广西加快构建青年人才发展政策体系 让青年引得来留得住******
中新网南宁1月7日电(罗颖佳 黄藓乐)2023年广西“共青团与人大代表、政协委员面对面”活动6日在南宁举办。
共青团广西壮族自治区委员会组织部分自治区级人大代表、政协委员，人大、政协、区直相关部门负责同志和青年代表齐聚一堂，围绕大家关心关注的“乡村振兴青年人才引育管用”“高校毕业生保障性租赁住房供应”进行深入互动交流。与会人大代表、政协委员一致表示，将聚焦前述两个主题，形成提案、议案、建议，在广西壮族自治区“两会”上集中呼吁。
与会人员建议，推动青年扎根乡村方面，要打造乡村振兴青年人才队伍，深度融合青年人才职业发展规划与乡村振兴规划，加快构建青年人才发展政策体系，真正让青年引得来、留得住、干得好、能出彩。保障青年住房方面，要完善政策服务、打造青年公寓、创新激励机制、制定监测机制，解决好新市民、青年人住房困难问题。
共青团广西区委书记蒙启鹏表示，近几年，共青团广西区委以实施广西中长期青年发展规划为契机，围绕青年学业、就业、创业、置业等连续推动出台了267份涉青年发展政策文件，在全国率先以若干措施形式推出建设青年发展友好型省域的系统政策集成，2022年“面对面”活动提出关于三孩生育的支持措施与社会保障办法的建议被新修订的《广西人口和计划生育条例》采纳。
蒙启鹏表示，今后，共青团广西区委将在“面对面”活动基础上进一步与人大代表、政协委员协商交流、凝聚共识，积极为青年成长发展集思广益，形成高质量的建议或提案，推动出台惠及青年的好政策，让广西对青年更友好，青年在广西更有为。
广西壮族自治区人大社建委副主任委员张虹、自治区政协社法委专职副主任兰燕对共青团进一步深化“面对面”活动、扩大青少年利益诉求表达渠道表示肯定，并对共青团依托人大、政协制度化平台反映青少年普遍性利益诉求提出了建议和指导，表示将持续支持共青团参与协商民主建设工作，加强人大、政协与共青团的沟通联系合作，共同为发展全过程人民民主注入新的活力。
广西壮族自治区教育厅、财政厅、人力资源社会保障厅、住房和城乡建设厅、农业农村厅和乡村振兴局相关部门负责人参加当天活动，并解读有关政策。两个课题调研组负责人分别为大家介绍调研相关情况。(完)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
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.
