At the working session (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trongchaired a meeting of the Politburo in Hanoi on November 1 to look into someprojects regarding anti-corruption.
The projects comprise one amending and supplementing the 11th Politburo’sRegulation No. 163-QD/TW dated February 1, 2013 on functions, tasks, authorityand operation of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption, andanother amending and supplementing the 11th Politburo’s Decision No. 159-QD/TWdated December 28, 2012 on functions, tasks and organisation of the PartyCentral Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs.
The Politburo basically approved contents of the projects as well as the reporton these documents presented by a representative from the Commission for InternalAffairs.
Addressing the meeting, Trong said after more than six years of implementingDecision No. 159, the Commission for Internal Affairs has proposed many majorpolicies, guidelines and orientations on internal affairs.
The commission has performed its role as the standing agency of the CentralSteering Committee for Anti-corruption, he said, stressing the commission’sefforts in pushing ahead with the investigation, prosecution and settlement ofcomplex economic and corrupt cases of public concern.
He also lauded the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption for itsperformance in detecting and handling corrupt cases.
The committee and commission have significantly contributed to Party buildingand rectification, internal affairs and corruption combat, thus helping toconsolidate public confidence in the Party and the State, Trong noted.
According to Trong, the amendment and supplement aim to affirm and promote therole of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption in steering and inspectingthe corruption combat, and the role of the Commission for Internal Affairs inproviding consultations on anti-corruption, internal affairs and administrativereform for the Party Central Committee, Politburo, the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat and the Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption.
The projects also affirm the Party and State’s strong resolve to prevent and combatcorruption, he said./.
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