Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac: Resolutely handle corruption cases

On the afternoon of October 9, the delegation of the Provincial National Assembly included Mr. Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee; Moong Van Tinh - official of Que Phong District Youth Union and Ms.Nguyen Thi Thao - Doctor, Nghe An Northwest General Hospitalhad a meeting with voters at the commune cluster of Chau Phong, Chau Hoan, Dien Lam, Quy Chau district.

Quy Chau voters frankly reported issues of concern to National Assembly deputies. Photo: My Nga

At the conference, the voters' suggestions were recorded, including increasing allowances for village and hamlet officials; reclaiming production land from the protective forest management board to allocate land to people for production; bringing electricity to remote villages; building and upgrading transport infrastructure; and repairing degraded houses for people with meritorious services.

Regarding the construction of new rural areas, voters expressed many difficulties in completing 19 criteria, especially the criteria on infrastructure construction, due to the rugged mountainous geography. Voters suggested that the Government should have preferential policies on capital, support, and accompany people in mountainous districts in building new rural areas.

Voters of Dien Lam commune expressed their joy and confidence in the results of anti-corruption efforts in the spirit of "no forbidden zones" of the Party in recent times.

Voters requested the Party and State to lead and direct the fight simultaneously, from the central to local levels, to prevent bureaucracy, as well as to build a strict anti-corruption law; at the same time, propose solutions to recover assets after inspection.

Voters are concerned that after the merger of communes, as planned, Chau Hoan and Dien Lam communes, Quy Chau district will encounter many difficulties in state management and economic development, due to low education levels and limited infrastructure.

Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac directly explained some opinions of voters. Photo: My Nga

At the conference, on behalf of the National Assembly delegation, Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac acknowledged and explained a number of issues of concern to voters.

Regarding the land recovery of the protective forest management board, the Party Central Committee Secretary said that this is a legitimate aspiration of voters, because people in mountainous areas mainly depend on forests for their livelihood. Recently, the Party and State have had a policy to adjust 3 types of forests including: special-use forests, protective forests, and economic forests.

Therefore, the Party Central Committee Secretary suggested that the district soon closely review and classify forests to soon allocate land for production to people; at the same time, review the land of ineffective forestry farms and many fallow lands.

On this occasion, the National Assembly delegation presented gifts to 20 policy households and poor households. Photo: My Nga

Explaining voters' concerns about asset recovery after inspections and audits, the Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission said that the rate of asset recovery from economic and corruption cases is low, but the rate of recovery after inspections is high, reaching 80-90% in some places.

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac added that the Politburo has raised the issue of asset recovery from the inspection and examination process to the investigation and handling stage.

Acknowledging voters' feedback that the anti-corruption campaign is only effective at the central level, the Party Central Committee Secretary frankly admitted that at the lower levels it is starting to "warm up" but not evenly.

In the coming time, the Central Government will continue to resolutely handle a series of corruption cases, organize power supervision, and build a strict anti-corruption law.