【新唐人2011年12月9日讯】在中国红十字会第九届理事会第三次会议上，红十字会官员承认，自今年6月以来遭遇了信任危机，受“郭美美事件”影响今年个人捐款大降。 学者指出，红十字会本身声誉不佳造成民众对它的信任下滑，本身不检讨，却把一切责任推到郭美美身上，非常不合适。
12月7号，在北京召开的中国红十字会会议，公布了2011年度中国红十字会财务收支情况。2011年，中国内地各级红十字会共募集款物41.98亿元人民币，但总会募集10.49亿元，与去年的30.12亿元相比减少了19.63亿元。
中国红十字会总会常务副会长赵白鸽表示，今年个人捐款数额相对往年来说非常少。她认为可能是今年没灾没难，一些小的局部灾难涉及的人员面较小，另一个重要的原因就是6月20号以后的郭美美网路事件。
今年6月，微博认证为“中国红十字会商业总经理”的郭美美，在网路上炫耀她用爱马仕，开玛莎拉蒂，红十字会信誉因此一落千丈，网友发起拒绝向红十字会捐款活动。据中民慈善信息中心统计，6到8月慈善组织接收的捐赠数额降幅达86%。
大陆政府研究部门刘先生：“郭美美事件肯定有关联，就像我们本人有时也捐款，现在就是说如果要通过红十字会，我们就考虑一下，是不是通过它﹖还是直接送到需要钱人的手中去。这就是大家对红十字会的一个信任危机。”
刘先生表示，一个能够公开和透明的财务状况、能让大家监督的红十字会，信任危机可能就会少很多。
不过，大陆宪政学者陈永苗认为，中国红十字会不去自我反省和自我净化，把责任推给郭美美并不合适。
陈永苗：“中国红十字会它公信力的急剧下降导致民间捐款特别减少，确实是跟郭美美事件是非常大的。赵白鸽一直把责任归结为郭美美本人，实际上所有罪过应该是红十字会本来造了，造成了以后，所有罪恶都是红十字会积累之后，然后经过郭美美事情引发出来。所以，罪过绝对不能算在郭美美身上，应该算在红十字会本身身上。”
陈永苗表示，中国红十字会声誉不佳的另一个原因是，它已经像中国其他的官僚机构做法一样。
陈永苗：“按道理来说，红十字会的捐款都是自愿的，但是他会转化成一种强制性，从你的单位里工资里面扣除。然后你要是不捐给他，他就会采取各种制裁措施。它实际上是带有一定强制力的掠夺机构，它不再是原来的红十字会自愿捐款、爱心捐款，而是有强盗行为的一个机构。”
而且，陈永苗怀疑中国红十字会的合法性。
陈永苗：“在现有体制下，红十字会是否符合国际红十字会会员的资格，我觉得倒成问题。国际红十字会应该审查，是否开除中国的红十字会。”
外界评论认为，红十字会个人捐款大降，是民众对它产生信任危机的集中体现。
新唐人记者常春 、宋风、王明宇采访报导。
RSCS Announces Sharp Drop in Private Donations Since the “Guo Meimei Incident”
At the third meeting of the 9th Board Conference of the Red
Cross Society of China (RCSC),
its official admitted that the Guo Meimei incident in June
caused a credibility crisis for the RCSC, which resulted in a sharp decrease in private donations.
Scholars pointed out that the RCSC should reflect on its own
behavior to see where the bad reputation stems from, rather than placing all responsibility on Guo Meimei.
On Dec 7th, the Red Cross Society of China announced its
financial results at its Board Conference in Beijing.
In 2011, 4.198 billion Yuan was collected from all levels of
Red Cross agencies in China.
However, at the national level, RCSC only collected
1.049 billion yuan, which dropped by 1.963 billion from last year’s 3.012 billion yuan.
The executive vice president of the RCSC, Zhao Baige,
said that in 2011, the amount of private donations decreased sharply compared to previous years.
She attributed such a decrease to two reasons.
First, many of the disasters in 2011 took place locally and
didn’t involve highly populated areas.
Second, the “Guo Meimei incident” severely damaged the
reputation of the RCSC.
This June, the girl named Guo Meimei showed off her Hermes
bags and Maserati sports car online at her micro-blog page,
where her verified identity is the “Commercial General Manager"
for the “China Red Cross Chamber of Commerce.”
Subsequently, the RCSC suffered the sudden loss of its
reputation and was boycotted by Chinese netizens.
According to China Charity and Donation Information Center,
the amount of donations decreased by 86% from June to August.
(Mr. Liu, a governmental research agency employee in China):
”There’s no doubt that the “Guo Meimei incident” has affected public opinion.
For example, sometimes I also make personal donations.
But after the incident I have to ask myself whether I should
make donations through the Red Cross,
or directly send the money to those who need it.
So the RCSC has a credibility crisis with the public.”
Mr. Liu said that if the RCSC could announce its financial
operations to the public and place itself under public supervision,
its credibility crisis would no longer reach such an extreme.
At the same time, Chinese constitutional scholar
Chen Yongmiao commented that
it’s improper for the RCSC to dodge self-reflection or
self-cleanup by shifting all the responsibilities upon Guo Meimei.
Chen Yongmiao: ”Of course the sharp drop of private donations
due to the credibility crisis for the RCSC was induced by the “Guo Meimei incident.”
However, despite Zhao Baige’s claims that Guo Meimei
was the only irresponsible person,
it is rather the RCSC itself which has been doing all the
bad things for years.
The “Guo Meimei incident” only led to exposing their crimes.
Therefore it is absolutely the whole agency rather than
Guo Meimei herself who should be responsible for everything.”
Chen Yongmiao added that the bad reputation of the
RCSC also comes from its bureaucratic behavior like other CCP agencies.
Chen Yongmiao: ”In principle, all the donations to the Red
Cross should be voluntary.
However, the RCSC has made it compulsory,
such as by payroll deduction from your working units.
If you refuse to donate, you might be punished.
So in essence, the RCSC is a predatory agency
with some political power.
It overturns the principle of voluntary donation and replaces it
with its gang-like behavior.”
Chen Yongmiao has further cause to doubt the RCSC’s
legitimacy.
Chen Yongmiao: ”Under the current political regime in China,
I think the issue is whether the RCSC qualifies as a member
of the International Committee of Red Cross.
The ICRC should investigate its behavior.”
Comments also came from outsiders who said that the sharp
drop of private donations specifically reflects that the Chinese people lack trust for the RCSC.
NTD reporters Chang Chun, Song Feng and Wang Mingyu
