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Dinh La Thang in court – Photo: QUANG DINH
Continuing with the trial of the defendant Dinh La Thang and 19 others for the irregularities that occurred on the Ho Chi Minh – Trung Luong highway on the afternoon of December 16, representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (VKS) and lawyers participated in the questioning. accused.
Responding to the defense attorney about signing the document to the Prime Minister, Mr. Thang said: “At that time, I returned to the ministry for 3 months, in a meeting of the National Assembly, you sent this document, asking if they said that the project At this point, the Prime Minister assigned to sell the right to charge fees, but for a long time they could not sell, now they are requesting a refund.
Responsibility of the Ministry of Transportation for the development of transportation infrastructure throughout the country, especially the Mekong River Delta, the country’s rice bowl, but only 54 km of roads have been invested, so I feel very sorry for people of this zone.
This project is invested from Ho Chi Minh City to Trung Luong – My Thuan – Can Tho. Therefore, they are preparing to inform the Prime Minister that he agrees to take over this project to continue investing in the completion of the Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong – My Thuan – Can Tho highway project. Also, there is no other motive of purpose.
Mr. Thang also added that when he was a minister, inflation was very tense, the capital of the Ministry of Transport had been several years ahead, so he had to mobilize other resources from people and companies for continuous investment, so the sale of toll rights is to have capital for the execution of the project.
“Document 217 dated February 2, 2012 from the Prime Minister agreed to transfer the status quo of the project to the Ministry of Transportation, which I did not receive, received and processed by the Vice Minister. So I have to assign the vice ministers on behalf of the minister to take care of the matters assigned by the minister and responsible before the law and the minister.
Thang said he asked the investigating agency to provide whether Document 217 was received and processed by someone, but it was not complied with.
At the same time, Mr. Thang also added: “In this country, all local ministries and agencies, the undersecretary has a place to accept his boss. Like Mr. Truong (Mr. Nguyen Hong Truong – former Vice Minister of Transportation ) says he is attached to me, but not everything goes to the minister.
Since there are documents that are only sent out of habit and are not necessary, it is not necessary to see all of them. I only see documents that need instructions, comments, and normal job reports that I don’t need to see.
The indictment states that all documents signed by the deputy minister are sent to the minister, so the minister should know and be responsible for that. Thang said there is no document that allows the minister to know and be accountable to the law.
“If so, all the leaders of this country will have to follow me,” Thang said.
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