Rumors that incumbent Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh will hold the chairman post of the Hanoi People’s Committee became a reality when the Politburo, on September 18, promoted him as a deputy secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee.
It is expected that Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh will be soon approved to hold the post left by Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung, who was probed and arrested last month.
Meanwhile, the “Three Horse Race” to take the seat of general secretary at the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam is expected to be a competition between Tran Quoc Vuong, standing member of the secretariat, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Blogger Bui Thanh Hieu gave his opinion on the latest developments of the Vietnam political power competition with an essay titled: “Phu Trong is out of time” – with the following content:
The peak of Nguyen Phu Trong’s power showed signs of going down. The reasons that made Mr. Trong new at a brilliant peak a few years ago are now a shadow as follows.
His illness prevented him from walking, despite both positions in the four pillars, but he was barely able to walk around in the Hanoi area. Since taking the president post, he has never hosted a national ceremony.
His age is too high for the charter, he abuses his power to go beyond the charter, chooses himself as a special part-time worker, now old, weak, he hardly takes any more reason to do another term.
Mr. Trong holds the anti-corruption banner to show the reason for his stay. But “corruption” that was destroyed by him is “derelict” names. The number of “corrupt” in existence has an owner. Their owners are current Politburo members or influential former ones. If Trong remained in his positions, perhaps no more major corruption cases would occur. But if Mr. Trong retires, maybe the fight against “corruption” will get more fierce. For example, if Mr. Phuc takes power, he would destroy the fractions supported by Nguyen Thien Nhan and Tran Quoc Vuong.
Mr. Trong hindered diplomatic relations by being conservative, stagnant, and inactive in foreign affairs.
In addition to shouting against corruption, intimidating one person and insulting others. Looking back over the past course, Mr. Trong has no mark on economic development and foreign relations.
It is noteworthy that Trong gained popularity from the arrests of high-ranking officials in the past. However, no one mentioned him in the arrest of Nguyen Duc Chung.
An demeaning or neglecting of Nguyen Phu Trong is happening in the media.
Seeing Nguyen Duc Chung’s arrest, we can see that the power of killing has gone to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, when Phuc was supported by To Lam and the fractions from Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Long An. Phuc knew the opportunity to throw away his flattering coat, to become the number one figure of Vietnamese politics. This is of course, in his position, if Phuc is not in the number 1 position, putting in the hands of others is taboo in the field.
The arrest of Nguyen Duc Chung, Phuc and the Ministry of Public Security played boldly and drastically, without having to wait for the direction of the Anti-corruption Steering Committee, the Secretariat, the Politburo … because the Phuc faction knows if waiting for these decisions to be decided, it is difficult to arrest Nguyen Duc Chung because the evidence submitted to arrest a member of the Central Committee holding an important position must be convincing.
So Phuc and the Ministry of Public Security took a driver, Chung’s assistant very surprised. These people are not under the management of the Politburo and the Secretariat. So their arrest is easy and the other agencies cannot intervene. Then the next surprise was to arrest Nguyen Duc Chung, on the basis of the other people’s testimonies.
Everything was done, the Secretariat, Politburo, Steering Committee 110 could not do anything else, bitterly agreed to let Phuc and the Ministry of Public Security surpass them.
If that is the case, accept to agree to consider the arrest of Little Chung as the party’s policy to still save face, eat with a little reputation.
If the objections go out, one is the dissolution of the party, the other is Phuc’s faction and the Ministry of Public Security has reason to change to take full power.
The fact that Chu Ngoc Anh, the minister of Science and Technology, was introduced by Phuc’s faction as the chairman of the Hanoi City Committee while the Politburo and the Secretariat are still considering. Phuc’s faction assertively took Chu Ngoc Anh to the National Assembly to dismiss his minister post.
For what to approve the dismissal of Chu Ngoc Anh?
Chu Ngoc Anh was born in 1965, he is 55 years old this year. He is a member of the Central Committee, holding deputy secretary and chairman of Phu Tho before taking the Minister of Science and Technology post.
Chu Ngoc Anh is too suitable for the chair of Hanoi that left by Little Chung, which candidate is more convincing than Anh for the chairman of Hanoi, when the press started to say that Hanoi needs development in science and technology.
Arresting Little Chung does not need the opinion of the Politburo and the Secretariate, meaning it does not need to go through the highest agency of the Party. Bringing a person back as the capital’s chairman does not require a party’s highest authority. Phuc’s faction played a very unique game that was determined to do it right away and put the job into action.
Must assess the situation, the ability to do that.
But the dismissal of a person who is of age, not a disciplinary reason, must be for something else like a transfer. For example, the transfer of Vuong Dinh Hue to Hanoi as secretary of the city, until half a year later, the deputy prime minister was dismissed. As for the National Assembly dismissing Chu Ngoc Anh, it is imperative to know where this man is scheduled to go?
However, because the National Assembly now also follows Mr. Phuc and the Ministry of Public Security, the agreement to dismiss Chu Ngoc Anh may happen. In order not to lose face, right now the Politburo and the Secretariate of Mr. Trong and Vuong must agree to let Anh return to Hanoi. If they wait for the National Assembly to dismiss him and the Prime Minister arranges for Chu Ngoc Anh to return to Hanoi, the Politburo and the Secretariate are just puppets.
As the head of the government office proposed the next round to the National Assembly to add a dismissal section for Chu Ngoc Anh, Ms. Tong Thi Phong, member of the Politburo and one of Nguyen Phu Trong’s juniors, spoke out against this cat trick of Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s faction. Mrs. Phong commented that only the dismissal of the violating delegates was discussed, the dismissal and appointment must be discussed later, unable to do both dismissal and appointment at the same time, this also depends on the Central Committee (ie the Politburo and the Secretariate).
Will Mrs. Phong’s opinion prevent Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s scheme from making Chu Ngoc Anh the Hanoi Chairman?
It is very difficult, because the National Assembly, owned by Ms. Ngan, has asked Nguyen Hanh Phuc to arrange the dismissal of Pham Phu Quoc along with the dismissal of Chu Ngoc Anh in the next National Assembly meeting.
The demise of Nguyen Phu Trong is coming. The localities and the officials outside the capital have not obeyed his orders. Like a king feeling that controlling power is escaping from his hands. Looking at the recent Ho Chi Minh incense offering of National Day, accompanied by Nguyen Phu Trong, there was no current or former members of the Politburo. Meanwhile, on the same day, at the same time Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc led a powerful delegation to Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum offering incense, there were Nong Duc Manh, Truong Tan Sang, Nguyen Van An, Nguyen Sinh Hung.
Trong is a person who has a lot of intrigue in competing and controlling power. But his weak point is to use intriguing guys like him as tools for those things!
Without the last martial art as the cat master taught the tiger to climb the tree, in a few months, the full moonlight of Lai Da village will be extinguished by the persons from Quang Nam, blogger Bui Thanh Hieu implied that Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, from Quang Nam, will replace Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong at the upcoming 13th National Congress.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
