Many new points in the Party's inspection and supervision work

On the morning of June 14, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics coordinated with the Government Party Committee, the Fatherland Front Party Committee, central mass organizations and central ministries, branches and mass organizations to organize a national training conference on the organization and operation of Party organizations, government, Fatherland Front, and political organizations at the commune level (new).

Attending the conference at the central bridge point were Politburo members: Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister; Tran Cam Tu - Standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat; Nguyen Xuan Thang - Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Nguyen Trong Nghia - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Nguyen Duy Ngoc - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Inspection Commission; Nguyen Hoa Binh - Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; General Luong Tam Quang - Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security.

The conference was broadcast live to 10,035 points nationwide with more than 1.5 million delegates attending. At the main point of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee...

At the conference, comrade Tran Tien Hung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee presented the topic of new points in the Party's inspection and supervision work and the functions, tasks and organizational structure of the commune-level inspection committee (new).

Supervision is a key task.

Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Commission Tran Tien Hung emphasized that Regulation 296-QD/TW of the Party Central Committee on inspection, supervision and discipline work of the Party has inherited and integrated the Party's regulations and decisions on inspection, supervision, discipline, and control of assets and income to ensure consistency in implementation.

Regulation 296-QD/TW has omitted the Articles and contents related to the Party Executive Committee, Party Delegation, Party Committees, Inspection Committees at district and county levels and 2 Party Committees of Central and Provincial Blocks. At the same time, it has added contents related to the Party Committees and Inspection Committees at all levels of the 4 new Party Committees of the Central and 2 new Party Committees directly under the provincial level.

New regulations for Party committees and Inspection Committees at levels directly above the grassroots level (Party committees and Inspection Committees at communes, wards, and special zones) to suit the reality of the organizational arrangement of the political system and the two-level local government plan.

Regarding the scope of regulation and applicable subjects, the regulation supplements the content: "For party organizations and party members abroad, carry out inspection, supervision and enforcement of Party discipline according to this Regulation and the regulations of the Politburo and the Secretariat" to ensure practicality for party organizations and party members abroad and in accordance with Regulation No. 141 of the Secretariat.

The Central Committee has determined that supervision, including regular supervision, is highly valued and is identified as the focus of Party committees and Inspection Committees at all levels during this period. The regulations have supplemented and clarified the forms and methods of regular supervision, the responsibilities of the supervised subjects and the authority of the Inspection Committee in regular supervision in accordance with the recent restructuring of the organizational apparatus.

To supplement and clarify the form and method of regular supervision, the Secretariat has stipulated that direct supervision is through attending meetings of Party committees and standing committees of Party committees; through self-criticism and criticism activities of Party organizations and Party members; working directly, attending other meetings and conferences of the supervised subjects.

Indirect supervision is through monitoring software, digital database systems; reviewing reports on the organization and activities of lower-level party organizations; studying documents, reports, and announcements of conclusions on inspections, supervisions, audits; results of self-criticism and criticism; opinions, reflections, and recommendations of political and social organizations and other organizations and individuals; reflections of the mass media; reviewing denunciations and reflections of party members and the masses...

Regulation 296-QD/TW also adds content on asset and income control to comply with current regulations of the Party and State on this content. In particular, it adds content on leadership, direction and organization of the declaration and disclosure of assets and income of cadres and party members to comply with relevant regulations on this content; clearly stipulates the subjects of control and the content of asset and income control.

In addition, the Secretariat specifically regulates the subjects of asset and income control for the inspection committee at the same level to ensure the goals of preventing and combating corruption, waste, and negativity, in a synchronous manner and without overlapping authority and subjects with inspectors at all levels in asset and income control.

Add the subject of asset and income control to the "inspection committee of the Party Committee at the level directly above the grassroots level"; Clearly define the cases of asset and income verification; stipulate the implementation of asset and income verification when performing tasks according to the Party Charter.

Party cells must regularly monitor themselves.

Regarding the inspection and supervision work of advisory agencies assisting the Party Committee, the regulations have added 3 contents on authority and responsibility. In particular, the responsibility for handling denunciations against Party organizations is added; "Advising on handling complaints about Party discipline" is added; "The responsibility for completing the inspection and supervision must be to have a report on the results and a conclusion notice sent to the Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the Party Committee".

In the inspection and supervision work of party cells, there are two new contents: the content that "party cells must regularly self-monitor" and the content of handling denunciations and inspection when there are signs of violations by party cells against party members: "political and ideological qualities", "self-evolution", "self-transformation", "party activities" to be more complete and to prevent degradation.

Regarding the organizational principles of the Inspection Committee at all levels, there are 3 new points: Adding the "appointment of the Inspection Committee, Chairman, and Vice Chairmen" in the organizational principles of the Inspection Committee in some cases in accordance with the new regulations of the Party on the consolidation and merger of organizations, provinces, communes, and the termination of district-level activities.

At the same time, it is necessary to add the responsibility of the Inspection Committee in coordinating with the Party Committee's organizing committee at the same level to prepare personnel at its level and for the content of rotation to suit the reality and ensure consistency with the Regulations on rotation of cadres in the Party Inspection sector of the Secretariat.

Regarding the organizational structure and number of members of the Inspection Committee at all levels, there are many new points to comply with Directive No. 45-CT/TW and the Party organization apparatus from the Central to the grassroots level.

In particular, the Central Committee has emphasized and regulated the increase in the number of members of the inspection committee, vice chairmen and the specialized activities of the Inspection Committees of provincial and municipal Party Committees, Inspection Committees at the commune, ward and special zone levels; regulated the number and structure of inspection committees of newly established, merged and consolidated Party Committees; regulated the implementation in cases of merger and consolidation.

Regarding the enforcement of discipline within the Party, the regulations have supplemented a number of contents in the principles of enforcement of discipline; the authority to enforce discipline on violating Party members of the grassroots Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, and the Party Committee at the level directly above the grassroots level; and added responsibilities for Party members who violate the law.

The regulation also supplements the authority to resolve complaints, reduces the time limit for resolving complaints, and the content of complaints; supplements the regulation on the final level of complaint resolution for party organizations to suit the reality. In particular, the Secretariat is the final level to resolve complaints regarding disciplinary measures such as expulsion of party members; reprimands and warnings for party organizations decided by the Party Committees and Party organizations directly under the Central Committee or lower; reduces the time limit for resolving complaints to suit the current legal regulations on resolving complaints and denunciations.

The Regulation also adds cases where Party activities must be suspended and the address to announce the decision to suspend Party activities to suit the reality; adds cases where positions in the Party and work must be suspended to suit the Regulation No. 148-QD/TW; and changes the authority to suspend Party activities.

The Party Inspection Committee at the commune level has 3 to 7 full-time members.

Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Commission Tran Tien Hung also presented the functions, tasks, and organizational structure of the new Commune-level Inspection Commission. The new Commune-level Inspection Commission is a specialized inspection and supervision agency of the new Commune-level Party Committee, performing the tasks and powers as prescribed in the Party Charter; advising and assisting the Commune-level Party Committee and Standing Committee in directing, guiding, and organizing the implementation of the Party's inspection, supervision, and disciplinary tasks.

The tasks and powers of the Commune-level Inspection Committee are performed according to the provisions of the Party Charter; Advise and assist the Party Committee and perform the tasks assigned by the Party Committee; Perform the task of controlling assets and income; Suspend Party activities.

Regarding the organizational structure of the Party Committee Inspection Committee at the commune level, the number of members is from 3 to 7 full-time members, in which the deputy secretary or member of the Party Committee Standing Committee is the chairman; from 1 to 2 vice chairmen (in which 1 vice chairman is a Party Committee member).

In particular, the Party Committee of a commune that is not subject to consolidation, merger, or special zone (of equivalent size) shall have from 3 to 5 members. The Party Committee of a commune or ward that is subject to consolidation, merger, or special zone (of equivalent size) shall have from 5 to 7 members.

The inspection committee of the special zone party committee directly under the provincial or municipal level, in case of eligibility, shall establish a party committee at a higher level directly at the grassroots level with a number of 3 to 7 full-time members corresponding to the above 2 cases.

In other cases, depending on the scale and practical conditions, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee or City Party Committee decides on the number of members from 3 to 5, including full-time and part-time members, or does not establish an inspection committee. The inspection work is assigned to one comrade at the Party Committee level in charge, such as the Party Committee level of a department or Party cell.