资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
警方认定胡某宇系自缢死亡 录音内容清晰表达自杀意愿******
中新网江西铅山2月2日电 (记者 吴鹏泉 刘力鑫)江西省、市、县联合工作专班2日在上饶市铅山县召开新闻发布会,通报胡某宇事件调查情况。江西省公安厅党委委员、副厅长,省公安厅指导组组长胡满松在会上通报,2022年10月14日,江西省上饶市铅山县致远中学高一学生胡某宇失踪。事件发生后,党委政府高度重视,组织有关部门和各方力量,持续开展调查搜寻工作。2023年1月28日,胡某宇尸体被发现。在国内权威刑事技术专家现场指导下,省、市、县公安机关联合工作专班通过开展调查访问、现场勘查、尸体检验、物证检验鉴定等工作,认定胡某宇系自缢死亡,尸体发现地系原始第一现场。
一、尸体发现情况
1月28日12时25分许,铅山县公安局接到某粮库职工电话报警称,在粮库院内树林中发现一具缢吊尸体。接报后公安机关迅速派员赶到现场勘查,发现死者衣着与2022年10月14日致远中学学生胡某宇失踪时衣着一致。随即商请检察机关派员监督,邀请家属代表及其委托律师全程见证。1月29日,公安机关经对死者生物检材进行DNA检验,确定死者系胡某宇。
发布会现场图片 刘力鑫 摄二、现场勘查情况
尸体发现地位于铅山县河口镇金鸡山区域的某粮库院内,粮库占地面积92亩,内有仓库、宿舍等建筑20栋,建筑物占地8000余平方米,四周用红石砌成围墙,高度约5米。围墙外侧平整,内侧形成阶梯状。
中心现场位于粮库院内北部洼地竹树杂林中,洼地高低落差约6.3米,竹树杂林呈不规则狭长条形,面积约9300平方米。
资料图为1月31日,航拍江西省上饶市铅山县金鸡山,图右上角操场区域为铅山县致远中学(高中部),图左下角仓库建筑群为尸体发现所在区域。(无人机照片) 中新社记者 刘力鑫 摄中心现场北面是东西走向的围墙,紧靠围墙外有一渣土堆,渣土堆高度低于围墙约1.5米,渣土堆与围墙间有两棵树木,树木高于围墙。围墙内侧墙体上生长一棵向内斜生的树木,树干直径约11厘米,胡某宇尸体缢吊于该树树干凸起处,悬挂点距离地面4.5米,与围墙顶端垂直距离0.61米。
尸体上身穿黑白相间的连帽运动服,前后反穿,下身穿黑色运动长裤,双脚穿深色袜子。尸体颈部缢索由两根白色鞋带相接而成。尸体足尖自然下垂,距地面1.47米,尸体下方地面发现两只白色回力牌高帮帆布鞋,鞋上均无鞋带且落有较多枯叶。左鞋内侧鞋尖部、鞋底跟部粘有绿色苔藓,右鞋内侧鞋尖部有苔藓擦痕,鞋底部粘有大面积绿色苔藓。经检验鉴定,与围墙内侧生长的苔藓一致。
在靠近尸体头部的围墙内侧红石凸出部位,发现黑色录音笔一支。
在中心现场没有打斗、拖拽痕迹。
三、尸体检验情况
胡某宇尸体高度腐败,大部分皮肤皮革样化,头皮未见出血;全身骨骼完整,颅骨、脊椎及胸肋骨均未见骨折,部分牙齿因牙龈腐败脱落于现场,牙槽骨未见破损;胸腔、腹腔未见出血,各脏器在位无缺失,但均腐败,睾丸未见损伤;经毒物检验,胃组织和肝组织中均未检出常见的农药、鼠药、安眠镇静类成分。
缢索为活套,绕颈形成闭环,颈部残存皮肤皮革样化,可见条形索沟一条,索沟边缘软组织见出血,出血部位与死者缢吊体位相吻合,符合生前缢索压迫形成。
胃内空虚,推断死亡时间距末次餐后4小时以上;根据尸体腐败程度,结合当地环境及气候条件,胡某宇尸体符合长期暴露在室外空间的各种特征。
四、对胡某宇心理刻画情况
经心理专家访谈、分析,结合胡某宇失踪前行为,认为胡某宇性格内向温和、孤独,在意他人看法,少与人做深入的思想情感沟通,情感支持缺失,缺少情绪宣泄渠道,常有避世想法,具有随时随地在书本上记录自己情绪、想法的习惯。2022年9月到致远中学就读后,因学习成绩不佳造成心理落差,加之人际关系、青春期冲动带来的压力,造成了胡某宇失踪前心理状态失衡,表现为入睡困难、早醒、醒后难以再入睡等睡眠问题,存在注意力难以集中、记忆困难等认知功能障碍,存在内疚自责、痛苦、无力无助无望感、无意义感等情绪问题,进食出现异常,有明确的厌世表现和轻生倾向。
五、录音笔检验鉴定情况
经公安部鉴定中心对录音笔内音频文件进行恢复,与胡某宇生前留存的语音进行声纹比对,结合调查情况,确定在现场提取封存的录音笔系胡某宇持有使用。通过对录音笔中的音频文件进行综合分析,录音内容不存在人为合成、篡改情况。2022年10月14日17时40分、23时08分胡某宇录制的两段音频清晰表达了自杀意愿。
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