The position of Director of the Department of Economic Intelligence, Science, Technology and Environment (B05) under the Ministry of Public Security has been vacant for a long time, but Minister. To Lam has not promoted someone to take this post. The reason is because that the capable officers in this department, all of them are from the fraction of incumbent Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. If this department is led by people of the PM, it will threaten the minister’s political life.
In the Ministry of Public Security, there are many factions, but not as united as it seems. The strongest faction today, of course, is the Hung Yen faction, in which, there are three famous names Minister To Lam, Deputy Minister Luong Tam Quang and Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Ngoc. The second strongest faction is considered the Ninh Binh, which is led by the Permanent Deputy Minister of Public Security, Tran Quoc To. And the third group is PM Chinh’s stash group, mainly in the Department of Economic Intelligence, Science, Technology and Environment, and in the General Department of Logistics and Engineering.
The Ninh Binh forces are a direct threat to To Lam’s Hung Yen group, but it’s actually not as serious as PM Chinh’s group in the ministry. That’s why To Lam tried to stop this group of police officers loyal to the PM, not giving them the way to rise. One of the characters that most attracted To Lam’s attention was Trinh Manh Linh, former deputy director of B05. If it wasn’t for To Lam’s resistance, he would have held the position of director for a long time.
People who are locked “in the enemy’s heart,” once discovered by the enemy, it is best to withdraw because sitting there does not do any good. If Trinh Manh Linh sits for a long time at the Ministry of Public Security, it will heal more or less, so it is best for him and the PM’s fraction to leave the ministry. That is the reason that PM Chinh decided to take him to his Government, to facilitate his assistance.
In order to bring his juniors closer to him, PM Chinh asked Minister cum Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son to sign the decision to receive Trinh Manh Linh, Deputy Director of B05 and appointed to assist him. Recently, on August 15, Trinh Manh Linh was appointed Assistant to PM Chinh, according to a decision signed by Deputy PM Le Minh Khai.
Trinh Manh Linh left the Ministry of Public Security with many secrets in the industry, telling the Prime Minister, and more importantly, plotting for the Prime Minister about the path of the next move. There is information to tell us that, because Trinh Manh Linh was previously under To Lam’s clutches, he did not dare to open his lips, but since 2 years now, he has helped the Prime Minister make many chess moves, making it difficult for the duo General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Minister To Lam to attack the PM. Trinh Manh Linh was promoted to the position of Assistant to the Prime Minister, an important step to help the Prime Minister strengthen his fraction more firmly, and also make Trinh Manh Linh more secure.
Currently, the party is entering the second half of the 13th term. Although he has just entered the second half of his term, General Secretary Trong has already set out on the battlefield to fight for the key positions in the next term. Let his people occupy favorable positiond first, and then the higher ranking officials to take the important positions. PM Chinh also had to worry about drawing his own people closer to him to facilitate the introduction to better positions. And To Lam is also targeting Chinh’s people.
The above game of chess players on a political chessboard, they are no stranger to each other’s intentions. They fight fiercely, but rarely dared to fight directly, but hit the flanks to gradually destroy them. The game is still long, there will be many good dramas to watch in the near future.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
