Remove the position of Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee of Mr. Trinh Van Chien

Specifically, the disciplinary action in the form of removing the position of Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee for the period 2010 - 2014 for Mr. Trinh Van Chien due to violations and shortcomings in his work and the Party Central Committee has taken disciplinary action; the disciplinary action period is calculated from the date of announcement of Decision No. 992-QDNS/TW dated October 3, 2023 of the Party Central Committee.

Decision 35/QD-TTg takes effect from January 11, 2024.

* At the meeting on July 28, 2023, when considering disciplining the Standing Committee of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee for the 2010-2020 term and former leaders of Thanh Hoa province at the request of the Central Inspection Committee, the Politburo decided to propose that the Party Central Committee consider and discipline Mr. Trinh Van Chien, former Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term.

According to the Politburo, the Standing Committee of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee for the 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 terms violated the principle of democratic centralism, Party regulations, State laws, and working regulations in approving investment policies, planning, and adjusting planning for a number of land-use projects of FLC Group Joint Stock Company; approving and implementing public investment projects under the smart city project; in managing, using land and implementing the Hac Thanh Tower project; in personnel work; and in leading the work of declaring and publicizing assets and income.

Besides, the Standing Committee of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee also lacked responsibility, loosened leadership, direction, and lacked inspection and supervision, allowing the Party Delegation of the Provincial People's Council, the Party Executive Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, and many organizations and individuals to violate Party regulations and State laws.

The Politburo and the Secretariat affirmed that the violations of the Standing Committee of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee during the 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 terms have caused serious and difficult-to-overcome consequences, causing great damage and risk of damage to the state budget, resulting in many officials and party members being disciplined and criminally prosecuted, causing bad public opinion in society, reducing the prestige of the party organization and local government.

Regarding Mr. Trinh Van Chien, the Politburo affirmed that Mr. Chien had degraded in political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle; violated the principle of democratic centralism, working regulations, Party regulations, State laws, regulations on what Party members are not allowed to do and the responsibility to set an example, causing very serious consequences that are difficult to overcome, causing great damage to the state budget, public outrage, and negatively affecting the reputation of the Party organization and local government.

On October 2, 2023, at the 8th Central Conference, the Party Central Committee decided to remove all Party positions of Mr. Trinh Van Chien, former Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party Delegation, former Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, former Secretary of the Party Committee, former Chairman of the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee.