Former Chinese President Hu Jintao unexpectedly leaves the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress

The scene lends itself to various interpretations, but the most obvious seems to be that of a full-fledged expulsion and before all the delegates of the Chinese Communist Party, which this Saturday celebrated the closing of its XX Congress after perpetuating Xi Jinping’s power. The image shows how the former president of China, Hu Jintao, sitting next to Xi Jinping, is invited to leave his place. Hu Jintado appears to resist, but one person forces him to stand up under the indifferent gaze of Xi Jinping and the rest of the delegates. The movement does not seem voluntary, or at least that is how analysts have interpreted it. At the congress, chaired by Xi Jinping himself, the members of the Chinese Communist Party have elected the 200 people who will lead the Central Committee, as well as 170 alternates, and who will lead the party for the next five years. The members of the Central Committee answer to the 25 members of the politburo, who in turn report to the party’s standing committee. Xi, in his final speech, called on the new Central Committee to “unswervingly” follow the path of political development. of socialism with Chinese characteristics and to adhere to “the organic unity of the party’s leadership.” In addition, it has shown its willingness to “strengthen the guarantee of popular rule of the country” by “comprehensively” developing consultative democracy, as well as promoting “popular democracy ” and consolidating a “patriotic united front”, as detailed by the aforementioned agency. The Chinese president has expressed his desire to “better play the role of the rule of law” in consolidating the foundations, comprehensively building a modern socialist country.” It is necessary to improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics with the Constitution as the axis, to firmly promote the administration based on in the law, administer justice with rigor and impartiality and accelerate the construction of a society governed by law”, he added. Xi is thus heading towards the consolidation of his power in the face of a “complex environment at the international level” and with “numerous challenges internal”, as some members of the leadership of the party have noted, which highlights the “unusual and extraordinary” achievements of a politician whose ascending career initially surprised delegates and members of what is the largest political organization in the world.