Resignation is no longer 'unusual'

At the recent regular Government meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Government members to discuss measures to implement the promises made to the National Assembly at the question-and-answer session in the 2nd Session with the spirit that words must go hand in hand with actions.

Regular November meeting of the Government.

In it, the Prime Minister stated, “Is there a culture of resignation? Is there a decree on this issue? Who will do it? The Ministry of Home Affairs must do it and submit it to the Government.”

That information has received great sympathy from public opinion. Because if the legal corridor on resignation is built, it will remind and create for everyone to be proactive in their behavior, especially in their behavior with their position.

The story of “resignation culture” once again attracted special public attention when at the National Assembly, during the question-and-answer session with the Prime Minister, deputies, including Deputy Duong Trung Quoc, raised this issue. According to the deputies, it is time to develop a legal process for civil servants and public employees to resign when they feel it is necessary. And in response to the deputies, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also affirmed that the culture of resignation is necessary, and will assign the Ministry of Home Affairs to study the institution to report to the Government in order to have appropriate documents to create conditions for civil servants and public employees to resign under specific conditions.

The Prime Minister’s frank response and direction received great agreement from the deputies and voters. It must be seen that resigning when not being able to fulfill one’s duties or allowing major violations to occur… demonstrates responsibility and self-respect of each person, which are very necessary qualities. However, as the deputies analyzed, the reason why few people have resigned for a long time is due to the lack of specific legal framework, and there are other reasons, including the fact that titles are linked to benefits.

An expert frankly commented: “Title is associated with many benefits, so many people have the mentality of “clinging to the seat”, “clinging to the position”, “clinging to power” instead of resigning for reasons of honor or feeling that they are not capable or healthy enough”. And if a system of public and private concepts is not formed in the legal system as well as in culture, it will be very difficult to resign.

Therefore, resignation, which should be normal, has become a "phenomenon" in society. The resignation decisions of former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Huy Ngo or the early retirement of former Secretary of Hoi An City Party Committee Nguyen Su... are very respectable, but very "rare". Many opinions say that, in order to foster a "culture of resignation" in the current environment, there are still many knots that need to be untied. And one of the main knots is the cumbersome legal procedures when dismissing an individual from his or her position. The procedure can also discourage anyone who wants to resign, because in many cases "even if they want to resign, they cannot".

Back to the construction of a legal corridor for resignation. As the National Assembly deputies have analyzed. This is the right time. Because the Party has issued Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee, promoting the role of leaders, the Prime Minister has raised the message towards building an honest Government. That is a very suitable condition to once again mention the issue of the culture of resignation. Because besides strictly fighting to eliminate wrongdoing officials, it is also necessary to create conditions for those who feel the need to withdraw with honor.

At the same time, creating an equal and transparent environment in the recruitment and selection of officials and civil servants, finding people with real capacity and qualities; selecting talented people must be sincere and wholehearted; resignation will be a very normal thing. Even resigning and then being able to run for election or be appointed to other more suitable positions is also normal.

“Resignation is sometimes just because of an event and does not fully assess the nature of that person. Initiating a culture of resignation so that those who feel they are incompetent and of low moral character will voluntarily give way to talented people” - a delegate commented very correctly. And with the Prime Minister’s direction, many people hope that, when a decree on this issue is issued and implemented, “culture of resignation” will no longer be just a matter of talking about as an unusual phenomenon.

According to Kinhtedothi.vn