The assessment and classification of cadres and civil servants in some places is still perfunctory.

On the morning of December 4, the interdisciplinary inspection team on compliance with discipline and administrative order in Nghe An province, established under Decision No. 5773/QD-UBND dated December 28, 2018 of the Provincial People's Committee Chairman, conducted surprise inspections in a number of communes of Do Luong district.

The inspection team worked at the offices of Tru Son commune (top photo) and My Son commune (bottom photo), Do Luong district. Photo: Thu Giang

Self-assessment content of many civil servants is duplicated and sketchy.

At 8am, the inspection team at Tru Son commune office recorded that there were no officials or civil servants violating working hours. They also reminded that the office did not have name tags, and many positions of officials and civil servants were not equipped with name tags on their desks, causing difficulties for people when coming to work. In addition, the members of the inspection team also corrected the situation of some officials and civil servants not wearing name tags during working hours.

Regarding the work of receiving people, the working regulations stipulate that the People's Committee of the commune receives people at least once a week, which is not in accordance with regulations. Tru Son commune has not yet posted the schedule of people reception by the People's Committee leaders.

Notably, in the 2019 assessment and classification of cadres and civil servants, some civil servants had self-assessments that were duplicated in content, sketchy, and not closely following the assigned tasks. The minutes of the assessment meeting did not include the results of the classification voting and the classification conclusion of the commune People's Committee Chairman. After 20 days, the decision to classify cadres and civil servants was not issued.

The delegation also conducted an inspection at the My Son commune office, pointing out a number of shortcomings and limitations at the one-stop shop, such as administrative procedures in some fields (construction, culture - society, agriculture...) not being posted; the posted procedures were not in accordance with regulations (regarding lists, forms...). The results of the inspections were directly discussed by the delegation at the communes and during the working session with the People's Committee of Do Luong district.

The working regulations of the commune have many errors.

The delegation discussed the inspection results with leaders and civil servants of Phuc Son commune. Photo: Thu Giang

On the same afternoon, the inspection team continued to carry out their duties at the office of Phuc Son commune, Anh Son district. At 2:00 p.m., many officials and civil servants were not wearing badges, and their office nameplates were blurred. Through inspection, the team members discovered that the Commune People's Committee issued working regulations for the term with many errors, notably the application of outdated legal documents, the time for the Commune People's Committee Chairman to receive people was inconsistent with the regulations for receiving people...

In addition, the management and operation regulations, disciplinary measures, and classification of cadres and civil servants are not in accordance with regulations. The delegation also reminded that from 2016 to now, the Commune People's Committee has not reassigned tasks to civil servants.

To manage working time, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Phuc Son commune have assigned civil servants to take turns monitoring and checking the compliance with working time of cadres and civil servants. At the time of inspection, the person assigned to work was late, had a reason but did not report to the leaders and the office of the People's Committee of the commune for monitoring and checking. Article 13 of the Regulations on management and operation of the office of the People's Committee of the commune stipulates that civil servants record and submit work diary, but in reality, this content is not implemented.

Civil servants perform duties at the one-stop shop of Anh Son district. Photo: Thu Giang

At the People's Committee of Anh Son district, when examining the records of evaluation and classification of civil servants of 3 specialized departments, the evaluation team found that the self-evaluation of civil servants generally did not meet the requirements. Minutes of department meetings focused heavily on emulation and rewards, with little attention paid to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses in work and plans to overcome them in the coming year.