At the 11th plenum of the Party Central Committee (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Draft documents for the upcoming 13th National Party Congress and personnel issues were high on the agenda of the 11th plenum of the Party Central Committee, which took place in Hanoi from October7-12.
*Orienting national developing based on balanced and sustainable rules
With the discussion of draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress, the 11th plenum of the Party CentralCommittee is an essential preparatory step for the Congress, an event of greatsignificance as it will look back at 35 years implementing Doi Moi (renewal),review the 10-year implementation of the Platform on national construction duringthe transitional period to socialism (revised and supplemented in2011) and the socio-economic strategy in the2011-2020 period.
The objective and comprehensive assessment of achieved outcomes,outstanding shortcomings and weaknesses, along with correct forecasts for futuresituation and trends, will provide the prerequisite for making sound decisionson the directions, goals and tasks of national development in the new situationand new period. Therefore, the Party Central Committee required real objectivity,strong desire for the truth and frankness when assessing the situation,avoiding unilateral and extremist views. While the achievements are great andof historical significance, many problems and weaknesses remain, which is thereason why the Party Central Committee urged avoiding self-satisfaction.
The handling of major relations in the development process was discussedin depth at the 11th plenum. They are the relations between renewal,stability and development; between economic and political reforms; betweenconformity to market rules and ensuring of the socialist direction; betweeneconomic growth and cultural development, social progress and justice andenvironmental protection.
The Party Central Committee also paid special attention to issuesarising in reality, such as reforming and perfecting institutions; mobilizing,managing and effectively using all resources for development; reforming andenhancing operational efficiency of State-owned enterprises, and developingcollective economy; encouraging and facilitating the development of the privateeconomic sector as an important driver of the economy; fighting corruption,wastefulness and other negative phenomena in managing and using land, naturalresources and public assets; concentrating land for the development of hi-techagriculture; taking advantage of advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,promoting renewal and innovation; building human resources, especially inhealth care and educatin-training.
Based on analysis of the causes of problems and lessons drawn fromachievements, the Party Central Committee emphasized the need to further pushforward Party building and rectification work, and the fight againstbureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness in combination with building alaw-governed socialist State and a pure and strong political system. The PartyCentral Committee vowed to work to enhance the Party’s leadership andgovernance capacity and the State’s management; persistently and drasticallyimplement the Resolution of the 4th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee on Party building; stop and drive back the degradationof political ideology, morality and lifestyle among Party members and in society;and strengthen the bonds between the Party and people and the people’s trust inthe Party and the State.
*Keeping power in check in personnel work
At this plenum, the Party Central Committee meted out disciplinarymeasures against two senior officials (former member of the 10th Party Central Committee and former deputy head of the Party Central Committee’sPopularisation and Education Commission Nguyen Bac Son; and member of the 12th Party Central Committee, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’sPopularisation and Education Commission and former Minister of Information and CommunicationTruong Minh Tuan). Thus, since the beginning of the 12th tenure,seven Party organisations and more than 70 high-ranking officials have beendisciplined, including members and former members of the Politburo and PartyCentral Committee, ministers and former ministers, former Deputy Prime Ministers,secretaries and former secretaries of provincial Party Committees, generals ofthe police and army. This showed that the Party is serious and strict indealing with mistakes, leaving no exceptions or “banned zones”.
PartyGeneral Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said the punishment of thoseofficials was painful but there is no other choice. “This is a profound andhigh-cost lesson for all of us,” he said.
Makingpersonnel preparation for Party congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Party Congress provides an occasion to purify the contingent ofofficials and select capable and qualified persons for Party committees at alllevels. For this reason, the Politburo recently issued Regulation 205-QD/TW onkeeping power in check and fighting the use of money, influence to getpositions and power. This is the first time the Party has promulgated adocument stipulating clearly the authority and responsibility of Partycommittees, leaders and members of Party committees, advisors and nominated officialsthemselves in all steps of procedures in personnel work.
TheRegulation was issued with the aim of identifying and stopping violations andnegative phenomena in personnel work ahead of all-level Party congresses.However, the regulation can only produce expected results when every officialand Party member applies it in a fair, honest and scientific manner inassessing and selecting personnel for Party committees at all levels. /.
