The Secretary and Chairman of the commune was dismissed and expelled from the Party for selling land without authority.

On the morning of February 9, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Ha - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee said that Yen Thanh District has issued a disciplinary decision in the form of expulsion from the Party and removal from the position of Party Secretary and Chairman of Phuc Thanh Commune People's Committee for Mr. Dinh Van Duong.

At the same time, Mr. Nguyen Van Quyet - Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, former Finance - Accounting officer of Phuc Thanh Commune was also disciplined by being expelled from the Party and dismissed from office.

Phuc Thanh Commune People's Committee - where a series of violations in land management have occurred over the years. Photo: Pham Bang

“After the inspection conclusion, realizing that the matter was complicated, Yen Thanh district transferred the file to the District Police Investigation Agency to clarify the criminal signs and is waiting for the conclusion of the investigation agency. However, due to urgent requirements regarding personnel work, although there is no conclusion from the investigation agency, the district found it necessary to perfect a number of positions, so the above disciplinary decisions were issued,” said Mr. Ha.

According to Mr. Ha, it is expected that two more cases, Mr. Tong Huu Tinh and Nguyen Van Trung - civil servants of the Land Administration - Construction Department of Phuc Thanh commune will be dismissed. In addition, the collective of district-level departments and offices related to these violations will also be handled appropriately. However, this work is awaiting the conclusion of the investigation agency.

As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, from 2012 to 2016, the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh Commune did not organize the consideration of land allocation to households and individuals according to regulations to submit to the District People's Committee for approval. On the contrary, the People's Committee of the Commune arbitrarily allocated land without authority to 284 cases, with an area of ​​nearly 89,000 m2, with a sum of more than 22 billion VND and currently there have been 116 cases of construction on the allocated land.

In 284 cases where the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune allocated land without proper authority during the period of 2012 - 2016, the People's Committee of the commune allocated land without proper authority and collected money into the commune budget in 181 cases, with a total area of ​​more than 57,000 m2, collecting more than 14.8 billion VND.

A plot of land was sold without authority by the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune. Photo: D.T.

In addition, Phuc Thanh commune approved the policy and allocated land for the hamlet to collect money without paying into the commune budget for 87 cases, with an area of ​​over 25,000 m2, with an amount of over 7.1 billion VND. In addition, Phuc Thanh commune People's Committee established a compensation file for land clearance and land exchange with compensation for land use rights value without permission from competent authorities for 6 cases, with an area of ​​over 2,000 m2.

The People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune also proposed a policy of exchanging land (exchanging without collecting money) for 10 cases with an area of ​​over 3,000 m2 to build roads, cultural houses, pagodas, temples, and schools.

Not only did Phuc Thanh commune allocate land without authority, it also created records and arbitrarily allocated land to many households to carry out projects that were not in accordance with the new rural planning approved by Yen Thanh district People's Committee.

Through the inspection results, Yen Thanh District People's Committee concluded that the allocation of residential land without proper authority and the exchange of land for rural traffic construction were discussed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee for the 2010-2015 term, as shown in the minutes of the Standing Committee meeting on April 20, 2012 with the content: Consideration of selling land after planning surplus land "sold without going through the District People's Committee" and the meeting on August 21, 2013, including the content: Land exchange work in hamlet 12A, hamlet 8 to build a cultural house.

Yen Thanh: Bypassing the district, the commune illegally sold more than 280 plots of land.

(Baonghean) - Without the consent of Yen Thanh district, the government of Phuc Thanh commune still arbitrarily sold 284 plots of land, with an area of ​​nearly 89,000 m2, for more than 22 billion VND. The commune also proposed a policy for the hamlet to exchange land without collecting money, without paying into the commune budget, showing signs of "covering up" the people's violations.

The commune's residential land review board also held a meeting to review residential land with the participation of the commune Party Committee Secretary, the Vice Chairman of the commune People's Council and the commune-level sectors and organizations. However, it did not advise the commune People's Committee to prepare a dossier to submit to the competent authority for land allocation according to regulations, but allowed the commune People's Committee to coordinate with the hamlet executive committees to plan the sale of land to households contrary to the provisions of the 2013 Land Law.

Also in 5 years (2012 - 2016), the annual budget settlement work in Phuc Thanh commune was inspected by the district's Finance - Planning Department, but only in 2015 and 2016 were there inspection reports. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, there were no inspection reports but no remedial or rectification measures.

Receipt of land sale money issued by the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune. Photo: D.T.

Regarding individuals, the inspection team also proposed to review the responsibilities of 9 individuals belonging to the Party Committee and People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune and the secretaries and hamlet chiefs of 20 hamlets of Phuc Thanh commune during the period 2012 - 2016.