Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee: Do not let people who do not meet political standards into the Army and Police

On the morning of July 6, the Provincial People's Committee held a conference to review experience in military recruitment in 2020 and orientation for military recruitment in 2021.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Military Service Council; Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Military Service Council chaired the conference. Attending the conference were comrades: Major General Phan Van Sy - Deputy Head of Political Department of Military Region 4; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and localities. Photo: Pham Bang

EXCEEDED 100% OF RECRUITMENT TARGETS

In 2020, the Government assigned Nghe An to recruit 3,250 citizens, of which 3,104 citizens joined the Army and 146 citizens joined the Police. Military Service Councils at all levels have directed localities to perform well the selection, review of records, finalize the number of soldiers and issue military enlistment orders to ensure the quality and assigned targets.

The Military Service Councils at all levels have recruited 3,255 citizens, reaching 105% of the target. Of these, 135 citizens have a high school diploma and 4 are party members. These selected citizens have been assigned to units seriously and fully.

Officers of Vinh City Military Command instruct new recruits on the day of military transfer. Photo: Archive

In addition, the work of welcoming 2,815 soldiers who have completed their military service and returned to their localities has been carried out thoughtfully and seriously by the localities. Many soldiers have received career counseling and job opportunities.

However, in the 2020 military recruitment work, the quality of the preliminary examination and recruitment of some local medical examination councils is not high. The work of registering, grasping and managing the source of citizens of military age in some localities is not comprehensive. Many citizens have limited awareness and use many measures to distort the results to avoid performing military service...

The conference also frankly assessed that the reason was that some local Party committees and authorities had not paid attention to leadership and direction, and lacked inspection and supervision. The sanctions for administrative violations in the field of military service were no longer appropriate and had no effect in deterring and preventing violations. The management of citizens of military age encountered many difficulties.

Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command spoke at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

At the conference, delegates enthusiastically discussed and proposed many solutions to effectively carry out military recruitment in 2021. These included ensuring equipment for medical examination; effectively implementing the local policy of "rounding the process" of recruiting enough quantity, improving quality, and minimizing compensation, exchange, elimination, and return.

Check, evaluate, and specifically consider cases of violations of tattoos, body tattoos, and violations of political and ethical standards; Do not let unqualified citizens enter the unit, and do not let citizens take advantage of the situation to avoid performing military service.

DO NOT LET UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE JOIN THE MILITARY

Concluding the conference, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Military Service Council assessed that, regarding the military recruitment work in 2020, Nghe An province basically performed well, completing 100% of the target.

However, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also said that there are still many limitations in the military recruitment work and lessons need to be learned. The local population management work is still inadequate and lacks uniformity; the review, verification, and registration of citizens of military age are not strict and lack rhythm.

The Provincial Military Command inspects the military service examination work in Vinh City. Photo: Trong Kien

Propaganda and education work on military service in some localities is not high; citizens' awareness and interest in the Law on Military Service is not good, there is still a lot of unwillingness to do military service, leading to poor quality of citizens recruited.

The implementation of the military recruitment process in localities, especially at the commune level, is not strict and resolute. The biggest problem in the military recruitment process is the health examination council, many members of the council are not interested and do not meet the requirements.

Concerned about discharged soldiers, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung said that most of these people are finding jobs for themselves. Sectors and localities need to pay more attention, because it creates motivation for citizens preparing to join the army.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested localities to pay attention to the quality of military recruitment work according to 3 criteria: health, culture, politics, especially health quality. Photo: Pham Bang

Regarding the direction of military recruitment in 2021, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested departments, branches and units that are members of the Provincial Military Service Council to proactively advise the Provincial People's Committee in directing and guiding military recruitment in 2021; assessing political ethics standards, not allowing people who do not meet political standards to enter the Army and Police forces.

The Department of Health guides and directs units to organize preliminary selection and health examination for military service candidates according to regulations, to overcome the situation of incorrect conclusions in the past. Members at all levels must fully perform their responsibilities, arrange enough time to participate and monitor the military service transfer work, especially for the heads of the Military Service Councils at all levels.

"Localities need to pay attention to the quality of military recruitment according to three criteria: health, culture, politics, especially health quality. Prioritize the selection of candidates with high cultural level, pay attention to ethnic minorities"

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the Military and Police agencies to coordinate well in managing the recruited candidates to ensure that they are recruited correctly and fully according to the quota. There should be strict sanctions for violations of the Law on Military Service. The units receiving soldiers need to pay attention to political education, training and recruiting party members for soldiers, not only for the Army but also for other agencies and units.

Regarding the recommendations, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial Military Command to coordinate with the Provincial People's Committee Office to advise the Provincial People's Committee to report to the competent authority for consideration and amendment. The Military Service Councils at all levels review and consider tasks, promote results, overcome limitations to complete the 2021 military recruitment task with the best results.