China amends Defence law to strengthen military powers over State Council

To expand power of its Central Military Commission (CMC), Chinese government has amended its National Defence Law from January 1. This will help in mobilising military and civilian resources in defence of ‘national interest’ at home and abro. According to ANI, amendment was passed by National People’s Congress on December 26, after two years of deliberation. Also, three articles were removed and more than fifty were amended. re were also six ditions. 

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Experts comment 

legislation will be focussing on need for building a nationwide coordination mechanism in order to mobilise state-owned and private enterprises and take part in research of new defence techlogies that cover conventional weapons and domains of cybersecurity, and electromagnetics. As per analysts, amendments are aimed to strengn military leership under Chinese President Xi Jinping. Also, it will provide it with means to respond to conflicts between China and United States. According to reports by ANI, Deng Yuwen, a former deputy editor of Communist Party publication Study Times said that amendments aim to legalise “special” nature of China’s political and defence system while dealing with situations that could harm m at home and abro.

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An independent political commentator, Chen Daoyin, said, “ move to include ‘development interests’ as a reason for armed mobilisation and war in law would provide legal grounds for country to launch war in legitimate name of defending national development interests”. He said that changes show how regime has gained confidence to legitimise its ‘long-standing’ principle that party ‘commands gun’ and strengn its ‘absolute leership’ over-armed and reserved forces. Taipei-based military expert Chi Le-yi said, “ law revision is also a symbolic battle call by party to warn all Chinese people to be combat-rey for a nationwide defence mobilisation, which party has never done since [it came to power] in 1949”.

(with inputs from ANI)

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