The roosters crowed angrily: Once they've crowed, that's it!

(Baonghean) - It's like "holding a pole and waiting for someone to sleep"!

- Who is holding the pole waiting for whom?

- Many people hold and wait for many people!

- Why do you speak so confusingly and seem upset today?

- No, sir!

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- Why?

- It's because people talk a lot but don't do much, just keep whining!

- Who is bothering, what is bothering?

- Personal responsibility. You didn't see that in the past, when smuggling, oversized and overloaded vehicles were rampant and traffic accidents occurred continuously, there was a local order to let accidents increase, to let smuggling happen or overloaded vehicles still roam freely on the road, then the local leaders had to take responsibility. And then...

- So what?

- Those things still happen now but no one is held accountable!

- Oh, and then what?

- The top says so, the bottom also follows. Localities also continuously assign responsibilities in the same way. The province assigns to the districts, the districts assign to the communes, the communes assign to the villages. It sounds very methodical and determined, but in the end, no one is seen to be affected. Meanwhile, the pressing and prominent incidents still exist and develop. And then recently...

- Recently?

- After the congress, a province issued a decision regulating the responsibilities of the head and deputy head when violations occur in the assigned field, agency, unit, or locality. Public opinion was enthusiastic and supportive. Not long after, several localities also issued similar regulations. They also organized the signing of this and that commitment, which sounded very noisy. But then...

- Then silence as if nothing happened, right?

- Yes, at first I was full of excitement, waiting with hope for the next positive developments to see how much responsibility people would assign. Would there be any new breakthroughs? But I waited and waited and waited and saw no further movement.

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- So you complained that it was no different than "holding a pole waiting for someone to sleep"?

- Is that not true?

- That's right and it's also true that in many things, in many places, people do things based on trends rather than focusing on the substance. They see others doing something and follow suit to avoid being seen as inferior. It's like "roosters crowing at each other". Once they're done crowing, that's it. What's the use?

Phuc Vinh