The story of state-owned temples doing business for the Communist Party is not a new story, it has been whispered by netizens for many years. However, the fact that the Communist Party assigns state-owned business monks to do superstitious business and collect money in writing under the law, it is clear that the Communist Party’s government has no longer concealed their hands in the temples to collect money.
The public acts of superstitious business of state-run temples are seen as activities under the protection of the state. Also because of that protection, Thich Truc Thai Minh, the abbot of Ba Vang temple, can blatantly practice superstitions, such as: death revenge, banishment, worshiping stars, etc… Meanwhile, those who are active in passion without having money managed by the government, is considered illegal activity.
On July 23, the Ministry of Finance announced that Ba Vang Pagoda and more than 50 other temples did not report merit money. This is considered as the competition between the Government and the state-owned temples has reached the point of tension. In the field of making money, but the state lost revenue, there was a conflict, and each other was reported to the public to see.
The relationship between the Communist government and the state-owned temples, which is the relationship between the boss and the employee, is very clear. Thich Truc Thai Minh and other state monks are directly doing business and making money, while the government is the collector. However, because the link between the government and the state-owned temples is probably a loophole, Thich Truc Thai Minh took advantage of it to embezzle, without returning it to the real owner, making the owner lose money, so he was angry.
The Ministry of Finance is the agency that collects and spends money, not only for the Government, but also for the Communist Party. The fact that the Party’s superstitious business contacts run their own business and then seek to embezzle, causing the Party to lose a lot of money.
After the Ministry of Finance spoke, Thich Truc Thai Minh announced that Ba Vang Pagoda had collected VND4,164,500,000 and also spent exactly this number. Revenue and expenditure match so well that there is no balance left, it’s “cool.”
Those who do business know, between revenue and expenditure cannot match each odd number like that. Matching to the extent that as reported by Ba Vang Pagoda, it can only be a fake balance sheet. This is a sign that the state-owned monk, who is a financial agent for the Party at this Ba Vang establishment, has prepared very well to deal with the Ministry of Finance.
Obviously, in the financial business, although there is a written binding between the boss, the Communist Party and the financial branch of Ba Vang, it still has loopholes.
It is known that Circular 04/2023/TT-BTC clearly stipulates the receipt of merit money and donation, as follows:
“Management and use of donation money, funding for privately owned monuments: The owner of the monument decides for himself and is responsible for receiving, managing, using the merit money, funding the work. protect and promote the value of monuments and festival activities, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the law on belief and religion, the law on cultural heritage and other relevant laws.
Obviously, the Ministry of Finance assigns the abbots to manage the merit money themselves, so why are you honest with this money? What does the state monk do to gain other than that money?
Obviously, this is a loophole for Thich Truc Thai Minh to take advantage of. It is very difficult to ask this monk to return the donation money to the Ministry of Finance.
In addition, Thich Truc Thai Minh also clung to the excuse, “Money for merit and funding for religious activities are internal issues of the Buddhist Church of Vietnam,” it seems that the Ministry of Finance is difficult to refute. If they want to arrest Thich Truc Thai Minh, they must show black and white paper evidence that the abbot of Ba Vang Pagoda has embezzled.
The trick of announcing revenue and expenditure figures that match each odd number is a conspicuous weakness. If Ba Vang Pagoda had the same reputation as EVN, the Government Inspector would have stepped in. However, EVN is an official business establishment of the Government, has a methodical accounting system, so it is easy to audit, while Ba Vang Pagoda only collects money in the merit box to count, it is easy to declare at will. to deal with the Ministry of Finance.
In fact, Thich Truc Thai Minh is happier than Duong Quan Thanh – former Chairman of EVN. It is also making a lot of money from business management for the government, but Thich Truc Thai Minh is still leisurely, not afraid of anything. As long as he works hard to shave his head, talk about morality, he can get money in a carefree way, without fear of “screwing your neck“.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
