Do not let state agencies be "safe havens" for incompetent officials.
Báo Dân trí•01/12/2024
(Dan Tri) - General Secretary To Lam said that the Politburo has decided to temporarily suspend the appointment and nomination of candidates for higher positions in agencies and units that are expected to be reorganized and streamlined.
On the morning of December 1, the Politburo and the Secretariat held a national conference to disseminate and summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18 of the 12th Party Central Committee; report on the socio-economic situation in 2024, solutions to accelerate socio-economic development in 2025 and remove institutional bottlenecks and bottlenecks. The conference was held directly from Dien Hong Hall, the National Assembly House and online to 14,535 district-level and grassroots bridges, agencies, units, military regions, military services, and army corps nationwide, and provincial and municipal Party Committees directly under the Central Government with more than 1.3 million delegates attending. Speaking at the conference, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that since the 10th Central Conference on September 20, the entire political system has made strong movements, operating with a new spirit and speed to create new driving forces and new efficiency for socio-economic development. During this period, the Politburo and the Secretariat have held more than 10 meetings to give opinions on nearly 100 major issues within their authority, including fundamentally removing backlogs and obstacles and resolving many newly arising issues.
With enough will and determination, there can be no delay in streamlining the apparatus.
"The question now is whether we have enough power and strength, enough will and determination to enter a new era, an era of national development and prosperity?", the General Secretary asked and affirmed the answer: "Enough". General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the streamlining of the apparatus cannot be delayed any longer (Photo: Hong Phong). Similarly, to the question of whether now is the time, opportunity, urgency, and objective necessity for the revolution in streamlining the political system's apparatus to make it operate effectively and efficiently, General Secretary To Lam also gave the answer "There can be no more delay". The General Secretary emphasized three core issues. One is on the socio-economic front, the General Secretary noted that it is necessary to renew thinking, "untie", be decisive, break through and surpass oneself. To reach the goal of high average income for the people by 2030 and high income by 2045, Vietnam's economic growth rate must reach double digits continuously in the following years. According to the General Secretary, this is a very difficult problem that we have to solve and only a simplified solution can give a timely answer. The General Secretary noted that it is necessary to continue to make further institutional breakthroughs, remove all difficulties, obstacles, and bottlenecks to unblock all resources and strongly reform administration, creating a favorable environment for development. "There must be a strong enough medicine to cure the disease of officials working administratively, mechanically; negativity, harassment, harassing people, harassing businesses, only doing things for personal gain, deliberately slowing down work, asking for opinions in circles, blaming the institution, blaming fear of responsibility...", the General Secretary emphasized. Emphasizing that now is the time to act, the General Secretary said that localities need to worry and think "on their own land", promoting the spirit of initiative and creativity for development. "More than ever, the contingent of officials and Party members must uphold the sense of responsibility, set an example in performing tasks in the spirit of putting the common interest above all, boldly innovating, creating, making breakthroughs, and bravely sacrificing for the country's development", according to the General Secretary.
"To have a healthy body, sometimes you have to endure the pain of tumor surgery"
The second issue the General Secretary mentioned was related to the Party Congresses at all levels leading up to the 14th Congress. Referring to the importance of documents submitted to the Congress, the General Secretary said that documents to be submitted to the 14th Congress must closely follow the breath of life, be concise, easy to remember, easy to implement and must become "Textbooks", "Dictionaries" so that when needed, we can "look" them up and immediately see "the light to guide the way". Party and State leaders and delegates attending the Conference (Photo: Hong Phong). He also reminded that it is necessary to pay close attention to overcoming the "diseases" of personnel work before the Congress such as: Those who are not re-elected are safe, defensive, and do not dare to implement new things; personnel expected to participate in the new Party Committee are reserved, do not want to clash, and are afraid of losing votes; calculate for relatives, acquaintances, and "cronies" to enter leadership positions or use "organizational tricks" to push away people they do not like... The third issue of streamlining the apparatus of the political system, according to the General Secretary, is very urgent, must be done, and the sooner it is done, the more beneficial it is for the people and the country. "This is really a difficult issue, even very difficult because when streamlining the apparatus, it will involve thoughts, feelings, aspirations, and affect the interests of a number of individuals and organizations," the General Secretary emphasized. Despite careful and methodical preparation, according to the Party leaders, the implementation in many units will certainly encounter difficulties, and there will even be fierce resistance. However, the General Secretary emphasized that "it must still be carried out", because to have a healthy body, sometimes we have to "take bitter medicine", endure pain to "operate on tumors". "This is an especially important task, a revolution in streamlining the organization of the political system. This is not only a matter of scale or quantity, but more deeply, it is necessary to create qualitative changes in the operation of the political system", said the General Secretary. He suggested that leaders, heads of Party committees and agencies need to be exemplary, proactive, and determined in performing assigned tasks in the spirit of "running and lining up at the same time"; "The Central does not wait for the provincial level, the provincial level does not wait for the district level, the district level does not wait for the grassroots level"; "The Central sets an example, the localities respond". Delegates attending the Conference on the morning of December 1 (Photo: Hong Phong). The Party leaders requested that each level and each sector closely follow the plan to summarize and propose models for their agencies and units to ensure progress (ministries and sectors must complete in December); aiming for the common goal of completing and reporting to the Central Committee on the Plan to arrange and perfect the organizational apparatus of the political system in the first quarter of 2025. In the implementation, although urgent, the General Secretary reminded that it is necessary to ensure caution, certainty, uphold principles, absorb opinions from summarizing practices, experts, scientists, including foreign experience... to propose the most optimal streamlining of the organizational apparatus.
Eliminate unnecessary positions, focus resources on deserving people
The principle that the General Secretary thoroughly grasped is that one agency must perform many tasks, one task must be assigned to only one agency to preside over and take primary responsibility; thoroughly overcoming the overlapping of functions and tasks, and division in areas and fields. "Agencies and organizations that have been initially reorganized must also review and propose internal reorganization; resolutely eliminate intermediary organizations; organizational reform must be associated with thoroughly grasping and effectively implementing policies on innovation of the Party's leadership methods, strong decentralization to localities, promoting administrative reform, and fighting waste," the General Secretary directed. General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the new apparatus must be better than the old one and must be put into operation immediately (Photo: Hong Phong). The requirement he emphasized was that the new apparatus must be better than the old one and must be put into operation immediately; there must be no interruption in work, no time gaps, no vacant areas or fields; no impact on the normal activities of society and the people... In addition, according to the General Secretary, streamlining the apparatus organization goes hand in hand with streamlining the payroll, restructuring the team of cadres with sufficient qualities and capacity to meet the tasks. "Streamlining does not mean mechanically cutting down, but eliminating unnecessary positions, reducing ineffective work, thereby focusing resources on key areas, people who are truly worthy and suitable," said the General Secretary. Thoroughly ensuring that state agencies are not a "safe haven" for incompetent officials, the General Secretary said that the Politburo has decided to temporarily suspend the appointment and nomination of candidates for higher positions in agencies and units that are expected to be reorganized and streamlined (except in cases of real necessity). Recruitment of civil servants will also be suspended from December 1 until the completion of the reorganization of the apparatus according to the Central Committee's direction and the Politburo's policy. "The work ahead is very busy and urgent. Time does not wait for us. The country is standing at the historic door to enter the era of growth. The work we do today will determine the future. Delay is a mistake to the people," the General Secretary emphasized.
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