Don't be 'silent' in party cell activities
Many party members when participating in party cell activities often choose the solution of "silence", not fighting against what is wrong, not protecting what is right.
One of the Party's leadership principles is to ensure the fighting strength of each grassroots Party cell. However, the quality of grassroots Party cell activities is currently not high, in many places, activities are still formal, lacking in fighting spirit and Party building. In particular, many Party members when participating in Party cell activities often choose the solution of "silence", not fighting against what is wrong, not protecting what is right.
The Party Committee of Bac Hong Ward, Hong Linh Town, Ha Tinh Province has nearly 700 party members. According to the Secretary of the Party Committee of Bac Hong Ward - Mr. Dang Ngoc Ve, despite the large number of party members, many party members are still afraid to fight at the meetings of the subordinate party cells, leading to a decrease in the fighting spirit of the Party in the Party Committee of the ward.
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Mr. Dang Ngoc Ve - Secretary of Bac Hong Ward Party Committee. |
“Some party members in the party cell activities are afraid of conflicts. They do not defend what is right, and do not fight what is wrong. Peace is precious. The Party's principle is democratic centralism, all matters are discussed and debated within the party cell to make resolutions, but some party members hardly express their opinions in the activities. This phenomenon still exists in some party cells,” said Mr. Dang Ngoc Ve.
The situation of party members being afraid of fighting and choosing to live a “peaceful life” is quite common in party cell activities. In Hanoi, where the largest number of party members are active in the country, some party cells also encounter this situation during their activities.
According to party member Do Hong Ky (Party member at Party cell 15, Viet Hung ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi city), in Party cell activities, party members do not dare to tell the truth. While the truth is known to the masses. This is the weakest issue in Party cell activities.
In fact, the improvement of the quality of Party activities in Party cells also helps to effectively fight against corruption in the state apparatus and the Party. However, fighting against corruption is not easy.
Party member Nguyen Xuan Truong, in Long Bien, Hanoi, said: “The fighting spirit in party cell activities now is much less than in the past when we led the struggles against French colonialism and American imperialism. At that time, the fighting spirit in party cell activities was very high. Party members fought when they saw something wrong, and defended when they saw something right. But now it is a bit different, party members now have many concerns.”
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Discussing the content before each Party cell meeting is always given special attention by Party Cell 15 of Viet Hung Ward. |
How to improve the quality of Party cell activities, thereby enhancing the Party's fighting strength? According to Party cell secretary 15 of Viet Hung ward, Long Bien district, Nguyen Dang Vang, in order for each Party cell meeting to not become boring and formal, the Party cell secretary and the Party cell committee need to carefully discuss the content of the activities, recognize the limitations in organizing the activities, find ways to innovate, and arouse the spirit of self-criticism and criticism from Party members.
“The grassroots Party cell meets once a month. If any Secretary makes the content of the meeting that day rich, the meeting will be fruitful. However, there are comrades who are very careless, relying on the regularity of meeting once a month, so summarizing the previous month, setting out tasks for the next month, and drawing experience in work depends on the level of awareness of each Secretary and Party cell in that local unit,” said Nguyen Dang Vang.
According to Mr. Dang Ngoc Ve, Secretary of the Bac Hong Ward Party Committee, Hong Linh City Party Committee, Ha Tinh, the solution to enhance the fighting spirit in each Party cell meeting is to clearly detect who has the mindset of "peace is precious" so that he can "prescribe" and "dispense medicine" effectively.
For each party member who has built his/her own action program, the party members who rarely participate in activities and speak out must be assigned tasks by the Party Committee. That is, the Party cell has a direction, today comrades A, B, and C must all speak out. In this way, party members will gradually become more self-aware and comfortable in fighting and carrying out their tasks.
In reality, improving the quality of Party cell activities and arousing the fighting spirit of Party members when participating in activities is the key for grassroots Party Committees to perform well their political tasks and grasp the local situation.
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Dong Da District Party Secretary Le Tien Nhat answers the interview. |
Mr. Le Tien Nhat, Secretary of Dong Da District Party Committee, Hanoi City, said that currently the Central Committee has very clear regulations, including instructions on the content of activities, including preparation work for the activities of Party cells and Party Committees according to the regulations of the charter.
Activities help Party cells participate in implementing local political tasks, maintain stability and grasp the people's situation to reflect to the Party, through which the Party Committee leads to effectively implement the Party's and State's policies and guidelines in the locality. Only then can we effectively carry out Party building work, which is to effectively implement the Central Committee's Resolutions.
In addition to innovating methods so that each grassroots Party cell meeting is not boring and formal, to improve the quality of grassroots Party cell meetings, strengthen the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party, each Party cell and each Party member need to clearly identify and fight against the manifestations of "peace is precious" and fear of struggle of a part of Party members./.
According to VOV