A few days ago, the "Two Offices" of Kaili City issued a notice on the "Implementation Measures for Standardizing Banquets in Kaili City (Trial)" to revise the scope, scale and application procedures for wedding and funeral banquets. Among them, banquets are not allowed for remarriages and remarriages. Doing multiple things at the same time or doing one thing in multiple places is also illegal. (Guiyang Evening News, January 17)
The author specifically visited the official website of the Kaili Municipal People's Government. Unfortunately, the above documents were not found. It is still unclear what considerations led the “Two Offices” of Kaili City, Guizhou Province to issue specific implementation measures for organizing banquets. Judging from the limited information provided by news reports, banquets are not allowed for remarriages and remarriages. Such a rule is really puzzling.
It is also a marriage. Why can we hold a banquet for the first marriage in Kaili, but it is illegal to hold a banquet for the second marriage? The four great joys in life: meeting an old friend after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the wedding night, and the time when the gold medal is named. Marriage is recognized as a happy event in life, and it is only human nature to hold a banquet to celebrate it. There should be no banquets for remarriage and remarriage. The subtext is clear: remarriage and remarriage are not as important as first marriage. This is actually a form of discrimination against remarried and remarried groups. Since the Marriage Law stipulates that citizens have the freedom to marry and divorce, why can't everyone be treated equally when it comes to hosting banquets?
In fact, there are many strange things about Kaili City’s "Method". For example: all banquets other than wedding and funeral banquets will be regarded as illegal banquets; there will only be one gift registration book for the same banquet; when organizing a wedding banquet, the parties who are not hosting the banquet are not allowed to make phone calls, messages, or call notifications, etc. If you invite others to have a drink, any violation will be deemed as hosting a banquet in violation of regulations; when people organize wedding wine, they must fill out the "Kaili City Village (Residence, Community) Mass Arrangement of Wedding Wine Declaration Form" and report it to the town (street) Social Affairs Office for record. Take "there is only one gift register for each banquet" as an example. It is really ridiculous. The number of gift registers is stipulated. Then, the page number of the gift register, the font size when registering, and the word spacing should also be stipulated.
Simplifying weddings and funerals is a need to change customs. For party members and cadres, it is also a need to implement the eight central regulations. However, in recent years, some places have gone too far in implementing the eight central regulations. For example, a county in Shaanxi stipulates that for weddings and funerals, cigarettes and cigarettes should be limited to 10 yuan per box, wine bottles should be limited to 100 yuan, the number of vehicles in the fleet should not exceed 8, and gifts should not exceed 100 yuan. A county in Henan stipulates that the total number of betrothal gifts should be controlled within 60,000 yuan. I would like to ask: What is the basis for these regulations?
In July last year, when Wang Qishan, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, wrote an article in the People's Daily about the accountability regulations, he talked about system construction and emphasized the need to avoid falling into "system traps." He said that only when the system is combined with specific practices and continuously advances with the times can the power it contains can be fully released. Accountability regulations should take into account both necessity and feasibility. If it is not possible, it would be better not to write it. What is written should be effective to ensure the effectiveness and enforceability of the system.
Indeed, only if the system works can it not become a decoration hanging on the wall. Although the implementation measures issued by the "Two Offices" of Guizhou Kaili City to standardize banquet arrangements may look beautiful, in fact they are not only contrary to the relevant spirit of the superiors, but are even perverse, and are bound to be resisted by the masses. In the end, it will be very difficult for them to It may become a piece of paper.