Hu Jintao has been escorted by beadles to the exit of the congress, in what could be a purge with public ridicule. Official Chinese media say that the former president has been removed “for health reasons.”
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Former Chinese President Hu Jintao (2003-2013) was escorted this Saturday out of the People’s Palace where the closing ceremony of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was being held, in what seemed to be a purge with public ridicule of the veteran leader.
Shortly after the press entered the great hall and with the cameras already capturing what was happening, some beadles approached Hu, sitting to the left of the president and leader of the CCP, Xi Jinping, and ordered him to get up and leave. of the premises, to which the former president has seemed to verbally resistas EFE witnessed.
Hu has finally left the roomalthough before that he had a few brief words with Xi, who during the incident has remained with his eyes forward oblivious to what was happening behind him.
The unusual scene, which lasted about a minute when the journalists entered the plenary hall of the Great Hall of the People, supposes – in the absence of details or official confirmation – the possible political purge of the faction of the former Chinese president, Xi’s predecessor in The charge.
Allege health reasons
For its part, official Chinese media assure that Hu Jintao was withdrawn from the CCP closure for health reasons. According to the agency’s website, Xinhuanet, Hu Jintao “had insisted on attending the closing ceremony even though he was taking his time to recoverof unspecified health problems.
“Since he was not feeling well during the session, his staff, for his health, accompanied him to an adjacent room to rest“, the agency added on its Twitter account. The 79-year-old former president “is now much better.”
Source: Eitb
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