Vietnam has unanimously elected Communist Party leader To Lam as president, consolidating his control over both party and state.

Vietnam unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam as president for a five-year term, consolidating his control over both the party and the state.

The move departs from Vietnam’s tradition of shared leadership, in which the jobs have typically been held by different people, and echoes power structures in China under Xi Jinping and neighboring Laos.

It has been widely expected since Lam’s reelection as Communist Party head in January, when observers noted that his consolidation of party authority positioned him to assume the presidency as well.

  • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.todayEnglish
    58·
    11 days ago

    Literally every single thing you’ve said here was wrong.

    The majority of Party arrests in the last 5 years have been Xi’s appointees and supporters. (which isn’t surprising given he’s had majority support)

    Also no, they don’t ‘reclassify’ anyone. They do not magically give people millions of dollars just to execute them, do you actually hear yourself when you have these thoughts or are you just a complete blank inside?

    I still see ZERO SOURCES supporting your beliefs, and they are BELIEFS, by the way. Come on, just one single non-NED backed source and I’ll admit I’m wrong. Just one. One single one.

      • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.todayEnglish
        45·
        11 days ago

        You are the one making outrageous claims, ones that are not reflected in a single legitimate source not funded by the NED.

            • athatet@lemmy.zipEnglish
              11·
              11 days ago

              No bud. YOU read the usernames. I’m not the person who posted any of that up there. I’m a new guy who is trying to troll you but you’re making it very difficult by being obtuse.

    • stickly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 days ago

      The majority of Party arrests in the last 5 years

      Lmfao OK so this is eating shit straight from the horse’s ass. They feed you this sound bite but then say the number of arrests and executions is a state secret. They’re talking out of both sides of their mouth and you just shut your eyes to the dissonance.

      Everything is working perfectly as expected and above board, except for when it isn’t. But even when it isn’t it actually is, source: trust me bro

      “Give me one source that I won’t arbitrarily subject to a genetic fallacy. Just one single one.”