The Washington Post: In Vietnam, journalist hits limits of government’s willingness to debate new constitution
By Associated Press,
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s government has asked its
citizens to debate planned revisions to the country’s constitution. But
when journalist Nguyen Dac Kien weighed in on his blog, he quickly
discovered the limits of its willingness for discussion. His state-run
paper fired him the next day.
Kien had taken issue with a statement by the Communist Party chief in
which he said discussions over the revisions should not include
questions over the role of the party.
