Phạm Đoan Trang
Cập nhật lần cuối 18/04/2016
TÀI LIỆU / DOCUMENT
Unfair Elections in
Vietnam
How the Communist Party manipulates the Process
Phạm Đoan Trang
This
report provides an insight into the 2016 legislative elections in Vietnam, with
an analysis of the political system and electoral process and how they are used
to restrict the citizens’ right to participation.
It also gives factual accounts of harassment and rights violations against the
independent candidates who, for the first time in the country’s history,
courageously speak out against the repressive system by employing social media
and standing for an election in which they see no chance to win.
Restriction of freedoms of movement, expression and assembly, intimidation and
harassment by the police, defamation by the propagandists and the biased media
are some among many forms of rights violation. Besides, the independent
candidates are subjected to public haranguing in “meetings with constituents”
which appear to be a procedure unique to China and Vietnam.
The analysis and accounts highlight the conclusion that the legislative
elections in Vietnam are not free and fair under the rule of the Vietnamese
Communist Party. Steps should be taken to bring about a legal and political
reform in the country to ensure promote human rights, of which the rights to
participation are crucial.
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