Havana Cuba. — In the atmosphere of democracy and implementation of the Rule of Law that has reigned in the world in recent times, a certain rejection of the existence of rulers who eternalized themselves in power, or who took the maximum responsibilities in their hands, had been observed. respective countries. This took place even in one-party nations like China and Vietnam, where the economic transformations that have taken place there were not accompanied by political changes towards democracy.
In more recent dates, however, a setback can be seen on that path that is directed against the omnipotent power. In Vietnam, for example, tenure in office at the head of the Party and the State had been limited to two five-year terms. All until Nguyen Phu Trong arrived.
Mr. Phu Trong was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 2011, and he still holds that position after 11 years, so he has already exceeded the time that had been foreseen for that responsibility. Furthermore, in 2018 he was elected as president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In this way he is the indisputable strong man of that Indochinese nation as he occupies the leadership of the Party and the State. A duality that no politician had shown in recent times.
The case of Russia, in the person of Vladimir PutinIt’s even more pathetic. The current predator of the Ukrainian territory came to the presidency of his nation in 2000 and remained in that position until 2008, when through a clever maneuver he tried to give the impression that he was giving up the reins of the supreme power of that gigantic country.
Dmitri Medvedev became president that year, but the ambitious Putin managed to stay on as the nation’s prime minister, remaining Russia’s strongman to many. And in 2012, at the end of Medvedev’s term, Putin ascended again, and to this day, to the presidency of the Eurasian nation. Apparently, he has no intention of leaving power.
In China, as in Vietnam, tenure in top Party and state positions had been limited to two five-year terms. This was the case until the leadership of Hu Jintao. By the way, mysteriously removed from the premises where the the current chinese ruling party congress. But, everything would change with the rise of Xi Jinping to these responsibilities.
Mr. Xi became head of the Communist Party of China in 2012, and a year later he was elected president of the People’s Republic of China. In 2017 he was re-elected as head of the Party for a second term. And not content with it, he has just achieved a third term at the head of the Party these days. That is to say, goodbye to the promises to limit the omnipotent powers in the Asian giant.
It is noteworthy that both Phu Trong and Xi Jinping also hold the presidencies of the Military Commissions of their respective Communist Parties. Something similar happens with Putin, who officiates as Russia’s supreme military chief.
These are countries, especially China and Russia, engaged in a kind of cold war against the West in pursuit of global supremacy. In both cases, there is a feeling that a strong power, based on the leadership of a single person, would be the most effective way to achieve this goal.
Of course, the warmest congratulations to Xi Jinping from Nicolás Maduro, Kim Jon Un and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez could not be missing. Although, in truth, these three characters do not have to shed any mask for their dictatorial airs to surface.
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