Strange and tense incident at the conclusion of the conclave, in which Xi ordered Jinping to remove his predecessor, who resisted in disbelief for a minute
After a week of closed-door meetings in an anti-covid bubble, the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China came to a close on Saturday, crowning Xi Jinping the most powerful leader since Mao. In addition to approving the changes to party statutes that Xi himself had promoted, the conclave left behind a moment in history that will provide much to talk about: the forced departure of the previous president, Hu Jintao.
The incident, strange and tense, happened just as the doors were just opening to journalists and cameras, who had been waiting in the Great Hall of the People for over an hour. At that point, Xi Jinping ordered a beadle to take with him Hu Jintao, who was sitting to his left and whose health at the age of 79 appears to be very bad.
Behind him, two porters lifted him from his seat, but Hu was hesitant to leave. For a minute during which a beadle held his arm and signaled the exit, the former president tried to sit back down to remain in the meeting where Xi Jinping’s proposed reforms would be voted on. He even asked him directly to stay and both gave each other a look that says it all: while Hu Jintao looked at him in surprise, surprised that he had to leave, Xi Jinping looked at him condescendingly, without losing his composure. but without yielding to their pleas.
Within this unusual moment, another very striking detail has occurred. When the president of the National Assembly and number three of the regime, Li Zhanshu, tried to intercede for Hu Jintao, the number five and propaganda ideologue, Wang Huning, took off the back of his coat so he wouldn’t interfere. . In the front row of the podium, the entire party leadership remained unmoved as Hu tried to stay in the room.
Finally, and dragged by the beadles, he had to leave. But before he left, he said something to Xi Jinping, who didn’t flinch and kept staring straight ahead. Next, Hu Jintao put his hand on Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s shoulder, who was his favorite to succeed him as president a decade ago, but eventually trailed behind Xi Jinping.
Due to the tension of the episode and the presence of cameras from China and around the world, it could be a public purge before the nearly 2,300 Communist Party delegates gathered in the Great Hall of the People. As analysts and experts try to figure out exactly what happened, some official press reporters noted that Hu’s departure was due to ill health and periods.
After his departure, all deputies raised their arms in favor of the proposed amendments and none voted against. To the sound of “The Internationale,” Xi Jinping has been crowned the most powerful president since Mao and with an empty seat next to him symbolizing his absolute power in China.
Source: La Verdad
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