Party inspection commission decides disciplinary measures against many officials

At the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission meted out disciplinary measures against many officials during its 11th session in Hanoi on January 12-13.

The commission found the Party Delegation of the Can Tho municipal People’s Committee had violated the Party principles, regulations and working rules, shown a lack of responsibility, loosened leadership that resulted in wrongdoings in the procurement of medical equipment, medicines, and the repair and upgrade of hospitals.

Such violations caused serious consequences and huge damage to the State budget, hurt the prestige of the municipal Party organisations and administration.

Therefore, the commission decided to give a warning to Vo Thanh Thong, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, former Vice Secretary of the Can Tho municipal Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party Delegation of the Can Tho municipal People’s Committee and former Chairman of the Can Tho municipal People’s Committee; and Le Van Tam, former Vice Secretary of the Party Delegation and former permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee. The Party Committee of the municipal Health Department in the 2015-2020 tenure was also given a warning.

The commission reprimanded the Party Delegation of the Can Tho municipal People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure and several incumbent and former officials including Nguyen Van Hong, member of the municipal Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee. 

Also at the session, the inspection commission confirmed the violation of Party principles and working regulations and wrongdoings in the use and management of finances, assets and in the fight against smuggling committed by the standing board of the Party Committee of the border guard force in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau in the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures. 

The commission gave a warning as a disciplinary measure to the standing board of the Party Committee of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau border guard force in the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures, as well as to commander Lt Colonel Nguyen Hung Son, Party Secretary and Political Commissar Colonel Dinh Quoc Tuan, and deputy commander Colonel Nguyen Van Tien of the force.

Several other high-ranking officers were also given warnings in connection with the case.

In addition, the commission requested the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat consider disciplinary measures on former Commander of Ba Ria-Vung Tau border guard force Colonel Pham Van Phong; along with Luong Thanh Hai, former member of the Nghe An provincial Party Committee and former head of the provincial Committee on Ethnic Affairs for violating Party regulations and State laws while implementing a project supporting the O Do ethnic group's socio-economic development.

The commission required the Party Delegation at the Ministry of Construction in the 2016-2021 tenure to seriously review and draw lesson from mistakes in personnel work, policy building, equitisation of SOEs and State capital divestment./.