Amending and supplementing the organizational structure of the Central Internal Affairs Committee

On the morning of September 15, in Hanoi, the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform (Steering Committee) held its 6th meeting.

Concluding the meeting, President Tran Dai Quang requested the Central Internal Affairs Commission and the agencies in charge of developing the project and reporting to fully synthesize the opinions of the Steering Committee members for research, absorption, revision and completion of the document.

President Tran Dai Quang - Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform chaired the meeting.

The President assigned the Central Internal Affairs Commission to study and absorb the opinions of the Steering Committee members, revise and perfect the working regulations of the Steering Committee for the 2016-2021 term for promulgation. Along with that, it is necessary to urgently complete the project to amend and supplement the functions, tasks and organizational structure of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, including the reorganization of the Steering Committee Office accordingly, and submit it to the Politburo for consideration and decision.

At the same time, direct the development of a project to improve the organization and operation of the Secretariat to ensure sufficient conditions to perform well the advisory and assistance functions of the Steering Committee from now until the end of the term. In particular, participate in the comprehensive summary of the implementation of the Judicial Reform Strategy to 2020, propose directions and tasks for judicial reform in the period after 2020.

The President appreciated the Central Military Commission for actively directing the innovation of the organization and operation of judicial agencies in the Army in the spirit of judicial reform and the provisions of the Constitution and laws. He requested the Ministry of National Defense to direct relevant agencies and units to study and absorb the opinions of the Steering Committee to complete the dossiers and documents, and report to competent agencies for consideration and decision.

President Tran Dai Quang highly appreciated the research results and proposals of the Supreme People's Court in the Project "Innovation and enhancement of mediation and dialogue in the process of resolving civil and administrative cases". This is a new issue, it is necessary to continue expanding the scope of the pilot to have time to research and verify in order to have a basis for proposing the development of policies and laws on this issue.

Do not accept any pressure, do not let criminals escape, do not let injustice happen

According to the synthesis of the Internal Affairs Committee, the activities of the Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in localities have achieved many important results, been maintained regularly, and promptly directed the implementation of many policies of the Central Committee on judicial reform.

The relationship between investigation, prosecution, court, judiciary and enforcement agencies has changed a lot, promptly advising the Party Committee to direct the handling of many issues and cases according to their authority.

The activities of the prosecution agencies have many innovations, the quality of handling denunciations, crime reports, investigation, prosecution and trial has been improved. Focus on directing the improvement of the quality of investigation, prosecution and trial of criminal cases, especially major economic and corruption cases; speed up the handling of key cases and pending cases to resolve them completely.

Promote the spirit of resolutely fighting against crime, the spirit of respect for the law, handling crimes strictly and clearly, handling them to the point, not letting them drag on, not being subjected to any pressure, not letting criminals escape, not allowing injustice or mistakes.

Focus on detecting economic and corruption cases, as well as measures to recover lost assets and assets appropriated by corrupt subjects. Focus on correcting and overcoming limitations and shortcomings in investigation, prosecution and trial.

However, there are still some shortcomings, limitations and problems, including the slow settlement of administrative cases, the recruitment, appointment and reappointment of judges, leading to overload and work pressure for local courts.

President Tran Dai Quang requested competent authorities at the central level to focus on leading and directing subordinate units to study and propose measures to promptly resolve difficulties and problems in localities; and continue to promote the implementation of judicial reform tasks in accordance with the Party's guidelines.