The Central Internal Affairs Committee held an online meeting with the Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negativity of provinces and cities and the Internal Affairs Committees of provincial and city Party Committees.

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negativity chaired the conference at the Central Internal Affairs Commission bridge.

Panorama of the conference at the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

343 CASES, 197 CASES OF CORRUPTION AND NEGATIVE ACTIONS UNDER THE MONITORING OF THE PROVINCIAL STEERING COMMITTEE

The conference aims to assess the situation and results of the Party's Internal Affairs sector in the first quarter of 2023 and the activities of the Provincial Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity.

Accordingly, the provincial and municipal Party Committees have seriously grasped and implemented the Central Government's policy on establishing the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negativity.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negativity chaired at the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

In a short time, 63/63 Provincial Steering Committees have been established and put into operation with the prescribed structure and composition; at the same time, they have actively and urgently built and issued working regulations, assigned tasks to members; built and implemented work programs to gradually bring the Steering Committee's activities into order.

The Provincial Steering Committee has directed the implementation of many important tasks on the prevention and fight against corruption and negativity in the locality and achieved some initial positive results. In particular, it has urgently developed processes, regulations, and rules, perfected the organizational apparatus, stabilized operations; brought many cases and incidents under monitoring and direction for focused handling; directed the strengthening of inspection, supervision, and audit work to detect and handle corruption and negativity.

Delegates attending the conference at the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

The conference listened to the leaders of the Central Internal Affairs Commission thoroughly grasp the content and core values ​​of the book "Resolutely and persistently fighting against corruption and negativity to contribute to building our Party and State increasingly clean and strong" by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong - Head of the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity.

Thereby, to strengthen the leadership and direction of the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negativity, of the Central Internal Affairs Committee towards the Party Internal Affairs sector, creating a stronger change in the work of anti-corruption and negativity at the local and grassroots levels in the coming time.

No matter what impure obstacles

Concluding the conference, comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negativity affirmed that the policy of establishing a provincial-level Steering Committee is in line with practical requirements, creating consensus and support from Party committees and authorities at all levels and meeting the expectations and wishes of cadres, party members and people; effectively overcoming the situation of "hot above, cold below".

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negativity delivered the concluding speech at the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

“The recent achievements of the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negativity have been extremely important, demonstrating political determination and sense of responsibility towards the Party, State and People, thereby affirming that the policy of establishing the Provincial Steering Committee is completely correct,” Comrade Phan Dinh Trac emphasized.

On behalf of the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negativity, the Central Internal Affairs Committee, comrade Phan Dinh Trac acknowledged, highly appreciated and commended the results achieved by the Steering Committee and the provincial Internal Affairs Committee in the recent past.

Leaders of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee attended the conference at the Provincial Party Committee's bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Negativity proposed that in the coming time, the Provincial Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Negativity should thoroughly grasp a number of key contents.

The Provincial Steering Committee must truly be a strong, united, highly unified, and closely-knit collective. Each member of the Steering Committee must be exemplary, impartial, and clean, not tempted by any interests, and not afraid of any impure obstacles.

At the same time, it is necessary to promote the profound lessons learned through the 10-year summary of the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity in the period of 2012 - 2022, which is to promote the leading factor of the exemplary, resolute role, and the consistent action of the leader, to create a solid foundation, political guarantee, and create great motivation for the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity. "Effectiveness, resoluteness, or ineffectiveness, resoluteness, first of all, depends on the leader", said comrade Phan Dinh Trac.

Delegates attending at the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, the Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee requested the Provincial Steering Committee to grasp the functions, tasks, responsibilities, powers, working regime, and working relations of Regulation No. 67 of the Secretariat.

In particular, the Provincial Steering Committee has the function of directing, coordinating, urging, inspecting, and supervising the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity in the province and city; not doing it for or encroaching on the tasks of functional agencies.

On the other hand, the Provincial Steering Committee needs to promptly transfer and replace weak links and links, ensuring that the Provincial Steering Committee's apparatus operates smoothly and performs its functions properly; and resolutely implement the General Secretary's direction: "Those who do not do it should step aside and let others do it."

Delegates attended the conference online at the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee bridge. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac also noted some other contents for the Provincial Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity such as: It is necessary to organize work very tightly, work seriously, scientifically, orderly, disciplined, and disciplined; coordinate work smoothly and synchronously; absolutely avoid formalism, irresponsibility, and haphazardness; when launched, it was boisterous but then it became sparse and gradually cooled down.

The Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negativity comprehensively directs the work of anti-corruption in the locality, but to create clear and breakthrough changes with specific and substantial results, it is necessary to choose the focus, key points, concentrate on weak links, difficult tasks, bottlenecks, and pressing issues of concern to local public opinion...