By Erkin, Dec 24, 2023
According to a news report by Xin Hua News Agency, a Chinese state media outlet, “The first session of the 14th National People’s Congress of the autonomous region held its third plenary session on the morning of January 18, and elected Dilshat Sayim as president of the Higher People’s Court of the autonomous region.”
The so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has never been a democratic entity, and therefore, there is no democratic election process allowing the majority of Uyghur residents and others to elect their own leaders. All local officials are appointed by the Chinese government or through internal political consultations without Uyghur participation.