Proposal to discipline the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy and 12 soldiers

Vote to propose discipline with objectivity, democracy and strictness

On the afternoon of March 21, the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission, term 2020-2025, held its 7th session to consider disciplinary action against violating organizations and individuals.

General Luong Cuong, Politburo member, Standing member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics, Director of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission, chaired the conference. Also attending were Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Minister of National Defense, representative of Inspection Delegation No. 371 of the Central Inspection Commission.

General Luong Cuong speaks at the meeting. Photo: QĐND

At the meeting, opinions unanimously clarified: The Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 terms violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations; lacked responsibility, slackened leadership, direction, lacked inspection and supervision, allowing a number of cadres and party members, including key cadres of the Academy, to violate Party regulations, State laws, regulations of the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense in the process of proposing and organizing the implementation of the task of researching and manufacturing COVID-19 test kits to serve the work of epidemic prevention and control and the procurement of supplies and test kits from Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company.

At the meeting, the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission heard a report proposing to consider disciplinary action by the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission against the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 terms and 12 individuals who violated the regulations.

On that basis, members of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission focused on discussing, analyzing, clarifying and concluding violations by groups and individuals, ensuring strict compliance with Party principles and regulations and Army discipline.

The Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission unanimously agreed that the violations and shortcomings of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 terms caused serious consequences and needed to be reviewed and disciplined.

The Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission voted to propose disciplinary action against the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 terms and 12 soldiers who violated the law in a democratic, objective, and strict spirit.

Lead and closely direct the work of inspection, supervision and discipline enforcement.

Speaking at the conference, Senior General Luong Cuong suggested that in the coming time, the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission should continue to proactively advise the Central Military Commission's Standing Committee and the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission to closely lead and direct the work of inspection, supervision and discipline enforcement.

General Luong Cuong also requested the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission to proactively grasp the situation, detect and inspect party members and lower-level party organizations when there are signs of violations to prevent and combat early and from afar, contributing to maintaining and improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of party organizations and party members; strengthening solidarity and unity, and successfully completing political tasks.

Representative of Inspection Team No. 371 of the Central Inspection Commission speaks at the meeting. Photo: QĐND

General Luong Cuong assessed that the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission's Inspection Commission proposed disciplinary measures against the violating collectives and individuals in a reasonable and appropriate manner, with the right people and the right violations.

During the disciplinary review process, always strictly comply with the Party's policies, State laws, regulations of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, especially strictly maintain principles and regulations.

Cause very serious consequences

Previously, from March 2-4, under the chairmanship of comrade Tran Cam Tu, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, the Central Inspection Committee held its 12th meeting. At the meeting, reviewing the inspection results when there were signs of violations against the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy for the terms 2015 - 2020, 2020 - 2025, the Central Inspection Committee found that:

The Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Military Medical Academy violated the principle of democratic centralism and the working regulations of the Party Committee; lacked responsibility, slackened leadership, direction, and lacked inspection and supervision, allowing a number of cadres and leaders of the Academy to seriously violate Party regulations, State laws, regulations of the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense in the process of proposing and organizing the implementation of national-level scientific and technological tasks to research and manufacture COVID-19 test kits to serve the work of epidemic prevention and control, and the procurement of supplies and test kits from Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company.

Comrades: Lieutenant General Nguyen Viet Luong, Party Committee Secretary, Political Commissar; Lieutenant General Do Quyet, Deputy Party Committee Secretary, Director of the Academy; Major General Hoang Van Luong, Member of the Party Committee Standing Committee, Deputy Director of the Academy and Director of the Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Institute; Senior Lieutenant Colonel Ho Anh Son, Party Cell Secretary, Deputy Director of the Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Project Manager; Colonel Nguyen Van Hieu, Deputy Party Cell Secretary, Head of the Equipment and Supplies Department and leaders and officers of a number of units under the Academy are jointly responsible for the violations and shortcomings of the Party Committee Standing Committee of the Military Medical Academy; and are personally responsible for the violations and shortcomings in performing assigned duties and tasks.

According to the Central Inspection Commission, the above violations have caused very serious consequences, causing great loss and waste of the state budget, affecting the work of preventing and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic, causing outrage in society, affecting the reputation of the Party organization and the Military Medical Academy, to the point that disciplinary action must be considered.

The Central Inspection Commission said that the above violations are the responsibility of the Party Executive Committee, a number of leaders, organizations and individuals in the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, and are being further inspected and clarified by the Central Inspection Commission.