Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reformsconvened its sixth meeting in Hanoi on September 15 under the chair of its head– President Tran Dai Quang.

Participants discussed a report on amendmentsand supplements to the committee’s working regulations for the 2016-2021 term submittedby the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, along with areport of the Central Military Commission on revisions to a plan to reform theorganisation and activities of the army’s judicial agencies.

They also looked into a report of the PartyCivil Affairs Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on reforming andincreasing reconciliation and dialogue in the settlement of civil andadministrative cases, and another on some problems about local judicialreforms.

They said the Politburo recently appointed theChairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs as permanentdeputy head of the steering committee, and a vice chairman of this commissionas a member of the steering committee. Therefore, amending the committee’sworking regulations aims to create favourable conditions for the Commission forInternal Affairs and the new members of the committee to fulfill their tasks.

Meanwhile, reforming the organisation andactivities of judicial agencies in the army is intended to ensure active andtimely actions in the fight against crimes and violations of law and militarydiscipline, thus improving the army’s combat strength.

The reform and enhancement of reconciliation anddialogue in the settlement of civil and administrative cases have been pilotedand resulted in initial positive outcomes, committee members said.

In his conclusion, President Quang asked the Commissionfor Internal Affairs and the drafting agencies to consider opinions of thecommittee members to fine-tune their reports.

He noted that judicial reforms have beenseriously implemented by all-level administrations and sectors, generatingimportant outcomes. Relations among investigation agencies, procuracies, courtsand other judicial and verdict enforcement bodies have improved.

The President requestedrelevant agencies to boost the quality of investigating, prosecuting andjudging criminal cases, especially big economic and corruption ones, whileaccelerating the settlement of key and prolonged cases. The authorised agenciesalso have to pay attention to uncovering economic violations and corruption, aswell as asset recovery measures, he noted.

The agencies must ensure the absolute respectfor law, strictly and thoroughly deal with violations, not spare any violatorsor have wrong or inaccurate verdicts, and not let their decisions be affectedby external factors, the President added.

He also demanded centrally-run authorisedagencies to direct their subordinate bodies to work out solutions to obstaclesfacing localities and press on with judicial reforms in line with the Party’sguidelines.–VNA