【新唐人2014年09月09日讯】原山西吕梁市委副书记、市长丁雪峰因买官卖官案，引发山西官场大换血后，大陆媒体又曝光出吕梁市耗费2千万元买县长现象。当地官员称，买官卖官是当地的一种文化，大多数吕梁重要领导，都有自己的地盘，自己的金主。而丁雪峰因为并没有真正融入吕梁的政商圈子，没有人愿意给他出钱，当年凭着给周永康家族输送大量国有资产，才获得市长一职。
据大陆《中国经营报》报导，2009年秋天，山西省吕梁市进行所谓“13市县区公推县长人选”工作。吕梁市离石区原副书记薄宇新，在这轮“选举”中花费达“两千万元”，而其他人竞选人的花费也都在千万级别。
吕梁市委一位不愿具名的官员表示，那次推选层次很多，程序很严，即使这样也避免不了行贿行为。
当时的推选，先在乡科级干部中投票，在第一轮中，参选人一般会请投票人吃饭、送水杯等。第二轮，在吕梁各部门领导中投票推选，那些向投票人送了1万元银行卡的人胜出。然后，胜出者参加“由所谓外地专家组织的面试”。面试后，要进行的吕梁“四大班子”成员考察环节。在这一环节中，一般的行情是每人送10万。最后，由13位市委常委投票，从16个候选人中，确定8位县长，而这时的“送礼”水平，已经达到每人100万元人民币。
这名官员还讲到一个插曲，当时有的最后一轮的竞选者认为，常委在“四大班子”环节中已经送过了，不想再出那么多，但有常委向他们明确说，一把归一把。
十多名普通机关干部都表示，贿赂公行在吕梁已经是一种文化。即使在工团文宣这样的部门，上一个小科长，也得给同一办公室的同事每人三百、五百元。
而参选的“礼金”来源于各类企业。这些人上任后，再以承包工程等好处，反哺资助人。
《人民监督网》版主朱瑞峰：“省级以下的官员都是花钱买的，想买个小官当当得自己去筹集资金，筹集50万买个派出所所长当当，然后去贪污受贿。”
据传，前中共军委副主席徐才厚靠卖官，收入超过8亿。
报导说，吕梁重要领导，都有自己的地盘，自己的金主，不需要临时动意去“找钱”。而丁雪峰则是一个悲剧。丁雪峰2001年1月任吕梁行署任副专员，到2012年1月任代市长，是吕梁市当时资历最老的干部。因为并没真正融入吕梁的政商圈子，本地没有企业家主动资助他，至少错过了两次升职机会。
前年，丁雪峰为了取得吕梁市长一职，向当地多个企业主筹集资金“买”官。国内媒体说，原公安部原副部长李东生，周永康的妻子和儿子在此期间也曾参与，为他运作。
2007年1月，大陆媒体《财经》杂志，封面报导“谁的鲁能？”披露，曾庆红的儿子曾伟和他的朋友赵君士，在山西太原花7000万人民币买一个煤矿，然后经过一个有关系的评估公司，评估到7.5亿人民币，由鲁能出资7.5亿收购。通过几次类似的操作，两个年轻人的资产达到了33亿的资本。
此前，山西官场最近“大地震”，先后有8名省部级高官落马，中南海则从其他省份“空降”官员补缺。
朱瑞峰：“反腐败与普通公民没有任何关系，只是要打掉政治对手。江泽民上台要搞掉陈希同，胡锦涛上来反腐败，就要搞陈良宇。这个体制不改变，人们手中没有选票，任何反腐败都是一个谎言。”
独立参选人姚立法：“党领导一切，都对买官卖官有直接的作用。尤其在很多地方，党委的一把手说了算。他的权力过大，在法律上还没赋予他这样的权利。这个时候买官卖官成功率很高，风险很小。”
买官、帮会、政商利益输送网等等，山西扭曲的官场百态，正越来越多的曝光在人们眼前。9月3号，山西召开“第二届晋商大会”，一些山西大老板因为害怕“去了就回不来”，不敢出席。
采访编辑/刘惠 后制/钟元
Ding Xuefeng’s Case Exposes Widespread
Graft in Luliang City.
Former Luliang City Mayor Ding Xuefeng was sacked
for buying and selling official posts.
His case brought a big shock to officialdom
in Shanxi Province.
Recently, Luliang apparently said it cost 20 million yuan
for a county head.
Local officials admitted the buying and selling of official
posts is the local culture.
Majority of official leaders have their own territories
and gold masters.
Ding Xuefeng was never part of the political and
business circles in Luliang.
He only became mayor by state assets transferred by Zhou
Yongkang’s family because he had no one else local to pay
for his official title.
China Business reported, Luliang City had public nominations
of county heads in 13 cities and counties in the fall of 2009.
It cost former Lishi District deputy secretary Bo Yuxin
20 million yuan, while other candidates also spent millions.
An anonymous Luliang Municipal official indicated, bribery
was unavoidable in that particular nomination.
Even though the procedure was strictly controlled.
The nomination was through rural cadres’ votes at first.
In the first round, candidates have to treat voters with a meal
along with a glass souvenir.
In the second round, votes are conducted among
departmental heads in Luliang City.
Winners were those who treated voters with 10,000 yuan
of bank cards.
Interviews were then conducted among the winners
with so-called experts from non-locals.
Then, the winners will be examined by the “four groups".
I.e., members representing the Party, the Government, the
People’s Conference, and Political Consultative Conference.
During the examination, the market price is
100,000 yuan per person.
Finally, 13 municipal standing committee members will
vote to determine 8 county heads from 16 candidates.
The gift value at this point is as high as
one million yuan a vote.
The official also revealed a story in the last round of votes.
Some candidates were hoping to cut the gift since the “four
groups" had received the pay during the examination. But,
they were told clearly that, these are separate issues.
More than a dozen cadres agreed the bribery culture does
exist in Luliang.
Even a section chief in the party propaganda department has
to pay the office workers at 300 to 500 yuan a person.
The “gift" sources come from various businesses.
Those who took office will return with benefits
such as contracting projects to their sponsors.
Investigative reporter Zhu Ruifeng, “officials below
the provincial level are bought.
You’ll have to raise the fund yourself if you want to get
the official title.
A police station chief will cost 500,000 yuan. With the
position, you’ll get to take the bribe from others."
Former Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Xu
Caihou was said to have collected more than 800 million
yuan from selling official posts.
The report also exposed, major leaders in Luliang have their
own territories and their own concrete gold masters.
Ding Xuefeng was a tragedy.
He was a deputy commissioner of Luliang Administrative
Office in January 2001, and an acting mayor in January 2012,
considered the most senior cadre in Luliang City. But he was
never into the political and business circles in Luliang.
Consequently he had at least twice missed opportunities
for promotion due to lack of local financial support.
Two years ago, Ding Xuefeng tried to raise capital through
local business owners for the Luliang mayor position.
Media reported that former Ministry of Public Security Vice
Minister Li Dongsheng, Zhou Yongkang’s wife and son
were joining him in raising the money.
In January 2007, Shandong Luneng Group was reportedly
involved in buying a coal mine in Shanxi.
Caijing Magazine revealed, Zeng Qinghong’s son and a
business partner bought the coal mine worth up to 70 million
yuan with 750 million yuan paid by the Luneng Group.
The 750 million was assessed by an agent with a relationship
to Zeng’s family.
Through several similar operations, Zeng’s son and the
business partner had accumulated 3.3 billion yuan of assets.
Just recently, the Shanxi officialdom earthquake sacked eight
provincial and ministerial level officials.
Zhongnanhai transferred several officials from other provinces
to fill the vacant positions.
Zhu Ruifeng, “the so-called anti-corruption has nothing to do
with ordinary citizens.
It only serves to destroy political opponents.
Jiang Zemin destroyed Chen Xitong,
and Hu Jintao ruined Chen Liangyu.
As long as the system remains and people have no voting right,
the anti-corruption is just a lie."
Independent political candidate Yao Lifa, “the Party rules
have a direct impact on the buying or selling of official titles.
Local party secretaries have the final say.
Their power is immense, even though the law does not entitle
them with such power.
The buying and selling has a very high success rate
and very little risk."
The official post buying and selling, gangs, the intertwined
political and business interests, all the many distorted official
facets in Shanxi are being exposed.
In the Second Merchants Assembly on Sept. 3, many big
bosses of Shanxi did not attend the meeting.
They were afraid of “no return".
Interview & Edit/LiuHui Post-Production/ZhongYuan
