VFF urged to play a greater role in mobilizing public strength

Le Hong Anh, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), issued the statement at the fifth conference of the VFF Central Committee in Hanoi on January 17.

He suggested that VFF chapters at all levels need to do better in the collection of people’s comments and proposals to the Party and State and in the monitoring of the operations of Party organizations and administrations. The front should also encourage the public to detect and fight degraded officials as well as the phenomena of bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness.

The front should also supervise and push for the punishment of violations in accordance with the discipline of the Party and the law while honouring and protecting those who dare to struggle against corruption and negative phenomena, Anh noted.

He particularly urged the VFF to diversify forms of communications and mobilization to get people of all strata to contribute their opinions to the draft revisions to the 1992 Constitution.

The Politburo member praised the achievements the VFF and its member organizations have made over the past year. In 2012, campaigns and emulation movements launched by the front such as “All people unite to build the cultural life in residential areas”, “Day for the Poor”, and “Vietnamese people use Vietnamese goods” were successful in promoting the patriotism of people from all walks of life, and many grew into large-scale campaigns with positive impacts for society.

These achievements made important contributions to the cause of national construction and defence, as well as to the national great unity bloc for the new era, Anh affirmed.

He went on, however, to point out several shortcomings in the front’s work that need to be overcome, such as the slow and inadequate attention to the public’s feelings, aspirations and concerns.

VFF President Huynh Dam said the front will focus on several key tasks this year, such as implementing an action programme to strengthen the mobilization of overseas Vietnamese.

It will also actively coordinate with relevant agencies to make suitable mechanisms for supervision and social criticism activities of the VFF and other socio-political organisations, he said.

The VFF will work with its member organisations to collect public opinions on the draft revisions to the 1992 Constitution, he added.