坚持和发展民主集中制原则推进新时代中国刑事诉讼制度现代化

Uphold and Develop the Principle of Democratic Centralism,and Promote the Modernization of China’s Criminal Procedure System in the New Era

全国人大已将《刑事诉讼法》的修改列入本届人大的工作规划之中。作为规范刑事诉讼程序、约束诉讼主体行为的基本法律,应该明确刑事诉讼中公权力机关之间职能分工的工作原则。民主集中制是我国《宪法》规定的国家机构组织和活动原则,同时也是我国现行刑事诉讼确立的公权力机关之间职能分工的指导原则,具体表现为公检法等机关在刑事诉讼中“分工负责、互相配合、互相制约”的工作原则。民主集中制决定了我国刑事诉讼中权力的集中本位及其分工的相对性。新时代应该发展刑事诉讼中的民主集中制原则,顺应权力本位向权利本位转变的时代潮流,以实现民主集中制原则与刑事诉讼制度的根本自洽,推进刑事诉讼现代化。

The National People's Congress(NPC)has included the modification of the Criminal Procedure Law in its work plan for this session NPC.As the basic law that regulates criminal procedure and restricts the conduct of the subject of litigation,the working principle of the functional division between public authorities in criminal procedure should be clarified.Democratic centralism is the principle of the national institutions'organizations and activities stipulated by the China's Constitution,and it is also the guiding principle of functional division among public authorities established by the existing China's criminal procedures.That is embodied in the working principle of"division of functions,coordinate,and check each other"in criminal proceedings by people's courts,people's procuratorates,and public security authorities.Democratic centralism determines the centralization of power and the relativity of the division of functions in China's criminal proceedings.In the new era,the principle of democratic centralism in criminal procedure should be developed,and the trend of the times should be changed from the power standard to the rights-based,so as to realize the fundamental self-consistency between the principle of democratic centralism and the criminal procedure system,and promote the modernization of criminal procedure.