General Secretary and President: "People who seek positions and power should not be used"

This morning (March 21), at the Party Central Committee headquarters, the Politburo met to give opinions on the Report on the results of the Politburo's five inspection delegations on 15 Party committees and Party organizations directly under the Central Committee in implementing Resolution No. 4 of the 12th Central Committee on Party building in conjunction with the implementation of Directive No. 05 of the Politburo on promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle. General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the meeting.

The Politburo's Summary Report on the Results of Five Inspection Teams said that Party committees and organizations at all levels have led, directed, and organized the study, dissemination, and serious implementation of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee in conjunction with Directive 05 in accordance with the direction and guidance of the Central Committee; thereby helping cadres and Party members to more fully perceive the importance of Party building and rectification work and more clearly identify signs of degradation in ideology, politics, ethics, lifestyle, "self-evolution", "self-transformation" for self-reflection and self-correction.

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting. Photo: VNA

Party committees and organizations at all levels have institutionalized the contents of Central Resolution 4 and Directive 05 in many creative and diverse ways, bringing about substantial results and practical significance.

Discipline, sense of responsibility and attitude of serving the people of Party members and officials have changed positively, urgent and outstanding issues have been focused on and effectively resolved.

Inspection, investigation, prosecution and trial work have been directed to be implemented more drastically and effectively; inspection, supervision and Party discipline work have been carried out synchronously and seriously, maintaining Party discipline.

The report also pointed out some limitations and shortcomings such as: some Party committees and organizations thoroughly grasped and implemented the Resolution and Directive in a formal manner; the development of programs, actions, and implementation plans were not close to the situation and characteristics of the locality, agency, and unit.

Some cadres, party members, and heads of Party committees and authorities still lack exemplary behavior in their activities and work. The degradation of moral qualities and lifestyle still occurs among a number of cadres and party members.

Some Party committees and organizations are still confused in identifying and handling the manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation"; the situation of avoidance, deference, and fear of conflict still occurs in many places. There are also cadres and Party members who have not voluntarily cultivated and studied to improve their professional qualifications and skills...

After listening to the delegates' opinions and concluding the meeting, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed the five inspection delegations of the Politburo for conducting the inspection in accordance with the program and plan of the Politburo and the Secretariat; the inspection work was conducted seriously and thoroughly, and many recommendations were made that need to be considered and resolved in the near future.

Through inspection activities, it is shown that agencies and units have had many innovations, creativity, many lively and practical activities in implementing Resolutions and Directives, the results achieved are more specific and more consistent. The situation of "hot above, cold below" is gradually being overcome.

Panorama of the Politburo meeting. Photo: VNA

"The most joyful thing is that localities and units continue to realize the meaning and importance of implementing Resolution 4 of the Central Committee and Directive 05 of the Politburo on studying and following the moral example and lifestyle of Ho Chi Minh. It has not cooled down, but is even developing. Building the Party is building organizations and building people, having good working methods to ensure the implementation of political tasks" - General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized.

"The reason for making more progress is because of the awareness and recognition of the importance of Party building work. But it is not about building the Party "without doing anything" but through the implementation of political tasks, through activities to see people, organizations, consider working methods and practices, whether the proposed policies are correct, and whether the organization is implementing them well. Building is associated with rectification, building goes hand in hand with fighting, the content of Party building work is also more fully understood."

Besides, the issue of combating ideological and political degradation and lifestyle ethics is receiving more and more attention; the establishment and implementation of many regulations and rules have become routine.

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized that the results achieved have contributed to initially consolidating and tightening discipline and order, and have served as a warning, deterrent, and prevention. The measure of the results achieved is the people's trust.

People's trust in the Party and the regime is increasingly strengthened. People see that the Party and the State do not tolerate negativity, corruption, and depravity, but on the contrary strongly encourage good deeds and good things.

In addition to the achievements, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong pointed out some limitations and shortcomings such as the work of propaganda, dissemination and study of resolutions and directives is still formal and needs to be further innovated. Some places have not yet had a deep understanding of the requirements, tasks and nature of Party building. There is still a state of deference, avoidance, achievement disease and fear of shortcomings, especially for those who, when they have shortcomings, do not dare or are not determined to do it, or if they do, they do it perfunctorily to cope. There has been some progress in overcoming the situation of being hot at the top and cold at the bottom, but it is not uniform.

In the coming time, the General Secretary and President requested to strengthen propaganda work, especially propaganda of good people and good deeds, criticism of bad things, fighting against wrong arguments... Continue to organize the implementation of existing regulations, with the spirit of being determined, persistent, building on opposing, fostering good things, reminding and having discipline for places that have not done well. Fight to protect the Party's viewpoints and guidelines, fight against the situation of clustering, prevent bad and toxic information from slandering each other.

The General Secretary and President emphasized: "Also be wary of negative practices of running for positions, power, and votes. Preparing for the Congress, we will campaign and find every way. We must warn about this issue. That is Party building, related to human issues. There is no need to "run", I have said it, "running" is useless, what comes will come, "good wine needs no bush"

According to the General Secretary and President, there are people who talk very well but in action they are the opposite. They say one thing and do another. This is about building the Party, building people, building organizations, so if the organization is in disarray, it must be corrected.

Preparing for congresses at all levels, moving towards the National Congress, especially now that the issue of personnel has been discussed, we must be extremely vigilant. Therefore, we must be more deeply aware of the significance and important position in building people, building organizations, and building working methods. Only with these three things can we have a developed economy and society, and healthy people.

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said that the work of Party building and rectification in the coming time needs to continue to be promoted and improved to meet the aspirations of the masses.

At the meeting, the Politburo agreed to issue a Notice of the Politburo's conclusion on the inspection results at 15 Party committees and organizations./.