Latest regulations on candidacy and procedures for candidacy within the Party in Vietnam

Latest regulations on candidacy and procedures for candidacy within the Party in Vietnam (Image from the internet)

On October 10, 2024, the Central Executive Committee of Vietnam issued Decision 190-QD/TW on the Election Regulations in the Party, including the latest regulations on the process of electing the Secretariat of Vietnam, which will be applied from October 10, 2024.

Latest regulations on candidacy and procedures for candidacy within the Party in Vietnam

(1) Candidacy is applied in the following cases;

- Official Party members run for election at the Party congress of which they are members. Official delegates of the congress run for election at the congress of delegates.

- Official Party members who are not congress delegates apply for election at the congress of grassroots party organizations or apply for election to the Party Committee of the congress of delegates from the district level and above.

- Executive Committee members run for election to the Standing Committee; Standing Committee members run for election as Secretary or Deputy Secretary; in cases where the Party Committee only elects the Secretary or Deputy Secretary and does not elect the Standing Committee, Party Committee members have the right to run for election as Secretary or Deputy Secretary (except for the cases specified in Article 11 of this Regulation). In cases where the Party cell congress does not elect the Party cell, official Party members have the right to run for election as Secretary or Deputy Secretary.

- Members of the Party Central Committee run for election to the Politburo or Secretariat; Politburo members run for election as General Secretary (except for the cases specified in Article 11 of this Regulation).

- Party Committee members run for election to the Inspection Committee, Standing Committee members run for election as Chairman of the Inspection Committee of their Party Committee (except for the cases specified in Article 11 of this Regulation).

- Inspection Committee members run for election as Deputy Chairman of the Inspection Committee.

(2) Nomination procedures:

- Official party members at the congress run directly at the congress or submit an application to the congress presidium. At the grassroots congress, official party members who are not congress delegates, if running for election, must submit an application to the grassroots party committee.

- Official delegates at the congress run directly at the congress or submit an application to the congress presidium.

- Party committee members run directly at the conference of the party committee to be elected to the standing committee (Politic Bureau, Secretariat), and to the inspection committee.

- Inspection committee members run directly at the conference of the inspection committee to be elected as deputy head of the inspection committee.

- Party members who are not congress delegates, if running for election to the district-level party committee and above, must complete their candidacy dossiers and submit them to the organizing agency of the party committee convening the congress at least 15 working days before the opening date of the congress. The application dossier includes:

+ Application form.

+ Personal history certified by the grassroots Party Committee.

+ Declaration of assets and income of the individual and family according to regulations.

+ Health certificate.

+ Comments from the grassroots Party Committee where the candidate lives, works and resides according to regulations.

+ Conclusion of political standards by the competent Party Committee according to regulations.

+ Copies of diplomas and certificates on professional qualifications, expertise, and political theory (certified by the agency, unit managing cadres or by the competent authority).

The grassroots Party Committee where the Party member lives and where the Party member resides is responsible for confirming and commenting on the candidate. Issues that need to be examined and verified, if beyond the authority, are requested to be directly considered and decided by the superior Party Committee.

The organizing agency of the Party Committee convening the congress is responsible for coordinating with relevant agencies to check the validity of the dossier and qualifications of the candidates.

(Article 9 of the Regulations issued together with Decision 190-QD/TW in 2024)

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