Lesson 1: Strong innovative thinking, popular decisions

Strong and decisive innovation thinking

When I heard the Party General Secretary use the word “revolution” about the organization of the apparatus, I was really startled and wondered, revolution? Before, I only heard about streamlining the apparatus, administrative reform... but never heard anyone use the word revolution. Could it be that the leader of our Party needs a fundamental change, a major change in the organization of the apparatus; could it be a stronger and more drastic innovation mindset?

The goal of the organizational revolution is to create a government that is close to the people and serves the people better and better. Photo: Truong Ha

The issue of organizational structure is not new. During the country's nearly 40-year renovation process, we have gone through countless times of streamlining the payroll and rearranging the apparatus, sometimes reducing and sometimes increasing, sometimes merging and then separating. Then a resolution with a "stronger hand" on streamlining the apparatus - Resolution No. 18 of the Party Central Committee on continuing to innovate and rearrange the organizational structure of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient, was issued in 2017. After 7 years of implementation, the results have not been as expected.

General Secretary To Lam frankly assessed that the Party's leadership role still has shortcomings and limitations. Explaining the real need to immediately and quickly carry out this revolution, General Secretary To Lam gave very practical and tight guidance. In the topic on the new era, which has both profound theory and very practical and straightforward assessments, the General Secretary pointed out that the Vietnamese people need and have sufficient conditions and opportunities to move to a new era - the era of development, the era of reaching out, flying high, flying far; and to fly far, flying high, we must have a compact, light body - that is, we must immediately carry out a revolution in the organizational apparatus.

The revolutionary thinking is also reflected in the fact that the streamlining of the organizational apparatus is not only limited to the system of agencies of the political system, but also extended to administrative levels. The General Secretary boldly suggested that the Party Central Committee discuss and that all people discuss the arrangement of administrative units in the direction of merging commune levels, merging provincial levels, especially eliminating one administrative level, the district level. In fact, few people have thought about it, few people have proposed this issue, because in the past 80 years, since the Party took power, our people have always had 4 administrative levels.

Not only me, but many people realize that this is truly a revolutionary innovation to carry out a revolution in organizational apparatus, which needs to be carried out immediately, without delay, so that we, our country, can enter a new era of development, with ripe conditions and opportunities.

Decision in accordance with the people's wishes

Every new issue, especially a major revolutionary issue, is not easily accepted by many people immediately. However, the revolution in organizational structure and its connotations of things that must be done, done immediately, and the deep and wide impacts on social life, affecting many people, are accepted by all people, from incumbent officials, retired officials, to all people, to economic organizations... all voluntarily accepted, with very high support.

Working in the field of the Elderly Association, I have had the opportunity to meet many classes of people, especially retired cadres and the elderly, who all received trust and support for this policy of the Party. In his articles and speeches, the General Secretary provided information that, in order to maintain the operation of the current cumbersome administrative apparatus, the State has had to spend over 60 to 70% of the annual state budget, leaving only about 30% for development investment and social security. From that message, all people realize that the revolution in the organization of the apparatus, including the arrangement of administrative units, is something that needs to be done immediately.

Even among the working cadres and civil servants, although the reorganization of the apparatus and the administrative units has a direct impact on them, everyone sees the necessity and must do it immediately, early, without delay. All cadres, civil servants, and party members recognize the inadequacies of the current apparatus and organization, see their responsibility to the people, and their responsibility to enter the new era with the whole nation, even if they have to sacrifice some of their interests, or overcome difficulties when merging.

Many young people confided and shared: "When hearing about administrative mergers and organizational restructuring, at first I was confused because of the impact on each person, each family of civil servants and the requirement for personal sacrifice, but thinking back, our sacrifice now is nothing compared to the sacrifice of our uncles and aunts in the past, they even sacrificed their youth for the country."

Having gained the consensus of the entire people, the Party and Government have demonstrated a very high political determination with a strong message of “only working, no retreating”. From there, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and agencies in the political system have had specific and detailed plans for each task and activity, with specific time schedules for each agency, organization, and level of government, implemented in a spirit of non-stop action.

Luong Anh Te, Chairman of the Elderly Association of Hai Duong province

Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/bai-1-tu-duy-doi-moi-manh-me-quyet-dinh-hop-long-dan-post410754.html