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The Secretary General and President of State, Nguyen Phu Trong, affirmed that the role of the military must be absolutely loyal to the Party, the Homeland and the
The Secretary General and President of State, Nguyen Phu Trong, reaffirmed the role of the military to be absolutely loyal to the Party, the Homeland and the people.
According to Thanh Nien, at the XI Congress of the Army Party Committee, period 2020-2025, Mr. Trong said that to achieve the goals set for the period 2020-2025, it is necessary to be deeply aware of the role of the military, the Committee of the Military Party.
According to him, the Vietnamese army is the people’s army and is under the “absolute and direct” leadership of the Party. Therefore, the Vietnamese army must be absolutely loyal to the Party, to the Fatherland and closely related to the people.
Loyal to the Communist Party
Mr. Trong stated: “The army must take the lead in fighting erroneous and hostile views more strongly, not only in the press, but also internally and in society. So that there are wrong opinions in the army.” .
The 76-year-old general secretary also said that the building of the Military Party Committee must focus on strong politics and ideology and must be absolutely loyal to the Party.
His words were a reaffirmation of the role of the Communist Party with the People’s Army of Vietnam in the context of many calls for the military to stay outside the party (not political) and only protect the interests of the country. , people people.
In 2013, a fundamental change in the 1992 Draft Constitution was that the armed forces or the military “must be absolutely loyal to the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Homeland and the people.” This is also the point that many people criticize and protest.
Many people believe that it is necessary to “depoliticize the army”, ask “the army to stay out of politics” and “the army is to protect the people, defend the country, not defend any party.” or any other political institution “.
This vision also states that Vietnam will not be able to have a real democracy if the military is forced to remain loyal to the Communist Party or any party, both before the country and before the people.
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The role of the Vietnam People’s Army is said to be absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the people.
In return, when it knows whether to put the interests of the country and the people first or no longer fear losing power and interests, the Communist Party certainly does not need to force anyone to be loyal or protect themselves.
On the page of Propaganda, magazine of the Central Propaganda Department, you will find the article “There is and never is a ‘neutral army’, outside of politics”. The article argues that the demands of “neutral army”, “stand out from politics” are one of the most sinister tricks in the strategy of “peaceful evolution” of hostile forces.
The article quotes the thoughts of Lenin and Ho Chi Minh to state: “This is a long-standing political, unscientific and misleading argument to separate the army from the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, aimed at neutralizing and distracting the revolutionary army.”
Message from Mr. Trong
Mr. Trong’s statement at the XI Congress of the Party Committee can be seen as an affirmation of the role of the Vietnamese army to be absolutely loyal to the Party first, then to the homeland and the people.
Also at the congress, the Secretary General and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized that inspection, supervision, control of power, anti-corruption must be carried out strictly and strictly. Mr. Trong said that violations must be strictly managed and that there is no “restricted zone”.
The Secretary General and the President also highlighted the strict management of land use for defense. He said: “Focusing on gaining experience in the management and use of defense land in the past, the army should work more closely, leave no loopholes, mistakes, affect reputation, Assist Uncle Ho’s soldiers.”
Recently, corruption in the military, especially in terms of land, has become very complicated. Many high-ranking officials of the Ministry of National Defense participated in a work cycle related to “corruption of the land”, in particular the case of Admiral Nguyen Van Hien.
On August 17, the Central Inspection Committee warned a former commander and deputy commander of the 4th Corps with the rank of Lieutenant General of the Vietnam People’s Army for “violating the principle.” democratic approach, labor regulations and land use and management law ”. Six other colonels from major industries ranging from logistics to military medicine were also warned, according to Vietnamese media.
Mr. Trong’s comments, like a “furnace”, were commented by some netizens that corruption in the military is a major threat to the reputation of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
