Understanding the law correctly!
(Baonghean) - Only when every individual lives and works in accordance with the Constitution and laws can the country develop. The opposite is true when there is a lack of discipline and the state apparatus operates inefficiently.
Constitutional language is inherently general and concise. Specific details are guided by subordinate legal documents (decrees, circulars). However, the Constitution is not subject to misinterpretation, except through deliberate actions. For example: The law stipulates, "Citizens have the right to do anything that the law does not prohibit," with the latter part adding, "State agencies and officials may only do what the law permits." This is clear. Unfortunately, some agencies deliberately misinterpret and avoid the second part: "They may do what the law permits." They focus only on the first part: "Do what the law does not prohibit."
Consequently, the Vietnam Electricity Corporation (EVN) has invested state funds and people's electricity money in non-core businesses (real estate, excessive headquarters construction, expensive cars, stocks, etc.), only to constantly complain of losses and demand electricity price increases. Meanwhile, the power transmission system is weak, people lack electricity for daily life, and factories don't have enough electricity for production. They claim to "sell electricity at home," but people have to buy meters from the Electricity Corporation (for them to manage) and install their own wiring from the main line to their house. The lowest salary in the electricity sector is 7 million VND/person/month. What's the highest? Who knows? The General Director of Vietnam Electricity Corporation even complained to the National Assembly about his concerns regarding living standards.Workers' wages are still too low. Let me just say, the lowest salary of an electrical worker is equivalent to the highest salary of two university graduates with excellent grades and at least six years of teaching experience.
I don't know what you gentlemen are thinking, but even ordinary citizens like us can see that the entire infrastructure of the electricity sector (including dams, power plants, transmission systems, etc.) is funded by public contributions and government loans. You gentlemen have the privilege of collecting money from the sacrifices of the people, the frugality, and the debts of the government. With surplus funds, EVN then invests in off-the-books ventures. (The government doesn't prohibit this, but it's only permitted when the electricity sector has performed its duties to the best of its ability). By the time inspections are conducted, it's already too late. The solution is "divestment!"... I don't know which delirious person came up with this utterly vague concept. The capital has already been used to build houses, buy land for business, invest in stocks, buy cars... there's nothing left to "divest." Saying we are "divesting" is tantamount to deception, manipulation, and concealment of state capital. And it's not just EVN; the oil and gas, coal and mineral, and banking sectors are all like this. They all originated from these "monopolies." The Party and State's policy of promoting "privatization," aiming to gradually eliminate monopolies and promote healthy competition in line with market mechanisms and socialist orientation, is absolutely correct.
Ngo Tri Sy
