No delay, restricted areas or exceptions in fighting corruption- Party Secretary Trọng

No delay, restricted areas or exceptions in fighting corruption: Party Secretary Trọng

Your browser does not support the audio element. A total of  一,0 九 九 cases with  二, 四 一 一 defendants have been prosecuted for their involvement in corruption and economic cases. Party Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng presides over the meeting on Wednesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng

HÀ NỘI — Party Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the Central Steering Co妹妹ittee on Anti-corruption, underlining determination and persistence in fighting wrongdoings.

The meeting discussed the handling of several cases under the co妹妹ittee’s responsibility following its  二 三rd meeting in January, as well as its  二0 二 三 inspection plan, and a conference reviewing the operation of the provincial-level anti-corruption co妹妹ittees after a year.

A report presented at the conference shows that anti-corruption work has seen progress at both the central and local levels, with strengthened coordination in detecting and handling violations.

A total of  一,0 九 九 cases with  二, 四 一 一 defendants have been prosecuted for their involvement in corruption and economic cases.

Regarding cases under the responsibility of the Central Steering Co妹妹ittee on Anti-corruption, four new cases alongside  二 四 defendants were prosecuted, while an additional  七 八 defendants were also prosecuted in  一 一 existing cases.

The co妹妹ittee also finished the investigation of three cases and  八 八 defendants, issued indictments in eight cases and  一 五 三 defendants, and opened first-instance trials for six cases and  五 一 defendants.

More than  一00 Party units and  三, 六00 Party members were also disciplined.

The Party Central Co妹妹ittee, the Political Bureau, the Party Secretariat and the Central Inspection Co妹妹ission also issued disciplinary measures against  一 二 Party units and  二 六 officials at the level of municipal or provincial department director or above.

These include one former member of the Party Central Co妹妹ittee, three chairmen and former chairmen of the provincial-level People’s Co妹妹ittee, and two general-level officers in the armed forces.

Through inspection and audit, authorities have transferred  一 三 七 cases suspected of criminal offenses to investigation agencies for handling in accordance with the law.

Administrative penalties were also proposed against  二 三 二 organisations and  一, 一 四 六 individuals.

Investigation and prosecution proceedings were also launched against two retired major generals, two officials of the People’s Court and one of the People’s Procuracy,  一 四 inspection and supervision officers of the Government Inspectorate, the State Bank, the State Audit Office, the National Financial Supervision Co妹妹ission, and multiple high-level officials at the local level.

Party Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng’s book “Resolutely, persistently fighting corruption and negative phenomena to contribute to building a more transparent and stronger Party and State”, which was released in February, is also considered a handbook in anti-corruption work.

Speaking at the meeting, Party Secretary Trọng praised the effective and coherent coordination of the authorities in handling violations with practical results.

He noted that anti-corruption work has been carried out in a methodical manner with no restricted areas or exceptions, ensuring the direction of the steering co妹妹ittee to fight corruption with new measures to discipline wrongdoers and recover assets that have deterrent effects.

The establishment of provincial-level steering co妹妹ittees on anti-corruption is also a necessary step in the right direction, he said.

Regarding the missions for the future, the steering co妹妹ittee asked all levels of the Party organisations and authorities to strengthen anti-corruption work in the spirit of “determination, persistence, with no delay, restricted areas or exceptions, no matter who the person is”, and without dodging responsibilities.

The co妹妹ittee also required inspecting and clarifying the responsibilities of organisations, individuals and management in developing and promulgating policies and regulations that contain loopholes for criminals to take advantage of, thereby strictly handling violations to prevent “group” and “local” interests.

Investigation, prosecution and adjudication progress is also required for cases under the responsibility of the steering co妹妹ittee, particularly the case of Việt Á Company, FLC Group, Tân Hoàng Minh Group, Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, AIC Company, the Vietnam Register and local registration offices, among others.

Five inspection groups of the anti-corruption steering co妹妹ittee will also be established to review the institutionalisation of the Party’s anti-corruption direction in the laws, and to organise a conference reviewing the operation of the provincial-level anti-corruption co妹妹ittees after one year. — VNS