Provincial Chairman: "There are still officials and civil servants who take advantage of their duties to harass and take advantage of others"

(Baonghean.vn) - In 10 years, the total value of assets misappropriated and damage caused by corruption was 55,846 billion VND; assets recovered and damage caused by corruption was 22,951 billion VND, reaching a rate of 41.1%.

On the morning of January 15, the Provincial People's Committee held a conference to summarize 10 years of implementing the Law on Anti-Corruption (AC).

Attending and directing the conference were comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council. Comrades: Nguyen Xuan Duong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dinh Thanh Tri, Deputy Chief Inspector of the province in charge of co-chairing the conference.

Conference overview.

Delegates attending the conference.

Over the past 10 years, the Law on Anti-Corruption has been seriously implemented in the province and has now truly entered life. Corruption prevention work has achieved important results. The work of drafting documents and disseminating laws on anti-corruption has received attention, the transparency of state apparatus operations, administrative reform, management and use of public assets have been carried out synchronously. In general, the awareness of anti-corruption laws among officials has been increasingly improved.

In the past 10 years, the whole province has had 34 leaders disciplined for lack of responsibility for corruption, of which 21 were criminally prosecuted and 13 were disciplined. Up to now, 57/57 units with 18,087 people have declared their assets during the year; 38/49 agencies and units have issued regulations on office culture, codes of conduct, and professional ethics for cadres, civil servants, and public employees.

Comrade Dinh Thanh Tri, Deputy Chief Inspector of the province, reported on the results of 10 years of implementing the Law on Anti-Corruption.

Regarding the results of detecting and handling corruption, through internal inspection, the Tax Department discovered 5 officials with corrupt behavior, recovered 393 million VND; the Provincial Police discovered 10 negative and corrupt cases and handled 16 police officers.

Through the inspection, violations were discovered and recommendations were made to handle 311 billion VND, 4,669 hectares of land, and 315 groups and 708 individuals with violations were reviewed and handled. Administrative agencies at all levels received 48,742 citizens, received and handled 54,284 petitions and advised competent authorities to resolve 9,160 cases, and transferred 13 cases and 19 subjects to the investigation agency.

In addition, the police investigation agencies at all levels have discovered and prosecuted 97 cases, with 170 defendants. The People's Procuracy at two levels has handled 89 cases, with 157 defendants. The People's Court at two levels has handled 79 corruption cases with 134 defendants. The whole province has conducted 1,030 inspections of the responsibilities of leaders at all levels, thereby recommending to review and draw lessons from 189 groups and 639 individuals who committed violations in the performance of their official duties.

Colonel Nguyen Xuan Thiem, Head of the Police Department for Investigation of Crimes on Economic Management and Positions (Provincial Police) said that the coordination and exchange of information related to corruption crimes between the investigation agency and other agencies has not been highly effective.

Despite the above results, anti-corruption work still has many shortcomings. In some agencies and units, corruption still occurs in sensitive areas such as construction investment, land management, trade, finance, social policy, etc.

Self-detection of corruption in agencies and units is still small, recovery of corrupt assets is low; some corruption cases are handled slowly and drag on; there is still harassment by some officials and civil servants in handling work.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said:Some agencies, units and leaders have not been resolute in directing anti-corruption efforts; there are still officials and civil servants who take advantage of their duties to harass and gain personal gain.

Concluding the conference, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong acknowledged the achievements of the sectors in the work of anti-corruption. However, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also pointed out the limitations in anti-corruption work such as the low effectiveness of prevention, detection and handling. State management in some areas still has many bases, administrative procedures are still cumbersome, not transparent and clear, creating conditions for individuals and organizations to find loopholes for corruption. Some agencies, units and leaders are not resolute in directing anti-corruption, there are still officials and civil servants who take advantage of their duties to harass and take advantage. In inspection and anti-corruption work, there are still cases of detecting but concealing, colluding with each other, ignoring violators and corruption...

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong said that corruption is one of the four dangers of the country, posing a challenge to the country's survival. In the coming time, the leadership, direction and implementation of the Law on Anti-Corruption must be strictly implemented to achieve higher efficiency. Therefore, sectors need to promote propaganda forms, associated with the implementation of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee; study and follow the moral example of Ho Chi Minh; focus on leading and directing the promotion of inspection and examination work in sensitive areas, sector heads; and competent agencies need to detect loopholes and irrationalities to promptly correct and change; detect, fight and strictly handle acts of corruption, contributing to the development of the province and the country.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals with achievements in corruption prevention and control.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to 8 collectives and 8 individuals for their outstanding achievements in corruption prevention and control.

Pham Bang