Following part 1, we talked about Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam’s relentless ambitions for a long time. He revealed intentions that are difficult to justify, making forces and individuals in the Party, especially General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, unhappy.
But after the previous “gold-plated beef” scandal, Mr. To Lam should have been vigilant and learned from experience to avoid revealing weaknesses. But with his “arrogance” and high confidence, recently, the Minister of Public Security has made many wrong decisions, which are considered serious. Specifically:
– Firstly: Recently, public opinion in Vietnam has been extremely upset about the Ministry of Public Security’s practice of constantly changing citizens’ identification documents. Over the past 10 years, the government has forced people to make new forms of identification.
Not only public opinion, but also the state-run press and media are equally frustrated. Tien Phong Newspaper on October 22, asked the question, “What benefits does changing the name Citizen ID to ID bring to the people?” According to Tien Phong newspaper, public opinion finds that the argument given by the Ministry of Public Security is not convincing.
It is known that to date, the Ministry of Public Security has issued nearly 80 million “Citizen ID” cards with chips to people. Does that have anything to do with the information given by Facebooker Hanh Nhan, which is being widely spread on social networks:
“A source said that the party making the software and providing plastic blanks is the nephew of the head of the Ministry of Public Security. In recent years, people’s taxes have poured in VND3 trillion every year. This is also partly because the head of the Communist Party needed a guillotine to accept so much power. Until now, the party chief only hopes that the next person can stop this power abuse.”
– Second: The Ministry of Public Security does not just manage identification numbers for all citizens but wants identification numbers for cars. Recently, the Ministry of Public Security had the “ambition” to identify house numbers, which public opinion said meant that To Lam wanted to manage the housing and real estate sector as well.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Vinh, Director of the National Population Data Center, said that identifying house numbers will identify real estate, thereby identifying the owner of that real estate. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Vinh said that each apartment building has thousands of households. If only the address of the apartment building is recorded, it is only general data, without information on each specific household residing inside.
Most public opinion disagrees, with some saying that it is the ambition of Minister To Lam and the Ministry of Public Security to take full control of society to manage the entire state.
Professor Dang Hung Vo assessed that it was an abuse of power, “Because property is private. Even the Land Law does not require disclosure.”
Does this have anything to do with the speculations of knowledgeable people on social networks, saying that, in the past, the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, wanted to use To Lam as a “slash machine” so he accepted and gave To Lam a lot of power.
But now, General Secretary Trong has realized that Minister of Public Security To Lam is quietly carrying out a “gunless coup” with the goal of eliminating and eventually depriving General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of his position.
Therefore, Trong was forced to find every way and at all costs to prevent Minister of Public Security To Lam’s ambition to expand unlimited power. That is, do not allow To Lam to become the most powerful person in the Party, replacing General Secretary Trong.
Lessons learned during more than 12 years in power of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, that everyone knows, all ambitious figures who want to become his party’s chief will receive bad consequences.
Dinh The Huynh, who was a close disciple of Trong, because his intention to take Mr. Trong’s place was revealed, immediately disappeared mysteriously. Or recently, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, because he did not hide his ambition to take party chief position, was also forced to retire. That’s not to mention former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who, after the “turbulence” of the 12th Congress, is still “sober and happy.”
Let’s wait and see the huge, inevitable changes in the near future.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
