Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong on December 15 chaired a meeting of the Politburo and the Secretariatof the Party Central Committee to consider disciplinary measures on some Partyorganisations and members.

After looking into proposals of the Party CentralCommittee’s Inspection Commission, the Politburo and the Secretariat concludedthat the Standing Board of the Party Committee of the central province of QuangNam in the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures had violated the principles ofdemocratic centralism, and Party and working regulations, and showed a lack ofresponsibility, and lax leadership and supervision.

The violations have led to further wrongdoings by theParty delegation to the provincial People’s Council and the Party Civil AffairsCommittee of the provincial People’s Committee and many organisations and individualsin COVID-19 prevention and control, and the reception of citizens repatriated during thepandemic, as well as in the implementation of investment projects,causing severe consequences and great losses tothe State budget.
 
Many organisations, officials, and Party members havebeen disciplined, with some facing criminal charges, stirring up public concern,and affecting the reputation of local Party organisations and authorities.

The Politburo and the Secretariat also found thatTran Van Tan, member of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party CivilAffairs Committee and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Quang Nam showeddegradation of political ideology, morality and lifestyle, and violated theParty’s regulations and the State’s laws, and the rules for Party members.

Tran Dinh Tung, who is a former member of the provincial PartyCommittee, former member of the Party Civil Affairs Committee and formerVice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, and former Chairman of the land priceappraisal council, has also committed similar violations.

The Politburo decided to issue a warning against theStanding Boards of the provincial Party Committee of Quang Nam in the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures.

The Secretariat also decided to expel Tanfrom the Party, and dismissed Tran Dinh Tung from the posts of member of the provincial Party Committee in 2015-2020, and member of the Party Civil Affairs Committeeof the provincial People’s Committee in 2016-2021.

Competent agencies were asked to deliveradministrative punishments on the above individuals in sync with the Partydisciplinary measures./.