Party documents, personnel work in focus at Party Central Committee’s 11th plenum
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 October
7-12.
*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 Central
Committee is an essential preparatory step for the Congress, an event of great
significance as it will look back at 35 years implementing Doi Moi (renewal),
review the 10-year implementation of the Platform on national construction during
the transitional period to socialism (revised and supplemented in
2011) and the socio-economic strategy in the
2011-2020 period.
The objective and comprehensive assessment of achieved outcomes,
outstanding shortcomings and weaknesses, along with correct forecasts for future
situation and trends, will provide the prerequisite for making sound decisions
on the directions, goals and tasks of national development in the new situation
and 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 and
of historical significance, many problems and weaknesses remain, which is the
reason why the Party Central Committee urged avoiding self-satisfaction.
The handling of major relations in the development process was discussed
in depth at the 11th plenum. They are the relations between renewal,
stability and development; between economic and political reforms; between
conformity to market rules and ensuring of the socialist direction; between
economic growth and cultural development, social progress and justice and
environmental protection.
The Party Central Committee also paid special attention to issues
arising in reality, such as reforming and perfecting institutions; mobilizing,
managing and effectively using all resources for development; reforming and
enhancing operational efficiency of State-owned enterprises, and developing
collective economy; encouraging and facilitating the development of the private
economic sector as an important driver of the economy; fighting corruption,
wastefulness and other negative phenomena in managing and using land, natural
resources and public assets; concentrating land for the development of hi-tech
agriculture; taking advantage of advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,
promoting renewal and innovation; building human resources, especially in
health care and educatin-training.
Based on analysis of the causes of problems and lessons drawn from
achievements, the Party Central Committee emphasized the need to further push
forward Party building and rectification work, and the fight against
bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness in combination with building a
law-governed socialist State and a pure and strong political system. The Party
Central Committee vowed to work to enhance the Party’s leadership and
governance capacity and the State’s management; persistently and drastically
implement the Resolution of the 4th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee on Party building; stop and drive back the degradation
of 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 in
the Party and the State.
*Keeping power in check in personnel work
At this plenum, the Party Central Committee meted out disciplinary
measures against two senior officials (former member of the 10th Party Central Committee and former deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s
Popularisation and Education Commission Nguyen Bac Son; and member of the 12th Party Central Committee, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s
Popularisation and Education Commission and former Minister of Information and Communication
Truong Minh Tuan). Thus, since the beginning of the 12th tenure,
seven Party organisations and more than 70 high-ranking officials have been
disciplined, including members and former members of the Politburo and Party
Central Committee, ministers and former ministers, former Deputy Prime Ministers,
secretaries and former secretaries of provincial Party Committees, generals of
the police and army. This showed that the Party is serious and strict in
dealing with mistakes, leaving no exceptions or “banned zones”.
Party
General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said the punishment of those
officials was painful but there is no other choice. “This is a profound and
high-cost lesson for all of us,” he said.
Making
personnel preparation for Party congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Party Congress provides an occasion to purify the contingent of
officials and select capable and qualified persons for Party committees at all
levels. For this reason, the Politburo recently issued Regulation 205-QD/TW on
keeping power in check and fighting the use of money, influence to get
positions and power. This is the first time the Party has promulgated a
document stipulating clearly the authority and responsibility of Party
committees, leaders and members of Party committees, advisors and nominated officials
themselves in all steps of procedures in personnel work.
The
Regulation was issued with the aim of identifying and stopping violations and
negative phenomena in personnel work ahead of all-level Party congresses.
However, the regulation can only produce expected results when every official
and Party member applies it in a fair, honest and scientific manner in
assessing and selecting personnel for Party committees at all levels. /.