The statute of limitations for disciplining officials, civil servants and public employees will be redefined.

Officers of Nghi Loc Land Use Registration Office carry out the procedure of granting and exchanging Land Use Certificates. Photo courtesy

Discussing the draft Law on Cadres, Civil Servants and the revised Law on Public Employees being discussed by the National Assembly, Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan said that this law amendment focuses on four major issues:

The first,Separation between civil servants and public employees in public service units. The heads and deputy heads of public service units at the provincial level or units under the central ministries and branches are no longer civil servants but are transferred to the civil service regime.

Those appointed as representatives to participate in management in state-owned enterprises will have their state management and business administration separated.

Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan. Photo: Minh Dat

This does not apply to basic public service units serving political and state management tasks, the leaders of which are still civil servants.

Monday,Interconnection between civil servants at commune and district level and above and those working in state-owned enterprises, operating in public service units, if qualified as civil servants, when transferring to work in state administrative agencies, they do not have to take civil service exams.

People who were previously civil servants and were seconded or transferred to work in public service units when they return are still civil servants and do not need to retake the exam.

Tuesday,Contracts with civil servants have always been indefinite like civil service contracts, but this time they must be converted to fixed-term contracts, except in remote areas.

There is also another option, after the probationary period is completed, the contract is implemented for a certain period of time. Then, if these officials are qualified, they will continue with a long-term contract. That is, there is a term but it is only an initial term.

The government chose the option of "abolishing lifelong tenure" for civil servants, only implementing them under fixed-term contracts.

WednesdayDisciplinary action against cadres, civil servants and public employees is currently being implemented differently from the Party's handling method in both form and time limit. This time, the disciplinary method will be determined accordingly.

The statute of limitations must also be determined, not just 24 months but maybe 2 years, 5 years, 10 years depending on the level of violation: less serious, serious or especially serious, to have appropriate handling in the coming time.

Many National Assembly members are concerned about the draft law that abolishes the disciplinary form of demotion. For example, Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee Hoang Van Tra said: "It is a bit of a waste for a department director to be disciplined to become a specialist." What does the Minister think about this issue?

- There are also many different opinions on abolishing the disciplinary form of demotion. We will continue to listen to the opinions of delegates to have clear statistics and analysis.

The aim of this is to bring the State's disciplinary measures into line with the Party's. Currently, Party discipline does not include demotion.

If this form of discipline is left, it is easy to be lenient, instead of being dismissed, it is demoted.

Currently, the number of deputies is controlled at a maximum level. If the leader is demoted to deputy, there will be an excess number of deputies. Therefore, it is necessary to study and harmonize, ensuring that violations are handled appropriately to avoid the situation of taking advantage of applying lighter punishments.

I don't think it's true to say that being dismissed means losing everything. When being dismissed to another position, after 1 year, if they correct the violations, they will still be considered, evaluated for planning, and reappointed equally.

Civil servant salaries will increase

Will this amendment to the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants help overcome the situation of "going to work with an umbrella in the morning and coming home with an umbrella in the evening", Minister?

- In the solution to build a team of cadres and civil servantsCivil servants have the capacity to perform public duties, serve the people and businesses. This draft law has stricter regulations on the input quality of civil servants.

Resolution 26 of the Central Committee also stipulates that the upcoming civil service examination or recruitment will be amended by means of examination or selection in special cases, but with a very strict spirit regarding input quality.

Along with that is the control by reducing the payroll rate in localities, each 5-year period is 10% for screening. At the same time, implement the job position project and pay according to job position.

This time, combining the restructuring of the apparatus with streamlining the payroll, restructuring the team of cadres, civil servants, and public employees, and implementing new salaries, the quality of the team of cadres and civil servants will certainly be improved and correspondingly, income will increase.

In the plan to implement the Public Service Culture project, the Ministry mentioned researching and proposing to supplement regulations on public service culture in the Law on Cadres, Civil Servants and the Law on Public Employees. So does the draft mention that "civil servants are not allowed to flatter their superiors for impure motives"?

- There are regulations that are institutionalized in other ways rather than being put into law. This is the same, it cannot be put into law.