Election day and democracy in Vietnam
VOV.VN - By voting Vietnamese people citizens exercised their democratic right and fulfilled their political responsibility to the nation.
 |
Voting is the best way to demonstrate trust in the Communist Party of Vietnam and the political institution as stipulated in the Constitution.
The election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils represents the people’s will, aspirations, and right to mastery in building up the state and representative agencies at all levels.
It is the people’s fundamental right to develop a state of the people, for the people, and by the people.
Voting, people’s right to self-mastery
Lieutenant General Pham Hong Cu, former deputy director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, has participated in 14 elections.
He recounts the first General Election of independent Vietnam after the success of the 1945 August Revolution. “Voters count on the candidates they elect. I hope that the 14th National Assembly will continue to boost national development and defense, reform, and the prevention of corruption and waste and protect Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea,” he said.
Tran Thi Thuy of the Academy of Journalism and Communications said everyone, particularly young people, should be aware of their rights and their responsibility to elect the best-qualified candidates.
“It is everyone’s right and responsibility to elect the most competent candidates towards establishing a state of the people, for the people, and by the people. Students should show their responsibility to society by going to polling stations on time,” she said.
Fulfilling citizens’ duties on election day
The Law on the Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils has expanded the right to democracy in nomination and self-nomination.
The number of self-nominees has increased and voters’ meetings and campaigning have been publicized through the mass media.
Le Van Vu of Thu Duc district in HCM city said, “I’ve participated in many National Assembly and People’s Council elections and I’ve found this election more democratic. I’ve been given greater access to information provided by local electoral committees and have been allowed to meet and question the candidates in my constituency.”
Le Nhu Tien, Deputy Director of the National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents, and Children, said, “The 2013 Constitution stipulates the people’s right to democracy and their right to directly and indirectly contribute to building up the administration. They vote to elect their representatives to the local administration and state apparatus.”
The election is an important precondition for Vietnam to continue to build a state governed by law of the people, for the people, and by the people.
