Party chief urges more drastic, effective fight against corruption
Hanoi (VNA) – The standing board of the
Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena has
been asked to direct Party committees, organisations and relevant agencies to persist
in strengthening the fight against
corruption and negative phenomena without any forbidden zone or exception.
Chairing
the meeting of the standing board in Hanoi on May 10, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu
Trong, who is also head of the committee, said building on achievements in the past months,
the fight against corruption and negative phenomena needs to be more proactive, drastic and
effective. Agencies
concerned must work closely together to better perform inspections and audits.
He
urged raising public awareness of the effort to prevent incitement and internal
division while combating degradation in political ideology, moral virtues and
lifestyle which he said, could be more harmful.
The standing board was assigned to immediately remedy the behaviours of procrastination, evasion,
and hesitation in work among a part of officials and Party members, especially leaders
at all levels. Trong said it is a negative sign that causes adverse
effects and slows down national socio-economic development so that it is
necessary to fix them as soon as possible.
The responsibility
of collectives, individuals, and leaders in the building and issuance of
mechanisms, policies, and laws must be clarified. Any violations must be
strictly punished to prevent "group interests" and "local
interests" in policy and law-making activities that cause damage to the State
and society, he said.
Trong tasked the standing board with hastening the investigation, prosecution, and trial of cases under the
supervision of the committee, especially those that occurred at the Viet A Company,
FLC Group, Tan Hoang Minh Corporation, Van Thinh Phat Group, AIC Company,
Vietnam Register and provincial-level vehicle registration centres, among
others.
At the
meeting, the standing board also agreed to set up five inspection teams to examine the
institutionalisation of the Party's policies and guidelines on prevention of corruption and negative
phenomena into State laws at several Party committees and organisations. They
also decided to hold a meeting reviewing one-year operations of the
provincial-level Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and
Negative Phenomena./.