Nghe An investigates, prosecutes and tries 7 corruption cases

On the afternoon of June 18, the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee reviewed a number of reports related to the internal affairs sector prepared by the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the 9th session of the Provincial People's Council for the 2016-2021 term.

Mr. Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee chaired the inspection. Photo: Mai Hoa

The head of the agency involved in corruption has not been prosecuted.

Reviewing the report on anti-corruption work in the first 6 months of the year and tasks for the last 6 months of 2019, members of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee acknowledged that all levels, branches, agencies and units in the province have deployed many anti-corruption measures.

However, the issue that members of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee are concerned about is whether the asset declaration is honest or not and how to handle cases of dishonest declaration?

Mr. Vi Van Suu - Chief Inspector of the province explained and clarified a number of issues that the Legal Department was concerned about related to anti-corruption work, handling of complaints and denunciations. Photo: Mai Hoa

Members of the Legal Committee also raised concerns that, although through administrative inspection and specialized inspection, the Provincial Inspectorate has discovered a number of organizations and individuals violating and recommended handling and recovering tens of billions of VND from the budget in the first 6 months of the year, no leader has been held responsible for allowing corruption to occur in their agency or unit according to Decree No. 107/2006/ND-CP.

In the first 6 months of the year, judicial agencies investigated 7 corruption cases, with 27 defendants, mainly related to land.

The Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee also reviewed the report on public reception, handling of complaints and denunciations in the first 6 months of the year, and tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of 2019.

Many shortcomings in ensuring traffic safety

Reviewing the report on ensuring traffic order and safety in the province in the first 6 months of the year, members of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee acknowledged the efforts of all levels and sectors in implementing many solutions to ensure traffic order and safety in the area and the traffic accident situation in the province decreased by more than 10% in all 3 criteria of number of cases, number of deaths and number of injuries.

However, some members of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee also raised many concerns and requested the Department of Transport to clarify such as: the number of serious traffic accidents still accounts for more than 50% of the total number of traffic accidents.

On the other hand, for a long time, the classification of the severity of traffic accidents has only been based on the number of deaths, so it is necessary to pay attention to assessing the level of property damage and the rate of injuries from accidents according to regulations; in addition, the situation of concrete mixer trucks still circulating on prohibited roads in the inner city.

The Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee surveyed a number of shortcomings in traffic infrastructure on the Vinh bypass. Photo: Mai Hoa

Although driver training and testing have received investment and modernization, the control of health certificates during the process of issuing driver licenses is still lax; this is a "loophole" for drug users to be granted driver licenses, causing many potential risks of traffic accidents.

Some members are also concerned about the effectiveness of propaganda and dissemination of traffic safety laws; ineffective management of transport activities, especially buses; the handling of "black spots" and investment in traffic signal systems are not synchronous and timely...

Deputy Director of the Department of Transport Nguyen Duc An received opinions from members of the Legal Department regarding solutions to limit traffic accidents in the area. Photo: Mai Hoa

Concluding the review, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee Phan Duc Dong requested the Provincial Inspectorate and the Department of Transport to absorb comments for editing and supplementing, ensuring comprehensive and quality assessment reports.

Regarding the work of preventing and combating corruption, the Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee requested the Provincial People's Committee to strengthen measures to prevent and combat corruption, from planning and socio-economic development plans to administrative procedures; regimes, norms, and standards on financial expenditures... in agencies and units; strengthen coordination between agencies in the work of preventing and combating corruption; avoid formalities in asset declaration; take measures to increase the rate of asset recovery in corruption cases...

Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee Phan Duc Dong. Photo: Minh Chi

The Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee requested that all levels and sectors continue to enhance the responsibility of Party and government leaders in receiving people and resolving complaints and denunciations; associated with enhancing the effectiveness of State management, especially land management, contributing to limiting petitions and limiting mass and complicated, prolonged complaints.

Regarding the work of ensuring traffic order and safety, the Department of Transport needs to promptly advise the Provincial People's Committee to deploy the smart traffic project; at the same time, pay attention to coordinating to promote the effectiveness of propaganda work, building traffic culture among all classes of people, especially the young generation; strengthen inspection, control and strictly handle violations, thereby changing people's traffic behavior...