6 agencies supervised Mr. Truyen but still escaped

Mr. Tran Van Truyen used to hold powerful positions: Secretary of Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee, and Government Inspector General. Taking advantage of his power, Mr. Truyen sought personal gain. During that time, Mr. Truyen was under the supervision of 6 agencies of the Party, the Government and the National Assembly, but his violations were only discovered by the people and the press. The case of Mr. Truyen shows the loopholes in the supervision of high-ranking officials with power.

The public office building at 61 Tran Quang Dieu, Dong Da district (Hanoi) - where apartment 607, B1 is located, which Mr. Truyen just returned in May 2014 (3 years after his retirement). Photo: HAI NGUYEN

Need for a review of assets of powerful officials

We must examine and supervise party members, especially senior party members, at all times and in all places, to avoid the situation where violations occur long before they are discovered. Next, we must regularly inspect and supervise retired party members, not just because they are retired that they are no longer supervised.

How many people are like Mr. Truyen?

Through the case of Mr. Tran Van Truyen, we can see that the Standing Committee of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee and Ho Chi Minh City are responsible, specifically the disease of "give and take" favoritism, creating a land of corruption for those in power. We can see many lessons from this, such as the lesson on supervising cadres, the lesson on subordinates being considerate of superiors, the lesson that asset declaration is still too formal and ineffective. We need to do something so that the supervision must detect violations as soon as they start, not letting them get to a serious level before they are discovered, damaging the prestige of the party and causing people to lose faith in the party.

Losing trust means losing everything - Mr. Vu Quoc Hung shared. "Someone patted me on the shoulder and said Mr. Truyen is nothing, many National Assembly delegates also said they are worried about how many people like Mr. Truyen are left. In my opinion, we need to check the assets of high-ranking officials with power" - Mr. Hung frankly said.

Mr. Le Van Cuong - former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Thanh Hoa Province, 12th term - said that why did so many relevant agencies violate like that? For example, the Standing Committee of Ben Tre Province, the People's Committee of Ben Tre Province, and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, through the announcement, all violated. Thereby, creating big problems for public opinion about the working methods of state agencies and important agencies such as the People's Committee of the Province and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, violating and handling like that. For high-ranking officials who were exposed like that, how many people have not been exposed?

"If you steal a lot, you will be prosecuted"

Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Thuoc, former member of the Party Central Committee and former Commander of Military Region 4, said that if too much state property is stolen, criminal prosecution must be considered. Mr. Thuoc said that during the resistance war against France, Uncle Ho had to stay up for two nights to execute Colonel Tran Du Chau for "stealing" two tons of rice.

It was Uncle Ho's strict handling that brought success to the resistance. My point of view is that it must be strictly handled, especially Mr. Truyen, the leader of the Government Inspectorate, maintaining the discipline of the country but still violating is unacceptable. According to the spirit of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee, the higher the level of officials who violate, the more severe the punishment must be to set an example.

Through the case of Mr. Tran Van Truyen, it is proposed to handle the responsibility of the Standing Committee of Ben Tre province and the Standing Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. However, the agencies related to this issue must all be responsible, the superior management agencies of the Party and the Government must also clearly review to make the agencies cleaner, with fewer people "stealing" from the state.

Regarding this, Mr. Vu Quoc Hung said: This is only the conclusion of the Central Inspection Committee. How to handle it depends on the order and procedures of the Party and the State. The handling must be strict, with the right person, the right violation, and must be done to the end, to create trust for the people, and also remind anyone who has committed a violation to promptly correct it.

To make the asset declaration tool effective

Mr. Vu Quoc Hung said that Mr. Truyen is the Government Inspector General, a member of the Government, so the Government is responsible for supervising Mr. Truyen. In terms of the Party, Mr. Truyen is under the management of the Secretariat, so he is managed by the Central Inspection Committee. So when the Committee has a conclusion, it will request the Party Executive Committee of the Government to give its opinion. Now that Mr. Truyen has retired, it will be assigned to the locality, the Standing Committee of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee will do it. Not to mention, Mr. Truyen was appointed by the National Assembly, so the National Assembly must supervise. From the case of Mr. Truyen, the problem of ineffective supervision of high-ranking officials with power has arisen.

Mr. Truyen personally has many monitoring agencies, specifically including: Central Inspection Committee; Central Organization Committee; National Assembly; Government; Party cell - Party committee of the Government Inspectorate; Party Executive Committee of the Government Inspectorate. Although 6 agencies monitored Mr. Truyen, they still did not discover his violations, the case was exposed by the press and the people. This is a big loophole in the issue of monitoring high-ranking officials with power. Besides, the problem here is that the role of the Party cell in monitoring Party members is still too vague.

Mr. Pham Truong Dan - National Assembly Representative of Quang Nam - said: In my opinion, asset declaration must be done while the cadre is in office. After retirement, it is still monitored. When retired, one must be responsible for declaring assets to the Party organization in the locality where one is active. Party members must declare assets. Party members who are active in the grassroots Party cell, it is normal to declare assets. When there is negative public opinion about the large amount of assets of cadres, superiors have the right to inspect.

Mr. Vu Quoc Hung: "I admit my mistake in introducing Mr. Truyen"

When I was the Standing Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Commission (CCIC), I was responsible for, together with the CCIC, proposing and introducing personnel for the leadership of the CCIC, which took place after the 9th National Party Congress.

After that, my colleagues introduced me to Mr. Tran Van Truyen, who was then a member of the 9th Party Central Committee, and had just been elected as Secretary of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee. He was young and I saw that he had the ability to be a cadre of the Central Inspection Commission. I should have considered and checked Mr. Truyen to let him join this "Bao Cong" team, but I was gullible in the two previous rounds of checks. The first round - the selection round in the province to become Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the second round - the Central Committee's check-up round to become a member of the Central Party Committee. And Mr. Truyen also had achievements in combat, during the anti-American resistance war. Those were the factors that allowed me to recommend Mr. Truyen to the Secretariat to be elected as Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Commission.

12 public houses were confiscated, including one belonging to Mr. Truyen.

On November 23, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam said that despite the Ministry of Construction's urgent dispatch requesting the repossession of 20 Hoang Cau public houses (Dong Da, Hanoi) due to misuse, out of a total of 80 houses assigned to manage (among which, there are still houses whose residents still meet the standards for use), only 12 houses have been repossessive so far (from people who no longer meet the standards and are forced to return the houses, including 1 house returned by Mr. Tran Van Truyen in May 2014). According to Mr. Nam, the weakness of public houses in the past time was management and implementation, not weakness in terms of laws and mechanisms...

Mr. Kim Quoc Hoa - Editor-in-Chief of the Elderly Newspaper: Mr. Truyen's other violations need to be clarified.

Public opinion believes that there are other violations of Mr. Truyen that the press and people have discovered recently regarding the appointment of officials that need to be further clarified by the authorities. Accordingly, Mr. Truyen signed the appointment of 69 positions, many of which were not in the planning; did not meet the standards... According to Article 15, Decree 178/2007, the number of deputy heads of organizations under the ministry is not more than 3 people. However, Mr. Truyen appointed a series of department heads, deputy department heads and equivalent positions, many departments and offices of the Government Inspectorate have more leaders in these positions than prescribed.

According to Laodong