'Cannot lose democracy because of family and relatives'

Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh believes that the way of doing human resources must be transparent, with clear competition, and democracy cannot be lost because of family or relatives.

Recently, with the involvement of the Central Inspection Commission, many Party members and Party organizations with violations have been brought to light, including high-ranking officials under the management of the Politburo and Secretariat.

Although welcoming the Party's political determination in the fight against negativity and corruption, public opinion cannot be reassured when unqualified officials who abuse their power and abuse their authority still infiltrate the leadership apparatus at the central and local levels.

Support the Politburo's resolute spirit

“Pain” is the common feeling of many cadres and party members when, before the end of the 12th term, many cadres and party organizations at the central and local levels have been considered for disciplinary action.

Now, public opinion can find out for itself that "a not small number" of cadres and party members have degraded in political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, and have fallen into selfish individualism, opportunism, pragmatism, and the pursuit of fame and fortune... Losing "cadres" is one thing, but the greater and more frightening loss is the Party's prestige and the people's trust.

Lieutenant General Khuat Duy Tien, former Commander of the 3rd Corps, Tay Nguyen Army Corps, said that he strongly supported the resolute spirit of the Politburo and the General Secretary, who were uncompromising with erring cadres, regardless of their positions or the people's expectations. But he was also deeply saddened when high-ranking cadres who should have been role models for the masses were willing to act for personal gain.

Lieutenant General Khuat Duy Tien.

According to Lieutenant General Khuat Duy Tien, before being appointed, cadres must be carefully screened. Those who do organizational work must fulfill their responsibilities, arrange, evaluate, and train cadres from the grassroots to put the best people into leadership positions, not giving those who take advantage of buying and selling positions a chance.

In a recent conference on Party ethics, Dr. Vu Ngoc Hoang, former Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, said that the recent state of corruption among officials is due to the reversal of the value system. In appointing officials, personality, which should have been placed at the highest position, is now placed in a secondary position, and in many cases, is pushed aside.

Personnel work needs to be reviewed.

Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh - former Director of the Department of Vocational Secondary Education, Ministry of Education and Training also said that the recent incidents clearly show that the work of cadres needs to be reconsidered. Why do cadres still make mistakes despite proper appointment procedures? Is it possible that the process and the way the process is implemented "have problems"?

“The process seems very strict, such as having to select from the lower levels, having to have a certain percentage, but clearly, in the organizational apparatus there is cover-up, not daring to speak directly to each other. Especially, the leaders at the provincial or ministerial level have problematic qualities. You should know how your subordinates are. The way of doing personnel must be democratic, transparent, with clear competition, we cannot lose democracy because of family members or relatives” – Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh said.

Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh.

Remember, before the 12th Party Congress, the personnel issue for the Central Executive Committee was discussed at at least 4 conferences and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong firmly affirmed: "This session, we must not allow into the Central Executive Committee those who are ambitious for power, political opportunists, group interests, corruption, waste, and negativity. If there are signs of such, they will not be allowed to enter."

According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Trong Phuc, former Director of the Institute of Party History - Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the General Secretary emphasized the word "pass". Therefore, the personnel work for the 12th Congress was carried out according to a strict, thorough, serious and responsible process. However, Mr. Phuc admitted that it is difficult to evaluate a specific person 100% accurately.

“Maybe, when introduced to the Central Committee, that person is good and worthy, but when in position, their negative nature is revealed. Therefore, the political opportunity and ambition for power that the General Secretary mentioned is very difficult to evaluate. How can we know that the cadre has ambition for power and political opportunity because they hide it, even if they are corrupt but say they are very determined to fight corruption. So before the Congress, that is the assessment, but when they are in position, they use their power to manipulate, plunder, abuse power and abuse power” – Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Trong Phuc said.

If officials, especially high-ranking officials, are let slip through, the consequences will be unpredictable. Therefore, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Trong Phuc said that it is necessary to seriously learn from experience in the upcoming personnel work, especially in evaluating officials accurately, choosing the right people with virtue and talent to put into the Party and government apparatus at all levels, including the Central level.

Cadres who have been through practical experience, trained and educated must be selected. Once authority is delegated, it must be strictly inspected and controlled as set out in Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee./.

According to VOV