乔石委员长在第八届全国人大常委会第十三次会议上就法律实施问题作了重要讲话。乔石说,改革开放以来,我国立法步伐明显加快,制定了许多法律,如何保证这些法律的有效实施,是我国法制建设面临的重要课题,立法不是最终目的,制定法律的目的就是为了实行。法律只有在现实生活中得到切实实施,才能规范社会成员的行为,防止国家机关工作人员滥用权力,维护国家政给、经济和社会生活的秩序,保障公民的合法权益。邓小平同志早就强调,我们要在全国坚决实行这样一些原则:有法必依,执法必严,违法必究,在法律面前人人平等。从现在的状况看,这方面还有相当的距离。当前突出的问题是,不少法律没有得到切实的贯彻实施,有法不依、执法不严、违法不究的现象在一些地方和部门还相当普遍,以言代法、以权压法;徇私枉法等恶劣行为也屡有发生。这种状况损害了法律的尊严,败坏了国家的声誉,给改革开放和现代化建设带来了危害。对此我们必须高度重视,采取切实措施加以解决。 Qiao Shi, chairman of the Eighth NPC Standing Committee at the 13th meeting on the implementation of the law made an important speech. Qiao said that since the introduction of the policy of reform and opening up, the pace of legislation in our country has accelerated markedly and many laws have been formulated. How to ensure the effective implementation of these laws is an important issue facing China’s legal system construction. Legislation is not the ultimate goal and the purpose of formulating laws is to implement it. Only when law is actually implemented in real life can we regulate the behavior of members of society, prevent abuse of power by staff of state organs, and maintain the order of state administration, economy and social life and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens. Comrade Deng Xiaoping has long emphasized that we must resolutely implement such principles throughout the country: law must be followed, law enforcement must be rigorous, laws must be conducted in compliance with the law, and everyone should be equal before the law. Judging from the current situation, there is still a considerable distance in this respect. At present, the prominent issue is that quite a few laws have not been effectively implemented, laws are not adhered to, law enforcement is not strict, and violations of law are still quite common in some places and departments. Other bad behaviors have also occurred frequently. This situation has undermined the dignity of the law and corrupted the reputation of the country, and has brought harm to the reform, opening up and modernization drive. We must attach great importance to this and take effective measures to solve it.