Trust to the Party: Strengthening people's supervision and mastery

STRENGTHENING THE MECHANISMS FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY BE THE MASTER

Over the past 95 years, the Communist Party of Vietnam has led the people to gain and maintain national independence, building the foundation for the path to socialism. However, in the context of globalization, the country has entered an era of self-improvement, the Party's responsibilities are increasingly heavy, requiring more determination in the work of building and rectifying the Party and the political system. Therefore, controlling power within the Party is an inevitable requirement, of vital significance to the Party's leadership role and the survival of the regime.

The draft Political Report submitted to the 14th National Party Congress determined: "Build and perfect mechanisms and policies to effectively implement people's mastery, implement the law on democracy at the grassroots level and the motto "People know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people supervise, people benefit". Implement the principle that the Party is closely attached to the people, serves the people, is subject to people's supervision, and is responsible to the people for its decisions".

Quyền giám sát của nhân dân trong xây dựng Đảng và hệ thống chính trị vững mạnh - Ảnh 1. — The first press conference under the new model of press agencies under the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front took place on October 16, 2025.

In recent years, the Vietnam Fatherland Front has promoted its position, role, rights and responsibilities in participating in Party and State building; organized comments on many draft legal documents, important programs and projects. Many opinions of the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and all levels have been accepted and revised by competent authorities. Every year, the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee reports on the synthesis of opinions and recommendations of voters and people at National Assembly sessions, promptly reflecting the people's thoughts and aspirations to the Party and State.

Supervision and criticism activities have demonstrated the role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in implementing the Constitution and laws, representing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and participating in Party and State building. At the central level, the Front focuses on criticizing draft policies and laws; at the local level, it focuses on criticizing programs and projects directly related to people's rights. Member organizations, especially socio-political organizations (CT-XH), have been more proactive in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of their members, while mobilizing the participation of experts, scientists , and prestigious people, contributing to improving the quality of social supervision and criticism.

However, this work is still limited. Awareness of social supervision and criticism in some places has not kept up with the Party's policies and the State's laws. Some leaders have not really taken this task seriously; the content and scope of supervision are very broad, but the capacity and number of front and mass organization cadres are limited. Monitoring, responding, and accepting recommendations after supervision have not yet met requirements.

The draft report summarizing 40 years of renovation clearly states: "The mechanism for controlling power is not yet complete; corruption, waste, and negativity have decreased, but their developments are still complicated. The role of the Fatherland Front, member organizations, and social organizations in contributing to, building, and perfecting the rule of law state has not been fully promoted; human rights and civil rights have not been fully promoted, and at times and in some places they have been violated."

From that reality, it is necessary to institutionalize more clearly the provisions in the Draft Political Report on the people's right to supervision. Specifically, supplement the mandatory accountability mechanism of the supervised agencies, organizations and individuals; clearly define the responsibilities of Party committees and authorities in receiving and responding to criticism; and at the same time, develop a process and criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of social supervision and criticism. Only then will the people's right to supervision be truly promoted, and democracy will become the driving force of innovation and development.

P PROMOTING THE ROLE OF THE FATHER FRONT, ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA

In order for social supervision and criticism to become effective tools in controlling power, it is necessary to first raise awareness and responsibility of the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and the people. In the mechanism of "Party leadership, State management, people mastery", the role of these entities is an important bridge to help the Party and State promulgate and organize the implementation of policies and guidelines in accordance with the will and aspirations of the people.

The Front and mass organizations need to disseminate and thoroughly understand the Party's regulations on supervision and criticism such as Decision 217, 218-QD/TW, especially Decision 124-QD/TW of the Secretariat (12th tenure) on supervision by the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and the people on the cultivation and training of ethics and lifestyle of leaders, key officials and cadres and Party members. Along with that, it is necessary to improve the capacity, qualifications and supervision skills of the Front and mass organization staff, linking supervision work with building clean, strong organizations that are closer to and understand the people better.

Promoting the people's right to supervision cannot be separated from improving people's knowledge, spirit and civil rights. When people are educated and equipped with legal knowledge and civic awareness, they will proactively participate in supervising the power of agencies and organizations. This requires integrating civic education, law and culture of social supervision into general and university education programs, thereby forming a generation of citizens with legal awareness, knowledge, critical thinking skills, and civilized and effective participation in political and social life.

An indispensable subject is the mass media. In reality, many negative cases, violations of the law, and degradation of ethics and lifestyle of cadres and party members are first discovered from the press. In order for the media to promote its role in social supervision, it is necessary to ensure the right to access information, strictly handle acts that hinder or suppress journalists and press agencies from performing their duties; at the same time, encourage and reward newspapers and reporters who bravely fight against negativity. Further promote the role of the mass media in raising people's knowledge and educating the law, providing information on the process of organizing and exercising the Party's power, and at the same time analyzing and orienting the people.

At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the mechanism of publicity and transparency in the activities of Party and State agencies, creating conditions for the Fatherland Front, mass organizations, the press and the people to participate in effective supervision. Supervision must have tools, information and clear accountability. The Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations also need to develop plans for supervision and criticism by term, year and quarter; select key and practical content, avoid spreading. These organizations themselves must innovate the content and methods of operation, improve their capacity, qualifications and independence to perform well the role of supervision and social criticism.

The draft needs to clearly establish the independent position and accountability of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, ensuring that these entities carry out supervision regardless of the supervised subjects. Supplementing regulations on criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of supervision and social criticism, avoiding formality and favoritism. At the same time, it is necessary to perfect the coordination mechanism in power supervision, associated with the requirements of publicity, transparency and digital transformation in state management; promoting the application of digital data to serve the work of monitoring, inspection and supervision.

Social supervision and criticism are important activities in Party building and rectification, protecting the political system and strengthening people's trust. In Vietnam, this is both a vivid expression of democracy and a way for people to participate in controlling the power of the Party and the State, contributing to bringing all policies and guidelines into life, creating a driving force for sustainable development in the new era.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/niem-tin-gui-dang-tang-cuong-quyen-giam-sat-lam-chu-cua-nhan-dan-185251110165159515.htm