Professor Hoang Chi Bao: Lessons on screening cadres must be raised regularly

At the 32nd session, the Central Inspection Commission reviewed and disciplined many officials. In particular, the Inspection Agency concluded that the violations and shortcomings of the Party Committee of the Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee for the 2016-2021 term, Mr. Nguyen Bon - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee and Mr. Truong Thanh Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Member of the Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee were serious, affecting the prestige of the Party organization and local government, causing bad public opinion in society, to the point of having to consider and discipline.

A lesson of warning and deterrence for officials

The review and disciplinary action of a series of cadres in the recent past has been supported by public opinion and the people, reflecting a real step forward for democracy in implementing cadre policies, specifically the handling of cadres with "no forbidden zones", no leniency, no cover-up, contributing fundamentally to regaining the people's trust in the Party.

All recent events are a wake-up call, a warning to those who are performing public duties, to look at those negative aspects to self-reflect, self-evaluate, self-adjust themselves in both perception and behavior, to be worthy of their positions, power, and the trust of the people.

Professor Hoang Chi Bao - former member of the Central Theoretical Council said that having to discipline cadres is something no one wants, it is something that is inevitably painful, but it also gives us necessary lessons about the weakness of cadre organization work, from incorrect assessment of cadres leading to incorrect arrangements, then lax inspection and supervision leading to the situation where cadres, when they are involved, are still very young, but have committed mistakes and shortcomings to the point of having to be dealt with.

This December, Party committees, Party organizations, local leadership collectives, agencies and units will carry out the process of introducing personnel for the 13th Central Executive Committee. One of the important requirements that General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized regarding strategic-level personnel planning is: it must be done carefully, closely, impartially, objectively, absolutely without bias, without vested interests. "Absolutely do not include in the planning those who show signs of political and ideological degradation, have distorted views, especially political opportunists".

The reality of implementing cadre discipline in recent times shows that "a number of cadres and party members have degraded their political ideology, morality, and lifestyle", and if not promptly detected and corrected, it will harm the Party's reputation and undermine the people's trust. Especially in the current context, when Party committees, Party organizations, agencies, and units are introducing personnel planning, the requirements for organizing and evaluating cadres, and preventing bad guys from having political opportunities to climb high and infiltrate deep into the apparatus, are more urgent than ever.

Mr. Le Quang Thuong - former Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee said that to do this, every step must be public, transparent, and attach responsibility to Party committees, Party organizations, local leaders and leaders in considering and introducing planned personnel.

Those who work in personnel organization must have enough capacity and vision to "see" correctly and accurately the cadres. They must be impartial and objective in evaluating cadres; collect and listen to all information about the introduced cadres to have a basis for making correct advisory decisions and reporting to the organization.

“It is necessary to grasp the standards for cadres to introduce the right and appropriate personnel into the planning. Promote democracy in agencies to review and evaluate cadres. At the same time, it is necessary to rely on information channels from people in the place of residence and workplace to have a basis for reviewing cadres” – the former Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Organization Committee said.

Consider the responsibility of individuals and organizations that recommend the wrong person.

According to Mr. Le Quang Thuong, in the process of implementing the personnel planning for the Central Executive Committee this time, it is necessary to bind the responsibility of the personnel recommender, so that they can determine their obligations and responsibilities before the Party and the State. It is necessary to clearly stipulate that any person or organization that, for personal or group interests, recommends the wrong person must be held responsible at any time, even after retirement. There must be strict punishment so that they do not dare to introduce political opportunists, like "eels and loach" into the apparatus.

Besides, it is necessary to seriously review the planning work, boldly remove unqualified cadres from the planning, but also promptly add new factors to the planning.

Professor Hoang Chi Bao shared that, looking back at history, the story of the responsibility of recommendation is not new, but in the current context it is necessary to promote it. Therefore, in the face of scandalous events due to officials making mistakes and shortcomings so serious that they must be disciplined, it is necessary to consider the responsibility of the individual, organization, and agency that recommended that official.

“In cases of wrong introductions and recommendations, when officials are corrupted and make mistakes, not only must those officials be disciplined, but the legal responsibility of the organizations, agencies and individuals who introduced and arranged such people must also be considered. Here, the responsibility regime must be promoted. Personal and organizational responsibility, responsibility according to authority and function have been prescribed,” said Professor Hoang Chi Bao, emphasizing that this is also a general trend of democracy./.