TU14 Conference: Party voted on staff and expelled General Chung

“On December 17, the Central Executive Committee held a meeting on staff work in the framework of the XIV Central Conference. Secretary-General and President of State Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Politburo, presides over and administers the chapter. Agenda of the conference.

Politburo Member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of Central Organizing Committee Pham Minh Chinh read the Politburo Statement on Guiding the Work of Politburo staff, the Secretariat of Session XIII.

“The Central Committee voted to present the members of the Politburo, the Secretariat of Session XII to the Politburo, the Secretariat of Session XIII and voted to present the members of the Central Executive Committee. The XII Central Committee joined the Politburo, the Secretariat for Session XIII. The XIV Central Conference is expected to close tomorrow, December 18. “

The online newspaper VnExpress of the Ministry of Science and Technology, on the same day, added:

“At the beginning of its mandate, the XII Politburo is made up of 19 members, until now 17 members, because the late President Tran Dai Quang passed away (September 2018); Mr. Dinh La Thang was warned. Resigned as a member of the Politburo (May 2017) Among the 17 current members of the Politburo, Mr. Dinh The Huynh personally resigned from the position of Standing Committee of the Party Secretariat, on medical leave (since March 2018).

“The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party currently has 14 members, of which 7 are members of the Politburo, secretary of the Central Committee of the Party; the remaining 7 members are secretaries of the Central Committee of the Party.”

Still according to VietnamNet, in the 14th Central Conference, in addition to voting to present Politburo staff, the 13th term Secretariat, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam still considers and decides to implement. disciplinary staff.

Specifically, the Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, Tran Cam Tu, secretary of the Central Committee of the Party authorized by the Politburo, read the Politburo report proposing disciplinary action against Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung, a member of the Central Committee. Central Party Committee, former Undersecretary of the Party Committee for 2015-2020, former Secretary of the Party Committee, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee for 2016-2021, “reported VietnamNet.

“The Central Committee of the Party considered and decided to discipline him to expel Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung from the Party.

“Before that, at the 50th session, the Central Inspection Committee suggested that the Politburo and the Central Executive Committee consider expelling Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung from the Party.”

On Thursday, December 17, when asked about previous developments at the ongoing Central Conference of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a Vietnamese political observer from Hanoi, Dr. Ha Hoang Hop, commented to the BBC:

“So far, we have not seen any specific official announcements from the party, please wait until the closing date of the conference, but this conference is mainly about the personnel but the candidates to the Politburo and the Secretariat for the 13th term. .

“As for discussing some positions on the four pillars or not, so far, it is not yet officially known, possibly for the last day of the Conference, people will discuss, but if there is not enough time to discuss there will be 15 plenary sessions.

“That conference, if any, will take place just before the 13th Congress and the likely conference will take place at the end of January 2021, which is around January 25-28.”

On social media and in public opinion, there appears to be some information that needs further verification in the form of “lists” of personnel believed to be structured in the Politburo and the next VCP Party Secretariat. There is some information that “mentions” the vote and the “results” of the voting of these personnel in the framework of the conference.

When asked if there is indeed any information or information base that clearly shows more about the introduction, the picture of senior staff planning in those important and high-powered structures. or not so far, Dr. Ha Hoang Hop replied:

“People did not make specific announcements, but from the Central Conference, there were also some articles from the main press with analysis, people counted in the 13th Politburo, if it does, there are probably those who do, and the probability that the over 65s leave.

“And people will have nominations to make a list of who the new candidates will be, which means that by coming here they will be the first member of the Politburo, and they also have a list of candidates for the first time. First, they will run for the Secretariat.

“So they have been telling them that those who are now in the Politburo who are under 65 and under 65, in principle, you have to include them. And those who are in the Secretariat can often also become candidates for the Politburo of the 13th period.

“More specifically, if you read it carefully, you will see it and I repeat that you may have to wait until the closing date of the XIV Plenary, there will be more official information from the Communist Party to help visualize a step more clearly. other situation.

“Regarding the matter related to Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung, the case of Mr. Chung, the former president of Hanoi, was that they did it quickly. Mr. Chung has become a criminal, so it is convenient for them do other cases that he’s involved in. last year, like Nhat Cuong, etc., “the visiting senior researcher at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (Iseas, Singapore) told the BBC in a separate hearing on Thursday.