Village head and secretary are both important roles in rural grass-roots management, but their responsibilities are different. According to the rural organization law, the villagers' committee is composed of the village head, deputy village heads, members of the villagers' committee and villagers' representatives. The village head is the director of the villagers' committee and is responsible for daily management, task assignment, supervision and inspection. The secretary of the villagers' committee is the main person in charge of the full-time organ of the villagers' committee, and is responsible for guiding, coordinating and supervising the work of the villagers' committee. From the point of view of responsibilities, the village head is mainly responsible for village management, such as arranging village affairs, distributing village subsidy funds and handling villagers' complaints. The secretary of the village committee is mainly responsible for organizing, coordinating and publicizing policies, such as leading rural grass-roots construction, coordinating inter-departmental cooperation and publicizing the Party's various decisions. Therefore, the village head and the secretary have their own functions in exercising power, and there is no difference in real power. Even the village head and secretary of the same village have different powers. It should be emphasized that all members of the village committee are elected by the villagers, while the village head and secretary are appointed by the village committee or the township people's government and need the approval of the superior.
What if the village head or secretary abuses his power and breaks the law? If the village head or secretary has problems in exercising his functions and powers, causing economic and safety losses to the villagers, the parties concerned may bring a lawsuit to the judicial organs and complain to the discipline inspection and supervision organs. According to the Organic Law of Villagers' Committees of the People's Republic of China and the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions in China, village cadres who violate laws and regulations can be punished by warning, dismissal and expulsion from the Party.
In rural grass-roots management, the village head and the secretary have their own division of responsibilities, and both have their own emphasis on the exercise of power, and there is no distinction between the advantages and disadvantages of real power. At the same time, the village head and secretary should strictly abide by laws and regulations in the process of handling affairs, and must not abuse their powers or violate discipline. Villagers should also actively participate in the management and construction of rural grass-roots organizations, pay attention to democratic procedures and legitimacy when electing village Committee members, and strengthen supervision over village-level power.
Legal basis:
Article 10 of the Organic Law of Villagers' Committees of the People's Republic of China is an autonomous organization of villagers themselves. Villagers elect villagers members, elect or recommend the chairman and other leading members of villagers' committees, and practice democratic centralism. The chairman of the villagers' committee is the executive chairman of the villagers' committee and leads the work of the villagers' committee.