Rectifying the handling of public assets
On June 27, Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Rah Lan Chung, requested that state agencies and units in the area be cautious in handling and relocating public assets in accordance with the procedures and regulations of the law.
In the province, after the merger, there are hundreds of surplus headquarters of houses and land of administrative agencies and units waiting to be rearranged, prioritized for use in the fields of health, education, and culture.
In particular, trees planted in the premises of administrative units of communes, wards, and People's Committees of districts and provinces are also identified as public assets.
In these units, many ancient trees are valuable, planted by generations of leaders and people many years ago, as souvenirs and creating shade for people to go through administrative procedures.
According to the law, trees planted in the premises of the People's Committees of communes and wards, if determined to be public assets, must comply with the provisions of law.
The sale of public assets can be done in the form of auction or only for appointment. The collected money must be paid into the temporary account of the State Treasury according to regulations.
The case needs to be handled publicly
Regarding the case of cutting down trees in the headquarters of the People's Committee of Cheo Reo Ward, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ayun Pa Town, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan, affirmed that if the authorities determine that the case has signs of violating the law, the file will be transferred to the Investigation Police Agency to strictly handle the related organizations and individuals.
Through the incident, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ayun Pa town also requested all agencies, units and localities to seriously disseminate the inventory, management and use of public assets during the arrangement and merger process.
Resolutely handle violations that lead to loss and waste of public assets, and at the same time assign responsibility to leaders in asset management.
At the 20th Conference of the 16th Gia Lai Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Ayun Pa Town Party Committee, Mr. Tran Quoc Khanh, said: "Due to concerns that trees may fall during the rainy and stormy season, the People's Committee of Cheo Reo Ward has planned to cut down the above trees and replace them with a series of new trees".
Mr. Tran Quoc Khanh admitted that Cheo Reo ward still had errors in the implementation process when arbitrarily hiring people to cut down trees and agreed to let the tree cutting unit take that wood to deduct costs.
The People's Committee of Ayun Pa town has issued a document directing the Town Inspectorate to urgently verify and clarify the incident. When there is a conclusion, the province will report to have a direction for handling.
According to Mr. Khanh, currently, the amount of 8 million VND has not been spent, but it cannot be paid into the budget because it has not properly implemented regulations on the auction of public assets.
As reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, recently at Cheo Reo Ward People's Committee, many 20-year-old cajuput trees in the headquarters that were greening were suddenly cut down.
In which, many trees have a base diameter of 60-70cm. Some trees are even 1m in diameter. Many trees after being cut down were transported to sell elsewhere, leaving only a few small pieces of wood. The sagging of trees made the town's residents regretful and upset.
