On the morning of March 6, leaders of the Department of Science and Technology of Quang Tri, including the Director, two Deputy Directors and the Chairman of the Trade Union, visited the Digital Transformation Center to celebrate the 115th anniversary of International Women's Day.
Although the visit schedule has been specifically announced, at 6:35 a.m., when the department leaders were present, this center had only one female employee on duty at the unit.
Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan - Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Quang Tri - has severely criticized the leadership of the Digital Transformation Center, requesting disciplinary and administrative discipline. At the same time, a document was drafted to propose the leaders of Quang Tri province to stop appointing the position of Director of the Digital Transformation Center due to violating regulations on office hours.
On the same day, the leaders of the Digital Transformation Center explained; related people also came to meet Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan directly to apologize, learn from experience and Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan accepted the apology.
Thus, the case of the Director of the Digital Transformation Center in Quang Tri being proposed to stop his appointment for violating working hours caused a stir in public opinion has temporarily had a good and harmonious ending for both sides.
The leaders of the Department of Science and Technology coming to the site to present flowers to the Women of the Digital Transformation Center on March 8 is a commendable act.
But the leaders of the Department of Science and Technology accepting the apology of the Women of the Digital Transformation Center - also in the spirit of March 8 is even more beautiful and precious.
However, the story of proposing to stop appointments in Quang Tri also raises many issues worth discussing in the current administrative environment.
The facility of being lenient in meeting the deadline and working style is no longer suitable for the modern civil service apparatus, which requires productivity, efficiency and a sense of responsibility.
The "isture" of the leaders of the Department of Science and Technology of Quang Tri also sends a clear message, not only for Quang Tri, that being a cadre, civil servant, and public employee today is no longer "easy" as before.
The situation of cadres "stealing umbrellas in the morning, returning umbrellas at night" or working on a job, going through the loudspeaker to wait until the end of the month to receive their salary now has no land to live on.
The story from Quang Tri also warns of a reality that before the information of merging provincial and municipal levels and abandoning district and county-level administrative systems, there was a large number of cadres in localities who were not thinking clearly, working in a state of "slowness", waiting...
Therefore, it is not by chance that on March 6, 2024, Politburo member and Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, when presiding over meetings with Party committees, 4 offices, Party committees, agencies and organizations at the Central level, requested all levels, sectors and localities to raise the number of cadres and civil servants to meet the requirements of the tasks; stabilize the internal organizational apparatus, arrange cadres in agencies and units to ensure stability and uninterrupted operations.
The ultimate goal of streamlining the apparatus is to create space for talented, dedicated, and disciplined people to stay and contribute and serve the people.
But if the person staying still works without complying with the most basic regulations, then "heavy" handling is inevitable.
