General Secretary To Lam: The law is not only to punish but also to educate, transform, protect, and open up.

General Secretary To Lam attended the 65th anniversary of the People's Procuracy's traditional day this morning.

Speaking here, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that regardless of its organization, apparatus and tasks, the People's Procuracy (VKSND) has an important position and role in the apparatus of the socialist rule-of-law state.

The role and responsibility of the industry in the coming time is very important: it is one of the pillars protecting justice in the socialist rule-of-law state; it is an important element in building a professional, modern, fair, strict, honest judiciary, serving the Fatherland and the people...

To fulfill that mission well, the General Secretary requested that the work of the industry must always closely follow and effectively serve the political tasks of the country in the era of national development.

From a full and profound understanding of the requirements and tasks of the revolution in the current period, the General Secretary pointed out the need to continue to do well the work of Party building, building a clean, strong, modern sector, ensuring smooth, effective, efficient and effective operation of the 3-level People's Procuracy model after the arrangement and streamlining; building the People's Procuracy is always one of the important institutions to protect the socialist legal system, maintain the integrity of the judicial system, directly contributing to ensuring the principle of the rule of law, protecting human rights and civil rights - the core values ​​of the socialist rule of law State.

The General Secretary noted the need to pay special attention to building a team of prosecutors with strong political will, deep expertise, clear ethics, strict discipline, the courage to protect what is right, and resolutely fight against what is wrong.

Every prosecutor must be clearly aware that he or she is directly participating in the mission of protecting the legal foundation for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Therefore, prosecutors must constantly cultivate political qualities and public service ethics according to Uncle Ho's teachings, to be "fair, upright, objective, cautious, and modest"; constantly study and improve their working qualifications, to meet the increasingly high requirements and demands of the job in the new period.

The General Secretary also requested constant innovation in thinking and working methods to better perform the functions of prosecution and supervision of judicial activities. In prosecution activities, it is necessary to ensure compliance with the law, the right person, the right crime, focusing on preventing wrongful convictions, letting criminals escape, and handling them strictly, while also ensuring humanity and humanity. This is the main responsibility of every cadre, civil servant, and prosecutor of the People's Procuracy.

The law is not only to punish but also to educate, reform, protect and enlighten.

According to the General Secretary, prosecution activities are not only about enforcing the law but also about enforcing justice with a humane spirit; the law is not only to punish, but also to educate, reform, protect and pave the way for goodness.

Every decision to prosecute, not to prosecute, to appeal or to petition... is related to the fate of a person. Therefore, the General Secretary requested that both reason and emotion must be carefully considered, ensuring that justice is served and that the person being prosecuted is "convinced", thereby consolidating and strengthening the people's trust in the country's judiciary.

In supervising judicial activities, it is necessary to ensure that all investigation, prosecution, trial, and execution activities are in accordance with the law; ensure that judicial power is strictly controlled; and prevent crime, corruption, and negativity from law enforcement agencies.

The General Secretary emphasized the need to increase the application of simplified procedures and non-litigation measures (mediation, dialogue, negotiation, plea agreement, etc.) to combat waste, minimize social conflicts, save human and material resources, reduce litigation costs and social costs; continue to promote summarizing practices, researching theories, consulting, and proposing to perfect institutions on judicial organization and activities in general and prosecution in particular.

The Procuracy must review and perfect internal control mechanisms within the sector; participate in building, perfecting and implementing well the mechanism of assignment and coordination with agencies in the internal affairs sector.

The clear division of functions and tasks between the Procuracy, the Court, the Investigation Agency, and the Enforcement Agency must be closely and effectively coordinated, on the basis of the rule of law and respect for the independent authority of each agency. Coordination is to ensure that all violations of the law are detected and strictly handled, with the right person and the right crime, without letting criminals escape, without wrongfully accusing innocent people...