'Taking into account integrity criteria in creating sources and planning cadres'

The Central Committee for Internal Affairs is developing a project to submit to the Politburo for promulgation of a Directive on strengthening the Party's leadership in integrity education to contribute to improving the effectiveness of corruption and negativity prevention and control work.

Discuss this content,Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc - Vice Chairman of the Scientific Council of Central Party Agencies, former Editor-in-Chief of Communist MagazineEmphasizing and inheriting the ideology and shining example of practicing revolutionary ethics of President Ho Chi Minh, our Party pays special attention to building and practicing revolutionary ethics, including integrity and uprightness among cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees.

“This is a key task and solution to improve the effectiveness of anti-corruption and anti-negativity work, contributing to building a clean and strong Party and political system,” said Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc.

According to Mr. Phuc, the integrity and uprightness of officials are closely related to each other. The integrity of officials is the root, the motivation for training, the basis for uprightness, that is, frankness, uprightness.

Training integrity and uprightness right from school

To ensure the integrity of cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees, according to Mr. Phuc, it is first necessary to establish a political and legal basis for ensuring the integrity of cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees.

In addition, it is necessary to specify the standards of cadres so that general standards can be converted into standards for each position; in which it is important to specify the standards on integrity and honesty for each position in a quantitative manner, minimizing the qualitative.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc noted the importance of considering the criteria of integrity and honesty of the source of cadres included in the planning and of the cadres in the planning.

The construction of staff planning needs to prepare for at least 2 terms (the current term and the next term). That means paying attention to "creating near sources" and "creating distant sources" must ensure the factors of integrity and honesty.

"It is necessary to attract university graduates with good or excellent grades, who clearly demonstrate integrity, enthusiasm, and a desire to work in localities, agencies, and units to "create distant sources" and train them to meet all requirements of the source of cadres," Mr. Phuc suggested.

Another issue that Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc is also concerned about is the training and development of cadres, especially training and raising cadres' awareness of the role, importance and contents of integrity.

In the training and fostering content, basic contents on the role, importance, standards, and specific manifestations of integrity and honesty are integrated, while at the same time identifying and fighting against manifestations of dishonesty and dishonesty.

Focus on training and fostering integrity and uprightness in students right from school so that they can develop integrity and uprightness before becoming officials.

In addition, it is also necessary to carry out the rotation of cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees in the planning to continue training and fostering cadres in practice, contributing to training and testing the qualities of integrity and honesty in practice, especially in difficult, complicated areas with many temptations...

Establish a framework for power control

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc said that it is necessary to establish a strong power control framework with strict and feasible mechanisms and principles to ensure the implementation of integrity and honesty.

In particular, it is necessary to perfect the institution of power control to ensure integrity and severely punish dishonest and unjust acts.

At the same time, it is necessary to continue to concretize the Party's viewpoints and policies on this issue into legal documents, especially in regulations on enhancing publicity, transparency, and accountability in the performance of duties and responsibilities of cadres.

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Establish a strong enough institutional framework to control power with strict and feasible mechanisms and principles to ensure the implementation of integrity and strictly punish dishonest and unjust acts, following the motto "from top down, from bottom up, from inside out, from outside in"; further promote the role of and rely on the People in controlling power, to ensure integrity and honesty.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc

For example, the mechanism for evaluating cadres, the authority and responsibility of leaders in cadre work and cadre management; on controlling power in cadre work, and preventing the abuse of power and position.

Or regulations on protecting cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees who dare to think, speak, act, take responsibility, innovate and face difficulties and challenges for the common good; promptly replace leaders who are no longer worthy of the trust of the Party, State and people.

Along with that, there are regulations on closely combining inspection and supervision work within the Party, inspection, examination and supervision work of the State with supervision and social criticism activities of socio-political organizations, press agencies and people...

In addition, it is necessary to focus on regulating the behavior of cadres, party members, civil servants, and public employees through "soft institutions", such as regulations and standards on "integrity" and "righteousness" of this cadre team in each field, organization, agency, unit, etc.

Mr. Phuc proposed establishing power control mechanisms according to the motto "from top down, from bottom up, from inside out, from outside in".

Power control mechanisms need to be established in a way that superiors can control the performance of duties and responsibilities of subordinates and vice versa, subordinates can control the activities of superiors to promptly detect their mistakes, manifestations of dishonesty and injustice and require them to correct and overcome.

At the same time, cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees at the same level self-control each other in the process of coordinating the implementation of assigned duties and tasks and receive control from socio-political organizations, social organizations, press and media agencies and the people.

In addition, Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Phuc said that it is necessary to create all conditions for cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees to continuously study and practice to strengthen and consolidate integrity.

“Because no one can do it for each cadre, party member, civil servant, or public employee in ensuring their integrity and helping them become “immune” to the negative impacts of the market economy, openness, and international integration,” Mr. Phuc emphasized.

From there, cadres seriously self-criticize and criticize in conjunction with studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle, especially his ideology on integrity and practicing integrity.

Another important factor is to create an environment for cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees to promote their integrity and honesty in all activities.

"When the integrity of officials is promoted, it creates motivation and inspiration for civil servants, public employees and the people, contributing to building an honest and upright collective and an honest and upright society," Mr. Phuc concluded.