Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chairs the 15th meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption in Hanoi on January 21 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the 15th meeting of the Central SteeringCommittee on Anti-Corruption in Hanoi on January 21 to review the committee’sperformance in 2018 and sketch out missions for 2019.
At the meeting, members of the committee agreed thatso far, anti-corruption activities have been carried out drastically with comprehensiveresults.
A number of resolutions, directives, and regulationshave been issued to strengthen Party building and purification efforts; as wellas fighting against corruption, degradation, “self-evolution”, and“self-transformation”.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly (NA) and the Governmenthave also introduced several legal documents to complete socio-economic institutionalisation,prevent corruption, and fix loopholes in the legal system. Since the beginningof the tenure, the NA has passed 45 laws and 46 resolutions;and the Government,511 decrees, 413 resolutions, and 160 decisions.
The inspection, auditing, investigation, andprosecution of corruption cases have been conducted effectively, resulting inbreakthroughs in handling violations.
Last year, the Party Central Committee’s InspectionCommission took disciplinary measures on more than 650 Party members, while 38centrally-managed officials and Party members were also dealt with. Since the12th Party Congress, more than 60 centrally-managed officials have already receivedpunishments.
In 2018, the Central Steering Committee onAnti-Corruption concluded the investigations into 23 cases with 222 suspects,commencing proceedings on 20 cases with 251 individuals, a rise of 43.75 percentand 66.7 percent respectively in the number of cases. Meanwhile, first hearings wereheld for 23 cases with 304 defendants, five times higher in the number of casescompared to that in 2017. In particular, 10 major corruption cases drawing the specialattention of the public were brought to court.
Addressing the meeting, Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also head of the committee, said that in2019, the committee will focus on speeding up the building and completion ofinstitutions regarding socio-economic management and anti-corruption, strivingto push forward in building a prevention mechanism to ensure there is no room forcorruption.
The committee will propose a number of major policiesand orientations on anti-corruption to serve the drafting documents of theParty’s 13th Congress, while also keeping a closer watch on areas with signs ofnegative deeds drawing public attention, strengthening the settlement of corruptionand economic cases that are under investigation and prosecution, and uncoveringnew cases.
This year, the committee aims to issue directions onconcluding investigations into 21 cases. Legal proceedings will be conducted on22 cases, first instance trials on 27 cases, second instance trials on 10 cases,and finalisation on 43 others.
Together with tackling problems in asset evaluation,verification, and reclamation, as well as fixing damage in specific cases, thecommittee will work to strengthen anti-corruption measures at the local leveland promote the role of elected agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front,socio-politic organisations, and the media in corruptionprevention and control. –VNA
At the meeting, members of the committee agreed thatso far, anti-corruption activities have been carried out drastically with comprehensiveresults.
A number of resolutions, directives, and regulationshave been issued to strengthen Party building and purification efforts; as wellas fighting against corruption, degradation, “self-evolution”, and“self-transformation”.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly (NA) and the Governmenthave also introduced several legal documents to complete socio-economic institutionalisation,prevent corruption, and fix loopholes in the legal system. Since the beginningof the tenure, the NA has passed 45 laws and 46 resolutions;and the Government,511 decrees, 413 resolutions, and 160 decisions.
The inspection, auditing, investigation, andprosecution of corruption cases have been conducted effectively, resulting inbreakthroughs in handling violations.
Last year, the Party Central Committee’s InspectionCommission took disciplinary measures on more than 650 Party members, while 38centrally-managed officials and Party members were also dealt with. Since the12th Party Congress, more than 60 centrally-managed officials have already receivedpunishments.
In 2018, the Central Steering Committee onAnti-Corruption concluded the investigations into 23 cases with 222 suspects,commencing proceedings on 20 cases with 251 individuals, a rise of 43.75 percentand 66.7 percent respectively in the number of cases. Meanwhile, first hearings wereheld for 23 cases with 304 defendants, five times higher in the number of casescompared to that in 2017. In particular, 10 major corruption cases drawing the specialattention of the public were brought to court.
Addressing the meeting, Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also head of the committee, said that in2019, the committee will focus on speeding up the building and completion ofinstitutions regarding socio-economic management and anti-corruption, strivingto push forward in building a prevention mechanism to ensure there is no room forcorruption.
The committee will propose a number of major policiesand orientations on anti-corruption to serve the drafting documents of theParty’s 13th Congress, while also keeping a closer watch on areas with signs ofnegative deeds drawing public attention, strengthening the settlement of corruptionand economic cases that are under investigation and prosecution, and uncoveringnew cases.
This year, the committee aims to issue directions onconcluding investigations into 21 cases. Legal proceedings will be conducted on22 cases, first instance trials on 27 cases, second instance trials on 10 cases,and finalisation on 43 others.
Together with tackling problems in asset evaluation,verification, and reclamation, as well as fixing damage in specific cases, thecommittee will work to strengthen anti-corruption measures at the local leveland promote the role of elected agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front,socio-politic organisations, and the media in corruptionprevention and control. –VNA
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