Seriously 'self-examine, self-correct'

Before the 4th Central Resolution (12th tenure), the assessment that "a significant number of cadres and party members have degraded in political ideology, morality, and lifestyle" was an issue that made Party organizations and party members confused in specifically identifying who and where these manifestations occurred.

When the Resolution of the Central Committee 4 (term XII) was issued, specifying 27 manifestations of degradation in 3 groups of ideology, politics, morality, lifestyle and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party; along with that, the Central Organizing Committee issued Instruction No. 16-HD/BTCTW (dated September 24, 2018) on reviewing, evaluating and classifying Party organizations, Party members and collectives, individual leaders and managers at all levels, along with 82 specific manifestations to identify 27 manifestations of degradation in ideology, politics, morality, lifestyle, manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party, it helped each Party organization and Party member to connect and perceive more clearly where the degradation actually is, what specific manifestations are, from there to have a plan and roadmap to overcome.

A meeting of the Mass Mobilization bloc in Hung Dao commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Mai Hoa

Comrade Le Huy Khoa - Secretary of the Party Committee of Hung Dao commune (Hung Nguyen) said that, at first when mentioning "political, moral and lifestyle degradation", everyone thought it was not related to them, but the review process was organized and he analyzed it thoroughly, everyone saw themselves in it to voluntarily recognize their shortcomings, and from there also voluntarily overcome them.

In other words, Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII) is an “awakening” of the Party organization, cadres, and Party members to identify themselves more clearly and correctly. And in reality, in the Party Committee of Hung Dao commune, through self-criticism in the spirit of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII), many Party members were identified as having 1 to 6 signs of political, moral, and lifestyle degradation.

With the spirit of "self-reflection and self-correction" combined with propaganda and enlightenment for cadres and party members, up to now, we have overcome and raised awareness in studying the Party's resolutions and directives of cadres and party members; the spirit of criticism and self-criticism in Party meetings and Party cell activities has become more active, frank and responsible.

A corner of the new rural area of ​​Hung Dao commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, from the Party Committee to the government, the Fatherland Front and organizations in Hung Dao commune have truly innovated the leadership method, given specific and close direction, each direction is assigned responsibility to each organization and individual, there is inspection, supervision, reminders and included in the year-end evaluation and classification in a truly fair, objective and democratic manner.

Thanks to that, cadres, civil servants, and non-professional workers from commune to hamlet are concerned with their work, comply with the organization's assignment of tasks to try to complete them. As a result, the locality has comprehensive development and is building advanced new rural areas.

Party members who show signs of degradation are warned, reminded, and corrected. If they do not awaken and change, their names will be removed. Over the past 3 years, the Hung Dao Commune Party Committee has removed the names and expelled 11 cases from the Party, including cases that were screened according to Directive No. 28-CT/TW of the Central Party Secretariat.

In Thanh Chi Commune Party Committee (Thanh Chuong), overcoming signs of political, moral and lifestyle degradation in the spirit of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee, especially internal solidarity and unity within the Party and among the people, has been resolutely implemented by the Standing Committee and the Executive Committee of the Commune Party Committee on the basis of issuing clear working regulations and properly implementing the principle of "collective leadership, individual responsibility".

All policies, leadership and direction tasks at the local level are discussed and agreed upon first in the Standing Committee, the Standing Committee, the Party Executive Committee and the expanded military-civilian-government conference of the commune, and then implemented in the hamlets. The process of implementing policies and tasks must follow the democratic, open, transparent and clear regulations, with leaders of Party committees and authorities at all levels doing and acting first.

Leaders of Thanh Chi commune (Thanh Chuong) inspect the effectiveness of the local garden and hill economic model. Photo: Mai Hoa

Comrade Nguyen Van Chuong - Secretary of Thanh Chi Commune Party Committee said: From a locality with internal disunity, stagnant movement, degraded infrastructure, if in the previous term there was no cultural house that met the standards, in this term, the locality has built 10/14 new cultural houses, of which 9 cultural houses meet the NTM standards.

And from having no concrete roads, Thanh Chi commune has now built 13 km. The canal system built in the 90s of the last century, which was severely degraded, was also rebuilt 7 km during this term. The system of martyrs' memorials, schools, medical stations and some spiritual facilities were also mobilized by the locality to invest in construction and upgrading.

Currently, Thanh Chi commune has achieved 13/19 NTM criteria, the remaining criteria are being focused on completion. Many effective economic models have been and are being deployed and replicated to increase people's income.

Comrade Le Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board affirmed that the implementation of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII) has been carried out systematically and seriously by Party committees from the provincial to grassroots levels, from reviewing, clearly identifying degradation, setting out plans and roadmaps for overcoming, including supplementing and overcoming new manifestations arising after the review; associated with checking and supervising the overcoming of degradation manifestations according to the annual thematic inspection and supervision program of Party committees and inspection committees at all levels; including the overcoming of degradation manifestations according to Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII) in the content of year-end review, assessment and classification of Party organizations and Party members. Accordingly, for each manifestation of degradation of each Party organization and Party member, there are specific solutions to overcome, creating a change in the awareness of "self-examination and self-correction".

After more than 3 years of implementing the Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (12th tenure), the identification of degradation in ideology, politics, morality, and lifestyle has been overcome and created clear changes. Notably, the dissemination and study of the Party's resolutions and directives have been innovated by Party committees at all levels, from the way of communication to the specific situation of each level, each sector, and locality.

Party committees at all levels have also focused on supplementing working regulations, associated with setting examples to promote the responsibility of cadres and party members, especially leaders of Party committees, authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and organizations in performing assigned duties and tasks; strengthening inspection, supervision, and disciplinary action against groups and individuals lacking a sense of responsibility or violating;...

Through that, the implementation of political tasks as well as the resolution of difficult and problematic issues at each level, each sector and locality, especially the difficulties and concerns of the people, will be of better quality and efficiency.