Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc: Some leaders have not been exemplary in mass mobilization work.

On the morning of January 9, the Government Party Committee and the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization held a national conference to review mass mobilization work and evaluate the results of the implementation of the "Year of Public Administration Mass Mobilization" in 2019, and deploy tasks for 2020.

Comrades: Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, Secretary of the Government Party Committee, Prime Minister; Truong Hoa Binh - Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; Truong Thi Mai - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission; Dieu K're - Party Central Committee member, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission co-chaired the conference.

The conference was held online with the participation of 63 locations across the country.

At Nghe An bridge point, there were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission.

Many outstanding results

In 2019, activities took place to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament and the 70th anniversary of the work "Mass Mobilization". Party committees at all levels, the State, and the entire political system from the central to local levels continued to pay attention to leadership, direction, and innovation of content and methods, creating positive changes in awareness and responsibility for mass mobilization work. Party committees at all levels enhanced the responsibility of setting an example for cadres and party members, especially leaders, in their relations with the people.

Conference at Nghe An bridge. Photo: My Nga

Authorities at all levels have stepped up the implementation of the contents of the “Year of Government Mass Mobilization 2019”, paying attention to economic development, strengthening foreign relations; at the same time, promoting administrative reform, promoting people's mastery. State administrative agencies with the motto of action "Discipline, integrity, action, creativity, breakthrough, efficiency" have created many clear changes in the mass mobilization work of authorities at all levels, among cadres, civil servants and public employees.

Ministries, branches and localities continue to reorganize their apparatus, streamline staff, perfect organizational structures and improve the effectiveness of State management. In 2019, 10,047 people were streamlined.

With the program "Tet for the poor - Canh Ty 2020", Nghe An received nearly 75 billion VND from 325 units, agencies, organizations, businesses and philanthropists. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The patriotic emulation movements and campaigns of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations have been widely spread, arousing the national spirit; mobilizing the participation of many classes of people. Typical examples include: National Great Unity Day; National solidarity to build cultural life in residential areas; "For the poor" Day...

After 9 months of implementation, the National Public Service Portal with 8 public service groups was put into operation, saving 4,222 billion VND/year. After 15 days of opening, there were 5.5 million visits, 13,445 registered accounts, 1,070 answers, 47,378 records synchronized to the portal, and 4,176 records submitted online.

By October 2019, state administrative agencies had resolved 21,333 complaints and denunciations under their jurisdiction, reaching 86.2%.

State administrative agencies received 424,985 citizens, 256,231 cases, 4,254 large groups, and processed 177,433/326,014 received applications.

The theme of 2020 is the Year of Smart Mass Mobilization.

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc acknowledged and shared his joy at the results of the mass mobilization work in 2019; at the same time, he expressed his agreement with the comprehensive report on the Year of Mass Mobilization of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization in all fields. Thereby, lessons were drawn, demonstrating the "rolling up of sleeves" of Party committees and authorities at all levels to make the Year of Mass Mobilization of the Government 2019 successful.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Illustrative photo

Recalling the country's comprehensive development achievements and the many economic records set, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that such success was achieved thanks to the contributions of the entire people and army on all fronts, especially mass mobilization work with the motto "A hundred times easier without the people, it is still bearable; a hundred times harder, it is still bearable with the people."

In addition to those results, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pointed out many limitations in mass mobilization work that have not been thoroughly resolved. One of the reasons is that the awareness of heads of agencies and units about mass mobilization is still not deep, there is still a state of arbitrariness, lack of listening and understanding of people's aspirations. A part of the leaders are not exemplary, do not have a high sense of responsibility in agencies and units.

In some places, the reception of citizens is not in accordance with regulations, and is often a formality. "When handling petitions and complaints, the person handling them must be in the mindset of the petitioner in order to handle the matter thoroughly," the Prime Minister emphasized.

Outlining the tasks in the coming time, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized that 2020 is a year with many important political events at home and abroad, therefore, the mass mobilization work of state agencies needs to closely follow the Central Resolution on socio-economic development, considering this a regular task, with the motto "Discipline, integrity, action, responsibility, creativity, efficiency".

Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission Truong Thi Mai visits and presents gifts to policy families in Nghe An. Photo: Dao Tuan

To implement the key theme of 2020, the Year of Skillful Mass Mobilization, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized a number of key tasks.

That is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative reform, create favorable conditions for people and businesses; strongly implement the model of people evaluating the government. Strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption and waste, strengthen public service inspection, push back the disease of authoritarianism and bureaucracy, well implement the democratic regulations at the grassroots level in all fields, to ensure publicity, transparency, and promote the people's right to mastery;

Strengthen substantive and effective dialogue between authorities at all levels with people and businesses to promptly resolve complaints, especially long-standing and complicated lawsuits, and prevent hotspots that destabilize social order.

Improve efficiency and replicate new and creative ways of doing mass mobilization work of the armed forces, both ensuring the building of all-people national defense and promoting the image of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" and "People's Public Security" accompanying the people in economic development and new rural construction.

Launch a movement to emulate skillful mass mobilization in state agencies associated with studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle; focus on building advanced models to encourage civil servants, public employees and people to contribute their efforts and intelligence to the country.

"Mass mobilization work is a great responsibility of all levels, all sectors, of each cadre and party member. "Skilled mass mobilization" can get anything done. Therefore, mass mobilization must be from the heart, close to the people, care for the people, and share with the people, especially state management agencies.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized that mass mobilization work is not the work of mass mobilization agencies, but must involve the entire political system; mass mobilization work must be synchronous, with the participation of many social components. The Prime Minister also noted that mass mobilization is not about mobilizing people to follow, but must care for the people, care for the people's lives, stay close to the people, and have a blood relationship with the people.