Whenever natural disasters or enemy attacks occur, the strong vitality for the Fatherland to survive is the strength of the great unity of the entire nation. No one knows since when, the spirit of solidarity and mutual support of our people has transformed into folk songs, proverbs, and idioms for generations, such as:
Gourd, please love the squash too.
Although different species but on the same rack.
-Many things covered the mirror
People in the same country must love each other.
Or:
-Our people remember the word copper.
Agree, join forces, be of one mind, ally.
Or:
-Work together; united we live, divided we die.
More than two thousand years ago, our legend of Saint Giong was not born like in Greece and Rome, but was born among the people, still had his mother and relatives, not standing above, but not standing outside the people, living in the hearts of the people, so he was raised and helped by the people, suddenly rose up with the people's strength, defeated the Yin invaders to save the country, won, returned to Heaven, not caring about fame, profit, or power. Why is the mentality of our people more than two thousand years ago so bright in the world? The legend of Saint Giong is both a poem dreaming about the personality model of a national hero, and affirming the truth that only the people's strength can give wings to the hero to reach the pinnacle of human liberation. It is touching that more than two thousand years ago, the consciousness of national solidarity was placed in a close interactive relationship with the personality of a person who knew how to live for the people and the country, which was affirmed.
These are the lessons that our people have learned through thousands of years of fighting against natural disasters and enemies, sharing the joys and sorrows with fellow countrymen to nurture and preserve national culture, which is the strength that ensures the nation's longevity. From the depth of the nation's history of fighting against foreign invaders, the strength of national unity is highly promoted when the country is in danger. That is when national pride and self-esteem are self-aware and expressed at the highest level by each citizen. It has been like that in the past, and it is still like that today. That is the traditional strength of our nation that has been forged for thousands of years. That traditional strength is always preserved and promoted on the path of building and defending the country.
The success of the August Revolution marked a great political change in the history of the country. The people's position changed in quality. From being oppressed and exploited, the people stepped onto the political stage to master the destiny of the country and themselves. The value of human rights and civil rights appeared for the first time in Vietnam. National rights and human rights were increasingly affirmed and protected by the Constitution and laws. The Communist Party of Vietnam, from the role of a political organization propagating, mobilizing, and leading the revolutionary movement, changed to the position of a ruling party and has led the state and society for the past 70 years.
That great victory was the result of great national unity under the leadership of the Party. Deeply aware of the role of the people in making history, the Communist Party of Vietnam proactively gathered the strength of the masses in the organization.United National Front.This is the broadest organization of the masses, in which the core are communists. They have been truly exemplary, pioneers in fighting, not afraid of prison, shackles, ready to sacrifice for the cause of national liberation. Those examples really attract many masses to follow their example, ready to sacrifice for a great cause. They fight and sacrifice like communists!
The example of pioneering in striving and sacrificing for national independence, freedom and happiness of the people is a vivid expression of the Party's incarnation in the front to both lead the masses and fight with the people in the fiery period. Through concrete actions, our Party is both the leading force of the Front and truly a member organization - an exemplary, pioneering member in the great national unity bloc. Therefore, the Party deserves to be the force leading Vietnamese society and it is our Party that creates the flesh-and-blood, steadfast bond in the Party-People relationship.
The Party's prestige gradually permeated deeply and for a long time into the subconscious of the working class. The Party was trusted, followed, protected and supported by the people, creating a great force with the strength of a burst dam, creating one victory after another, the culmination of which was the unification of the country and the implementation of the renovation process, achieving many achievements of historical significance and of epochal stature.
Revolutionary practice in Vietnam shows that the Party has joined the working masses, fought for the people's interests and national independence, so the Party is truly the center of the great national unity bloc. It can be said that the central mission of great national unity is truly both the interest of the people and the country, and also the duty and condition for the existence of the ruling Party in the process of building and developing the country's internal strength.
It can be said that, in the fierce struggle, our Party has shown an exemplary image of a loyal and close relationship with the people through the Fatherland Front, so the Viet Minh Front and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam have left their mark in the history of national independence. At the same time, the birth and movement of these forms of fronts have practically met the requirements of the revolution. That is the art of organizing the masses of the Party and leader Ho Chi Minh.
Great national unity is always a vital factor of our nation, it is only formed when the people are of one mind, of one strength, of one heart and one hand, in other words, when the people unite to form, the people work together to shape the country. Our country is facing many development opportunities and also unpredictable challenges of the times. When the people unite, it will become a source of power that will generate many other resources that will effectively take advantage of opportunities and overcome challenges to develop.
In the past, our Party was exemplary and pioneering in uniting with the people. Now, we need to demonstrate even greater solidarity to continue to be the soul of the Great National Unity. In the thirty years of renovation, besides the great achievements that the Party has led the people to gain, our Party itself is also struggling to push back "a not small part" to make the Party cleaner and stronger.
The draft political report submitted to the 12th Congress clearly stated: "Socialist democracy and the strength of great national unity have not been fully promoted." The Draft emphasizes the limitations in 30 years of renovation: “The four risks raised by the 7th National Congress of the Party (1994) still exist, with complicated developments, such as the risk of "peaceful evolution"..., "self-evolution", "self-transformation" within the Party. The trust of cadres, party members and people in the Party and the regime has been reduced. Besides, the Party's policies and viewpoints on great national unity, on the legitimate rights and interests of classes and strata of people have not been promptly institutionalized, or have been institutionalized but not seriously implemented... The legal system, mechanisms and policies to institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies on the Fatherland Front (VFF) and people's organizations are still lacking and not yet synchronized. Besides, a number of cadres, party members and civil servants have not really respected, listened to and resolved the legitimate aspirations of the people. Activities of the VFF and people's organizations are sometimes formal and administrative in nature, not closely following the grassroots (Draft).
When meeting voters after the recent National Assembly session, the President exclaimed: “It is sad, shameful, and humiliating. Why is our country, which has been heroic in the resistance against foreign invaders for thousands of years, hundreds of years of glory, yet the problem of corruption is so scandalous and unacceptable?according to Youth). In the humble opinion of the author, this “scandalous corruption” does not lie far away, but lives right in the heart of the regime, in the party system, participating in leadership and management in the system in different positions. Every day, we still greet each other as comrades, but the enemy and we are mixed up, the enemy is in a state of “color, no no”. The battle to clean up the system is difficult, of course! But it is not impossible to resolve, if the whole Party is determined.
These comments show that the above limitations have/are potentially having many consequences for building great solidarity, especially limitations to"The trust of cadres, party members and people in the Party and the regime has decreased."The causes of the limitations mentioned in the draft need to be identified more urgently for early remediation, creating favorable conditions to strengthen trust and create motivation for the practice of great national unity. The issue of unity within the Party is being raised today as the core of great national unity.
Before leaving, President Ho Chi Minh advised: "Must keepOur party is real clean, must be worthy of being a leader, a truly loyal servant of the people" and …From the Central Committee to the Party cells, it is necessary to preserve the unity of the Party as if preserving the apple of one's eye. Within the Party, practicing broad democracy, regularly and seriously criticizing and self-criticizing is the best way to consolidate and develop the solidarity and unity of the Party. There must be comradely love for one another."(Testament).
From the historical practice of revolutionary struggle, the Party organization must always be the nucleus to gather solidarity within and outside the Party, and solidarity of the entire nation. To have solidarity, solidarity, and great solidarity, first of all, there must be real solidarity within the Party. To have real solidarity, it is necessary to practice democracy regularly, democracy for self-criticism and criticism in the spirit of building the Party and protecting the Party. Self-criticism and criticism of each Party member and each Party Committee are always weapons to build a clean and strong Party, and a means to consolidate solidarity within the Party. Only in a truly democratic environment for self-criticism and criticism in comradely love, for the purpose of purifying the Party, can there be real solidarity. Solidarity within the Party is an example that can spread throughout society, can gather the hearts of the people to achieve success, success, great success. It can be said that if the Party is not clean and not strong, the people will lose faith, will not support, will not follow, and then the ruling Party will find it difficult to gather the people's hearts, difficult to promote the strength of national unity. That is the theory, the issue of action is what truly transforms reality. Here, the role and responsibility of the leaders will be leading and decisive.
Today, when the situation is changing unpredictably, when the need to protect national sovereignty is placed in the relationship of maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for development, when the requirement is to consolidate strong national internal strength to build and protect the Fatherland in all situations, the factor of strengthening democracy, solidarity, and unity of will within the Party - the core of the Great National Unity, becomes more important and urgent than ever.
In addition, the renovation process has also created many obstacles to the country's development and created consequences that have blurred the relationship between the Party and the people, reducing the trust of Party members and the people. The Party has pointed out and is gradually overcoming and pushing back corruption and waste, especially the degeneration and corruption of "a not small part". This part not only reduces the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party, but also damages the Party's prestige before the people. If this "not small part" is not urgently pushed back, how can our Party maintain its qualities as a leader, a truly loyal servant of the people; where is the "morality and civilization" that Uncle Ho once boasted about? At that time, the Party cannot set an example and lead society.
Building a clean and strong Party is therefore, first of all, the Party's own duty, and at the same time, the responsibility of all working people towards the ruling Party. A fact worth pondering is that 70 years ago, there were only 5,000 Party members supported by the people who made the August Revolution, but now the Party has more than 3 million Party members, but the fight against corruption and degradation is so difficult? In any case, the Party needs to rectify its ranks more drastically than ever, because if the Party is clean, then the Party will be strong in power and there will be a clean and strong State. A clean and strong Party and State are when the Party reaches the intelligence, heart and vision of the nucleus to promote and develop the strength of great national unity. Hopefully and believe that the 12th National Congress of the Party will have guidelines, policies and ranks equal to the task of the nucleus to create the strength of great national unity for the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness and civilization. The congress delegates uphold their responsibility to the people and the Party, have the intelligence, courage and culture to choose people with heart, vision and talent, and are determined not to let unreliable personnel from the grassroots enter the new Executive Committee, no matter who they are. The purity, strength and true solidarity of the Party is the source of gathering the people's hearts, and the strength of great national solidarity is the people's hearts united together.
Posted in Spring Newspaper TCCS PROFILE AND EVENTS
Author:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pham Xuan Hang
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