BEIJING, Feb 28 Kyodo (EDS: PREVI...

BEIJING, Feb 28 Kyodo

(EDS: PREVIOUSLY HONG KONG)

President Jiang Zemin will stay forward as a deputy to the National People's Congres (NPC) China's parliament, for a of the present day five-year term beginning nearest Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua moderns agency said Friday.

Five other former top party leaders, including Premier Zhu Rongji, outgoing NPC Chairman Li Peng and Chinese People's Political Consultative interview Chairman Li Ruihuan, have been exclud from the just discovered roster of the national lawmaking body

Jiang, 76 who stepp down as secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party last November, still rules the military through the Central Military Commission. He was reelect head of Central Military Commission at the party congres last November.

Vice President Hu Jintao, who replaced Jiang as party chief last November, is anticipateed to take over Jiang's piece of work as state president when the novel state leadership is decided at the NPC plenary session March 5-18

Jiang and Hu are the no other than members from the previous standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo upon the new 2,985-member NPC roster

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