【新唐人2014年09月06日讯】中国红十字会总会日前召开大会，宣布62岁的赵白鸽不再担任红十字会党组书记，和常务副会长职务。赵白鸽卸任的消息，引发民众热烈讨论。从2011年“郭美美事件”后就丑闻频传的红会，又一次被推向舆论漩涡。
2号下午，“中国红十字会”官网发布消息称，中国红十字会总会日前召开干部大会，会议宣布，赵白鸽卸任红十字会党组书记、常务副会长职务。红十字会党组书记改由国家卫生计生委副主任徐科接任，并提名徐科为红十字会常务副会长人选。
一位知情人士向《第一财经日报》表示，赵白鸽离任是基于综合性因素做出的决定，但年龄是最重要的原因。
现年62岁的赵白鸽，在2011年9月出任红会常务副会长。在她上任之前几个月，著名的“郭美美事件”爆发，使红会面临前所未有的公信力危机。据了解，过去3年来赵白鸽试图挽救红会的声誉，她也因此被网友戏称为“灭火队长”。
不过，赵白鸽所做的种种努力，在外界看来，成效似乎不明显，在她的任内除了郭美美事件的余波仍在发酵外，红会还爆发了多起丑闻。
去年4月28号，赵白鸽在红会就“芦山地震”举行的例行发布会上立下“军令状”，她承诺，如果2到3年仍扭转不了“黑十字会”的印象，会自动请求辞职。
然而就在赵白鸽立军令状的前一天，100多位艺术家向汶川地震定向捐助的8470万善款被更改用途的消息曝光。据了解，这还是艺术家追问8000多万汶川善款去向，红会做的紧急回应。
自由职业画家王鹏：“原来的时候都以为红十字会是一个公道、公正的，是一个对灾区、对弱势群体做一些帮助的。从这段时间还有上次郭美美事件之后，发现红会是一个贪污、挪用公款，是一个很黑的窝点。认为自己捐的善款，没有到达需要这些善款的这些人手里面，使大家想帮助人的这颗心都已经不相信它了，可以说绝望了。”
2011年11月，广东佛山市南海区红十字会医院，发生初生婴儿被当作死婴，弃置在洗手间的医疗事件。随后，南海区红十字会、佛山市红十字会，都说事件与自己无关，并立刻提请上级，取消医院“红十字会”冠名，广东省红十字会批复同意。
2011年10月，媒体质疑，日方信托给中国红会的“花冈和平友好基金”去向不明。红会则回应，已接受国家审计署的审计，不存在扣留2.5亿日元的情况。不过，去年6月一北京市民发现，审计署并没有就这个项目进行过专门审计。
王鹏：“这是中国的体制造成的，因为中国现在的这种体制，这种专制极权，在任何一个集团里边，或者单位里边，都会出现这种贪污腐化的行为，因为它给这些人留了很多的空子。”
今年8月，有媒体披露，中共当局斥资上亿元人民币兴建的救灾物资仓库，被红十字总会通过两份“阴阳合同”，并利用“以捐代租”方式，以远低于每年450万元市场价的90万元价格，出租给具“红色文化基金”背景的企业。
消息曝光后赵白鸽回应说，出租仓库是“为了解决经费不足，要挣钱养活员工”，但有民众质疑，仓库为什么低价出租？是否存在利益输送？
前武汉《中国》杂志社记者刘逸明：“中国的红十字会并不独立，虽然它自称为非政府组织，实际上红十字会就是一个官方组织，它的负责人都是由官方任命的，0247没有公开、没有透明只能说明一个问题，那就是红十字会存在严重的腐败情况。”
不少大陆网友对赵白鸽的去职发表评论。不过，大部分评论是负面的。有网友调侃说：“红会在国民心目中的地位跌到如此地步，与赵阿姨的努力工作是分不开的。”
前武汉《中国》杂志社记者刘逸明指出，中国的税赋指数是世上最高的，中共当局有能力对任何天灾人祸进行救济，中国完全不需要红十字会这样一个组织。
Head of China’s Red Cross Steps Down,
Causing Widespread Discussion Among Netizens
China’s Red Cross headquarters recently held a meeting
and announced that 62-year-old Zhao Baige no longer serves
as its party secretary and standing vice chairman.
The news has triggered heated discussions among people.
China’s Red Cross has been caught in scandal after scandal
since the “Guo Meimei Incident" in 2011.
Now the organization is is again a topic of public discussion.
In the afternoon of Sept. 2, the official website of
the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) announced that,
after a recently held meeting, the RCSC’s party secretary
and standing vice chairman Zhao Baige has left his post.
State Family Planning Commission deputy director Xu Ke
will take Zhao’s place as the RCSC’s party secretary and
is a nominated candidate for the standing vice chairman.
A person with inside information told China-based
First Financial Daily that Zhao’s departure is based on
many factors, but age is the most important reason.
Sixty-two-year-old Zhao became the RCSC’s standing
vice chairman in September 2011, a few months after
the famous “Guo Meimei Incident" that caused
an unprecedented credibility crisis for China’s Red Cross.
It is understood that in the past three years,
Zhao has tried to save the reputation of the RCSC, and was
thus given a nick name as the “Fire Fighting Captain."
However, Zhao’s efforts to clear the RCSC’s name
didn’t see much results.
During her tenure, several other scandals took place
in the aftermath of the “Guo Meimei Incident."
On Apr. 28, 2013, Zhao made a vow at a RCSC press
conference for the Lushan Earthquake,
promising that she would resign if she couldn’t improve
the RCSC’s blackened image in two to three years.
However, just one day before her statement,
it was exposed that the donations from more than 100 artists
for the Weichuan Earthquake were used for other purposes.
It’s believed that this was the RCSC’s urgent response to artists
asking where the over 80 million yuan in donations went.
Wang Peng, freelance painter: “We all used to think of RCSC
as a fair, impartial organization that helps disaster victims.
From recent events and the Guo Meimei incident, we found
out the RCSC is a dark den of corruption and embezzlement.
Donations for good deeds end up with these kind of people,
and so many people who wish to help no longer trust it,
and you could say they’ve lost hope."
In November 2011, a medical incident happened in the Nanhai
District Red Cross Hospital of Foshan City, Guangdong,
where a new-born girl was treated as a dead baby
and abandoned in the restroom.
Subsequently, the Red Cross Societies of Nanhai District and
Foshan City both said they had no involvement in this.
They then appealed to their superiors to have the name
“Red Cross" removed from the hospital’s name.
The request was approved by the Guangdong Province
Red Cross Society.
In October 2011, media questioned the whereabouts of
the “Hanaoka Peace and Friendship Fund" from Japan.
The RCSC said that it went through auditing conducted by
the National Audit Commission and that it didn’t withhold
the 250 million Japanese yen ($2.37 million).
However, a Beijing resident found out in June 2013 that
the National Audit Commission didn’t actually organize
any audit specific to this incident.
Wang Peng: “This is caused by China’s political system.
China’s current totalitarian system makes corruption
possible inside any group or work unit.
It gives these people a lot of loopholes."
In August 2014, there were reports that a relief supplies
warehouse worth over 100 million yuan ($16.3 million)
was contracted by the RCSC to businesses affiliated with
the “Red Culture Fund" for 900,000 yuan per year, a price
much lower than the 4.5 million yuan per year market price.
After the news was exposed, Zhao responded that
the warehouse was rented out “to solve the issue of
shortage of funds and earn money to pay staff."
But people questioned why the warehouse was rented out
cheap, and whether there was a transfer of benefits.
Liu Yiming, former China magazine reporter in Wuhan City:
“The RCSC isn’t independent, although it claims NGO status.
The RCSC is in fact a government organization.
People in charge of it are appointed by government officials.
Without transparency, it simply causes serious corruption."
Many Chinese netizens commented on Zhao’s departure.
However, most comments were negative.
Some netizens joked: “The RCSC’s image in China fell to
such an extent due to the hard work of Auntie Zhao."
。
Liu says that with China’s tax index being the highest
in the world, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities
have the ability to carry out relief against any natural disaster.
Thus, China doesn’t need an organization such as the RCSC.
