The General Secretary pointed out: Openness, transparency, and increased accountability are the first conditions for controlling power. That is also the first and best measure to prevent abuse of power - the seed that causes corruption and corruption.
The higher the openness, transparency, and accountability, the more favorable conditions are created for subjects to effectively monitor the work of preventing corruption and negativity. There are no blank or restricted areas in preventing corruption. negative. “All power must be strictly controlled by mechanism; Power must be bound by responsibility; Where there is power comes responsibility; the higher the power, the greater the responsibility; Anyone who abuses or takes advantage of power for personal gain must be held accountable and punished for violations." All of that can be done by increasing transparency in work stages and decisions.
From there, the General Secretary requested: "A strict prevention mechanism must be built to make corruption and negativity "impossible"; a strict deterrence and punishment mechanism to "don't dare" to be corrupt and negative; build a culture of integrity to "not want" corruption and negativity; and a guarantee mechanism to "no need" for corruption and negativity.
The nature of corruption is taking advantage of public power for personal gain.
The nature of corruption is taking advantage of public power for personal gain. Publicity and transparency means making all activities using public power, money, and assets public under the supervision of state agencies and people. Openness and transparency will create conditions for people to participate in monitoring the activities of state agencies, contributing to relieving frustrations in public opinion.
Openness and transparency will make cadres, party members, civil servants, and public employees more aware in performing their responsibilities and public duties, and help recover assets in corruption cases.
Preventing corruption and negativity is a difficult and complex task, requiring the entire Party along with the political system and the entire people to proceed resolutely, persistently, persistently and continuously.
We need to continue to focus on "early, remote" prevention solutions by making public and transparent mechanisms and policies, promoting administrative reform; Inspect and monitor sensitive areas that easily cause negativity. Administrative reform needs to be implemented more drastically, publicizing administrative procedures and expanding areas of online public service provision.
Publicizing the results of inspections, audits, and audits and proactively providing information on the handling of corruption and negative cases that receive public attention contributes to good information orientation and creates public opinion. support in society.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations have an active role in participating in social criticism while monitoring areas that easily arise corruption and negativity, supervising the cultivation and training of qualities, ethics of officials and party members and can request competent authorities to handle information reported by the press about corruption and negativity.
It is necessary to publicize the policies and regulations of the Party and the State, and the benefits that the people enjoy related to the responsibilities and powers of the job positions of civil servants and agencies so that the people have the opportunity to comparison basis in the process of monitoring and receiving benefits. These things must be effective in reality, avoiding falling into formality and superficiality.
Public officials may be more tempted to exploit their power to gain public benefits for themselves (or perhaps their groups) if they believe that their wrongdoing will not be exposed and condemned by public opinion. Increasing transparency to combat corruption and negativity in the operations of public agencies, economic units and the social welfare system is to meet the requirements of society and the people.
