'Installing' the name of the commune leader's wife in the poor household register to enjoy the policy

A series of names of the wives of leaders and officials of the People's Committee of Nga Thanh commune, Nga Son district, Thanh Hoa were added to the list of poor households to benefit.

Nga Thanh Commune Office, Nga Son District - where the incident occurred. Photo: Ha Dong

The incident was discovered by the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nga Son district through handling a complaint from the people.

Specifically, last July, people of Nga Thanh commune sent a petition to the district People's Committee denouncing that in 2016 and 2017, officials of the Nga Thanh commune People's Committee arbitrarily added the name of the wife of the commune leader to the list of poor households to benefit from health insurance policies and preferential loan policies of banks...

After verifying the content of the complaint, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nga Son district concluded: The name of Ms. Vu Thi Sen - wife of Mr. Vu Ngoc Tien (Chairman of the People's Committee of Nga Thanh commune) was added to the poor household book of Ms. Nguyen Thi Man's family;

Mrs. Pham Thi Tuoi - wife of Mr. Mai Sy The (commune cultural officer) entered Mrs. Trinh Thi Hoa's household; Mrs. Tran Thi Hong - wife of Mr. Pham Hung Manh (vice chairman of the commune People's Committee) entered Mrs. Luu Thi Hien's household; Mrs. Mai Thi Loan - wife of Mr. Pham Van Hieu (commune deputy secretary) entered Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh's household.

According to the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nga Son district, in November 2016, the People's Committee of Nga Thanh commune proposed to issue health insurance cards to 196 poor people, including Ms. Tran Thi Hong.

In February 2017, among the 29 poor people proposed to be issued health insurance cards, the names of Ms. Vu Thi Sen and Ms. Pham Thi Tuoi were included. In April 2017, Ms. Mai Thi Loan's name appeared in the list of 39 poor people proposed to be issued health insurance cards.

The Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nga Son district determined that Mr. Mai Sy The arbitrarily added the names of Ms. Vu Thi Sen, Pham Thi Tuoi and Tran Thi Hong to the computer file of the Commune People's Committee, then advised the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee to sign and transfer it to the District Social Insurance to make health insurance cards.

In the case of granting a health insurance card to Ms. Mai Thi Loan, Mr. Tran Van Khiem - head of hamlet 3 - included Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh in the poor household right from the village-level investigation, without the knowledge of the Nga Thanh commune People's Committee staff.

Working with the district’s Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Mr. Mai Sy The admitted to this action. His wife’s name, Mrs. Pham Thi Tuoi, was added to the list of health insurance cards for the poor, according to him, because she was suffering from a serious illness.

Mr. Tran Van Khiem also used the reason of "serious illness" to explain the addition of Ms. Mai Thi Loan's name to the poor household.

In addition to the health insurance regime, Ms. Tran Thi Hong and Pham Thi Tuoi, thanks to their names being on the list of poor households, were able to borrow preferential loans from the Nga Son district social policy bank, with an amount of 50 million VND/household.

The Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nga Son district has requested the People's Committee of Nga Thanh commune to: recover loans for poor households and return them to the district's social policy bank; recover health insurance cards issued to the wrong beneficiaries, and reduce health insurance cards and send them to the district's Social Insurance agency for handling.

The Chairman of Nga Thanh Commune People's Committee and related officials must make a report and review their responsibilities to send to the Chairman of the District People's Committee for handling.

Mr. Tran Ngoc Quyet - Vice Chairman of Nga Son District People's Committee - also requested a comprehensive inspection of the incident in Nga Thanh commune, clarifying the motive and purpose of "inserting" names into the list of poor households.

"The viewpoint of the District Party Committee and District People's Committee is not to cover up the violations of subordinates," Mr. Quyet affirmed.

In the yellow boxes are the names of the wives of leaders and officials of the Nga Thanh Commune People's Committee, included in the list of poor households of the commune. Photo: Ha Dong

According to Tuoi Tre