imperial faction, needs this very much. They are eager to use the imperial system (a great president) to suppress the people and launch civil wars in order to maintain their Their own reactionary rule. Article 4 lists several requirements. "Take possible political steps." For this item, the dictators must play new tricks, and the democrats advocate convening party conferences, abolishing one-party dictatorship, establishing One request of the coalition government will still be closed and firmly rejected. The second item is to protect the freedom of the people, and the word "legal" is added. The third item, the word "law" is added to recognize all political parties. In the opinion of the dictatorship Now, everything will be easy to handle. The fourth item, "Establishment of democratically elected institutions at all levels in each province", is also needed by the dictatorship, because the so-called "popular elections" are actually party elections, and the dictatorship has these "organizations". Their throne is even more secure. Combining the items in Article 4, nothing will be lost to the dictatorship. The only point that is slightly meaningful is to stipulate that these measures should be carried out "before the National Assembly is convened", expressing The National Assembly may not be held this year. The Xinhua News Agency reporter concluded: The dictatorship has not changed at all, and the danger of civil war is unprecedentedly serious. There are various hard facts, including military operations around the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, which prove that the Kuomintang reactionaries are More actively prepared to launch a very large-scale civil war to aid the Japanese invaders. The decision of the National Political Council on the issue of the National Assembly will never change this dangerous situation. The Xinhua News Agency reporter said that only three Conditions may change the political situation in China: first, the army and civilians in the liberated areas unite to resolutely expand the liberated areas, shrink the occupied areas, and resolutely stop the civil war; Third, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union are united on the Eastern issue and oppose civil war in China. The Chinese people should fight for the three conditions and oppose the danger of civil war.

According to the "Liberation Daily" published on July 23, 1945. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is an additional text written by Mao Zedong when reviewing the commentary of "Xinhua News Agency Reporters on the Current Situation: The Danger of Civil War is Unprecedented".National Political Council, see note [3] on page 217 of this volume.