To build the Party, we must improve the quality of Party members.

Improving the leadership capacity, fighting strength of grassroots Party organizations and the quality of Party members has always been considered important and determined by our Party as an important and regular task. Resolution No. 21 of the 5th Central Conference, 13th tenure on strengthening and consolidating the building of grassroots Party organizations and improving the quality of Party members in the new period continues to affirm that building clean and strong grassroots Party organizations and improving the quality of Party members is an important, regular, long-term and continuous task. Party members are the decisive factor in the leadership capacity and fighting strength of grassroots Party organizations.

Dr. Nguyen Viet Thong - General Secretary of the Central Theoretical Council (Photo: Lao Dong)

According to Dr. Nguyen Viet Thong - General Secretary of the Central Theoretical Council, the issuance of this Resolution once again shows that our Party has faced the truth that the Party has a large number of members but is not strong, and clearly demonstrates the determination to clean up the Party. To do this, we must first improve the quality of Party members and grassroots Party organizations.

"I think that, in order to build the Party, if we do not improve the quality of Party members, it will be related to the survival of the Party and the regime," Dr. Nguyen Viet Thong expressed his opinion.

From 1,000 party members in 1945, up to now, our Party has more than 5,000,000 party members. According to many experts, the Party is large but not strong. In reality, many people, when joining the Party, do not continue to cultivate and train, lack courage, are not exemplary, even have degraded ideology, morality, lifestyle, corruption, and law violations. In the recent Party development work, grassroots Party organizations have only been concerned with completing quantitative targets but have not really paid attention to quality, so they have let unqualified people, those with vague ideals, or even "opportunists" into the Party's ranks.

Member of the Politburo, Head of the Central Organizing Committee Truong Thi Mai.

According to Politburo member and Head of the Central Organization Committee Truong Thi Mai, with the viewpoint of "better few but better", our Party wishes to develop many Party members, but that does not mean that we will not remove unqualified people from the Party. Resolution 21 clearly demonstrates this spirit, and at the same time sets out the requirement to innovate the leadership methods of grassroots Party organizations, in which special attention is paid to implementing the principles of centralization and democracy in Party activities.

At the Conference to disseminate the Resolution of the 5th Central Committee Conference, the Head of the Central Organizing Committee emphasized that the recent disciplinary actions against some grassroots Party organizations were basically due to violations of the democratic centralism rule. The will of the leader was used to impose subjectively, without respecting democracy; there were also places where the leader was left alone, not taking responsibility, and was afraid of responsibility. Meanwhile, both of these things are not good for the Party, so Ms. Truong Thi Mai said that the democratic centralism rule must be continued, clarified, and concretized.

According to many experts and party members, Resolution 21 is associated with specific and clear goals, tasks and solutions on strengthening, consolidating, building and organizing the Party grassroots and improving the quality of Party members in the new period. In order for the resolutions to come into effect, first of all, Party organizations need to maintain the discipline and activities of the Party Committee according to regulations. At the same time, strictly implement the principles of organizing Party activities, especially self-criticism and criticism, associated with tightening discipline and promoting the role and responsibility of the leader. Each party member must clearly identify his or her duties and responsibilities, constantly strive and practice political mettle, cultivate moral qualities and lifestyle.

“There are many solutions that the Central Committee has proposed this time. I think that with the new solutions, even the policies we are piloting, we will find the right thing, find the truth. I think that when implementing the Resolution, it will certainly create changes at the grassroots level,” an expert expressed./.