Amendments to Criminal and Civil Laws necessary: State President

Amendments and supplements to Criminal Law and Civil Law are necessary, President Truong Tan Sang said.

President Sang (centre) chairs the September 13 working session. (Credit: VNA)

The State leader made the affirmation after hearing a report on basic principles of 1999 Criminal Law and 2005 Civil Law amendment and supplement at the 16th working session of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reforms in Hanoi on September 13.

The amendment target, viewpoint and content stayed in line with the guideline on perfecting the criminal and civil policy and legal system stipulated in the Politburo Resolution 48-NQ/TW on Vietnamese law system building and perfecting strategy to 2010 and visions to 2020, and Resolution 49-NQ/TW on judicial reform to 2020.

President Sang spoke highly of the intersectoral research team’s report on research outcomes and recommendations on the draft documents of the 12th National Party Congress, saying that those assessments were close to the implementation of judicial reform tasks over the past time and highlighted viewpoints and directions for judicial work in the coming time.

He urged the committee’s continued effort towards amending, supplementing and finalising the report on research outcomes and recommendations on the draft documents (regarding judicial work and reform), while asking for close co-ordination among relevant agencies in instructing the adjustment of the draft amendments to Criminal Law and Civil Law.

The State president also stressed the urgent need to institutionalise judicial reform policies on perfecting the criminal and civil law system. He also urged central justice agencies and relevant sectors to finalise law projects on schedule and to ensure Party guidelines on judicial work and reform stipulated in Resolution 49-NQ/TW are timely and fully institutionalised.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)