General Secretary of the Central Theoretical Council: 'If the wrong cadre is chosen, the leader cannot be innocent!'

Talking to reporters, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Viet Thong - General SecretaryCentral Council of Theory, Standing Member of the XIII Congress Document Editorial Board emphasized that during the XIII Party Congress term, the Party will continue to strengthen Party building and rectification work with higher political determination, greater efforts, and more drastic actions, especially in personnel work and the work of preventing and combating corruption and waste.

The error is not in the process.

PV:The draft documents clearly state that during the 12th Congress term, the work of cadres was strongly innovated and achieved a number of important results, including timely rectification and handling of violations in cadre work; initial control and prevention of the situation of buying and selling positions and power; corruption was gradually controlled and prevented; the work of inspection, supervision, audit, investigation, prosecution and trial of corruption cases was directed resolutely, especially serious and complicated cases. Could you clarify more about this issue?

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Viet Thong - General Secretary of the Central Theoretical Council, Standing Member of the Editorial Team of the XIII Congress Documents.

However, besides the achievements, in the draft Political Report, the draft Summary Report on Party building and implementationParty CharterThe 12th Congress also frankly pointed out that there are still many limitations and shortcomings in personnel work. Our Party has pointed out that there is a situation of buying positions, power, age, degrees, medals, appointing relatives, kin, relatives, cronies or public opinion says there are 4 "results": descendants, relationships, money, and intelligence.

The recent Commune and District Congresses have also revealed a number of issues. Such as the appointment of personnel to be Party Committee Secretaries. The appointment of personnel is not against regulations, but it took place right during or right after the Congress, leading to negative public opinion. The Central Organizing Committee has also noted the need to limit the appointment of Secretaries right during or right after the Congress.

The directions, tasks, and solutions for Party building in general and personnel work in particular are clearly stated in the draft documents. But the most important thing is that after the Congress approves the documents, the new Party Committees from the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat to Party Committees at all levels must focus on leading and directing the strict implementation of the Resolution.

PV: Although we have a series of very strict regulations and rules, in reality, there are still cases of appointing officials according to regulations and procedures but not the right person for the right job. What is your opinion on this issue?

Mr. Nguyen Viet Thong:The fault is not in the process. In the past, under Uncle Ho, there were not many processes, but why did the right person get selected? Nowadays, there are many regulations and processes, but the wrong person is still selected? The problem is who is implementing the process. If the leader is not honest and transparent, they will have ways, even sophisticated tricks, to deceive the collective.

As for the issue of appointing Party Committee Secretaries, in which cases can they be appointed and in which cases can they not be appointed. For example, in Bac Ninh, right after the Congress, the Provincial Youth Union Secretary was appointed as the Bac Ninh City Party Committee Secretary. The regulations allow for appointment, but who is appointed and how is appointed depends largely on the leader. So I think that the regulations and procedures will continue to be improved, but no matter how much they are improved, the most important thing is still the person implementing the procedure, especially the leader. In the Party's resolutions, the role and responsibility of the leader are emphasized. Therefore, the leader must take primary responsibility and cannot be innocent.

The 13th Congress term continues to demonstrate determination to fight against corruption.

PV:How are the directions and tasks of anti-corruption work for the next term clearly stated in the draft document, sir?

Mr. Nguyen Viet Thong:Regarding the fight against corruption and waste, the draft document mentions the four no's: "don't want, can't, don't dare, don't need".

The spirit in this draft document shows a very high political determination in the fight against corruption. Because this is a national problem, the last term has fought fiercely and achieved many important achievements, creating outstanding marks, gaining the people's sympathy and support, but there is also concern about whether this flag will continue to be raised high in the next term? That is a legitimate concern. Because the current General Secretary and President is very exemplary, holding high this flag and giving strong instructions, even though the Congress is about to take place, he still continues to "put wood into the stove". For example, at the latest meeting of the Central Inspection Committee, 3 generals were disciplined; many cases and defendants were prosecuted, including former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and many others.

This demonstrates our Party's determination to fight against corruption and negativity without stopping, without any forbidden areas or exceptions. This is further affirmed in the draft document.

This document shows a higher determination, but most importantly, the next leader must raise this flag high.

PV: Thank you!

"The Congress documents are not only a product of practice but must be highly theoretical and scientific. The documents have a political style, so that everyone can understand them and have the same meaning. We need to learn from President Ho Chi Minh's writing style. He speaks and writes so that everyone can understand them, including intellectuals, farmers, urban people, people in mountainous areas, remote areas, and isolated areas. The requirement of the Party document style is to be accurate and understandable to everyone. Concepts that people do not yet understand clearly should not be included in the documents" - Mr. Nguyen Viet Thong./.