Disciplined more than 30 officials who used fake degrees to get promoted

Dak Nong province has discovered and handled more than 30 cases of officials using fake diplomas to legalize their records for appointment.

A series of officials lost their jobs due to...fake degrees

In early November 2017, the Standing Committee of Gia Nghia City Party Committee decided to discipline Mr. Pham Van Chung (Vice Chairman of Nghia Duc Ward People's Committee) by removing him from all Party positions for using a fake diploma.

Vice Chairman of Nghia Duc Ward (Gia Nghia Town, Dak Nong) was dismissed for using a fake diploma.

From the people's reflection, the Gia Nghia City Party Committee's Inspection Commission verified and discovered that Mr. Chung asked someone to make a high school diploma and a secondary school transcript to legalize his civil servant and cadre records. After that, this Vice Chairman attended a political theory class and a law university.

In addition to handling the Party, Gia Nghia Town Party Committee also proposed that the Town People's Committee take administrative disciplinary action by removing Mr. Chung from the position of Vice Chairman of the Ward People's Committee.

Also in early November, Dak R'lap District Party Committee issued a disciplinary decision to remove Mr. Hoang Xuan Quy (Deputy Party Secretary, Chairman of Dak Sin Commune People's Committee) from all Party positions.

The inspection process discovered that Mr. Quy used two invalid high school diplomas to legalize his application to study to improve his professional qualifications and political theory. From there, Mr. Quy was planned and appointed to positions in the Party and government of Dak Sin commune.

Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Son commune (Dak G'long district) used an illegal high school diploma to get promoted.

Also in Dak R'lap district, in May 2017, the Standing Committee of Dak Nong Provincial Party Committee decided to remove Mr. Mai Xuan Sang (Member of the Executive Committee of Dak R'lap District Party Committee, Deputy Secretary, Chairman of Kien Thanh Commune People's Committee) from all positions for using an illegal high school diploma and declaring dishonest civil servant records.

According to the verification results of the Dak Nong Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission, Mr. Sang did not pass the high school graduation exam but used the high school diploma of a person named Mai Xuan Sang; Mr. Sang then added the sharp accent to the word Sang on the diploma to make his name Sang. Mr. Sang used this illegal high school diploma to legitimize his civil servant profile as a leader of Kien Thanh commune.

Similarly, in Dak G'long district, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee also disciplined Mr. Ngo Anh Sang (Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Son commune) by removing him from all Party positions. Mr. Sang was determined to have illegally used his supplementary high school diploma.

Mr. Sang enrolled and received his degree in Ho Chi Minh City, but when the authorities checked, his name was not on the list. Currently, the Dak G'long District People's Committee is completing the procedures to discipline and remove Mr. Sang from his position as Vice Chairman.

Chairman of Kien Thanh Commune People's Committee lost his job for adding an acute accent to his high school diploma.

Fake diplomas discovered by citizens

Mr. Ngo Xuan Loc - Chief of Office of Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee said that up to now, the province's functional agencies have discovered and handled more than 30 cases of officials using fake diplomas.

According to Mr. Loc, civil servant qualifications are part of the civil servant management profile.

Investigation and detection of officials using fake degrees must be handled immediately, not waiting for appointment. However, currently, the discovery of officials using fake degrees is mostly due to denunciations from the masses.

According to Mr. Truong Cong Hung - Head of the Dak Nong Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee, in terms of the Party, the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee manages and inspects the appointment of officials.

Accordingly, the Organizing Committee will require units to self-check the work of cadres from appointment, transfer, planning. During this process, any unit that discovers or has a petition will be verified and disciplinary action will be taken against the cadre.

However, according to Mr. Hung, detecting officials using fake or illegitimate degrees is quite difficult. Only when there is a complaint and the authorities check with the unit that issued the degree will they discover that the official did not study.

"The use of fake diplomas without qualifications by officials will affect the quality of leadership and the government," said Mr. Hung.

According to Vietnamnet.vn