To let party members fully fulfill their responsibilities at their place of residence

POSITIVE MOVEMENT

Regarding the management of party members working at their place of residence, the Politburo issued Regulation No. 213, dated January 2, 2020, on the responsibility of party members working regularly to maintain contact with the Party organization and the people at their place of residence (replacing Regulation No. 76 of the Politburo issued on June 15, 2000).

After more than 2 years of implementing Regulation No. 213 of the Politburo, through research in a number of party organizations whereparty members currently working and residingshows that the Party's regulations have entered life and have had many positive impacts.

The Party cell of the Nghe An Provincial Fatherland Front Committee held a discussion on "Improving the responsibility of Party members who are working regularly to maintain contact with the Party organization and the people in their place of residence". Photo: Mai Hoa

Comrade Tran Van Minh - Secretary of Dai Thang Hamlet Party Cell, Thuong Tan Loc Commune (Nam Dan District) shared: Compared to the previous Regulation No. 76, Regulation No. 213 has more specific, detailed and strict regulations on 7 tasks of party members working at their place of residence; 5 tasks of the grassroots Party Committee where the party member is working; 6 tasks of the Party organization where the party member is working and residing. Thanks to this regulation, the Party cell committee has a basis to implement more systematically. On the part of party members who are attached to their place of residence, have a sense of participating more fully and responsibly in the activities organized by the Party Committee and the hamlet, taking the lead in contributing to the construction of institutions in the hamlet as well as supporting cultural, artistic, sports activities, supporting floods, Covid-19... Their role contributes to enhancing the image and prestige of party members among the masses.

Affirming the positive nature of implementing Regulation No. 213, comrade Ngo Xuan Thanh - Secretary of Party Cell 11, Quang Trung Ward (Vinh City) emphasized: Regulation No. 213 of the Politburo is an important mechanism for working party members to more fully perform their responsibilities and tasks at their place of residence; to be more aware of preserving and building the image of party members at their place of residence. The Party cell committee also encourages party members to participate in the activities of the Party cell and the hamlet, and at the same time educates, reminds, and adjusts the behavior of party members who are not really attached to the Party Committee and the people at their place of residence.

On the basis of implementing the function of supervising cadres, party members and cadre work according to the Party's regulations, comrade Le Van Ngoc - Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province affirmed: Regulation 213 has continued to promote its significance in creating conditions and more closely managing the attachment of party members to the Party organization and the people in their place of residence. This is one of the important measures to overcome the situation of distance, indifference, apathy, and lack of responsibility towards the people as pointed out by the Central Resolution 4 (term XII) for party members working. The sense of pioneering, being exemplary, cultivating ethics, lifestyle and propagating and mobilizing people to carry out local movements of party members working in their place of residence has also been raised.

A meeting of the Mau Don hamlet Party cell, Hung Loc commune (Vinh city) with party members working and residing in the locality. Photo: Huu Quan

LIMITATIONS THAT NEED TO BE OVERCOME

Along with positive movements, there are many frank opinions and concerns about quality and efficiency.supervise and manage party membersare working at their place of residence. In many places, there is still a situation where party members do not have a regular and close attachment to their place of residence. Secretary of the Party cell of Hamlet 22, Nghi Phu Commune (Vinh City), Comrade Nguyen Thi Mo said that only about 30% of party members are working and participating in activities and movements with the people in the hamlet and the remaining 70% are indifferent.

Not only do they rarely participate in activities and movements in residential areas, many opinions also reflect the situation of taking comments from the Party cell at the place of residence for party members who are working, many party members ask their parents or relatives to come to the Party cell secretary to ask for confirmation. Even according to the reflection of the Party cell secretary of block 5, Le Loi ward (Vinh city) - Nguyen Trong Lieu, Party cell secretary of Dai Thang hamlet, Thuong Tan Loc commune (Nam Dan district) - Tran Van Minh, many party members do not take comments from the Party cell at the place of residence every year. Some party members only actively contribute money when the place of residence has a policy to call for it, considering it as having connections with the locality without a close connection, even living separately from the people around them on a daily basis...

The above situation comes from 3 sides. For party members, there is no high sense of self-awareness and responsibility to carry out the 7 tasks as prescribed by the Party in their place of residence. For the grassroots Party Committee where party members are working, many units have not maintained regular and close contact with the Party organization where party members are working and residing.

Mobilizing people to build a concrete road in Nghia Khanh commune (Nghia Dan). Photo: Minh Thai

Reflecting from some secretaries of the Party cells of the blocks and hamlets, although there are dozens of Party members working and residing in the area, every year few agencies and units have letters of introduction for Party members about their activities as well as send requests for year-end comments and evaluations for Party members at their place of residence. Many agencies and units are even lenient, do not closely monitor and strictly require the collection of comments on the place of residence, because in reality, many Party members do not get comments on the place of residence or there are Party members in one place, requesting comments from another place other than their current place of residence or outside the place of permanent residence registration. This leads to the limitation of accurately capturing the number of Party members working and residing in the area in the blocks and hamlets, except in cases where Party members annually request confirmation of Party members at the place of residence at the end of the year, which the Party cell will know; at the same time, the role of managing and supervising Party members at the place of residence in these cases is not carried out.

On the part of the Party cell committee where the Party member resides, there is a mentality of "favoring" and "deferring" neighbors in commenting and evaluating Party members working in their residential area; little attention is paid to creating cohesion, exchanging information and experience in leadership, direction, and improving the capacity of the Party cell and the movement of the neighborhood block.

The flagpole and flower bed cluster of village 2, Tao Son commune was built with contributions from local party members. Photo: Hoai Thu

In order for the management of party members to be carried out effectively, strictly, and systematically according to the Party's regulations, contributing to improving the quality of party members who are truly conscious and responsible in their work, exemplary in ethics and lifestyle; preventing party members from violating Party discipline and State laws; enhancing the fighting capacity of each party organization; Party committees at all levels need to pay attention to finding solutions to overcome the existing problems and limitations arising from practice; at the same time, strengthen inspection, supervision, preliminary review, and evaluation, ensuring that Regulation No. 213 of the Politburo is fully and strictly implemented./.