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Streamlining the apparatus is not a surprise.

NINH TUAN December 19, 2024 05:30

Taking advantage of the policy of streamlining the apparatus of our Party and State, hostile forces are trying to sabotage, spreading rumors that this was done secretly and unexpectedly.

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Party and State leaders and delegates attending the national conference disseminated and summarized the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the 12th Party Central Committee at the Dien Hong conference hall, National Assembly House on December 1.

While our entire Party and people are actively implementing the policy of streamlining the apparatus of the political system, hostile forces have put forth false views and information that this time, our Party and State have done it "jerkily", secretly, unexpectedly, without preparation, causing confusion in society.

Hostile forces thoroughly exploit social networks and mass media to distort and defame the correct policies of our Party and State, in order to hinder the innovation of the political system, which is also to block the development path of the Vietnamese people on the threshold of a new era - the era of rising up.

Sadly, some ignorant individuals, who believe that their interests are affected by this streamlining of the apparatus, are joining in and agreeing with that wrong view.

So is the policy of streamlining the apparatus according to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently" a secret, unexpected, or a new thing?

Obviously not, because Resolution No. 18 was thoroughly discussed by the 6th Conference of the 12th Party Central Committee and decided to be issued on October 25, 2017. Implementing a resolution issued more than 7 years ago and calling it secret, unexpected, passive... would be believable.

After more than 7 years of implementing Resolution No. 18, initial results have been achieved. All levels, sectors and localities across the country are summarizing the implementation and many places have published reliable data.

Overall, as General Secretary To Lam and many key leaders of the country have pointed out, the implementation of Resolution No. 18 has initially created positive changes in innovation, organizational arrangement, and improving the operational efficiency of agencies, units, and organizations in the political system.

However, the awareness and actions of some Party committees, Party organizations, leadership groups, and heads of some agencies, organizations, units, and localities are not complete, not profound, not highly determined, and not resolute. The arrangement of the organizational apparatus is not synchronous, comprehensive, and has not linked streamlining with restructuring...

Some ministries and sectors still take on local tasks, leading to the existence of a request-grant mechanism, which easily gives rise to corruption, waste, and negativity. The organizational structure of the political system is still cumbersome, with many levels and focal points; the effectiveness and efficiency of operations do not meet requirements and tasks. Streamlining the payroll only focuses on reducing quantity, not yet associated with improving the quality and restructuring of the staff.

The cumbersome apparatus causes waste and hinders development. Although the organization of the political system in our country has been innovated in some parts, it still basically follows the model designed decades ago. Many issues are no longer suitable for new conditions, which is contrary to the law of development...

Our country is facing a great opportunity for rapid development. If we do not seize this opportunity in time, the nation will fall behind. If the political system is not renewed in time, it will create obstacles. Therefore, urgently and resolutely implementing Resolution No. 18 demonstrates the determination, vision and aspiration of the entire Party and people to seize the opportunity for the country to develop, contributing to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system, meeting the requirements of bringing the country into an era of development.

This shows that the argument that our Party and State's streamlining of the apparatus is "jerky", secretive, surprising, and unprepared is baseless.

Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the Party Central Committee “Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently” determined: Focus on reviewing, arranging, perfecting, and streamlining internal focal points of organizations of the political system in conjunction with streamlining the payroll, restructuring and improving the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees. Resolutely reduce and not establish new intermediary organizations; dissolve or reorganize ineffective organizations. Reorganize the apparatus, innovate the operating mechanism of the staff protection and health care boards in the direction of transferring facilities, equipment, medical staff to medical facilities and arranging and assigning staff, civil servants and public employees accordingly.

Adjust, supplement, and perfect the functions, tasks, powers, responsibilities, and working relationships of Party committees of agencies in the direction of streamlining the organizational apparatus and focusing on a number of Party building tasks, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of operations. For Party committees of enterprises, continue to research and reorganize to suit new conditions at both the central and local levels in order to improve the practicality and efficiency of operations.

Research on the reasonable reduction of the number of National Assembly deputies holding concurrent positions in executive agencies. Regulate the number and reasonable ratio between leaders, standing members, and full-time members of the Nationalities Council and the National Assembly's committees in the direction of reducing the number of deputies and standing members. Arrange and restructure the internal organization of the National Assembly Office in the direction of streamlining and effective operation.

Ministries, branches and government agencies proactively review, arrange and streamline internal focal points, fundamentally reducing the number of general departments, bureaus, divisions and offices.

For some fields organized vertically, such as: Tax, customs, state treasury, social insurance... continue to reorganize according to inter-provincial or inter-district areas to reduce focal points and streamline staff.

Continue to study and clarify the theoretical and practical basis of the multi-sectoral and multi-field management scope of a number of ministries and branches, especially those with similar and overlapping functions and tasks, to find appropriate solutions and implement the consolidation, organization arrangement, and reduction of focal points in the coming term, such as: transport - construction sector; finance - investment planning; ethnic - religious sector, etc.

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