Agencies and organizations that commit corruption will also be punished.
(Baonghean.vn) - The 2018 Law on Anti-Corruption adds the responsibility of enterprises and organizations in the non-state sector to prevent and combat corruption. At the same time, not only those who commit corrupt acts but also agencies and organizations that commit corrupt acts will be punished.
On the morning of October 31, the Provincial People's Committee held an online conference to deploy and disseminate the 2018 Law on Anti-Corruption and Decree No. 31/2019/ND-CP of the Government stipulating a number of articles and measures to organize the implementation of the Law on Denunciation.
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| Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired. Ms. Ho Thu An - Head of the Department of Propaganda, Inspection and Appraisal of Legal Documents (Department of Legislation, Government Inspectorate) reported. Photo: Pham Bang |
After 10 years of implementing the 2005 Law on Anti-Corruption, anti-corruption work has achieved many results, but the corruption situation is still complicated, the number of detected cases is low, the recovery of corrupt assets is low, and the detection and handling work has not met requirements.
At the 6th session, the 14th National Assembly passed the 2018 Law on Anti-Corruption, which officially took effect from July 1, 2019. The Law consists of 10 chapters and 96 articles regulating the prevention and detection of corruption; handling corruption and other violations of the law on anti-corruption.
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| Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested delegates to focus on studying, listening, and discussing to get clear answers at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang |
At the conference, delegates listened to Ms. Ho Thu An - Head of the Department of Propaganda, Inspection and Appraisal of Legal Documents (Department of Legislation, Government Inspectorate), disseminate the basic contents and new points of amendments and supplements of the Law on Anti-Corruption.
The 2018 Law on Anti-Corruption has some basic points such as the scope of the Law, regulations on corruption prevention in agencies, organizations and units; responsibilities of heads of agencies, organizations, units and enterprises, non-state organizations in corruption prevention and combat; handling corruption and other acts violating the law on anti-corruption; code of conduct for cadres, civil servants, public employees, people with other positions and powers; giving and receiving gifts; payment through accounts;...
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| Ms. Ho Thu An - Head of the Department of Propaganda, Inspection and Appraisal of Legal Documents (Department of Legislation, Government Inspectorate) reported at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang |
The basic contents and new points of amendments and supplements to the 2018 Law on Denunciation include: Adding regulations on anonymous denunciations, shortening the procedure and time for handling denunciations from 5 steps to 4 steps; allowing withdrawal of denunciations; clearly regulating the protection of whistleblowers; temporarily suspending or suspending the handling of denunciations.
Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized the importance of implementing the Law on Anti-Corruption and the Law on Denunciation. Thereby, he requested heads of agencies, units, cadres, party members, civil servants, public employees and enterprises in the province to focus on fully absorbing the provisions of the Law to study, grasp, raise awareness and responsibility to organize implementation at each level, each sector, each agency, unit and enterprises of the province most effectively.
