Cure the "fear of responsibility"

During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh always advised and required cadres and party members to uphold the highest sense of responsibility for assigned tasks and work, whether big or small, simple or complex, normal or important or secret.

However, in reality, the current situation of avoiding, pushing, working half-heartedly, being afraid of responsibility and not daring to do is a "disease" that exists among a part of the cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees. Clearly identifying and handling and repelling this disease, the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee has been implementing many drastic solutions.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered the closing speech at the mid-term conference of the 13th Party Central Committee: "Whoever backs down or avoids responsibility should stand aside."

Symptoms and causes

According to the assessment of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, in recent times, cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees in the province have made great efforts in performing their assigned duties and tasks. However, in reality, there are still some cadres, party members and civil servants in some agencies, units and localities in the province who have shown signs of avoidance, shirking, working half-heartedly, fearing responsibility and not daring to do. This situation has impacted and affected the socio-economic development of the province, especially after the authorities prosecuted and tried a number of former and current cadres of the province related to investment projects in the province. From the above situation, the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee has identified some signs of avoidance, shirking, working half-heartedly, fearing responsibility and not daring to do among a number of cadres and party members. For management leaders, it is obvious that they are not proactive in advising, proposing and organizing the implementation of tasks within their assigned authority and responsibility; do not express their own opinions in advising, directing and handling work. Do not fully perform assigned duties, tasks and powers; advise, propose, direct and handle work according to their own subjective opinions to ensure their own safety, do not care about the congestion and stagnation of common work. Do not closely follow the work, do not have a firm grasp of the situation in their agency, locality or unit; do not report or report late, report dishonestly, incompletely, or incorrectly on the actual results of performing tasks within the responsibility of their agency, locality or unit. Do not prioritize solving urgent problems; big, difficult, complicated, sensitive, unprecedented problems; outstanding, pressing tasks related to the area or field of work. Trying to push work to a higher authority or transferring it to another agency, unit, or individual while the work is within their authority and responsibility to resolve. For cadres, party members, and civil servants who do not hold positions, they are not thorough, proactive, and do not fulfill their responsibilities in their work; advising and resolving work is not specific or clear, just doing the work to get it done, prolonging the time to resolve the work, "soaking" the work, "doing the easy things, ignoring the difficult things". Lacking the will to strive, lacking motivation to work, not being progressive, content with their lot, afraid of doing difficult things, afraid of making mistakes, or choosing "safe" positions and fields of work, with little risk and little pressure. Passive, indecisive, waiting and only following the instructions of superiors or relying on the collective to decide on issues within the authority and responsibility of the individual.

One of the reasons leading to the above situation is that currently, the Central Government has no specific regulations on behavior and sanctions for avoiding, pushing, working half-heartedly, and being afraid of responsibility, so there are no measures to strictly handle these behaviors. In addition, the salary regime for cadres and civil servants is still low compared to the general income level of society, while the amount of work to be handled and resolved at all levels, sectors and localities is increasing, the responsibilities are increasingly high, leading to many cadres and civil servants quitting their jobs; a number of cadres and civil servants work half-heartedly with the idea of ​​"commensurate with salary" or use and take advantage of working time during office hours to do personal work, earn extra income to reduce the economic burden on the family. In addition, the heads of some Party committees, authorities, agencies and units are sometimes and in some places not determined, resolute, not close, and not focused properly; Lack of effective methods and measures for direction, management, and organization; not fully demonstrating the role and responsibility in leading and directing the implementation of tasks, especially difficult tasks, with obstacles requiring high determination; not regularly monitoring, urging, and checking the implementation of work by cadres and civil servants. A number of cadres and party members are not truly exemplary, have not raised the sense of responsibility for work; have inadequate awareness of the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; have signs of degradation in political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle; are afraid of responsibility; lack courage, are tempted, fall into individualism, and material interests. The work of commenting, evaluating, and classifying cadres and party members is sometimes and in some places not carried out seriously, is still respectful, afraid of collision, and is not true to the substance. The capacity and qualifications of some cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees do not meet the requirements of their positions and jobs, and they lack skills... leading to fear of difficult tasks, avoidance, shirking, fear of mistakes and fear of responsibility.

Seriously rectify

In order to rectify and overcome the situation of avoiding, pushing, working half-heartedly, being afraid of responsibility and not daring to do by a number of cadres and civil servants, especially leaders and managers, the Provincial Party Standing Committee requires each agency, unit and locality in the province to review the overall functions, tasks and organizational structure of their agency, unit and locality according to the principle of "one task, one job assigned to one unit, one individual to preside over, avoid overlapping, duplication or omission of tasks, in accordance with reality, in accordance with current regulations". Continue to review, supplement and perfect working regulations and rules to ensure publicity, transparency, science, consistency, compliance with the Party's organizational principles and the State's laws; clearly identify and define responsibilities and powers between collectives and individuals, especially the heads and those performing management and operation work. Regularly monitor, urge and inspect the implementation of public duties for agencies, units and localities in the province, especially the responsibility of the head. Strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of working regulations, internal rules and regulations of agencies and units; inspect public service activities, working style and manners... to promptly detect and correct organizations and individuals who show signs of avoidance, shirking, working half-heartedly, afraid of responsibility and not daring to do. Focus on implementing solutions to overcome the shortage of good leaders, managers, administrators, who dare to think, dare to do, dare to innovate, dare to take responsibility, specialized researchers in a number of fields, cadres capable of working in an international environment...; build a cadre with sufficient qualities, capacity, prestige, equal to the task. Resolutely and promptly replace and transfer cadres, civil servants and leading officials, especially leaders who do not meet the requirements of their tasks, have weak capacity, have not strictly followed the direction and management of superiors, violate discipline and responsibility in handling work or let localities and units develop in a way that is not commensurate with the potential, position and investment of the province, lack internal solidarity, low trust, keep peace as precious, have negative public opinions and petitions, do not wait until the end of the term, the end of the appointment period, or the retirement age. Seriously implement the work of taking votes of confidence for cadres and Regulation No. 41-QD/TW, dated November 3, 2021 of the Politburo on dismissal and resignation of cadres, especially in cases where cadres have reduced prestige, no longer have motivation to work, and weak capacity.

We believe that with the solutions proposed by the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee, we will overcome the "disease" of avoiding, pushing, working half-heartedly, and being afraid of responsibility, thereby removing the "bottleneck" from the human factor so that our province can develop quickly and sustainably.

Source: https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/chua-can-benh-so-trach-nhiem-114891.html