Corruption fight must not be affected by outside pressure: Party leader

The Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control held the 24th session under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on August 16.
Corruption fight must not be affected by outside pressure: Party leader ảnh 1Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong addresses the 24th session of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control in Hanoi on August 16. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Steering Committee for Corruption and NegativePhenomena Prevention and Control held the 24th session under thechair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on August 16.

The eventreviewed the committee’s performance in the first half of 2023 and the fightagainst corruption and negative phenomena since the start of the Party’s 13th tenure, and identified focal tasks for the remaining months and beyond.

In his remarks, the Partyleader said that in the first half of 2023 and since the start of the 13th tenure, the Central Steering Committee has continued to reform its activities to become more methodological and effective. Strong directions have been delivered over the combat against corruption and negative phenomena, securing comprehensive results at bothcentral and local levels. This contributes to Party building and rectification,boosting national socio-economic development, and winning support from thepublic and high evaluation from international organisations.

For the remaining months of 2023 and beyond, hedemanded constant review of the corruption and negative phenomena preventionand control, saying the fight must stay resolute, persistent, and not beaffected by outside pressure.

He asked the agencies incharge of the affairs to perfect their apparatus, promote their mettle andcapacity, enhance coordination with localities in this regard, and buildpolicies and regulations to prevent corruption and negative phenomena early andfrom afar.

At first, members of thesteering committee must set good examples and take the lead in fightingcorruption and negative phenomena, General Secretary Trong noted.

At the meeting, the CentralSteering Committee requested Party committees, Party organisations, and competentagencies direct accelerating the building and perfection of the rules againstcorruption and negative phenomena, with a focus on the regulations on controllingpower and fighting corruption and negative phenomena in high-risk areas, along protectingwhistle-blowers.

It urged fixing the identified loopholes andshortcomings of mechanisms, policies, and laws; completing the amendment of thelaws on land, property auction, credit institutions and real estate trading, aswell as others related to the corruption and negative phenomena combat; andquickly drafting a national strategy for corruption prevention and controluntil 2030.

The committee ordered speeding up theverification, investigation, prosecution, and judgement of the serious andcomplicated cases of corruption and negative phenomena that attract publicattention.

Party committees, Party organisations, and competentagencies need to boost examination, supervision, inspection, and auditing inhigh-risk areas, thoroughly deal with wrongdoings committed by the Partyorganisations and Party members involved in the cases monitored by the CentralSteering Committee, and continue considering the relief and position rearrangementof disciplined officials in line with the Politburo’s guidelines, it noted.

The Central Steering Committeedemanded increasing communications and education among cadres, Party membersand the public while further bringing into play the role of the Vietnam FatherlandFront, its member organisations, the press, and people in the combat.

It also requested Party committees, Partyorganisations, and competent agencies keep improving the performance ofprovincial-level steering committees, adamantly eradicate petty corruption, andmake stronger improvements in the fight at the grassroots level./.
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