On the issue of institutionalizing mass mobilization work
(Baonghean) -Resolution No. 7 of the Central Committee (11th tenure) on "Strengthening and innovating the Party's leadership over mass mobilization work in the new situation" has a content that needs to be deeply understood, which is the issue of institutionalizing mass mobilization work.
Assessing the limitations in mass mobilization work in recent times, Resolution 7 of the Central Committee pointed out: "The institutionalization of the Party's policies and viewpoints on mass mobilization work has not been timely, especially the mechanism of Party leadership, State management, and people's mastery". Because it has not been institutionalized promptly, mass mobilization work is understood simply as mobilizing the masses, under the responsibility of mass mobilization agencies. The State has not had specific regulations on the responsibilities and obligations of authorities at all levels in mass mobilization work, so there is a situation where cadres and civil servants are distant from the people, even bureaucratic and arrogant towards the people. Mass mobilization work is identified as the task of the entire political system, but there are no specific regulations and rules on the division of responsibilities and coordination between Party organizations, State agencies and mass organizations.
In institutionalizing mass mobilization work, the most important issue is the mechanism: "The Party leads, the State manages, the people are the masters", but there are no specific regulations on implementing this mechanism.The relationship between the Party's leadership role, the State's management power and the people's mastery has not been clarified. In each agency and unit, there are no specific regulations to promote the collective supervisory role to prevent the abuse of state power. Some party committees, when issuing resolutions, have not linked them to the interests and aspirations of the people; some state agencies are still bureaucratic and authoritarian, making mass mobilization work unable to win the hearts of the people.
Due to lack of institutionalization, mass mobilization work at the central level lacks “legalized” documents, and at the grassroots level lacks specific regulations and rules, making mass mobilization work general and not linked to the specific responsibilities of each agency and unit. This is the underlying cause of mass mobilization work in some localities falling into formality and not achieving the desired results.
When mass mobilization work is institutionalized, the responsibility for mass mobilization first belongs to state agencies, because these are the agencies with real power in resolving the rights and aspirations of the people. The reality in some places is that agencies doing mass mobilization work (the Party's Mass Mobilization Committee, the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and mass associations) make great efforts to propagate and mobilize people to implement the proposed policies; but because state officials are bureaucratic and authoritarian, the propaganda and mobilization work is "neutralized". In the executive activities of state agencies, the formulation and implementation of policies and mechanisms directly affect the lives and aspirations of the people. However, because the responsibilities and obligations of state agencies in mass mobilization work have not been clearly defined, there is a phenomenon of promulgating mechanisms and policies that are not in line with the people's wishes, demonstrating a way of thinking about the law that is far from the people, and there are even mechanisms and policies that are reacted to by the people after promulgation.
The above limitations can only be overcome when mass mobilization work is institutionalized by the State's legal system and by specific regulations and statutes of each agency and unit; in which the most important issue is to clearly define the responsibilities and obligations of state agencies and cadres and civil servants for mass mobilization work.
Tran Hong Co
