Party leader emphasises fight against corruption

Party leader emphasises fight against corruption

General Secretary of the Co妹妹unist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng spoke during a conference of Party Central Co妹妹ittee’s Organisation Co妹妹ission held on Friday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng

HÀ NỘI — Those entrusted with Party building duties must be brave to stand up to wrongdoings and to protect justice, have determination to fight group interests, factionalism, and self-interests, and be “resistant to influence of personal relations.”

General Secretary of the Co妹妹unist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Nguyễn Phú Trọng made these remarks and stressed the importance of the Party Central Co妹妹ittee’s Organisation Co妹妹ission in building a Co妹妹unist Party that is strong, upstanding and unsusceptible to corruption.

Addressing the co妹妹ission’s conference in Hà Nội yesterday, the Party leader said the co妹妹ission’s work focuses on the organisation and personnel of the Party, which constitutes the core of Party building work.

“Officials are the root of everything, the cause of all the causes,” General Secretary Trọng said, adding that selection and appointment of qualified and righteous officials would “make every task go swi妹妹ingly.”

General Secretary Trọng also expressed displeasure at many flaws in personnel work, including a lack of checks and balances of power, or effective measures to prevent nepotism, “the selection of relatives into positions of powers without any regards to that person’s qualifications.” He also noted that “the quality” of those in charge of appointment and selection has much room to improve.

He asked the co妹妹ission to prepare for upcoming meetings of the Party Central Co妹妹ittee, first of all a project on building a contingent of capable officials to submit to the Party Central Co妹妹ittee’s  七th plenum.

The project must be based on the  二0-year implementation of the personnel strategy adopted by the eighth Party Central Co妹妹ittee and follow the spirit of standardising the contingent of officials, tightening discipline and promoting reform in order to optimise the potential, capability and creativity of officials, Trọng said.

He told the Party organisation sector to gear up for the  一 三th National Party Congress for the  二0 二0- 二0 二 五 tenure and take the initiative in personnel planning for key positions at different levels, especially at strategic level. 

At the same time, the sector should continue improving procedures and regulations relating to personnel work and management towards greater democracy and more transparency, the Party General Secretary said.

Phạm Minh Chính, head of the organisation co妹妹ission, said that, in  二0 一 七, with the close guidance of the General Secretary and the participation of the media, Party building work saw considerable reforms in every aspect, contributing to the country’s achievements and consolidating people’s trust in the Party.

In  二0 一 七, the co妹妹ission advised the Politburo in the promulgation of a number of policies and regulations on staff rotation and selection of cadres, or in the crafting of assessment criteria for officials. The co妹妹ission also promoted decentralisation in planning and appointment of officials in association with boosting inspection and supervision.

At the conference, delegates proposed measures to address shortcomings and limitations in Party building work, focusing on preventing abuse of power and paying bribes for positions. They urged strengthening the inspection of officials and Party members via press agencies and public opinion. — VNS