PM decides disciplinary measure against Nguyen Bac Son
VGP – The PM has released a decision on a disciplinary measure against Nguyen Bac Son due to his violations when he served as Minister of Information and Communications for the 2011-2016 tenure.
At Decision No. 1433/QD-TTg issued on October 26, the PM decided to strip Son of the title of former Minister of Information and Communications of the 2011-2016 tenure.
Earlier on October 6, the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee (CPVCC) decided to deprive Nguyen Bac Son of the CPVCC membership and Secretary of the Ministry’s Party Committee tenure 2011-2016.
Son was disciplined as he took the main responsibility for serious violations in the illegal acquisition of a TV firm by MobiFone.
As the Minister of Information and Communications between 2011 and 2016, Son had approved the acquisition of private pay TV firm AVG by the state-owned MobiFone without the Prime Minister’s approval, thus violating democratic centralism and working regulations and showing lack of democracy in leadership and steering work.
He directly decided on many of the contents of the acquisition that were against legal regulations. He signed project-related documents that were submitted to the PM for approval and assigned his subordinates to sign project-related documents that were against regulations and not included in their duty description. He gave insufficient direction and inspection during the project.
According to the Politburo, the Ministry's Party Committee had committed serious violations in the case, causing huge losses to the State budget and seriously affecting the operation and equitisation of Mobifone, harming the prestige of Party organizations and the ministry, and stirring public anxiety. It also let some of the ministry’s leaders seriously violate working regulations and fail to complete their assigned tasks.
By Thuy Dung
