Preventing officials and civil servants from violating the law and public ethics

Strictly handle violations

At the first quarter meeting held on March 21, 2022, the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee decided to discipline and expel from the Party Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Tham - former Deputy Secretary of the Administrative - General Party Cell, Chief Accountant, Head of the Finance - Accounting Department of Nghe An CDC and proposed that the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee discipline Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh - former member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Department of Health, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Department, Director of Nghe An CDC according to its authority becauseviolate the provisions of the lawwhen organizing the bidding for purchasing Covid-19 prevention and control materials of Viet - A Technology Joint Stock Company.

Authorities searched the workplace of Mr. Nguyen Phung Dieu. Photo: TH

Disciplinary action was taken to expel from the Party Mr. Le Phung Dieu - Party Cell Secretary, Head of the Protective Forest Management Board of Ky Son district, former Party Cell Secretary, Head of the Protective Forest Management Board of Quy Hop district for violations in forest exploitation and protection, and was sentenced to 30 months in prison with a suspended sentence by the People's Court of Quy Hop district.

The Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission also decided to impose a disciplinary warning on Mr. Ha Van Nhuan - a Party member of the Commune Police Party Cell, Keng Du Commune Party Committee, Ky Son District, because during his tenure as a Police Officer of Chau Tien Commune, Quy Chau District, he violated the law in providing State secrets to citizens.

Authorities serve the decision to prosecute the accused Chu Thi Ngoc. Photo: Binh Nguyen.

Previously, at the meeting of the fourth quarter of 2021, the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee also proposed that the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee consider and discipline party member Chu Thi Ngoc - former member of the Party Executive Committee of Quynh Luu district, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Giang commune by expelling her from the Party due to the crime of forgery in her work, causing very serious consequences, and was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the People's Court of Quynh Luu district. The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee's Staff reported to the Central Inspection Committee to consider and discipline party member Luong Thanh Hai - former member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, former Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Nghe An province, for being irresponsible, causing serious consequences in the implementation of the Project to support the socio-economic development of the O Du ethnic group, phase I, and was sentenced to 3 years in prison with a suspended sentence by the People's Court of Nghe An province.

Propose that the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Agencies direct disciplinary action according to its authority against 3 Party members at the Party Committee of Ethnic Minorities (Nguyen Tam Long, Kim Van Bon, Chu Thi Thuy Khanh) who violated the law in implementing the Project to support the socio-economic development of the O Du ethnic group, phase I (2016 - 2020).

The trial and sentencing of a group of officials involved in violations related to the Socio-Economic Development Project for the O Du ethnic group. Photo: Tran Vu

Most recently, on March 24, 2022, 3 officials working at the Department of Planning and Investment of Nghe An province and the Business Support Department of the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion of Nghe An province, namely Nguyen Trong Binh, Phan Dinh Hien and Luu Thi Thanh Tam, were prosecuted and temporarily detained for 4 months by the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Provincial Police together with the People's Procuracy of the same level for the crime of "Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties" as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 356, Penal Code.

The authorities served the decisions to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and issue a 4-month detention order for 3 accused: Luu Thi Thanh Tam, Phan Dinh Hien, and Nguyen Trong Binh. Photo: Document

At the local level, Quynh Luu District Police have also just prosecuted 02 defendants Le Minh Tam (land official of Quynh Lam commune) and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy (land official of Quynh Hong commune) for the crime of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property". At the police station, the 02 defendants confessed that they took advantage of the need to make land use right certificates and the limited legal knowledge of the people to appropriate the property of each victim who came to do land registration procedures from 10 million to 30 million VND.

Serving the decision to prosecute the two defendants Le Minh Tam and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy. Photo: Hong Ngoc

These are sad stories about the decline in public ethics of civil servants in state administrative agencies from provincial to local departments and branches.

Fight fiercely,prevent

Implementing the Conclusion of the 4th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee on promoting Party building and rectification and the political system, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee requested to focus on reviewing and perfecting the system of legal documents, fully institutionalizing the policies of the Party Committee to ensure consistency and unity between the Party's regulations and the State's laws; not allowing the situation of integrating "group interests", local interests of agencies, organizations and individuals in legal documents and investment policies; creating positive changes, improving the effectiveness and efficiency in the operations of state agencies. Along with that, promoting the supervisory and critical role of the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and people in Party building and political system building; supervising the cultivation and training of ethics and lifestyle of cadres and Party members.

The provincial National Assembly delegation worked with the Provincial Inspectorate, Provincial Police, Provincial People's Procuracy, Provincial People's Court, and Civil Judgment Enforcement Department to supervise "The implementation of the law on receiving citizens and handling complaints and denunciations". Photo: Dang Cuong

Recently, on March 18, 2022, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 1776/KH-UBND on the implementation of Resolution 30/NQ-CP of the Government. In particular, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung assigned provincial departments, branches, People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to strengthen inspection, monitoring and urging the implementation of the program of the Government, the province, each local department, branch and unit; promptly direct and rectify places that have not done well to strictly implement Conclusion No. 21-KL/TW of the Central Executive Committee and Plan 03-KH/TW of the Politburo. At the same time, the Department of Home Affairs was assigned to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and localities on the basis of the tasks in the Government's program to study and issue action plans suitable to local realities, in which they are specified into annual tasks for implementation.

Authorities executed a search warrant on the workplace and residence of three officials working at the Department of Planning and Investment of Nghe An province, the Business Support Department of the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion of Nghe An province, who were prosecuted for the crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties". Photo: Duc Vu

The Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee also requested relevant agencies to continue to promote and improve the quality and effectiveness of anti-corruption and anti-negativity work; improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of internal affairs agencies; enhance the effectiveness of inspection committees at all levels; strictly handle groups and individuals who violate Party regulations and State laws.

Comrade Bui Thanh An - Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission chaired the first quarter meeting of 2022. Photo courtesy of Hoai Thu

The announcement by the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission on the enforcement of party discipline for party organizations and party members is also a new breakthrough in publicizing and making information transparent for people to monitor, contributing to deterring, correcting, and preventing violations by cadres, party members, civil servants, and public employees in the political system.