09.19.2004 China Daily
Hu takes over as CPC military commission chief
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Jiang proposed in his letter that Hu take over the CMC chairmanship, saying that "Comrade Hu Jintao is absolutely qualified for this post" and that "this is also conducive to upholding the fundamental principle and system of the Party's absolute leadership over the military."
He said he would also submit a request to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, for resignation from the post of chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China.
Jiang also said in he would "always give allegiance to the cause of the Party and the state" and "always be a loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party".
A decision passed at the plenum regarding the acceptance of Jiang's resignation said that Jiang's move had "fully displayed his foresight about the development of the cause of the Party and the state," and "his broad-mindedness as a true Communist."
The document also noted that since the First Plenum of the 16thCPC Central Committee at which Jiang was asked to stay as the Party's military chief, Jiang had "given full support to the work of the Party's new central collective leadership with Comrade Hu Jintao as general secretary," and had "whole-heartedly performed the duty bestowed on him by the Party Central Committee." |
