Health reasons and the story of 'resignation'

Many people asked each other, wondering what illness he had that made him have to submit a resignation letter? Some people were skeptical, "Maybe he failed"?...

But no, he was indeed elected. The results announced by the National Election Council showed that Binh Duong Provincial Party Secretary Tran Van Nam “passed” the National Assembly election with 425,941 votes, reaching a rate of 80.88%.

So the reason he gave for “poor health” is probably correct. However, only Mr. Nam and the doctor who examined him can know the truth.

Violation detected

But through the information at the press conference, many people were surprised to find out that the Secretary of the Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee had a separate resolution issued by the National Election Council with 100% consensus not to recognize the election results and not to confirm his status as a member of the 15th National Assembly.

So whether he is healthy or not has absolutely nothing to do with the National Assembly seat he just won.

According to Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh,National Election Councilnever received the application "not to be a National Assembly member of the 15th term" from the Binh Duong Secretary.

Ms. Thanh even affirmed: Even if Mr. Nam's application was accepted, this would not be one of the reasons for the Council to consider.

The Council's decision to not recognize the election results and not confirm the status of a National Assembly deputy for the 15th term of Mr. Tran Van Nam, according to Ms. Thanh, was because he did not meet the standards.

But Mr. Nam is a member of the Central Committee and Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, so the standards and conditions must have been "scrutinized" very carefully in advance.

According to Ms. Thanh, recently the Central Inspection Committee inspected the Standing Committee of Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee when there were signs of violations and shortcomings. Initially, it discovered that the Provincial Party Secretary had a number of violations and shortcomings, and up to this point, there have been initial conclusions that are very clear about his violations.

That is, the Binh Duong Party Secretary violated the regulations on what party members are not allowed to do. In addition, in performing his duties as Vice Chairman of the Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee, he made a number of decisions related to state management, especially land issues, causing serious consequences.

So everything is clear, only the reason of "poor health" given by the Binh Duong Provincial Party Secretary is still unclear.

Reasons that are hard to hear

The "health reasons" sound familiar. Recently, at the press conference on the afternoon of May 21 about preparations for the election day, there were also 2 candidates for the 15th National Assembly who were on the official list after 3 rounds of consultations also applied to withdraw for this very reason.

Several years ago, many people also applied to resign from the National Assembly due to "health reasons".

In 2017, after the Secretariat concluded on the violations related to the Formosa case and the disciplinary action, Mr. Vo Kim Cu submitted a request to resign from the 14th National Assembly for "health reasons".

In 2019, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee and Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Dong Nai Province, Ho Van Nam, also submitted a resignation letter for "health reasons". Coincidentally, the Central Inspection Committee had previously requested the Secretariat to consider and take disciplinary action against Mr. Nam...

This story was once explained by former Secretary General of the National Assembly Nguyen Hanh Phuc: After being disciplined, they may have thought a lot, their health was weakened and they filed a petition "for health reasons".

No matter how you explain it, the "health reasons" in these cases are still very difficult to accept.