(VOVworld)- Vietnam needs constructive and quality comments on revisions to the 1992 Constitution to ensure that it meets people’s aspirations and the demands of international integration. However, at a time when many are enthusiastically commenting on constitutional amendments, some disgruntled people have used false names to create a so-called “Petition Constitutional revisions” on their personal internet blogs. The petition attempts to press the Party and State demanding a multi-party regime and a non-politicized army. VOV reporter Thai Binh provides some commentary on the issue.

Bishop Pham Nguyen Hong of the Catholic Diocese of Thai Binh city is among more than 100 people in Thai Binh making the petition on Constitutional Revisions, according to certain reactionary websites and blogs. The petition demands eliminating the Party’s leadership role, building a multi-party regime, and dividing power into three branches. However, there’s no Bishop named Hong in the Catholic Diocese of Thai Binh, says Bishop Nguyen Phuc Hanh, head of the Diocese. “In our diocese, there is no bishop named Pham Nguyen Hong. Sometimes we dignitaries of the church, talk with each other, but we don’t have time for chatting”, said Hanh.

Bishop Nguyen Van Thoan, President of the Diocesan Council of the Thai Binh Catholic Church talks about the false name Pham Nguyen Hong: “At this Catholic Church, certain local people have headed the church in certain periods. Priest Ma Trach Huynh headed the Church in 1975, Priest Nguyen Van Dao in 1978, Priest Tran Nguyen Chieu in 1980 and Priest Nguyen Phuc Hanh since 1992. There’s no Bishop named Pham Nguyen Hong”.

The use of 100 false names without addresses among 1 million people in Thai Binh province with a population of 1 million to contribute opinions on the constitutional amendments is unusual. Similarly, nearly 1,300 people in Ha Tinh province are listed in the Petition on Constitution revisions, 70% of them are farmers, who have no easy access to the internet. Tu Van Thien, President of Ha Tinh’s Fatherland Front, says that the use of false names on the internet suggesting that a majority of people in Ha Tinh signed the collective petition harms local people’s interests. He described it as a bad political attempt to sabotage Party guidelines and State laws and policies.

In response to the 11^th Party Central Committee’s directive and the 13^th National Assembly’s resolution, localities have finished collecting opinions on the revised 1992 Constitution. In Ho Chi Minh City, nearly 6 million out of 10 million people in the city contributed opinions. The same figure is reported in Hanoi. Many comments stressed the importance of the Party’s leadership, the State’s power, human rights and citizens’ obligations. They either signed or did not sign their names on the comment papers. The initial comments show that what the websites are intentionally fabricating that this group or that individual involved is a distortion. Major Colonel Mai Quang Phan, a member of the Central Theoretical Council, says it’s important to collect the opinions of nearly 90 million people, not dozens or hundreds of people with unclear names or addresses. “The voice of the 87 million people is more important than the petition of a few. What we have to do is prove the objectivity, the historical and scientific significance of the Constitution to see what we need to add, what we need to change”, said Mr. Phan.

In the last three months of collecting opinions, the Vietnam Fatherland Front has organized 7 major conferences with scholars, intellectuals, village chiefs, religious dignitaries, and overseas Vietnamese. The conferences were held in a democratic, open and constructive atmosphere.