The latest move from the political leadership in Ba Đình came when General Secretary and President Tô Lâm signed and issued Regulation No. 207/QĐ-TW, while also personally serving as Head of the Steering Committee for the Revision of the Party Charter.
This is considered an extremely important milestone in the process of reshaping the entire power structure and reorganizing the supreme governing mechanisms of Vietnam’s political system.
In any modern governance system, rules are always established with the aim of controlling and regulating power, with checks and balances designed to eliminate the risk of excessive concentration of power in the hands of a single individual.
For this very reason, the fact that Mr. To Lam, as the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s political system, simultaneously held direct authority to oversee the amendment of the Party Charter has raised significant concerns.
International analysts are paying particular attention to the list of 44 members of this “special” Steering Committee.
Notably, there is the highly unusual absence of the two top figures in the executive and legislative branches: Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
The fact that two of the 19 members of the 14th Politburo—who hold the top positions in the government and the National Assembly—have been excluded from this Steering Committee is viewed as an extremely dangerous and calculated move.
The aim is to eliminate potential disagreements within the upper echelons at an early stage and thereby pave the way for the monopolization of power. However,
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