Party officials penalised for wrongdoings

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 31st session from November 12-14, with a focus on the serious violations of regulations committed by several officials.
Party officials penalised for wrongdoings ảnh 1Permanent Deputy Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Inspection Commission of the Party CentralCommittee held its 31st session from November 12-14, with a focus on theserious violations of regulations committed by several officials.

The commission concluded that Permanent Deputy Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’sParty Committee Tat Thanh Cang, who is also a member of the Party CentralCommittee, flouted the principle of democratic centralism, as well as themunicipal Party Committee’s authority and working regulations on assetmanagement and use in enterprises owned by the municipal Party Committee.

Cang is found to have contravened stipulations on deciding the businesscooperation policy and transferring of project ownership as well as land userights among the companies. He is also accused of allowing the Party Committee’scapital representative to vote on the issuance of stocks to strategicshare-holders at enterprises.

The official is charged with lacking responsibility, as well as being lax inmanagement and in his inspection of the fields under his authority, whichcaused critical losses to the municipal Party Committee’s budget.

In addition, when Cang was holding the post of Director of the municipalDepartment of Transport, he broke the law to approve the construction of fourmain roads in the Thu Thiem new urban area.

The Inspection Commission said that Cang’s wrongdoings are serious, triggeringsocial uproars while damaging the municipal Party Committee’s prestige.

Regarding Mobifone’s acquisition of 95 percent of AVG shares, the commissiondecided to give a warning to Nguyen Trong Dung, deputy head of the enterpriseinnovation division under the Government Office’s Department of EnterpriseInnovation.

Meanwhile, former Vice Chairman of the GovernmentOffice Le Manh Ha, and Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Van Hieu werereprimanded for their violations.

The commission asked the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat to consider andgive punishment to Bui Quang Vinh, former member of the Party Central Committeeand former Minister of Planning and Investment.

Also, it decided to expel Chu Hao, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Tri ThucPublishing House and former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, from theParty for his very serious violations of the principles of the Partyorganization and operation, as well as of the provisions on those things theParty members must not do.-VNA
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