“Special cases” are superior in terms of political virtues, practical capacity, and reputation

NDO/VNS - Nguyen Thanh Binh, permanent deputy head of the Communist Party of the Vietnam Central Committee's Organisation Commission, spoke to the press on personnel issues for the country's leaders at the 13th National Party Congress.

Permanent deputy head of the Communist Party of the Vietnam Central Committee's Organisation Commission Nguyen Thanh Binh (Photo: VNA)
Permanent deputy head of the Communist Party of the Vietnam Central Committee's Organisation Commission Nguyen Thanh Binh (Photo: VNA)

Q: What can be considered the highlights or new in the orientations for building the Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat, and introducing key officials for the 13th tenure?

A: Personnel preparation is closely and directly supervised by the Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat to ensure the principles of democratic centralism, unity, and high level of consensus; and to uphold the effectiveness, logicality, orderliness, and comprehensiveness in line with the motto “Do step by step, procedure by procedure, position group by position group, starting from the lowest, ensuring that decisions are made prudently and deliberately".

The issues between criteria and composition, universality and specificity, one’s field of training and one’s forte and practical capacity, and between experience and development trajectory, have been dealt with, with strong consideration paid to effectiveness and quality, while ensuring that the ratio in terms of geographical matters, fields of work, age, gender, or ethnicity will be suitable.

With that being said, we will not lower the criteria for the sake of ensuring certain quotas. We absolutely won’t let in those who are unqualified and unworthy into the Party Central Committee, and at the same time, we won’t pass up on people who are truly virtuous, capable, esteemed in the Party ranks and highly regarded by the public.

The personnel procedures for the 13th tenure Party Central Committee must take into account the quality and ratio issues, as well as aspects like stability, continuity, renewal, undisrupted development and a coherent transition between generations.

On the basis of the personnel preparation works, at the 13th, 14th and 15th Plenum of the Party Central Committee, the 12th tenure Party Central Committee has prudently come to an agreement on the list of candidates to submit to the 13th National Party Congress for consideration and election in line with regulations.

Q: Could you tell us more about the exemptions, or 'special cases,' who have been proposed to be re-elected to the Party Central Committee in the coming tenure?

A: Based on the current situation, taking into consideration the criteria as well as the superiority in terms of political virtues, practical capacity, and reputation in the Party and among the public – in addition to the requirements asked of key officials in Party Central Committee and State agencies, the 12th tenure Party Central Committee has carefully deliberated, thoroughly reviewed and meticulously and objectively carried out the due processes and has come to a decision – with a high degree of consensus – to select a number of officials considered to be “special cases”, both re-elected ones and first-timers, to be submitted for review at the 13th National Party Congress towards election to the 13th tenure Party Central Committee and Politburo.

Thank you very much!