Closest, not smallest!

(Baonghean) - Sir, my son graduated from university and applied for a job. I advised him to apply to become a commune civil servant, but he refused. He said he only wanted to work at the district and provincial levels. As civil servants, the recruitment exam is very difficult, but he still wants to work at the district and provincial levels. Does he think that commune civil servants are smaller or lower level???

- What about new graduates, sir? This has actually been going on for a long time. In the perception of many people, whenever they talk about ward, commune, and town levels, they think that this is the lowest, smallest level.

- It is true that there are 4 levels of government, in which the commune, ward and town levels are called the grassroots level, but that does not mean that we should think that this is the lowest and smallest level. In my opinion, this should be understood as the level closest to the people, dealing with the most specific and direct work with the majority of the people.

- I remember, there was a time when grassroots cadres were the least concerned about care and training. The phenomenon of using "patchwork" cadres, working today and retiring tomorrow, working as cadres this term, and then going back to work in the fields the next term, was a reality. Among many reasons, I think that limitation is due to the underestimation of the importance of the grassroots level. If grassroots cadres are not trained systematically, not according to standards, and do not have appropriate salary and allowance regimes, it will be difficult to have a team of grassroots cadres with quality equal to the requirements of the people and the grassroots.

- I think like this, every level is important, but the grassroots level must be given more importance because it is the level closest to the people, in contact with the people every day. The grassroots political system is the most concrete and vivid image of the political system in general. For the people, through the image of cadres of the Party Committee, government, and grassroots organizations, they think about the image of the Party, the State, the Fatherland Front, and political organizations.

- That's right! Wherever there are good grassroots cadres, there will be good movements, people will trust the Party, and obey State laws well. Wherever there are cadres who are weak in both talent and morality, there will be people's loss of trust in the Party and will not actively obey State policies and laws.

- I am very happy that the grassroots political system is now being paid attention to and is constantly being strengthened and standardized. Policies and regimes for grassroots cadres are also gradually being implemented more satisfactorily.

- That's right, everyone needs to have the right concept that the grassroots level is the level closest to the people, not the lowest and smallest level. From there, pay attention to, train and improve the quality of grassroots cadres, to meet the requirements of the people and of reality. That is also the important content of Party building and government building, sir!

Duc Duong