【新唐人2012年4月9日讯】最近，对中国政情有深入了解的美国资深撰稿人哥德尔斯（Nathan Gardels）发表文章认为，中共前全国人大常委会委员长乔石“发挥作用”，促使常委们决定“拿下”薄熙来。也有北京消息人士说，乔石最近致信胡锦涛和习近平，建议不要由公安部长当政法委书记，并抽掉政法委对法院的管辖权。
据北京消息人士透露，过去长期执掌中共政法机关的乔石，虽然退休不理政事，但一直对国家大事颇为关心，尤其对长期执掌的政法系统情况仍有了解。乔石对最近几年由周永康执掌的政法委，非常不以为然。
《美国之音》报导，美国资深撰稿人哥德尔斯撰文表示，已退居二线的前政治局常委、人大常委会委员长、政法委书记乔石“发挥了作用”，政治局9常委才下定决心“拿下”薄熙来。至于乔石以什么方式影响了这次政治局常委会，还没有详细报导。
不过，《纽约时报》在3月29号也报导说，胡锦涛和温家宝等人是在向所谓“元老”“请益”之后，才做出“拿下”薄熙来并调查他家人的决定。
《新纪元》周刊在一篇《乔石痛批政法委周永康》的文章中提到，乔石曾经批评，中国现在不但党政不分，而且是以党代政，甚至以党代法，公安、检察院和法院成了地方官员看家护院，他认为这是一种倒退。因此乔石最近写信给胡锦涛和习近平，就改革政法委提出建议。
不过，哥德尔斯认为，虽然这次拿下薄熙来，是在乔石的作用下得以奏效，但是，他说，像“乔石这样的元老们，有些事情他们能干，也干成了，但也有事情他们干不成。”
美国时事评论员，中国问题专家张杰连﹕“乔石对江泽民镇压法轮功就是长期看不惯，但是由于退居二线以后手上没有实权，所以也是干着急，没有办法。这一次胡温和江之间包括周永康‘血债派’之间的矛盾，在十八大之前拿到台面来充分的曝光出来，所以乔石现在出来协助胡温拿下周永康，就是来弥补自己未能阻止江泽民镇压法轮功的这么一个暴行。”
据了解，1998年大陆国家体育总局组织北京、武汉、大连及广东省的医学专家，对近3万5千名法轮功学员做了五次医学调查，证明了法轮功祛病健身有效率高于百分之98。当时，以乔石为首的老干部也做了详尽的调查，他们得出“法轮功于国于民有百利而无一害”的结论。
张杰连﹕“那个时候很多离退休干部都在修炼法轮功，包括一些高层的亲属，他们也都在修炼法轮功，所以就对一些老干部，对他们也进行了一些调查，江泽民看了（报告）以后，比较脑火了，因为他知道这个报告对他迫害法轮功，镇压法轮功相当不利，所以他又等待了一两年时间。”
《新纪元》文章中说，乔石认为，现任政法委主要是“维稳”，但其实本身已经成为“制造不稳定”的一个因素。除了公检法司之外，现在又有“维稳办”、“综治办”，人员越来越多，经费越花越多，但这种单纯高压不是解决问题的办法。
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Qiao Shi’s Role Behind Bo’s Ouster
In a recent article, the U.S. senior journalist Nathan Gardels
said that Qiao Shi played the key role in ousting Bo Xilai.
Qiao Shi is the former head of National Congress Standing
Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Beijing sources disclosed that Qiao Shi recently wrote
to Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping with some suggestions.
Like the Minister of Public Security should not be the head
of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC.)
The jurisdiction of the PLAC over the judicial court
should also be removed, Qiao Shi suggested in his letter.
Beijing sources revealed that the retired CCP’ security chief
Qiao Shi had always kept an eye on the PLAC’s operation.
Qiao was said to greatly disagree with how PLAC system,
headed by Zhou Yongkang, is led in recent years.
Voice of America refers to an article on the issue,
written by the senior U.S. journalist Nathan Gardels.
Gardels says, Qiao Shi is the “key among those elders” who
“made the decisive push to dismiss Bo” on a March meeting.
Before retiring, Qiao Shi was a member of Politburo’s
Standing Committee and the PLAC’s head.
Gardels’s article does not reveal details
of how exactly had Qiao Shi influenced this key meeting.
The New York Times’ report on March 30 also mentions
about Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao team’s decision.
It says Hu and Wen decided to axe Bo and investigate
his family, after they “appealed to party elders for support.”
The Magazine Epoch Weekly published an article titled,
“Qiao Shi rebuked the PLAC and Zhou Yongkang.”
It said, Qiao had criticized the fact that CCP’s leadership
is inseparable from the government administration.
Moreover, the CCP’s leadership has replaced the law,
thinks Qiao Shi.
Public security, procuratorate and courts function as local
CCP authorities’ guards, which Qiao see as a throwback.
Recently, in his letter to Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping,
Qiao Shi gave advices on reform of the PLAC.
Yet Gardels writes, “It is obvious that the Party elders like
Qiao have fallen short in some goals while succeeding in others."
Zhang Jielian (critic, China issues, US): “Qiao Shi has long
discontent with Jiang Zemin’s persecution of Falun Gong.
But as a retiree, he hasn’t held any real power,
unable to do much but just being anxious there.
With the conflicts’ exposure of Hu-Wen’ and Jiang’ cliques,
including Zhou Yongkang, “the blood-debt clan"‘ champion,
Qiao Shi stood up to support Hu-Wen, aiming at making up
for his failure to prevent Jiang’ atrocity against Falun Gong."
In 1998, China’s General Administration of Sport reportedly
conducted five medical surveys related to Falun Gong.
It assembled medical experts from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian,
and Guangdong to survey 35,000 Falun Gong practitioners.
The results showed that the rate of healing’ and fitness’
effectiveness after practicing Falun Gong exceeds 98%.
Many CCP veterans led by Qiao Shi also participated
in this detailed investigation at that time.
They finally concluded, “Falun Gong has no harm,
but only benefits a lot for the country and the people."
Zhang Jielian: “At that time many retired CCP cadres were
practicing Falun Gong, including CCP top leaders’ relatives.
So they carried out some surveys
with this group of people.
It is said that Jiang Zemin got enraged
after reading the survey report.
He realized this report was unfavorable to his launching
of Falun Gong’s persecution, thus he waited a few years."
According to Epoch Weekly, Qiao Shi said the PLAC
has been itself a factor of “creating instability”, though its main function is “safeguarding stability.”
Beyond the system of public security, the procuratorate
and the court, more agencies have been set up.
Such as, “Safeguarding Stability Office,”
and the “Comprehensive Regulation Office.”
This has resulted to more and more recruitment
of personnel and growing expenditures.
Yet Qiao Shi did not view this direct high-handed means
as a solution to the problem.
