Disciplinary process for party members under the authority of the Central Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat

Accordingly, the Politburo prescribes a three-step process for reviewing and enforcing discipline on party organizations and party members under the authority of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat.

Preparation steps

The Central Inspection Committee submits to the Politburo and the Secretariat (through the Central Party Office) a case file including: a submission, a report proposing disciplinary action against the violating party organization and party members, and related documents.

The Central Party Office copies and sends the case files submitted by the Central Inspection Commission to the Politburo members and Secretariat members; the case files submitted by the Politburo to the Central Party Executive Committee members according to working regulations.

The Standing Secretariat assigns Politburo members and Secretariat members to listen to the opinions of representatives of party organizations and violating party members before holding a conference to consider discipline. If the violating party member is a Politburo member or a member of the Secretariat, the General Secretary or the Standing Secretariat will listen to the violating party member's opinions.

The disciplinary process consists of two meetings.

The first is the Politburo and Secretariat meeting to consider and decide on disciplinary action. Participants in this meeting include Politburo or Secretariat members; representatives of the Central Inspection Committee, the Central Organization Committee, and the Central Party Office. If necessary, representatives of the Party organization, the violating Party member, and representatives of the Party organization managing the Party member are invited.

At this conference, representatives of the Central Inspection Commission presented a report proposing disciplinary action.

Next, the representative of the violating party organization and party member presents their opinions, the party organization with the violating party member speaks; in case of absence, the representative of the Central Party Office leadership presents the review report of the violating party organization and party member and the opinions of related organizations and individuals (if any).

Politburo members or Secretariat members assigned to meet with representatives of party organizations and party members who have violated the rules before the disciplinary review meeting shall report on the results of the meeting and discussion.

Then, the conference discusses and votes to decide on disciplinary measures or votes to propose that the Party Central Committee consider and enforce disciplinary measures according to regulations.

In case the Politburo and the Secretariat request the Party Central Committee to consider and enforce discipline, the Central Inspection Committee shall preside over and coordinate with the Party Central Office to prepare the case file for the Politburo to submit to the Party Central Committee.

In case the Politburo and the Secretariat decide not to take disciplinary action, the Central Party Office shall notify in writing the Central Inspection Commission and relevant Party organizations and Party members.

For the Party Central Committee Conference to consider and decide on discipline, the composition includes the Party Central Committee; representatives of the Central Inspection Committee, the Party Central Office, the Central Organization Committee, and relevant Party committees.

At this conference, the Politburo representative read the submission and report proposing disciplinary action. Next, the representative of the party organization and the party member who violated the law presented their opinions (if the violating party member is a member of the Party Central Committee, the violating party organization is headed by a member of the Party Central Committee attending the meeting).

After that, the conference will discuss and vote to decide on the form of discipline by secret ballot. In case the Party Central Committee decides not to enforce discipline, it will authorize the Politburo and the Secretariat to notify relevant party organizations and party members in writing.

Final step

The Central Inspection Commission presides over and coordinates with the Party Central Office to advise the Party Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat to issue decisions on disciplinary action or notices of non-disciplinary action.

The Politburo or the Secretariat shall implement the disciplinary decision and notify the non-disciplinary action to the party organization, the violating party member, and relevant organizations and individuals.

The Central Inspection Commission completes the file for review, disciplinary action and hands it over to the Party Central Office for archiving according to regulations.

The Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat assigned the Central Inspection Commission to monitor, urge, inspect, and supervise relevant Party organizations and Party members to comply with disciplinary decisions.

This Decision takes effect from June 6, 2024 and replaces Decision 174/2008 of the Politburo promulgating the Procedure for reviewing, enforcing discipline and resolving party disciplinary complaints of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat; Decision 195/2008 of the Politburo promulgating the Procedure for the Central Executive Committee to review and enforcing discipline against party members who are members of the Party Central Committee.