Phan Thi My Thanh was relieved of the post of NA deputy of Dong Nai province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA) StandingCommittee has approved a resolution relieving Phan Thi My Thanh of the post ofNA deputy of Dong Nai province as from May 14.
The resolution was issued at the 24th session ofthe 14th-tenure NA Standing Committee that opened in Hanoi on May 14.
The NA Standing Committee announced that itreceived Thanh’s application for resignation from the post on May 4 in whichshe cited her unstable health and the disciplinary measure imposed by the Partyas the reason.
Earlier, the Party Central Committee Secretariatdecided to dismiss Thanh, who had also been Deputy Secretary of the Dong Naiprovincial Party Committee, from all of her Party positions as a disciplinarymeasure for her wrongdoings while serving in different posts in this southernprovince.
The Secretariat said her violations andshortcomings were very serious, caused discontent among officials, Partymembers and local people, and negatively affected the prestige of the localParty organisation and herself.
Also on May 14, the NA Standing Committeelistened to the report on the cases of Dinh La Thang, an NA deputy of Thanh Hoaprovince, and Nguyen Quoc Khanh, an NA deputy of Quang Nam province.
Basing on the request of the Prosecutor Generalof the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the NA Standing Committee on December 8,2017 issued two resolutions to launch criminal proceedings against, put intocustody and suspend the performance of tasks and the power of an NA deputy ofThang and Khanh.
On January 22, 2018, the Hanoi People’s Courtannounced the verdict of the first-instance trial on Thanh and Khanh, who werefound guilty of wrongdoings in the investment and construction of the Thai Binh2 thermal power plant.
On March 29, the court imposed punishment onThang, who was also involved in the National Oil and Gas Group’s investment of800 billion VND into OceanBank.
The High-level People’s Court in Hanoi wascarrying out appeal trials on Thang and Khanh.
The NA Standing Committee said Thang and Khanhwould automatically lose their NA deputy status as from the date the judgingcouncil of appeal trials declared they were guilty.
It cited Clause 2 of Article 355 in the CriminalProcedure Code that the appellate court’s judgements shall come into force uponthe pronouncement of such judgements, and Clause 2 of Article 39 in the Law onOrganisation of the NA that an NA deputy who is convicted under a courtjudgement or decision shall automatically lose the rights of an NA deputy fromthe date that judgement or decision takes legal effect.-VNA
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