Ensure public, transparent and strict amnesty work

The conference was held to unify awareness and methods to promptly implement the amnesty work in 2024 in accordance with the President's Decision and the Instructions of the Amnesty Advisory Council, ensuring the requirements of publicity, transparency, democracy, strictness, correct subjects, prescribed conditions, and not allowing errors and negativity to occur.

On the morning of August 14, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Public Security held a conference to implement the President's Decision on amnesty in 2024.

Speaking at the conference, Lieutenant General Le Minh Hung, Director of the Department of Police for Management of Prisons, Compulsory Education Facilities, and Reformatory Schools, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee on Amnesty of the Ministry of Public Security, stated: Continuing to implement the leniency policy of the Party and State, the humanitarian tradition of our nation towards criminals sentenced to imprisonment, on July 30, 2024, the President signed Decision No. 758/2024/QD-CTN on amnesty in 2024 and Decision No. 759/QD-CTN on the establishment of the Amnesty Advisory Council in 2024. On August 2, 2024, the Amnesty Advisory Council in 2024 issued Instruction No. 88/HD-HDTVĐX on the implementation of the President's Decision on amnesty in 2024.

Trung tướng Lê Minh Hùng phát biểu ý kiến tại hội nghị. — Lieutenant General Le Minh Hung spoke at the conference.

On the side of the Ministry of Public Security - the Standing Agency of the Amnesty Advisory Council has issued a Decision to establish the Steering Committee on Amnesty in 2024 of the Ministry of Public Security, a Plan to implement amnesty work in 2024, a Decision to issue regulations on organization, tasks, and working style of the Expert Teams assisting members of the Amnesty Advisory Council and the Interdisciplinary Appraisal Team, a Decision to issue forms and instructions on using forms in amnesty work in 2024.

Most of the amnestied people have returned to their place of residence, stabilized their lives and made a living honestly. The rate of amnestied people re-offending is very low.

To date, only 2 people pardoned in 2022 have re-offended, accounting for 0.08% of the 2,438 people pardoned in 2022. The pardon work ensures political, legal, professional, and foreign affairs requirements, is supported by the people in the country, and is highly appreciated by international public opinion.

To successfully organize and implement the 2024 amnesty work, Lieutenant General Le Minh Hung suggested that the expert groups assisting the members of the Amnesty Advisory Council proactively advise the members on a detailed plan to direct the implementation of the 2024 amnesty work in their sector.

At the same time, closely coordinate with the Police Department to manage detention camps, compulsory education facilities, and reform schools in examining amnesty requests, ensuring progress, quality, and efficiency.

In addition, interdisciplinary appraisal teams need to urgently implement the appraisal of amnesty proposal dossiers in units and localities according to the set time and progress, ensuring the correct procedures, democracy, objectivity, publicity, transparency and strictness in accordance with the law on amnesty, the President's decision and the guidance of the Amnesty Advisory Council.

We are determined not to let those who do not meet the conditions be included in the list of proposed amnesty and not to let those who meet the conditions but are not proposed for amnesty miss out - Lieutenant General Le Minh Hung emphasized.

The functional units under the Ministry shall develop a plan to implement the amnesty work in 2024 according to the Amnesty Work Implementation Plan of the Ministry of Public Security. Proactively arrange staff, machinery, vehicles and other necessary conditions to ensure the best results in implementing the amnesty work...

At the conference, the reporters presented a number of contents so that the President's Decision on amnesty in 2024 can be implemented and achieve the set goals and requirements. At the same time, the delegates discussed difficulties and obstacles to unify their perceptions and approaches.

From 2009 to 2016, implementing the 2007 Amnesty Law, our State carried out 7 amnesty periods (2 periods in 2009 alone), amnesty for 87,111 people (including 85,974 prisoners and 1,123 people whose prison sentences were postponed or temporarily suspended).

After the National Assembly promulgated the Amnesty Law in 2018 replacing the Amnesty Law in 2007, our State has carried out 2 amnesty periods (in 2021 and 2022), amnesty and early release of 5,473 people, including 5,460 prisoners, 7 people whose prison sentences are being postponed, and 6 people whose prison sentences are being temporarily suspended.

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