Party leader’s demand for putting Fatherland above all receives public support

The request for putting interests of the nation, the Party, and the people first and above all in Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech on some issues needing special attention in the personnel preparation for the 14th National Party Congress has attracted widespread support from officials, Party members, and people of all social strata.
Party leader’s demand for putting Fatherland above all receives public support ảnh 1Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The requestfor putting interests of the nation, the Party, and the people first and aboveall in Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech on some issues needingspecial attention in the personnel preparation for the 14th NationalParty Congress has attracted widespread support from officials, Party members,and people of all social strata.

The leader delivered theimportant address at the recent first meeting of the sub-committee on personnelaffairs of the 14th National Party Congress.

In his remarks, he stated that personnel affairs of the congress are extremely important but alsoextremely complicated, difficult, and heavy, requiring the Party CentralCommittee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and the entire political system workwith a very high sense of responsibility, great determination and efforts, andin a truly impartial, objective, and scientific manner that puts interests ofthe nation, the Party, and the people first and above all.

Commenting on this issue, Dr. NguyenViet Chuc, former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee forCulture, Education, Youth, Adolescents, and Children, said that throughout hislife and revolutionary career, President Ho Chi Minh always put interests ofthe nation and people first and above all. This viewpoint formed the supremeprinciple for the leadership of the revolution and was also one of the factorsof the Vietnamese revolution’s success.

Vietnam is said to have never secured such a great stature like it has nowadays.In the new context, cadres need to show even stronger mettle and wholeheartedlybring into play their capacity to serve the Fatherland and the people. Theyhave to put the interests of the people, collectives, and the nation above their own, Chuc opined.

He shared General Secretary Trong’s analysis of the shortcomings and weaknessesof some cadres as well as problems of the personnel work.

At the time the country is standing majoropportunities and also facing considerable challenges, if the problemslingering for many years and many tenures fail to be resolved, it will be very difficultfor the dream of a powerful and prosperous country to come true, he added.

Voicing support for the Party chief’sdemand for putting interests of the nation, the Party, and the people first andabove all, Col. Nguyen Van Nien, former Director of the Army Corps 12pharmaceutical company, recalled that in the 1960s, there was a slogan postedeverywhere – “The Fatherland above all”, which means cadres and Party membersmust place the Fatherland and the Party, not their personal interests, aboveall.

However, he also perceived that it iseasier said than done, pointing out the need to uphold impartiality andcarefully listen to public opinions.

President Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam managed to attract themost prominent persons to the system and the entire people to the greatrevolutionary cause thanks to the Party’s ultimate goal of working for the sakeof the people. It is a fact proved since the country’s founding that onceunanimity is secured, even a small nation can become great, as seen in the successesof the resistance wars against the French colonialists and the US imperialists,Nien went on.

Tobe successful on the path chosen by President Ho Chi Minh, the Party, and the people, hesaid, the personnel affairs for the coming time are of critical importance. Only when acontingent of good cadres is available can better policies be issued,strategic-level issues resolved, as well as complicated situations relatedto national construction, development, and safeguarding and the regime’s existence handled in a timely, righteous, and effective manner./.
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