"Fix" self-esteem

(Baonghean) - There has been an announcement from the Secretariat that party members are not allowed to change their age. But there is one more thing that needs to be fixed, which is "fixing" the self-esteem of those cadres and party members who "change their age".

- Is your age on your resume correct?

- Exactly 100%. Why are you asking such a strange question today?

- I ask because the Secretariat has just announced that from now on, the age of party members will not be adjusted. The age declared in the Party profile will remain the same. If you do not change the age in your profile, it shows that you have self-respect.

- What does age have to do with self-esteem?

- Don't you know that many officials and party members in positions of power have resorted to changing their age to "rejuvenate" with many purposes: to be included in the cadre planning, to extend the time participating in the Party Committee, to continue to be leaders until the end of their term, to postpone their retirement to continue holding their positions.

- The official's resume is clear in black and white with a bright red seal, it's not easy to change the age.

- No one is foolish enough to correct the original documents, but find reasons to re-declare age.

- What are the specific reasons?

- There are many reasons. Some parents increased their birth age to go to school early, some volunteered to join the army and had to increase their age to be able to join the army, some worked for a state agency and had to increase their age to be able to be on the payroll, some got married early so had to increase their age to register for marriage.

Before each congress or election, there is public opinion about "age-cheating". (According to Dantri/VNA).

- That's why there is the "age-fixing" thing. When the organizers and the officials "age-fixing" collude with each other for group interests, all the reasons for age-fixing are reasonable, the files are kept in a cabinet, no one knows. - Are those simple reasons easily accepted?

- Now that you say it, I understand. There are retired officials who claim to be under 60 years old, but a few years later they celebrate their 70th birthday. There are officials who, when calculating their working time to retire, started working when they were just over 10 years old. Some people say that if you want to know the exact age of a retired official, wait until he “passes away” and look up at the banners.

- There are many funny stories about age correction, aren't there?

- From now on, there will be no more jokes because cadres and party members will have no reason to change their age.

- But there is still one thing that needs to be fixed, sir.

- There is a notice from the Secretariat, what else needs to be changed?

- Must "fix" the self-esteem of "age-hungry" cadres and party members.

Tran Hong Co