As Dan Viet informed, at the meeting on December 15, of the Politburo and the Secretariat to consider disciplinary action against Party organizations and violating Party members, the Secretariat concluded:
Mr. Tran Van Tan, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province, has degraded in political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle, violating Party regulations. State law, stipulating what party members cannot do and the responsibility to set an example, causes very serious consequences, angry public opinion, and adversely affects the reputation of party organizations and local governments.
Mr. Tran Van Tan, Vice Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee at the trial of the Rescue Flight case. Photo D.X
The Secretariat disciplined Mr. Tran Van Tan by expelling the Party. Thus, after formal Party discipline, Mr. Tan still holds the title of Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province.
Talking to Dan Viet, former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Tien Dinh said that for cadres and party members who have been disciplined by the Party organization in the form of expulsion from the Party, their government positions will be handled. equivalent.
In the case of Mr. Tran Van Tan holding the position of Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province, this is a position elected by the Provincial People’s Council, so this agency will consider dismissal. Dismissal is (a disciplinary sanction) a form of punishment that forces the person from holding an elected position before the end of the term to be removed from office for a person assigned to hold a position who commits acts prescribed by the Party organization, violates the law, or violates the law. Regressed in political ideology, ethics and lifestyle, no longer worthy of holding the assigned position.
Mr. Tran Van Tan is one of the 54 defendants in the Rescue Flight case who was prosecuted by the City People’s Court. Hanoi brought a first instance trial. Mr. Tran Van Tan was sentenced to 6 years in prison for accepting bribes. After the trial, Mr. Tan filed an appeal. The appeal hearing of the Rescue Flight case is expected to be heard from December 25.
Previously, in early October 2023, the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province held a press conference on the socio-economic situation in the third quarter, here when answering questions from the press about why the province had not dismissed the position of Vice Chairman. The People’s Committee of Quang Nam province said to Mr. Tran Van Tan, leader of the Office of the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province: After the Central Government’s disciplinary decision, the province will carry out the process of dismissing Mr. Tran Van’s positions. Tan is elected by the Provincial People’s Council.
Regarding the discipline of officials, previously Mr. Chu Xuan Dung, while a member of the City Party Committee, member of the Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, was prosecuted and detained for accepting bribes. revealed in the Rescue Flight incident. This man was disciplined by the Secretariat and expelled from the Party. Next, the Hanoi People’s Council dismissed him from the position of Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee.
There is also the case of Mr. Nguyen Van Phong also facing legal trouble while being a member of the Provincial Party Committee, member of the Party Committee, and Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Thuan province. This man was expelled from the Party by the Secretariat. Next, the People’s Council of Binh Thuan province dismissed Mr. Phong from the position of Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Thuan province.
