At the 8th Plenum of the 13th Central Committee, observers said that this was the first time the responsibility of the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam – General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, was collectively assessed by the Committee. The Central Committee conducts dissection. This is related to Mr. Trong’s responsibility for personnel work of the 12th and 13th Party National Congresses.
The article is quite heavy, with the title: “We have let cadres who are not virtuous and talented enough into the 13th Central Committee” dated October 5, by the Voice of Vietnam is a typical example.
There is an opinion that the current General Director of the Voice of Vietnam, Mr. Do Tien Sy – Member of the 13th Central Committee – is a close junior of Minister of Public Security To Lam.
Notably, the article just quoted Mr. Vu Van Phuc – Vice Chairman of the Scientific Council of Central Party agencies, former Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Magazine – saying: “… in many recent terms, many cadres who were not virtuous and talented enough still entered the Central Committee… our internal political protection work has not been done well, allowing many bad cadres to be placed in the Central Committee in the 13th term.”
According to Vu Van Phuc, the Party must do a good job of political protection. To solve this problem, the Central Internal Political Protection Subcommittee must carefully screen each person on the planning list for the Central Committee.
In addition, VnExpress newspaper on October 6 said that in the announcement on the 5th working day of the 8th Plenum, Mr. Dao The Hoang, Le Nguyen Nam Ninh and Major General Vu Hong Van, was additionally elected to the Central Inspection Commission.
Meanwhile, observers confirmed that Major General Vu Hong Van is the brother-in-law of Minister of Public Security To Lam. That is the reason why for a long time, public opinion has been wondering why Mr. Vu Hong Van has promoted so fast.
According to its prescribed functions, the Central Inspection Commission is responsible for organizing and implementing the Party’s inspection, supervision and disciplinary tasks. But in reality, this commission holds the full power of life and death, and has the right to recommend the handling of officials, so its power is very great.
Are all of these things related?
And what do they have to do with rumors that Minister of Public Security To Lam is quietly carrying out a “gunless coup” with the goal of eliminating and eventually dethroning General Secretary Nguyen? Phu Trong or not?
Going back in time, in early November 2021, Minister of Public Security To Lam was involved in the “gold-plated beef” party scandal. At that time, those who did not like To Lam in the Party wanted to take the opportunity and find a way to remove To Lam from the position of Minister of Public Security.
Even General Secretary Trong joined in, sarcastically saying that “a piece of food is a poor piece of food, losing a piece of food turns your liver upside down.” General Trong’s insulting words made To Lam confused. And an earth-shattering Viet A scandal completely rescued the police chief.
General Secretary Trong, just the day before, was warning To Lam, but the next day, he had to be embarrassed about signing and awarding the Third Class Labor Medal and a series of close juniors involving in Viet A.
But the most important thing is, only To Lam is the one who knows wrongdoings of every senior officials in Hanoi.
By exposing the Viet A case, To Lam has affirmed his unique position, and truly holds the dominant power on the power chessboard of Vietnamese politics. To Lam has proven that he is the person with the right to kick out everry official of the Communist Party of Vietnam, to become king in the Party.
That is why, in the Viet A case, the commission cost from VND800 billion according to Phan Quoc Viet’s initial testimony, To Lam reduced to only VND106 billion. Obviously, that saved many top officials in the Party’s power system, who had long lived in fear. At the same time, To Lam also became a benefactor of many Communist officials, including General Secretary Trong.
That means, up to now, To Lam has officially become the most powerful person in the Party, not General Secretary Trong. Wait for big changes in the near future.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
