Priest Dang Huu Nam opposes the government and insults Vietnamese people.

Anti-government

April 30, 1975 has gone down in the history of the nation as a brilliant milestone, bringing our country into a new era, the era of national independence and socialism. From now on, our entire Party, people and army will concentrate their strength and intelligence to heal the wounds of war, build a new life; build and protect the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.

Priest Dang Huu Nam continuously preaches distorting history and violating the law.

In recent days, while the army and people of the whole country are organizing many practical activities to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs who sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, and made the victory of April 30, 1975, priest Dang Huu Nam, parish priest of Phu Yen, An Hoa commune, Quynh Luu district, preached in the church with words that distorted history, incited and arrogant such as: "... April 30 is a day of mourning for the nation and parish...", "April 30 is the day when the Vietnamese people lost their freedom; the day when the Vietnamese people did not have the right to be human; the day that made the country mourn; the day that made the country backward and poor; the day that Vietnam lost the opportunity to develop; the day that created injustice in all parts of the country; the day that marked the Vietnamese people preparing to enter slavery to foreign countries; April 30 is the darkest day of the Vietnamese people...".

Priest Dang Huu Nam takes the elderly, women and children out into the hot sun.

Not only did he seriously offend the honor and dignity of millions of Vietnamese people, including many Catholics who heroically fought and sacrificed to protect the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, but Father Dang Huu Nam also took advantage of, incited, and pushed children, the elderly, and women out into the hot sun to serve his own agenda. These are vulnerable groups in society who need to be protected, cared for, and looked after, but they were pushed out into the streets to hang banners and slogans, serving as a cover for the extremist priest.

This action has seriously violated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Law on Children. Not only that, the recent actions of calling on and inciting parishioners to carry banners and slogans against the government by priest Dang Huu Nam have caused insecurity and disorder, destabilized the situation in the area, divided the solidarity of Catholics and non-Catholics, and seriously violated Vietnamese law.

Prosecution recommended by law

The inciting, arrogant, and illegal words of priest Dang Huu Nam were quickly spread by his followers on social networks, causing outrage among all classes of people. On the afternoon of May 1, the Veterans Association of An Hoa commune, Quynh Luu district organized a rally to protest the distorted and untrue arguments of priest Dang Huu Nam with the participation of hundreds of veterans in the commune and representatives of the Veterans Association of Quynh Luu district and neighboring communes.

At the rally, Mr. Le Van Dien - Chairman of the Association of War Veterans in Quynh Luu district emphasized: For every Vietnamese person, the August Revolution and the great victory of Spring 1975 are always important historical days, each person, each family and the whole nation reunited, looking in the same direction, on the same path, joining hands and hearts to build and protect the Fatherland. However, priest Dang Huu Nam betrayed everyone. "These are false contents, showing the reactionary nature of Dang Huu Nam disguised as a priest, trampling and denying the revolutionary achievements of the Party, of the nation and of our people, causing indignation and anger among the people and dividing the great national unity bloc, in which denying the contributions and sacrifices of blood and bones of millions of Vietnamese people for independence and peace", Chairman of the Association of War Veterans in Quynh Luu district was indignant.

The war veterans requested Mr. Dang Huu Nam to stop his activities of distorting and defaming the victory of April 30, 1975.

Here, representatives of the Veterans Association of An Hoa, Quynh Luong, Tien Thuy, and Quynh Nghia communes also expressed their indignation at the wrong actions and arguments of extremist priest Dang Huu Nam.

The preaching words of priest Dang Huu Nam in the church on the afternoon of April 30, 2017 offended millions of Vietnamese people; especially veterans, youth volunteers and relatives of martyrs. Mr. Tu Ngoc Anh - 84 years old, 57 years of Party membership, member of the Standing Committee of the Association of Former Youth Volunteers of Nghe An province, in charge of the church's propaganda work, said: "My comrades and I are very upset with the actions and preaching of Mr. Dang Huu Nam. I request the authorities to clarify the violations and handle them strictly according to the law; not to let the unethical and illegal incidents like the recent one in Phu Yen parish recur. Besides, I also request the Education and Training sector and schools with students who were recently taken advantage of by Mr. Dang Huu Nam to strengthen the education work on the tradition and history of the nation, especially the significance of the victory on April 30, 1975, so that students can clearly understand and avoid having distorted perceptions due to the arguments of bad guys."

On the afternoon of May 2, the Association of War Veterans of Nghe An province also sent out a message strongly protesting the arrogant and law-breaking actions of priest Dang Huu Nam: “As veterans - on behalf of those who directly fought for independence, freedom, and peace for the country, representing over 173,000 veteran members of Nghe An province, we strongly condemn and protest the serious law-breaking actions of priest Dang Huu Nam.

We affirm that the words and actions of priest Dang Huu Nam are completely fabricated and untrue, showing the reactionary nature, opposing, trampling, and denying the revolutionary achievements of the Party, the nation and our people. The words of priest Dang Huu Nam have caused outrage among the masses, especially us veterans." The Veterans Association of Nghe An province also requested: "Authorities at all levels take resolute measures to promptly prevent all reactionary activities and take measures to handle Dang Huu Nam before the law."

Speaking to Nghe An Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Minh - Chairman of the Provincial Veterans Association said that the Association has requested grassroots associations to organize rallies similar to the one in An Hoa Commune (Quynh Luu) to protest against the distorted and untrue allegations of priest Dang Huu Nam about the day of liberation of the South and reunification of the country (April 30, 1975). "After An Hoa Commune, Veterans Associations of other communes in Quynh Luu will also organize rallies. Then, associations in the whole province will organize rallies to expose the dark plots of priest Dang Huu Nam.

Recommendations of the Veterans Association of Nghe An province

1. Mr. Dang Huu Nam must strictly comply with Vietnamese law, properly perform his duties as a shepherd, representing God in preaching doctrine and canon law in the parish he is responsible for. Immediately stop all acts of sabotage, incitement, and enticement of parishioners to violate the law, causing disorder and insecurity in society, and dividing the great national unity bloc in the area. Apologize to veterans in general, and the people and veterans of An Hoa commune, Quynh Luu district in particular, for his statements distorting and defaming history, denying the revolutionary achievements that many generations of Vietnamese people have devoted so much effort, blood, and tears to achieve the victory day of April 30, 1975.

2. Request the Government, central ministries and branches to work with the Vatican and the Vietnam Bishops' Council to clarify and condemn the illegal acts of priest Dang Huu Nam.

3. We request that the authorities at all levels take resolute measures to promptly prevent all reactionary activities and take measures to deal with priest Dang Huu Nam before the law. We see that all activities and words of priest Dang Huu Nam have sufficient evidence to prosecute before the law.

4. The President of the Vietnamese Bishops' Council and the Archbishop of the Hanoi Archdiocese need to direct the Vinh Diocese to prevent priest Dang Huu Nam from continuing to repeat the above misconduct.

5. Mr. Nguyen Thai Hop, Bishop of Vinh Diocese, Chairman of the Justice and Peace Committee of the Vietnam Bishops' Conference; Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh, Administrator of Thuan Nghia, Chairman of the Justice and Peace Committee of Vinh Diocese, need to take measures to prevent the illegal acts of priest Dang Huu Nam. With their positions, they are the ones who understand better than anyone in the diocese the meaning and value of peace, independence, and freedom in the past time, allowing priest Dang Huu Nam to engage in destructive activities without being punished. Is it possible that they do not know or have assisted, directed, and "given the green light" for the above violations of priest Dang Huu Nam (as Dang Huu Nam declared to the parishioners at Phu Yen Church on May 1, 2017).

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