LS Trần Quốc Thuận: Something I want to say before the Party Congress

Attorney Tran Quoc Thuan commented on the work of the staff, along with some current events leading up to the XIII Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The mobilization and appointment of party personnel before the XIII National Congress still has unclear points, the work of “burning the furnace” against corruption is not yet final, there are still indications of locality in the personnel. and disciplinary advice, while paying attention to the international and the peoples on the issue of respect for democracy and human rights. Those are some of the points that a former head of the Vietnam National Assembly Office told the BBC this week about the Communist Party of Vietnam.

On October 12, 2020 from Saigon, lawyer Tran Quoc Thuan, former permanent vice president of the Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam, commented for the first time with BBC News Vietnamese on what he called “sure, sure White.”

During this Congress, it can be seen that the allocation of key personnel in the provinces and cities is very important, for example, the last example is that the person who is an official of the Youth Union is expected to stand for election as Dong Thap province secretary. And then this province, that province in other places also has many things.

“For example, the president of the Women’s Union was announced to Ninh Binh province to be the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, there are many other cases announcing the appointment or presentation to join the party committee in the provinces and cities just before congress, a path from the central to the local level that public opinion has also seen.

“There is one other thing worth noting, namely in the opposite direction, that Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nghi, secretary of Kien Giang province, son of former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, was sent back to the central government. This determines that the staff of the Party Central Committee know where, the people and the local know. Previously, Mr. Nghi had worked in this ministry before, he had a PhD and a specialist Subject of Architecture, now people send him back to the old place and there is news that says he will be assigned or candidates for the position of Minister of Construction, the information is like this, no more official information has been seen, still see who is specific

And if the official speech is what Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, the so-called introduction to join the city party committee in the next term, be the Secretary, and then also to inform him and the other about this province and city. As Secretary, if Mr. Nghi returns to the Ministry of Construction as Deputy Minister and then as Minister, it is necessary to declare this publicly.

“That is clear, transparent, I think it is correct, but if you put it like this, the public can understand this side, the other side, in this way, in that way and in fact, some people put the issue of promotion. , or below or how it has been without official statements about his return to the Ministry of Construction as minister.

“There are also many other cases that are sent from the locality to the central level and that is another direction than party planning, mobilization, appointment works and takes place just before Congress.”

Regarding the anti-corruption campaign led by the Communist Party of Vietnam and the leader, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, recently, lawyer Tran Quoc Thuan commented:

“The Vietnamese newspaper spreads and officially spreads the official saying that if someone says that this is only about factions, infighting, lack of objectivity, balance, then those are reactionary opinions. confused.

“But I think it could be a form, a kind of ‘chest to mouth’ slander, so that’s not good either. Obviously, if we put it all back again, the trial, then see that there are problems, the another problem is not no.

“You can see that the management, discipline, judgment has a very important team of staff and advisers.

“The campaign proposal and processing department can have regions, there are relationship and even known issues, so it can also have an impact on recommendations and advice.

“And that is also easy to happen in a country that is not public, transparent, that is not free of the press, and thus it is possible to understand why public opinion, gender issues and discuss.

“Then there is also public opinion on the level and method of management, which I take, for example, the case in Ho Chi Minh City is with Mr. Tat Thanh Cang. This department, public opinion and special opinion top Social media abounds.

“And even among cadres, retirees like us who meet, we also talk a lot. It is seen that there is an abnormality here, when the member of the Central Committee of the Party is dismissed, the undersecretary permanent letter, but also the member of the Commissioner is not destitute.

Then when he was fired like that, he assigned this gentleman to be in charge of composing the history of the City Party Committee, which makes people uncomfortable, funny, half-hearted, very indecisive, clear. .

“Now there is the case of Thu Thiem, this case also has high officials of the city, old and current, who may have been involved very badly, but they still do not see action or trial. that here is apricot, root and cheek complications like this, like that.

“I didn’t see, but I heard from the public opinion that when Mr. Tat Thanh Cang reviewed Thu Thiem’s ​​planning map, including Mr. Nguyen Van Race, all the people I spoke to previously agreed and has many signatures still.

“So if there is a serious mistake and if all the signatures are revealed, there will be a lot of characters.

“So here, the way to do it is very unclear and definitive, it turns out that public opinion, officials and people are gossiping that there is a reason, on the other hand, people are not satisfied with who is responsible for the para lead so many important cadres and leaders in this city to be wrong, disciplined. “

According to lawyer Tran Quoc Thuan, public opinion and interested parties also raised the issue of another aspect on the occasion of the preparation by the Communist Party of Vietnam for this 13-term congress, in which he stressed that there are still ‘factions’ . Local groupism or not in the important organs of the party’s power apparatus.

“Now, if you look at the management of the party staff, as I said to present and conclude that there is a crime, there is an error, there are failures or not, it is clear that there is or it is accidental. or intentionally, but it turned out to be personnel from the two provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

“Specifically, as chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, who recently proposed discipline, he is from Ha Tinh.

“It was later discovered that the Head of the Department of Internal Affairs is Nghe An, and the State Auditor General is also Nghe An, not to mention the staff of these two localities in many agencies, committees and ministries. central sector, even in some major provinces and cities.

“Returning to the subject of disciplining the cadres that are very important before the XIII Congress, the agencies directly advise, conclude and propose above, those agencies include who, who has positions. As important as it was, that was very dominant.

“Many times when a person submits, gives advice, the end result is approved or implemented, which is also strongly influenced.

“Recently there is information that Mr. Ho Duc Phoc, now the State Auditor General, can now return as president of Ho Chi Minh City, if this news is true and substantiated, then he is a person. Nghe An.

“So those who present plans, make proposals to convict, discipline, manage cadres and staff, find that the key positions are mostly Nghe An, Ha Tinh, these are a fact that the public sees and based on that, the people say, should the party have to consider it and do it on time?

Commenting on an incident related to the recent arrest in Vietnam of Ms. Pham Doan Trang, a civil and human rights activist in Vietnam, attorney Tran Quoc Thuan said:

“Recently, many people say and want to have the freedom to stand for elections, the freedom to nominate within the party, but that has not been done, rather it is not done, much less outside the commune. Montage, people.

“Going out into the society, out of the people, as in the case of Ms Pham Doan Trang and many others, the people will handle it right away. So that’s what a lot of people say that in Vietnam it’s still long and dreaming ..

“Now the dream is closer to how there are elections, free elections, debates, open elections, in fact, they will be concrete steps, if it can be done. good.

“By the way, I want to talk about the arrest of Ms. Pham Doan Trang, I see the message here that in Vietnam, you should not speak against party and state policies, in Vietnam everyone should listen. follow.

“If you do the opposite and do different things within the party, it will be classified as” self-taught “,” self-transforming “, so both party members and people must do exactly what the party says. And this state requires, specified , do nothing else, not to say something else.

“But what time is this era and this incident, such as the arrest of Ms. Doan Trang, and in preparation for the Party Congress, the party and the state should also think about what they will think internationally. .

“And I think if you want to know what they really think internationally, ask them directly, maybe they will tell you immediately what they are thinking in their stomach.”