The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held a conferencein Hanoi on February 19 to collect opinions from its staff and formerofficials on draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution.
Participants at the conference agreed that over the past two decades,the 1992 Constitution has proved its historical significance. However,it should be amended to suit the country’s new situation in the contextof profound changes in the world.
They focused their commentson issues relating to human rights, the rights of citizens, the role andposition of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the VFF and theConstitutional Council as well as the national defence and the upholdingof Ho Chi Minh thoughts.
According to Dr. Pham Xuan Hang,former head of the Hanoi chapter of the VFF, the front is definedby the Constitution as a political foundation of the people’sadministration.
However, the institutionalisation of some aspects of the VFF’s operations has failed to match its position, he said.
Hang held that the social supervision and criticism should be furtherspecified in the Constitution in the context that Vietnam ’spolitical system is led by the only political organisation - the CPV.
Tran Dinh Phung, member of the Presidium of the VFFCentral Committee, agreed on the need to further clarify the nature andleadership of the CPV as the vanguard of the Vietnamese working class,working people and the whole nation.
It is necessaryto make the CPV’s leadership of the State and society clearer, he said,affirming that the leadership of the Party is the leading decisivefactor to the success of the revolution.
The Partymust raise its political stuff, virtues and organisation capacity tobetter tackle problems arising from the reality of the revolution whilepreventing the risk of degradation among its members and officials,Phung said.
He also stressed the need to institutionalise the leadership of the CPV in the amended Constitution.
Former Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Van Hangfocused on specifying the responsibility of Party leaders and membersbefore the law.
Sharing views with Hang, Le Truyen,another former Vice President of the VFF Central Committee, furtherstated that there should be a law enabling the Party to operate in anopen and transparent manner.-VNA
Participants at the conference agreed that over the past two decades,the 1992 Constitution has proved its historical significance. However,it should be amended to suit the country’s new situation in the contextof profound changes in the world.
They focused their commentson issues relating to human rights, the rights of citizens, the role andposition of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the VFF and theConstitutional Council as well as the national defence and the upholdingof Ho Chi Minh thoughts.
According to Dr. Pham Xuan Hang,former head of the Hanoi chapter of the VFF, the front is definedby the Constitution as a political foundation of the people’sadministration.
However, the institutionalisation of some aspects of the VFF’s operations has failed to match its position, he said.
Hang held that the social supervision and criticism should be furtherspecified in the Constitution in the context that Vietnam ’spolitical system is led by the only political organisation - the CPV.
Tran Dinh Phung, member of the Presidium of the VFFCentral Committee, agreed on the need to further clarify the nature andleadership of the CPV as the vanguard of the Vietnamese working class,working people and the whole nation.
It is necessaryto make the CPV’s leadership of the State and society clearer, he said,affirming that the leadership of the Party is the leading decisivefactor to the success of the revolution.
The Partymust raise its political stuff, virtues and organisation capacity tobetter tackle problems arising from the reality of the revolution whilepreventing the risk of degradation among its members and officials,Phung said.
He also stressed the need to institutionalise the leadership of the CPV in the amended Constitution.
Former Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Van Hangfocused on specifying the responsibility of Party leaders and membersbefore the law.
Sharing views with Hang, Le Truyen,another former Vice President of the VFF Central Committee, furtherstated that there should be a law enabling the Party to operate in anopen and transparent manner.-VNA
