Posted 14 November 2012, 22:08 AEST
Vietnam’s embattled Prime Minister on Wednesday faced an unprecedented call in the communist-dominated parliament to step down over mistakes in his stewardship of the troubled economy.
It is believed to be the first time ever that a Vietnamese prime minister has been publicly urged to resign by a member of the one-party state’s 500-strong National Assembly.
“It’s time to take real responsibility not just apologise,” lawmaker Duong Trung Quoc said as Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, looked on calmly.
Mr Quoc, an outspoken historian and one of the less than 10 percent of lawmakers who do not belong to the Communist Party, urged Mr Dung to “start the government’s progress towards a resignation culture”.
“The people are asking why it seems the prime minister does not value his responsibilities to the people as highly as he does those to the party,” he said.
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One response to “Vietnam’s Prime Minister urged to resign”
Business as usual, the answer is to get a big broom and sweep very slowly.