The State, civil society and ethnic minority - Lecture 2

The State, Civil Society and Ethnic minority - Lecture 2. This chapter presents the following content: Communist party of Vietnam (CPV) and the State, knowledge is from community, people monitoring the impacts. | Lecture 2 The State, Civil Society and Ethnic minority Lam Thi Thu Suu Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the State Comprehensive leadership The political oppositions are not accepted by CPV. CPV has 3,5 million members. CPV leads the country by its policies, and nominating its members to the leading positions Who are the CPV members and where are they? Legislative body: National Assembly N. A is recognized by the Constitution of Vietnam as the “highest organ of state power” and the “highest-level representative body of the people”. function + draw up, adopt and amend the constitution + make and amend laws, + to legislate state plans & budgets. NA appoints the President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of Supreme People’s Court & Supreme People’s Procuracy. in fact exists as a legislative arm of CPV. It converts Political Bureau resolutions into laws and decrees and mobilizes popular support for them. 90% of its 493 re in | Lecture 2 The State, Civil Society and Ethnic minority Lam Thi Thu Suu Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the State Comprehensive leadership The political oppositions are not accepted by CPV. CPV has 3,5 million members. CPV leads the country by its policies, and nominating its members to the leading positions Who are the CPV members and where are they? Legislative body: National Assembly N. A is recognized by the Constitution of Vietnam as the “highest organ of state power” and the “highest-level representative body of the people”. function + draw up, adopt and amend the constitution + make and amend laws, + to legislate state plans & budgets. NA appoints the President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of Supreme People’s Court & Supreme People’s Procuracy. in fact exists as a legislative arm of CPV. It converts Political Bureau resolutions into laws and decrees and mobilizes popular support for them. 90% of its 493 re in are CPV members. Structure: Standing Committee, & other committees. Executive body: Government Government is the executive organ of the . It carries out the political, economic, cultural, social , national defense, security mandates. Gov leaders are elected by and headed by Prime Minister. Government is accountable to the NA and makes its reports to the NA Discussion Leadership and Decision Position, power and relation Local government Centralized democracy Any problem with state structure? What is Civil Society Organisations (CSO) ? Mass organization - Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) defined as “part of the political system in Vietnam”. They include: - Vietnam Fatherland Front - Labor Union - Women’s Union - Farmers Association - Veteran Association - Communist Youth League These organizations are organized by CPV, aims at mobilizing the people to implement the CPV policies, and therefore they may not very well represent the mass’s interests. Career association – Shared interest