August 4th, 2007

Her Excellency Zoe Lofgren

Congresswoman

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington  DC

Re:  Protesters throughout Vietnam soon.

Dear Congresswoman Lofgren,

We have been highly impressed and profoundly appreciated your prompt generous and humanitarian assistance to our unfortunate repressed Vietnamese inside and outside Vietnam for many years. The protesters in Vietnam include millions of oppressed people who have been confiscated (simply robbed off) their legitimate personal properties including their land, houses, religious and constitutional rights.

We expect there will be many additional protests in very near future throughout Vietnam . Please be informed that the so-called Vietnamese government has never been freely elected by Vietnamese People. All three government branches of Legislative, Executive and Judiciary have been strictly held by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). The CPV cannot keep lying to the international communities about its political legitimacy and shameful cover-up of systematic corruptions from all levels of government. Millions of repressed citizens who had desperately filed complaints to different levels of Vietnamese government for over 62 years have never been granted government's considerations, fair solutions and monetary compensations.

We have been extremely outraged that the current totalitarian regime in Vietnam keeps fooling the governments around the world including super power American government and People that it is the legitimate government which represents 84.5 million citizens in Vietnam . In reality, the CPV only represents its 2.5 million members and their associated people such as their family members, friends and their corrupted business associated people.

It is so tragic that they used over 1,500 police and chest/ body-tattooed street gangsters to disperse, arrest and badly physically hurt our homeless and hungry 1,700 protesters in Saigon .  They will continue using police, armed forces and body-tattooed street gangsters to disperse future protests as they had smothered Father Nguyen Van Ly�s mouth on March 30, 07 in a hasty trial which lasted only a few hours and finally gave out an extremely harsh sentence of 8 years of imprisonment and 5 years of home confinement to him. Other 4 religious/ political dissidents Nguyen Thanh Phong, Nguyen Binh Thanh, Tran Thi Le Hang and Le Thi Anh Dao also have been given heavy jail terms.

As your constituents we absolutely trust you, one of the most competent and powerful political leaders, to help out millions of unfortunate people in Vietnam who have been under severe persecution for over 62 years. May God bless you and your loved ones. 

Respectfully yours,

Vincent Viet Si

Catholic Diocese of San Jose

Spokesman

International Movement for Democracy and Human Rights in Vietnam

San Jose, California

Email: Vietsi2002@yahoo.com

Cc: Respected political leaders, journalists and communication media around the world

       His Holiness Benedict XVI, Vatican

 
Excerpt of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam unanimously approved by the 8th National Assembly on April 15^th, 1992 at 11:45AM.

CHAPTER FIVE 

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS.

Article 50
In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam human rights in the political, civic, economic, cultural and social fields are respected. They are embodied in the citizen's rights and are determined by the Constitution and the law.

Article 51
The State guarantees the rights of the citizen; the citizen must fulfill his duties to the State and society .

Article 53
The citizen has the right to participate in the administration of the State and management of society, the discussion of problems of the country and the region; he can send petitions to State organs and vote in referendums organized by the State.

Article 58
The citizen enjoys the right of ownership with regard to his lawful income, savings, housing, chattel, means of production funds and other possessions in enterprises or other economic organizations; with regard to land entrusted by the State for use, the matter is regulated by the provisions of Articles 17 and 18.

Article 69
The citizen shall enjoy freedom of opinion and speech, freedom of the press, the right to be informed, and the right to assemble, form associations and hold demonstrations in accordance with the provisions of the law.

 Article 70
The citizen shall enjoy freedom of belief and of religion; he can follow any religion or follow none. All religions are equal before the law.

Article 71
The citizen shall enjoy inviolability of the person and the protection of the law with regard to his life, health, honor and dignity. No one can be arrested in the absence of a ruling by the People's Court, a ruling or sanction of the People's Office of Supervision and Control except in case of flagrant offences. Taking a person into, or holding him in, custody must be done with full observance of the law. It is strictly forbidden to use all forms of harassment and coercion, torture, violation of his honor and dignity, against a citizen.