Overcoming the 'disease' of indifference at the grassroots level
(Baonghean.vn) - One of the manifestations of moral and lifestyle degradation of cadres and party members pointed out by the Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (12th tenure) is: Bureaucracy, distance from the masses, lack of closeness to the grassroots, lack of inspection and supervision, lack of grasp of the situation of the locality, agency, and unit; indifference, apathy, lack of responsibility in the face of difficulties, frustrations and legitimate demands of the people. Many provincial Party committees are proposing solutions to overcome this problem through resolving frustrations and outstanding issues.
In Ky Son district, the pressing issue that was often mentioned before was the mentality of waiting and relying on others in economic development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction. To overcome this situation, the district Party Committee and government have developed many programs, resolutions and projects, clearly assigning responsibilities to the entire political system in the implementation process; responsibility for coordinating with organizations and individuals in implementation.economic models and projectssupported for implementation in the area.
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| Ky Son District Party Secretary Vi Hoe (far right) talks with people of Muong Long commune about the passion fruit growing model. Photo: Thanh Duy |
According to comrade Vi Hoe - Secretary of Ky Son District Party Committee, this specific assignment overcomes the generality in leadership and direction. The effectiveness brought to Ky Son district is that it has shaped a number ofagricultural productshave advantages and create regional production "streaks" such as ginger, turmeric, taro, squash, plum, passion fruit, medicinal herbs and raising cows, black chickens, black pigs...; associated with forestry economic development...
The work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction in Ky Son also has its own way of doing things, mobilizing agencies, units, district-level organizations and each cadre and party member to act together to help, support trees, seeds, provide technical guidance, and provide business in a "hands-on" way for poor households. Therefore, from 65.57% of poor households in 2015, now it is only about 42.21%.
The guiding viewpoint in resolving pressing issues of the Standing Committee of Ky Son District Party Committee is that wherever pressing issues arise, there is the responsibility to resolve them through propaganda, mobilizing people to comply with the law, and at the same time coordinating with competent authorities to handle issues such as illegal proselytizing, illegal logging, drug prevention and control, illegal labor in some countries, etc.; overcoming the previous situation of waiting and relying on others, when pressing issues arose, units and localities waited for instructions from superiors to handle them.
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| Road to Nam Can (Ky Son). Photo: Sach Nguyen |
Another pressing issue in Ky Son district is land and farming disputes. To resolve this issue, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee directed the district-level specialized departments and offices to study legal regulations and conduct dialogues between communes with disputed areas, clarifying the responsibilities of the district, communes, villages, hamlets and people. Thanks to that, the district has completely resolved a number of disputed areas between Huoi Tu and Bac Ly communes; Huoi Tu and Pha Danh; Huoi Tu and Muong Long; or between Bao Nam and Huoi Tu; My Ly and Bac Ly; Muong Long and My Ly...
With the viewpoint that to develop, we must ensure stability; to achieve stability, we must resolve pressing and outstanding issues; therefore, in Tan Ky district, every year, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee requires all levels, branches and establishments to identify pressing and outstanding issues to develop plans and roadmaps to focus on handling them in each agency, unit and establishment.
For contents under the authority of the District Party Committee Standing Committee or beyond the authority of agencies and units, the District Party Committee Standing Committee selects to focus on a number of key and prominent issues to direct the District People's Committee.build a specific plan, in detail, proposing drastic measures and solutions with a roadmap for handling. And the identified urgent and prominent issues at the grassroots and district levels in recent times in Tan Ky district are mainly related to land such as encroachment, land disputes, illegal land sales, implementation of regimes and policies for subjects...
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| Tan Ky district leaders inspect the melon model in the district. Photo: PV |
It is known that in Tan Ky district, in addition to the above method, twice a year, the District Party Secretary and the District People's Committee Chairman also directly dialogue with cadres and people in commune clusters in the entire district. Through this conference, many urgent issues arising at the grassroots level under the district's authority are resolved right at the conference, and issues that require time are assigned responsibility and time to respond or resolve completely to the sectors.
Issues under the authority of the commune level that have been reflected and petitioned by the people many times but have not been resolved are also addressed by the Secretary of the District Party Committee and Chairman of the District People's Committee.assign responsibility for resolutionFor the commune level and the People's Council, the District Fatherland Front Committee is responsible for supervision. In Tan Ky district, the phones of the Standing Committee members and the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee are made public to residential areas so that people can directly reflect their concerns through exchanges, or via text messages, or directly to the leaders' offices...
Focusing on solving pressing and outstanding issues not only aims to ensure the rights of the people, contributing to stabilizing the situation, but also helps officials at all levels spend time focusing on political tasks, avoiding spending too much time in resolving issues and incidents. On the other hand, this is also an important channel to evaluate officials, because when the key and urgent issues of the industry and unit have been identified but they do not focus on having measures and solutions to completely handle them, then consider, arrange, and re-arrange.position of the staff.
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| Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Great Solidarity House for poor households in Tan Hop commune, Tan Ky district. Photo: Mai Hoa |
Also pay attention to resolving pressing issues, outstanding issues, for Anh Son district, there is a mechanism to grasp the public opinion and people's concerns through the Party Committee, Party Committee members and district-level departments, branches and sectors going to the grassroots. On that basis, the People's Mobilization Committee and the District Party Committee Office synthesize and report to the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee for leadership and direction in handling according to functions and authority. For issues under the authority of the head of the Party Committee, the District Party Committee Secretary directly meets and dialogues with the grassroots or with citizens to resolve them with the view that there is no avoidance or delay. On the other hand,dialogue activitiesThe dialogue between the Party committees and grassroots authorities with the people has been maintained seriously, especially thematic dialogues at the district level and working sessions between district leaders and the grassroots, especially in difficult areas, have also focused on solving many pressing problems arising from the grassroots.
Obviously, the attention to resolving pressing issues at all levels and sectors in recent times has contributed to stabilizing the situation and promoting the development of the province. However, besides that,many pressing issuesVoters, people, and businesses have repeatedly petitioned and petitioned, but they have not been resolved or the progress of the resolution is slow and ineffective. In addition to specific issues in each locality, some common issues in many localities include resolving the issue of land allocation beyond authority; handling slow-progressing projects; handling oversized and overloaded vehicles; land disputes; handling environmental pollution; petitions and complaints... This requires all levels and sectors to continue to consider with a more decisive and responsible attitude to resolve the issue once and for all.
Timely grasping and focusing on handling urgent and prominent issues at the grassroots level contributes to strengthening people's trust in the organization and cadres, creating a higher consensus in implementing local political tasks. To handle urgent issues and incidents, cadres must go deep and closely to understand the difficulties, obstacles, causes and responsibilities of the parties in resolving them...
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| A direct exchange between the leaders of Anh Son District Party Committee and the people of Duc Son commune. Photo: Mai Hoa |
