Vietnam: Communist Party ‘splitting is a multi-party way to stabilize and not change’

Political multi-partyism may not be suitable for Vietnam as it can be ‘dangerous’, but the temporary alternative to promoting democratization is that the ruling Communist Party may consider ‘self-dividing’, according to a Vietnam opinion told the BBC .

“Democracy must be taken into account in the Communist Party of Vietnam to the extent that one day it will be necessary to divide the party, rather than fight with hostile forces and the opposition party,” by Hanoi independent journalist Nguyen Huu Vinh, a former Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security security commander told BBC News the Vietnam Fifth Roundtable on October 1, 2020.

“The party should be divided to have two different points of view: one radical, one that wants to maintain Marxist-Leninist thought and Ho Chi Minh, etc.

“Another point of view is how Western-style social democracy, for example, simply splits itself and has initial principles so that so-called excessive conflicts are avoided to the extent that political politics can occur. To do so, the Communist Party should set itself that level.

“I think it is the highest level to save the country, but I have to be frank now that if I say now: multiparty tomorrow, that in my opinion is dangerous, seen from a new political perspective. . “

When asked why it is “dangerous”, Mr. Nguyen Huu Vinh explained his point:

“Dangerous because they have no preparation for the opposition, they have no preparation for civil society.

“They have been using what is called a full bunker for a long time and that is dangerous because one day it explodes, it is very dangerous.

“So they have to adapt slowly, gradually adapt in their political institutions, but gradually adapt, as Mr. Hoang Ngoc Giao just said, is democracy within the party.”

“Gradually, those with different points of view, for example, we in the Communist Party have two different streams of points of view and, to a certain extent, we divide in some intelligent way to have a more radical force, wanting to be more open without proletarian tyranny as before, the use of armed forces, violence, etc. similar to the democratic socialist parties in Western and Nordic countries and I believe that.

“I add another point that we should not just look at democracy, whether people are elected to lead or not, not just look there, to see that this society can change democracy.” or not.

“There are still many, many things left for this regime to change the issue of democracy, including legal issues, which is the most important judicial issue like the recent Dong Tam case.

That is why it must be changed and I firmly believe that it can be changed and that it can be changed faster, they have still changed for a long time, the corrected law was put in place, for example, the criminal procedure law, with the reform. things like ‘innocent speculation’, it was a step forward, this party did not do well, but internal, international, Western pressure.

“And those who fight for democracy, for the rule of law in the country of Vietnam, please look at it to be proud that it is the result of your struggles, not just the party that is being changed.”

In response to a comment from the audience to the show saying “until people are elected leaders, there will be human rights”, from Hanoi Institute of Politics, Law and Development, Associate Professor Hoang Ngoc Giao, Director stated:

“Now we want the people to be elected to lead this Vietnamese political system, it is not possible.

“Perhaps step by step, and I still firmly hold the idea that democracy in the Communist Party first.

“Those elected secretaries have two or three candidates with a foundation and the party members elect one person from the communal level, the district level, the provincial level.

“So then it is possible to elect the really talented and really conscientious people, and then the key leadership positions in the party will turn to the government to lead the executive agencies and even the authorities.” judicial authorities.

“If that’s the case, then the country has also reformed a lot.

And now, if they just choose in the house together and based on age criteria to phase out, in my opinion, it will not be possible to choose talented people.

“I just want how to be democratic in the party, to be very democratic and I have contact with many ordinary members of the party, they all want it.

“However, this story seems too difficult.

“Everyone still nominates one person and votes for the correct one and everyone organizes, always with 100% of the votes, this is like a show that people increasingly find meaningless.”

From Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, the dissident writer Vo Thi Hao expressed his opinion on the previous comments.

“I think there will never be a democracy in the Communist Party of Vietnam and even if it is divided into two parties, it is just a fake.

“What is the basis? The history and the rails that the Communist Party of Vietnam has traveled and is showing itself first is never a hope for that.”

“The second thing is that if there is pluralism, multiparty, it does not mean that Vietnam will fall into chaos, a bloody war, I’m not sure.

“We see Japan reformed twice with democratic and human rights” rails “brought in from abroad and it proved extremely good.

“By the way, I would like to answer a question from the BBC during the US presidential election that if I come here, in the two candidates Trump and Biden, there is one elected, what will I tell them?

“I would say that the first one is congratulations for having won the elections, because if you have won the elections you have gone through a process of debate, a process of tests and very rigorous comparisons, then you will have a chance to win.

“And despite his human qualities, we still have to follow the rails of American democracy, human rights and freedom.

“And of course, you must continue to make sure that you are one of those who care about peace, democracy, freedom, and human rights for America and the world, and of course, you must be the suppressor. Dictatorship ambitions, of autocratic tendencies and nepotism, anywhere and within America.

“And for Vietnam, if Vietnam continues to be a partner and goes along with the United States in those ways, then I think that’s a great thing.”