Many trials have to seek advice of the party organizations.
Elections of the National Assembly and local people's councils must seek party approval. The Fatherland Front, which is under ultimate leadership of the party, nominates people for the top government leaders. The letter, faxed anonymously Saturday to The Associated Press, said one eye- catching trend is that many party and government officials have big houses, cars and luxurious lifestyles while many people live in poverty in one of the world's poorest countries. It means we have to shoulder the common task of the people, not to dominate people like under the French and Japanese rulers. The Communist Party has seemed recently to show growing intolerance of increasingly open dissent.