An article by Tuoi Tre newspaper published on July 1 said, “Nghe An: The number of state officials accused related to corruption increased by 333%.” The article tells the truth. However, its headline was changed later for unknown reason. It is possible that this article exposed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s efforts in anti-corruption so the title of the article was later changed to “Nghe An: An officer who wrongly declared his assets resigned.” Thus, it is clear that the Vietnamese communist chief fights against corruption, but corruption keeps breaking out, just like he brought gasoline to fight a fire.
We have talked about this fact in many previous articles. The truth is that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong set up the kiln burning campaign that only resonated with himself, but did not bring any purity to this government apparatus. The mirrors are still there, for example Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, where the central headquarters are located. Is Nguyen Duc Chung who replaced Nguyen The Thao as the city’s Chairlan cleaner than his predecessor? Then Chu Ngoc Anh replaced Nguyen Duc Chung, was he cleaner than Chung?
In Ho Chi Minh City, too, Nguyen Thanh Phong replaced Le Hoang Quan in the position of Chairman of the City People’s Committee, and then he was cleaner than his predecessor? Those are typical examples. Someone commented that, in the government apparatus, everyone is like, how can there be a clean official to be assigned to a new position?! Only comrades have been exposed and comrades have not been exposed or have not been exposed. Just look at the floating assets of officials and compare them with their salaries. The essence emerges immediately. Every official gets a starving salary, but all the officials are rich. How can any official be honest, how can any official be clean?
Ten years ago, Nguyen Sinh Hung, then Chairman of the National Assembly, made a statement that “If all corrupt officials are punished, there will be none left.” This statement was criticized quite heavily, because he meant to accept that corrupt officials were still being used. However, in another aspect, it is clear that Nguyen Sinh Hung is right, because in this regime, how can anyone be clean and immune to all inspections?
Perhaps, Nguyen Phu Trong is also trying to prove that Mr. Nguyen Sinh Hung’s words are wrong, but in fact, the more he tries to prove, the more true Mr. Nguyen Sinh Hung’s words are. In the positions left by those who were caught Nguyen Phu Trong, then some people were filled in, but the officials who filled in were still dirty, still no better. Some officials were later revealed, just like their predecessors.
Recently, on social networks, the image of former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc holding his grandson brought him to a car with a white license plate, Lexus ES300h, priced at VND3.5 billion ($140,000) in Vietnam. As the state president, Mr. Phuc received a salary of VND18 million /month. If he bought this car with his salary, it would take him 195 months to buy it. So where does the former President have money to buy a luxury car? The question is also the answer for all current Communist government officials.
The truth is still the truth, not just using the slogan “State of the people, by the people and for the people” automatically becomes a state for the people. People need the Communist Party to act, not shout slogans. The people need a real clean state. However, what the General Secretary did was only the tip. Trimming the tops only creates conditions for the corrupt tree to sprout and grow stronger.
Indeed, without creating chances for corruption, the Communist Party will never have a loyal force. In this apparatus, officials are willing to spend millions of dollars to buy positions. Why they are spending a lot of money to buy a position to get nothing, if they don’t have the opportunity to get bribery? Therefore, anti-corruption for this regime is unthinkable.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
