Beware of provocative and 'generalizing' tricks

In essence, it is still denying the leadership role of the Party.

Not only have they created thousands of social networking sites, but hostile forces and some reactionary organizations abroad have also used Vietnamese pages of newspapers that have long been unfriendly towards Vietnam, such as BBC, VOA, RFA, RFI... to sabotage the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term.

Notably, recently they interviewed a number of non-Party delegates who participated in the 14th National Assembly and previous sessions in order to steer public opinion in a negative direction, doubting the role of National Assembly delegates who are Party members, saying: National Assembly delegates are Party members who are "too bound" by the organization's regulations, so they do not dare to speak frankly and truthfully, and thus cannot protect the rights and interests of the people...

Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son inspects the election work at polling station No. 5, Tan Son commune (Do Luong). Photo: MH

Taking advantage of the fact that some violators are both Party members and National Assembly and People's Council deputies, they infer and assume that the role of Party members in the National Assembly is limited; only National Assembly and People's Council deputies who are Party members run for positions, power, embezzle, are corrupt, wasteful, negative, violate discipline, violate the law,... while deputies who are non-Party members do not commit violations... From here, they call on public opinion to support candidates who are non-Party members, incite demands to change the structure and increase the proportion of National Assembly deputies who are non-Party members. Because they believe that only National Assembly and People's Council deputies who are non-Party members truly represent the will and aspirations of the people.

We do not deny that during the term, there were a number of Party members who were National Assembly deputies, including high-ranking Party and State leaders and generals who violated discipline and the law and must be dealt with. But that is just "a rotten apple spoiling the barrel". We cannot rely on a few cases to make inferences and generalizations to completely deny the role of National Assembly deputies and People's Councils at all levels who are Party members. The essence of such inferences and generalizations is a "generalization" scheme to distract society, steer public opinion in a negative direction, and incite skepticism aboutThe role of party members as National Assembly and People's Council deputies at all levelsThe profound thing hidden behind those arguments and tricks is nothing other than eliminating the Party's leadership role over the National Assembly.

The undeniable truth

The report on the work of the 14th National Assembly clearly affirmed: “Over the past 5 years, the National Assembly has carried out its activities in the context of many fluctuations in the world and regional situation, with opportunities, advantages, difficulties and challenges intertwined; the country's position and strength have grown stronger after 35 years of renovation. Under the leadership of the Party, the supervision of voters, together with the inheritance and promotion of the experience of previous terms, the 14th National Assembly has increasingly demonstrated its profound embodiment of national solidarity, creative thinking, strong innovation, flexibility, prudence, decisiveness, upholding the sense of responsibility, acting for the benefit of the people and the country, successfully completing its tasks in the fields of legislation, supervision, deciding on important issues and foreign affairs; clearly demonstrating its position and role as the highest representative body of the people, the highest state power body of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The decisions of the National Assembly always originate from the will, People's aspirations, national and ethnic interests, from the country's development requirements, creating positive and strong changes in socio-economic life, national defense, security, foreign affairs, contributing to promoting the cause of innovation, building and protecting the Fatherland...".

National Assembly delegates attend the 9th session of the 14th National Assembly. Photo: Quochoi.vn

Assessing the role of deputies and each agency in the National Assembly apparatus, the 11th Session of the 14th National Assembly also affirmed: “Deputies of the 14th National Assembly basically met the requirements on quantity, standards and quality; regularly engaged with and grasped voters’ opinions and recommendations, increased citizen reception; actively participated and truly became the center of activities of the National Assembly, National Assembly agencies and National Assembly delegations. At the sessions, National Assembly deputies demonstrated their mettle, political views, frankness, impartiality, careful consideration, and promoted high responsibility before the Fatherland and people in discussing and deciding on policies, laws, major policies on national livelihood and important issues of the country...”.

The reality of previous terms also clearly shows that the Party members elected to the National Assembly all have good qualifications, capacity and moral qualities. The contributions of Party members participating in the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels in implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's policies and laws are very clear. In particular, Party members who are National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels holding important positions in society, by promoting their roles and responsibilities, have actively participated in solving the issues of the National Assembly, as well as their thoughts andlegitimate aspirations of the people.

Returning to the election of the XIV National Assembly, we see that out of the total 496 elected deputies, 21 were non-Party members. By the end of the XIV National Assembly's term, there were 19 non-Party members (1 deputy passed away, 1 deputy had his status revoked). Thus, the majority of the XIV National Assembly deputies were Party members. If the Party members did not play their role well, how could such results be achieved? Perhaps there is no need to discuss further because reality has clearly shown the bias, one-sidedness, and stereotypes in the hostile forces' destructive rhetoric.

Continue to affirm the role of party members as National Assembly deputies

The number of Party members in the National Assembly is a characteristic, reflecting the nature of the Socialist rule of law State of the people, by the people, for the people, under the leadership of the Party. The leadership of our Party over the National Assembly is the leadership over the highest State power agency, the highest representative body of the people. To be put into practice, the Party's leadership resolutions must be institutionalized by legal documents, resolutions of the National Assembly and resolutions of People's Councils at all levels. It can be said that the National Assembly and People's Councils are the first and most important places to transform resolutions, creating legality for Party resolutions in the process of organization and implementation. This sets out the principle of ensuring the Party's leadership over all activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils. In particular, the Party must pay special attention to building a contingent of cadres assigned to perform the duties of elected representatives at all levels, ensuring both quantity and quality, especially for Party members who are full-time National Assembly and People's Council deputies so that they can promote their roles and perform their duties well.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council supervises the settlement of voters' petitions in Quy Chau district. Photo: Mai Hoa

To better promote the role of Party members who are National Assembly and People's Council deputies at all levels, our Party determines that the personnel work of the election of XV National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2021-2026 term is no less important than the 13th National Party Congress. Directive 45-CT/TW of the Politburo on leading the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the election of People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2021-2026 term clearly states: "In order for the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the election of People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2021-2026 term to achieve high results, the Politburo requires Party committees and Party organizations at all levels to lead the implementation of personnel work well, ensuring the promotion of democracy and the Party's centralized and unified leadership in personnel work. Linking the personnel results of Party congresses at all levels and personnel planning with personnel preparation work to introduce people who are exemplary in terms of qualities, ethics and capacity, have a firm political viewpoint and stance, meet the standards prescribed by law, and have the conditions to perform the tasks of participating as National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies. Strive to introduce and select and elect truly exemplary National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies who are worthy of being elected." worthy of representing the will, aspirations and mastery of the people; ensuring sufficient standards, sufficient quantity, and reasonable structure, in which the standards and quality of representatives are the focus, not lowering standards for the sake of structure".

Our Party's guiding viewpoint on the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term is very clear. Voters are always wise in choosing their representatives in the highest state power agencies, the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels. With careful personnel selection and preparation and tight election organization, we believe that this election will be a great success, the rate of Party members elected to the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels will be very high. The role and position of Party members who are deputies to the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels will continue to be affirmed./.