落馬貪官“卸妝照”

When Liao Shaohua, the former Party chief of Zunyi city, Guizhou province, appeared in court recently on charges of corruption and abusing power, the public was surprised by the huge change in his appearance. Instead of his previously well-dressed and healthy image, he looked haggard and dispirited. The photo of his appearance in court looked like a photo of him without makeup.

近日，貴州省遵義市委原書記廖少華因受賄、濫用職權(quán)出庭受審時，其容貌的巨大變化讓不少人吃驚。以前衣冠楚楚容光煥發(fā)的廖少華，現(xiàn)在卻看起來面容憔悴萬般落寞。庭審時他的樣子如同被“卸了妝”。

不僅廖少華展示了他的“卸妝照(photo without makeup)”，貪官們受審時的憔悴樣子已讓人屢見不鮮(not uncommon)了，無論這些人曾經(jīng)多么神氣活現(xiàn)不可一世(swaggering and arrogant)。或許他們是真的對當(dāng)初的所作所為感到后悔，但也許從某種程度上說，這也是他們裝可憐博同情(to win sympathy)的一種手段。

黨政干部應(yīng)該以貪官“卸妝照”警示自己——權(quán)力(power)就像化妝師一樣能輕易改變他們(transform officials)。一方面，我們應(yīng)該加強(qiáng)防腐(corruption prevention)和監(jiān)督機(jī)制(mechanism)，另一方面，各級官員也應(yīng)該從“老虎們”的卸妝照上吸取教訓(xùn)(draw a lesson)：任何違反黨紀(jì)國法(Party's rules and the nation's law)的官員最終都將是這個落寞下場(end up in disgrace)。