Regarding the case where officials “tried to fight and eat sticky rice” despite their responsibility, leading to particularly serious fires, Mr. Nguyen Tuc recommends that the competent authorities urgently consider and strictly handle it in accordance with the provisions of the Law. law.
Also sharing the same opinion as Mr. Nguyen Tuc, National Assembly delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga (Hai Duong delegation) said that regulation 144 of the Politburo on standards and ethics of party members, which clearly states that cadres and party When employees feel that they cannot meet the requirements and no longer have enough prestige and ability to meet job requirements, they must practice a culture of resignation.
“We talk a lot about the situation where officials are still irresponsible, indifferent, sluggish, and even avoid responsibility, afraid of difficulties and suffering. In recent years, Government reports have often mentioned this situation, even many reports from ministries and branches have mentioned this situation, but it seems that we do not have a truly effective medicine to overcome this situation.“, delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga expressed.
Subordinates disregard superiors’ instructions?
Dr. Cu Van Trung, Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Social Issues (Hanoi Department of Science and Technology) said that after the mini apartment fire that killed 56 people, the Hanoi City Party Committee also issued a Directive. No. 25 on continuing to strengthen the Party’s leadership and direction for fire prevention, fighting and rescue in Hanoi city in the new situation. However, so far there have not been many positive changes.
Mr. Trung analyzed that Directive 25 fully points out the objective and subjective factors that cause fires. These causes include elements of the urbanization process, time, tenure thinking, loose management or administration, loose supervision, subjectivity, and leniency in planning and construction. construction… as well as people’s awareness and responsibility.
“Considered in a certain aspect, it is a consequence of the past period, of mistakes made by previous management work. However, why is this problem still slow to be overcome and rectified and not considered an urgent measure of deep concern for the city?“, Dr. Cu Van Trung said.
For that reason, Mr. Trung believes that the responsibility factor is difficult to assign. Only when an incident or incident occurs will there be involvement from all levels. In addition, inventory, inspection, and situation reporting are being implemented but progress is very slow.
The Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Social Issues stated that after an inspection, illegal constructions in Hanoi still sprouted like “mushrooms after the rain”.
“I understand the reality in Trung Van ward, Nam Tu Liem district, many households petitioned for illegal parking at an apartment building. Even though competent authorities issued written instructions, the ward still refused to remove it. From there, it can be seen that the current supervision, direction, inspection and handling work is not effective, the power in State management activities is in some places, and in some places it has lost the majesty of the system. In other words, some places are grumpy and disregard the direction of superiors“, Mr. Trung commented.
Dr. Cu Van Trung believes that this is a consequence of the process of decentralization and decentralization in State management but lack of focus, supervision and ensuring the strictness of the law.
From the above reality, according to Mr. Trung, Hanoi’s leading officials are required to take greater responsibility, considering the lives of the city’s people as top priority.
If we do not create a “choral chorus from above and below, vertically and horizontally”, it will be difficult to create breakthroughs in preventing and fighting future fires. The inevitable consequence is that public opinion questions the leadership, direction and management capacity of the leaders.
“More than ever, resolutely correcting, inspecting and supervising more closely on all aspects of people’s lives, including decentralization and decentralization, is the problem of leaders at this time. If those changes cannot be demonstrated, the people of the Capital will demand replacement of leadership personnel“, Mr. Trung said.
Victim of a fire in September 2023, at a mini apartment building on Khuong Ha street.
Discussing the need for leaders to resign when particularly serious fires occur, National Assembly delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga acknowledged that resignation has not really become a culture.
Ms. Nga said that if an officer’s quality is classified as not being able to complete his/her tasks, he/she will be assigned to another job or not re-appointed.
However, the problem lies in the assessment of cadres, civil servants, and party members who are still in a “harmonious and noble” situation.
“At the end of the year, every party cell member completes well and completes the task excellently. Every year, an agency has civil servants who complete the task well and complete the task excellently, but then the work does not go well and there are still many difficulties. difficulties, problems. So where it lies, lies in how we evaluate it. That’s why we can’t handle the officers“, said the representative of the Hai Duong National Assembly.