Improving the quality of prosecution practice

(Baonghean) - On July 26, 1960, President Ho Chi Minh signed the Decree promulgating the Law on Organization of the People's Procuracy, marking the birth of the People's Procuracy system in the State apparatus. After 57 years of construction and development, the Nghe An Procuracy has continuously grown and performed well its assigned functions and tasks, contributing to maintaining security and order, serving the socio-economic development of the province.

To effectively carry out the inspection work in 2017 and serve the local political tasks well, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Procuracy issued Official Dispatch No. 01/CV-BCSĐ dated January 4, 2017 "On leadership and direction of implementation of some key tasks in 2017". Therein, focusing on specific "breakthrough" measures to create substantial changes in areas with limitations and weaknesses. The assigned departments monitor and direct the implementation of professional topics to review the work stages with many errors and limitations of the District People's Procuracy for direction; improve the quality of professional guidance and the quality of experience sharing notices for the district level.

Promote the responsibility of leaders; strengthen discipline, discipline, and public ethics of the staff and prosecutors. Pay attention to political education, ideology, lifestyle ethics, and sense of responsibility for staff and prosecutors... Innovation in direction and management has created a "push", creating an important premise for units in the Nghe An Procuracy to continue to achieve high results in the process of performing functions and tasks in the area.

Nghe An Provincial People's Procuracy organized the contest "We are Prosecutors".

Effectively implementing Resolution 49/NQ-TW dated June 2, 2005 of the Politburo on the strategy of judicial reform until 2020, the People's Procuracy at two levels has deployed many practical measures to improve the quality of the practice of the right to prosecute and supervise judicial activities, including continuing to effectively implement the requirements of "improving the quality of prosecution, linking prosecution with investigation activities" and "improving the quality of prosecutors' arguments at court". Leaders and prosecutors at two levels have raised their sense of responsibility in performing public duties; fully exercising the power of the People's Procuracy in the practice of the right to prosecute and supervise judicial activities and measures to prevent injustice, mistakes and missed crimes.

Dr. Ton Thien Phuong - Acting Chief Prosecutor of Nghe An Provincial People's Procuracy.

Units in the industry have closely coordinated with the Investigation Agency and the Court in identifying key cases, organizing criminal trials to draw lessons, mobile trials to focus on handling, promptly serving the political tasks of the industry, local political tasks and propagating the law among the people. In the first 6 months of 2017, they have coordinated with functional agencies to classify and handle a large number of denunciations and reports of crimes; closely coordinated with the Investigation Agency to resolve 1,153 cases/1,908 defendants, focusing on resolving many complicated cases and cases of public interest; coordinated with prosecution agencies to identify 73 key cases; during the prosecution phase, 1,050 cases/1,854 defendants were handled under their jurisdiction.

There were no cases of suspension due to non-compliance; 127 mobile courts and 64 criminal trials were jointly organized to gain experience; there were no cases where the prosecutor prosecuted but the court declared the case not guilty; civil rights and human rights were regularly ensured.

The work of supervising judicial activities has been strengthened, through the work of supervising, fully grasping the situation of law violations in judicial activities, promptly issuing 168 protests and recommendations requesting competent agencies to overcome violations in judicial activities and prevent them; ensuring the legality in judicial activities, actively contributing to the implementation of the policy of building a progressive judiciary according to the requirements of the Party and the State. The targets and tasks have all been achieved and exceeded according to Resolution 63/2013/QH13, Resolution 111/2015/QH13 of the National Assembly and the system of professional targets of the People's Procuracy.

In addition to professional activities, the People's Procuracy at two levels has well implemented social security policies, donated and supported policy beneficiaries, poor households in rural, remote and isolated communes such as granting scholarships, books and notebooks to poor students; receiving assistance, propaganda, dissemination and legal education for remote and isolated communes with many difficulties. The Provincial People's Procuracy mobilized officers and civil servants to donate to repair and renovate the Dong Van Commune Health Station in the mountainous district of Que Phong, gave gifts to poor communes in the mountainous district of Tan Ky; contributed by officers and civil servants in the unit to support the Fund for the Poor, the Gratitude Fund; to eliminate dilapidated thatched and bamboo houses, and children in especially difficult circumstances with tens of millions of VND.

The outstanding results achieved by the Nghe An People's Procuracy in recent times have made an important contribution to the fight against crime to maintain political stability and social order and security in the province. In order to continue to perform well the functions and tasks according to the 2013 Constitution, the 2014 Law on Organization of the People's Procuracy and the Party's Resolutions on judicial reform, in the coming time, the Nghe An People's Procuracy will focus on doing well the following issues:

Firstly, continue to strictly implement the Directives and Resolutions of the Party and the National Assembly on the fight against crime; the 2017 Working Directive of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Procuracy; the Resolution of the 18th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term and the Codes and laws on justice that took effect in 2015. The focus is to propose specific directives to implement "breakthrough" content in the limited professional stages; especially implementing measures to prevent injustice, mistakes and omissions; improve the quality of litigation at the court of the Supreme People's Procuracy according to the requirements of judicial reform; strengthen the work of supervising judicial activities according to the provisions of law; improve the effectiveness and quality of petitions, protests and requests to overcome violations.

Leaders of the Provincial People's Procuracy presented gifts to policy families in Tan Ky.

Second, the two-level People's Procuracy continues to promote reform of the public service and civil servant regime; promote the role and responsibility of the leader; strengthen discipline and order according to Directive No. 05/CT-VKSTC-TTr dated March 13, 2014 of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Procuracy on "strengthening discipline, public service discipline and internal order in the people's procuracy sector"; Directive No. 17-CT/TU dated December 3, 2013 of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on strengthening discipline and administrative order in agencies and units in the province; Directive No. 26/CT-TTg dated September 5, 2016 of the Prime Minister on strengthening discipline and order in state administrative agencies.

Third, strengthen the leadership of Party committees at all levels in professional activities to effectively carry out the political tasks of the sector and local political tasks; continue to achieve and exceed the targets and tasks according to Resolution 63/2013/QH13; Resolution 111/2015/QH13. The focus is on implementing measures to prevent wrongful convictions, omissions of criminals and criminals, and strengthening the legality in judicial activities.

Fourth, actively participate in contributing to the building of institutions and laws; improve the quality of operations of the industry's electronic news site, do a good job of information and propaganda work and promote the application of the Information Technology Index in management, direction and operation.

Fifth, regularly do a good job of political and ideological education, continue to promote the emulation movement to build a clean and strong industry, respond extensively to the campaign "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle", well implement President Ho Chi Minh's teachings for officials of the prosecution industry "Fairness, Uprightness, Objectivity, Prudence, Modesty"; strengthen the work of building and rectifying the Party in the spirit of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XI, term XII)...

Dr. Ton Thien Phuong

(Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Provincial People's Procuracy)