President To Lam: Continue to promote judicial reform, fight against conservatism

(Dan Tri) - Judicial work and judicial reform need to continue to be promoted, with high political determination, a suitable roadmap, against conservatism and localism, and promoting the combined strength of all levels and sectors.

On the morning of July 31, at the Presidential Palace, President To Lam, Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee to assess the situation and results of work in the past time; and at the same time, agree on the directions and key tasks in the coming time. The report of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee said that during the terms, the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform and the steering committees of provincial and municipal Party Committees, relevant Party committees and Party organizations have fully performed their assigned functions and tasks. At the same time, they promptly and fully issued programs and work plans for the entire term and each year; closely following the Party's guidelines and policies on judicial work and the goals, viewpoints, directions and tasks of judicial reform stated in Resolution No. 49-NQ/TW, resolutions, directives and conclusions of the Party related to judicial reform and requirements and tasks of socio -economic development, international integration and practical situations.

President To Lam, Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, delivered a concluding speech at the meeting (Photo: Lam Khanh - VNA)

Speaking at the meeting, President To Lam highly appreciated the proactiveness, positivity and important results in implementing the work program of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform and its members. President To Lam highly appreciated the Steering Committee for its full performance of its assigned functions and tasks during its terms. It has directed the completion of criminal, civil and judicial procedural policies and laws; timely and fully institutionalized the Party's guidelines and policies on judicial reform in many major judicial laws such as the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Civil Code, Law on Temporary Detention, Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgments, Amnesty Law, Notary Law, Law on Lawyers, etc., contributing to overcoming shortcomings, limitations and difficulties in practice, creating a solid legal basis for judicial and judicial support agencies to effectively perform their assigned functions and tasks. At the same time, the President directed to continue perfecting the organization, functions, tasks, and authority of judicial and judicial support agencies in the spirit of judicial reform in the Party's resolutions. In addition to the achieved results, President To Lam also pointed out a number of shortcomings and limitations of the Steering Committee in recent times. In particular, a number of projects and reports submitted to the Steering Committee have not ensured progress and are of low quality; have not promptly given direction or proposed to the Politburo for opinions on mechanisms and policies to resolve difficulties and problems in the process of implementing judicial reform tasks of relevant Party committees and organizations. The President emphasized that judicial reform is one of the important contents in the Party's innovation policy, aiming to contribute to building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law State of Vietnam, ensuring the consistent implementation of the principle that State power is unified, with clear division of labor, close coordination, and effective control among State agencies in the implementation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers, protecting justice, human rights, citizen rights, and the interests of the State, organizations, and individuals. This is also a long-term, complex, sensitive task with a wide scope of influence. According to the President, in the coming time, it is necessary to continue promoting the development of a socialist-oriented market economy, building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law State of Vietnam, and deeply integrating internationally. Along with the fourth industrial revolution, many new, complex, and unprecedented problems will arise in civil, administrative, commercial, labor, security, and order relations; The demands of the people and society on judicial agencies and judicial activities are increasingly high. On the other hand, the judicial system and judicial reform practices in recent times still exist and are limited, failing to meet the increasingly high requirements of building and perfecting the socialist rule of law state of Vietnam in the new period. In that context, judicial work and judicial reform need to continue to be promoted, with high political determination, with a suitable roadmap, against conservatism and localism, promoting the combined strength of all levels, sectors from the central to local levels and the whole society, persistently pursuing the goals and orientations that have been determined to better meet the requirements and demands of the new situation. The President requested the Central Internal Affairs Commission to closely coordinate with the Central Office and relevant agencies to promptly submit to the Politburo for consideration and approval the Project "Organization and operation of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform" in the direction of continuing to maintain the organization and operation of the Steering Committee, with the basic composition remaining the same as the 2016-2021 term. The Central Internal Affairs Commission coordinates with agencies whose leaders are members of the Steering Committee to develop plans and programs of key work on judicial reform from now until the end of the term. The President affirmed that the achieved results have made an important contribution to ensuring the Party's leadership over judicial work and implementing judicial reform tasks, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of judicial activities, effectively fighting all types of crimes, protecting human rights, the legitimate rights and interests of the State, organizations and individuals, maintaining political security and social order, promoting socio-economic development, and accelerating the international integration process.

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