New regulations on disciplining party members 'concretize signs of degradation'

The Politburo issued new regulations on disciplining Party members, specifying manifestations of degradation, self-evolution, and self-transformation.

The Politburo has just issued a Regulation on disciplinary action against party members who violate the law. VnExpress had an interview with Mr. Ha Quoc Tri - Member of the Central Inspection Committee, about this Regulation.

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UMBRELLAMr. Ha Quoc Tri -Member of the Central Inspection Commission. Photo: Lan Ha

For the first time, the statute of limitations for Party disciplinary action is prescribed.

-Sir, why Q?What regulations on disciplinary action against party members who violate the law have been issued at present?

- In 2013, the Politburo issued regulation 181 onDisciplinary action against party members who violate the law. After 4 years, sIt is necessary to issue a new regulation (No. 102) because recently, regulation 181, besides its achievements,has revealed shortcomings. Specifically, regulation 181 does not cover all the scope and shortcomings and violations of party members in the process of performing assigned tasks and responsibilities.

The Central Inspection Commission has conducted a preliminary review of the implementation of regulation 181, through which a number of localities have proposed amending this regulation to suit the new situation; resolving difficulties in the process of disciplining violating party members.

- So what are the new points in this regulation?

-VIn terms of structure, regulation 102 retains 5 chapters, but adds one more article to make 37 articles compared to 36 in the old regulation; each specific article has additions and amendments with tThe focus is on concretizing the manifestations of degradation, self-evolution, and self-transformation within the Party as identified in Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee.

The new regulation also adds content on the statute of limitations for handling Party discipline (the period of time during whichAfter that period, party members who violate the law will not be subject to disciplinary action.

Previous regulations did not address the issue of statute of limitations.However, in reality, many violations have occurred for a long time. If we just leave them as disciplinary actions, they will no longer have much deterrent effect, not to mention the low ability to remedy the consequences. Moreover, the law ofThe State also has regulations on disciplinary statute of limitations, so they must be revised to be consistent.

The new regulation statesViolations up to the level of reprimand have a statute of limitations of 5 years; warnings and dismissals are 10 years; and expulsion from the Party has no time limit, especially for violations of national security and internal political protection.

Thus, compared with the requirement for citizen disciplinary action (24 months),Party discipline has a statute of limitations.longer,because party members have higher demands.

Another new point is the regulation that Party members who are being considered for disciplinary action by the Party organization cannot be transferred, appointed, awarded, or recognized with Party or State titles...

Do not use "dismiss" instead of "remove"

-According to regulation 102, party members who declare their assets and income dishonestly will be dismissed from their positions. What is the reality behind this regulation, sir?

- In fact, there are party members who made dishonest declarations and have recently had to consider disciplinary action.For exampleThe case of Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa, former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, was determined by the inspection agency to be: TFor a long time, Ms. Kim Thoa repeatedly declared her assets and income incorrectly and incompletely according to regulations, violating regulations on what party members are not allowed to do.

OrMs. Phan Thi My Thanh, Deputy Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee alsoviolated regulations on what party members are not allowed to do when declaring assets and income incompletely and not in accordance with Party and State regulations.

In the Party there isRegulation 47 on what party members are not allowed to do, has stated the content about declaring assets and income. However,Regulation 47 is the framework for party members to comply with, and regulation 102 is for enforcement and disciplinary action if party members exceed that framework.

In addition, the Politburo recently issued Regulation No. 85 on inspection and supervision of asset declarations of officials under the management of the Politburo and Secretariat.If any violations by any cadre in this category are discovered, the Central Inspection Committee and relevant authorities will take action.The Politburo also assigned local Party committees to develop similar regulations for implementation at lower levels.

- Recently, some cases of disciplining cadres and party members have applied the form of "dismissal". Regulation 102 sets out the principle that "if a member of the Party Committee violates the level of dismissal, he must be dismissed, not dismissed from office". Does this mean that in the future, disciplinary action at the level of dismissal will be clearer?

- The dismissal is stated in Regulation No. 260 dated October 2, 2009 of the Politburo on the dismissal, removal and resignation of officials. In case an official or party member is disciplined by dismissal, he/she will be transferred and assigned to do other work, not the old work.

However, in the recent inspection and handling process, there have been some cases where it is clear that dismissal is not a form of discipline. Therefore, the competent authority believes that it is necessary to regulate disciplinary action in accordance with the Party Charter, meaning that a Party member must be disciplined to the extent of the violation, not dismissed instead of dismissed; or removing a Party member's name is not a form of discipline but must be expelled.

Recently, there have also been cases of internal handling when cadres and party members violated the law.Therefore, the new regulation sets out the principle that "party members who violate the law to the extent that they must be prosecuted must be prosecuted, not handled internally."

In the 10th session, the Central Inspection Committee discovered violations at Vinashin, clearly violations of the law, and did not handle them internally within the Party but transferred the case to the investigation agency to conduct work according to the provisions of the law.

Once processed according to the law, based on the court's verdict, the violator will be expelled.out of the Party, even with a suspended sentence.

Saying that to see that any regulation comes from practice, not general. Practice requires regulations to prevent you from violating the law, which should be handled according to the law but is handled internally, and people are complicit.

- With the new regulation, disciplinary action against party members who violate the law will be tightened, meaning more stringent requirements will be placed on party members?

- This regulation is educational, preventive, and reminds party members and cadres to comply with the regulations. Violations will be handled. ArticleThis is not strict and it is not newly issued. This regulation has been amended for the third time.

This is a very necessary regulation, which serves as a basis for considering disciplinary action against party members who violate the law. I think that this content must also be widely communicated so that party members and people can monitor its implementation. Now, we just say that a party member has violated the law, but we don't know what the violation is, so there must be regulations so that when a party member violates the law, the level of violation can be compared with the regulations.If people do not know what behavior is wrong, there can be no monitoring.

Currently, the Central Inspection Committee has been assigned to draft a document guiding the implementation of the regulation. In the near future, there will be clear instructions and specific wording explanations for everyone to understand.

According to VNE