Tan Ky many solutions to improve public ethics
(Baonghean) - Based on the reality that the staff and civil servants in localities and units in the area still have issues that need to be corrected, Tan Ky district has had its own way of doing things, contributing significantly to changing the working style and manner, improving the quality of performing professional tasks of staff and civil servants.
Strictly handle violations among civil servants
President Ho Chi Minh once said: "Cadres are the root of all work", following his teachings, the Party Committee and the government of Tan Huong commune (Tan Ky) pay special attention to discipline, administrative discipline, and improving public ethics for the team of cadres and civil servants of the commune, especially the commune strictly handles cadres and civil servants who violate. As in the case of the Commune Military Commander, from the people's reflection on the low spirit and responsibility in performing public duties; through verification, Tan Huong commune proposed to the leaders of Tan Ky district People's Committee to take disciplinary action against this civil servant. After being disciplined with a reprimand, the violating civil servant seriously reviewed and corrected, corrected, and performed his professional duties well.
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| Officials of Tan Huong commune (Tan Ky) handle administrative procedures for people. Photo: Thanh Le |
According to Vice Chairman of Tan Huong Commune People's Committee Le Nam Hai, the commune identified the extremely important role of cadres and civil servants, so it directed political system organizations to evaluate cadres, contributing to correcting limitations and shortcomings in compliance with internal rules, regulations, and public service ethics.
"From there, creating discipline, attitude, and responsible working style for cadres and civil servants, resulting in better work efficiency."
Tan Huong used to be the commune with the highest number of disciplined officials. With synchronous solutions to perfect the staff apparatus and simultaneously strengthen and tighten discipline and administrative discipline, it has created positive changes in the operation of the apparatus in the commune. Through the assessment of the district and commune, it shows that officials and civil servants in Tan Phu have effectively implemented the work programs and tasks set out in the week, month, quarter and year. In addition, the commune has well implemented the office culture regulations, maintaining the green - clean - beautiful office culture. The change in the performance of public duties of officials, civil servants, Party committees and authorities of Tan Phu has found the voice and consensus of the people in implementing local movements.
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| The Department of Home Affairs' working group inspected the compliance with discipline and administrative order in Tan Ky. Photo: Thanh Le |
To improve public service ethics, Tan Ky district established public service inspection teams, each locality, agency, and unit inspected for 4-5 days. The content of the inspection was to check the implementation of assigned tasks and the level of completed work. If the completion level was 30%, the inspection team would review and learn from experience, and if 40% of the work was not completed, disciplinary action would be taken. With the view of raising the awareness of officials and civil servants in performing public duties and limiting petitions and complaints, the district held a disciplinary council meeting once a month to consider disciplinary action against officials and civil servants who violated the law, from reprimand to dismissal.
Specifically, recently, the district has disciplined a commune police chief by forcing him to quit his job for gambling violations, reprimanded a commune official for watching gambling; forced him to quit his job for not completing his duties, not following working hours, as reported by the people; and disciplined a commune chairman by reprimanding him for lax management of mineral resources.
"Disciplinary action against officials and civil servants is a last resort. We know it is painful but we have to do it to deter officials."
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| Officials of the Citizen Reception Committee of Tan Ky district talk with people. Photo: PV |
Correcting behavior and manners
With the aim of gradually correcting and innovating the working style and manner of cadres and civil servants from the district to the grassroots level, raising awareness, responsibility and efficiency of assigned professional work, avoiding the situation of civil servants working perfunctorily and formally, Tan Ky district issued instructions on implementing a number of measures to correct the working style, manner, sense of responsibility and public ethics of cadres, civil servants and public employees.
Including regulations: Assigning tasks by slip, and assigning tasks in 3 steps as follows: First violation: If the assigned task is not completed or completed but does not ensure quality, a warning or criticism will be issued; that year the task will not be classified as excellent. Second violation: After being criticized and warned for the first time, if the task is not completed, the officer or civil servant will be suspended from work for 5-7 days, then a review will be conducted; that year, the officer or civil servant will not be classified as having completed the task. Third violation: After being reviewed, if the task is not completed, the officer or civil servant will continue to be reviewed, disciplinary action will be considered, and a proposal will be made to the superior to arrange, assign, and transfer work appropriately.
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| Roll call at specialized rooms every day in Nghia Dung commune (Tan Ky). Photo: My Nga |
The district also requires cadres and civil servants to develop work schedules and personal work schedules to proactively and effectively implement and perform assigned tasks. At the same time, in order to collect more information from the people, Tan Ky District Party Committee has publicly announced the entire list and phone numbers of members of the District Party Committee Standing Committee, heads of the Public Security Department and the District Military Command in 269 blocks, hamlets and villages. Every year, the District People's Committee surveys the satisfaction level of people and organizations with the service of the Reception and Results Department. The District People's Committee installs a camera system connecting computers to the Office and the Chairman of the District People's Committee to monitor the working hours of cadres and civil servants as well as ensure security and order in the workplace.
Every year, the People's Committee of Tan Ky district establishes a surprise inspection team to inspect the compliance with discipline and administrative discipline at agencies, units and localities in the district. At the same time, it rotates and transfers cadres with limited professional capacity or those with negative public opinion about their attitude and working style; tightens criteria for cadre evaluation and more drastically transfers cadres and civil servants of communes and towns with weak capacity. In addition to the prescribed positions, the district rotates military commanders and commune police chiefs.
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| Model of planting seedlings of people in Tan Huong commune (Tan Ky). Photo: Thanh Le |
All commune and district-level cadres and civil servants must undergo an annual assessment and grading process. In addition to the assessment from the grassroots level, the district also assigns specialized departments and offices to separately assess the professional capacity of each cadre and civil servant. This practice limits favoritism and eliminates cadres who are reported to have poor capacity but are still rated by the grassroots level as having completed their tasks well.
Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee Hoang Quoc Viet said: With synchronous solutions, initially there has been a positive change in awareness and action, raising the sense of responsibility and sense of discipline among cadres and civil servants; overcoming shortcomings and limitations in implementing discipline and administrative discipline; implementing well the order, working hours and style, arranging working time more scientifically; raising awareness of saving and avoiding waste.
These solutions have contributed to building a team of cadres, civil servants and public employees with standards of ethics and lifestyle, achieving high efficiency in performing professional tasks, and building a cultural and civilized lifestyle in the workplace and in the community.
