The Politburo issued regulations on apologizing and restoring the rights of Party organizations and Party members who were unjustly disciplined.

The regulation consists of 4 chapters; it stipulates principles, responsibilities, procedures, and procedures for apologizing and restoring the rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined.

Applicable subjects include: Party organizations that have been unjustly disciplined (including Party organizations that have been dissolved, dissolved, terminated their operations, or changed due to organizational transfer, separation, or merger).

Party members who were unjustly disciplined (including party members who are no longer active in the Party, have passed away, have lost civil capacity, or have been declared missing by the court).

The Party organization that decided to impose unfair discipline (including the Party organization that resolved the disciplinary complaint).

The Party organization resolves and determines wrongful discipline (the Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, and the Inspection Committee have the authority to resolve the decision of the Party organization that has decided wrongful discipline).

Party committees, party organizations, party members, organizations and individuals involved.

According to Article 2 of the Regulation, unjust discipline is when a Party organization or Party member does not violate the Party's policies and regulations or the State's laws, but the competent Party organization concludes that there is a violation and enforces discipline.

Apologizing to the Party organization and Party members who were wrongly disciplined means that the Party organization that decided to discipline the wrongfully disciplined party organization publicly apologizes and corrects the wrongly disciplined party organization and Party members.

Restoring the rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined is the work of Party organizations, State agencies, the Fatherland Front, and competent socio-political organizations to restore the legitimate and legal rights of Party organizations and Party members.

Article 3 stipulates the apology and restoration of rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined on the following principle: Apologizing and restoring rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined must be timely, public, and objective. The Party organization that has decided to discipline unjustly is responsible for organizing the apology and restoration of rights.

Only apologize and restore the rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined once when there is a conclusion or decision from a competent authority determining that the discipline has been unjust.

The Party organization that has decided to discipline unjustly must proactively and promptly report to the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the Inspection Committee at the next higher level; coordinate with the Party organization, relevant agencies and units to apologize and restore the rights of the Party organization and Party members; decide to abolish or revoke the decision to discipline unjustly; consider the responsibility of the Party organization and Party members who advised and decided to discipline unjustly.

In case the Party organization that decided to unjustly discipline has been dissolved, dissolved, terminated its operations, transferred, separated, or merged, the receiving Party organization or the directly superior Party organization shall be responsible for apologizing and restoring the rights of the Party organization and Party members who were unjustly disciplined.

If a Party member who has been unjustly disciplined has passed away, or the court has declared him/her missing or incapable of civil acts, the Party organization that decided to unjustly discipline him/her shall apologize to the Party member's relatives. When the court cancels the decision declaring him/her incapable of civil acts or missing, the Party organization that wrongly disciplined him/her shall consider restoring the Party member's rights according to regulations.

Compensation for material and legal benefits for Party organizations and Party members who are unjustly disciplined shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of law on State compensation liability.

The basis for an apology and restoration of rights is based on:

Conclusion or decision of the competent Party organization determining that the Party organization or Party member was unjustly disciplined.

Conclusions, decisions, and verdicts of law enforcement agencies determine that party members were investigated, prosecuted, and tried unjustly, leading to the Party organization's decision to discipline them unjustly.

Party members who have been unjustly disciplined shall not be allowed to apologize and have their rights restored in the following cases: After being unjustly disciplined, they have failed to maintain their qualifications, qualities, and standards as party members or have violated the discipline; they have taken responsibility for others, leading to unjust discipline; they have refused to apologize and have their rights restored; they have voluntarily left Party activities; they have not exercised or have not properly exercised the rights and responsibilities of party members as prescribed in Article 8 of these Regulations.

On the responsibility of the Party organization that decided to unjustly discipline:

According to Regulation No. 117, the Party organization that has decided to unjustly discipline must promptly, fully and honestly provide information, documents and evidence related to the unjust discipline upon request of the Party organization that resolved and determined the unjust discipline;

Develop plans, organize apologies and restore rights to Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined; coordinate with relevant Party organizations, agencies and units to restore rights to Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined;

Decide according to authority or propose competent authority to decide to abolish or revoke unjust disciplinary decisions, restore the rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined;

Decide according to authority or propose competent authority to review and consider the responsibility of the organization and individual advising and deciding on unjust discipline;

Upon receiving the conclusion or decision of the Party organization to resolve and determine that the discipline was unjust, a conference must be held to apologize and restore the rights of the Party organization and the Party member who was unjustly disciplined.

The responsibility of the Party organization to resolve and determine wrongful discipline is stipulated as follows:

Review, resolve according to authority and issue conclusions or decisions determining unjust discipline, send to relevant organizations and individuals;

Decide or direct the Party organization that has decided to unjustly discipline to cancel the unjustly disciplined decision and organize an apology and restore the rights of the Party organization and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined;

Decide or propose to the competent Party organization to restore the legitimate rights and interests of Party organizations and Party members who have been unjustly disciplined;

Directing the review and consideration of the responsibility of the organization and individuals who advised and decided on unjust disciplinary action;

Inspect and supervise the implementation of conclusions and decisions on handling and determining wrongful discipline; the apology and restoration of rights of Party organizations and Party members who have been wrongly disciplined.

Rights and responsibilities of Party organizations and Party members who were unjustly disciplined:

Request (in writing) the competent authority, organization, or person to review, conclude, or decide on the wrongful disciplinary action to provide guidance on apologizing and restoring one's legitimate rights and interests;

Provide timely, complete and honest information, documents and evidence related to the unjust disciplinary action at the request of the competent Party organization to resolve and determine the unjust disciplinary action;

Coordinate the implementation of procedures related to resolving wrongful discipline.

Organization of apology and restoration of rights:

Regulation No. 117 clearly states the organization of apology and restoration of rights. Accordingly, within 90 days from the date the competent authority issues a conclusion or decision determining that the Party organization or Party member was unjustly disciplined, the Party organization that has been unjustly disciplined, the organizations and individuals involved must apologize and restore rights.

In case of force majeure (natural disaster, epidemic, etc.), the time of the force majeure event will not be counted in the time limit for apologizing and restoring rights.

Regarding procedures, immediately after issuing a conclusion or decision determining the wrongful disciplinary action, the Party organization must send a document to the relevant organizations and individuals according to regulations.

Within 30 days from the date of receiving the conclusion and decision of the competent authority, the organization or Party member who was unjustly disciplined must send a written request for apology and restoration of rights to the Party organization that decided on the unjust discipline.

Within 60 days from the date of receiving the conclusion and decision on the wrongful discipline, the Party organization that decided to take the wrongful discipline shall be responsible for: Notifying in writing the Party organization, the wrongly disciplined Party member (or the Party member's relatives) about the organization's apology and restoration of rights; Revoking and annulling the wrongful disciplinary decision; and at the same time sending it to the agency or organization where the Party member is working or living to revoke and annul the administrative disciplinary decision or the group disciplinary decision against the Party member (if any); Restoring the rights or requesting the competent authority to restore the rights of the organization or Party member that was wrongly disciplined; Within 30 days from the date of receiving the request from the Party organization that decided to take the wrongful discipline, the competent authority shall restore the rights of the organization or Party member according to regulations.

Article 11 of Regulation No. 117 clearly states the form of apology, including: Organizing a public conference to apologize to the Party organization and Party members who were unjustly disciplined; publicly announcing the apology.

The organization that decided to unjustly discipline the person shall publish the apology to the affiliated Party organizations; publicly post it in the local press, the electronic information page (if any) of the Party Committee of the agency or unit where the Party organization or Party member was unjustly disciplined, or where they reside or work.

Regarding the restoration of benefits: If a Party organization is disciplined with reprimand or warning, the competent Party organization shall direct a review of the annual and term classification assessment; review the classification of emulation titles, and periodic and ad hoc rewards (if any).

When a Party organization is dissolved by disciplinary action, the competent Party organization shall direct its re-establishment, appoint temporary Party committee personnel, and direct the organization of Party committee congresses according to regulations (if conditions are met).

When a Party organization has ended its operation, dissolved, transferred, separated, or merged, the competent Party organization shall direct the annual and term review and classification; review the classification of emulation titles, periodic and ad hoc forms of rewards (if any) and notify the successor or recipient Party organization.

Party members who are disciplined with reprimand or warning will have their affected rights restored according to regulations (comments, evaluations, planning conditions, appointments, salary increases, rewards, etc.).

Party members who are disciplined by being dismissed or removed from office, resign, or are dismissed (if any)... shall be considered by the competent Party organization based on the standards, conditions, and actual situation of the agency, locality, or unit to restore their position or arrange them into an equivalent job position or position.

Party members who have been disciplined by expulsion or have left the Party shall be reinstated by the competent Party organization, restored to Party membership or recognized as Party members (if the individual has a petition). Party age shall be calculated continuously throughout the period of unjust discipline (in case of disciplinary expulsion). Agencies and units shall base on the actual situation to arrange suitable work positions. If they do not meet the standards and conditions for work arrangement, they shall be dismissed from work and enjoy the regimes and policies according to regulations.

Party organizations and competent agencies shall resolve and restore legitimate rights for Party members in sending them to study, receive training, foster, supplement planning, introduce candidates, nominate, appoint, pay salaries according to ranks, levels, positions, titles and salary allowances (if any); confer, consider awarding or posthumously awarding emulation titles and rewards according to regulations.

The competent Party organization promptly directs the correction of disciplinary information in the records and personal history of Party members...

Party committees and organizations at all levels shall lead, direct, organize the study, dissemination and strict implementation of this Regulation. During the implementation process, if there are any problems and need for supplementation or amendment, they shall be reported to the Politburo (through the Central Inspection Committee) for consideration and decision.

The Central Inspection Commission monitors, inspects and guides the implementation of the Regulation; periodically reports to the Politburo and the Secretariat.

This regulation takes effect from the date of signing and is disseminated to the Party cell.