Adjusting the number and rate of prosecutors of the People's Procuracy

On January 12, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a Resolution on the number and structure of the ratio of prosecutor ranks of the People's Procuracy and the Military Procuracy (VKS).

The total number of prosecutors of People's Procuracies at all levels is 11,285 people (excluding the number of prosecutors of the Supreme People's Procuracy).

This Resolution takes effect from the date of promulgation. The National Assembly Standing Committee agreed that from now until January 1, 2029, the number and structure of the ratio of prosecutors for each prosecution level may change according to the transfer of the Chief Prosecutor of the People's Procuracy but not increase the total number of prosecutors for assigned prosecution levels.

From January 1, 2029, it is necessary to ensure the number and structure of the ratio of prosecutors for each prosecution level according to the provisions of this resolution.

Before the National Assembly Standing Committee voted, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy Nguyen Duy Giang presented the draft Resolution on the number and structure of the ratio of prosecutor ranks of the People's Procuracy and the Military Procuracy.

According to the report, with the senior prosecutor rank, the number of people was adjusted to increase from 329 to 970 (accounting for 8.6% of the total number of prosecutors assigned to 11,285 people).

Senior prosecutors are deployed at all 3 levels of prosecution (Sprestation Council, Provincial People's Procuracy and Regional People's Procuracy).

In total, out of 11,285 prosecutors, the Supreme People's Procuracy has arranged 622 people (including 248 senior prosecutors; 223 intermediate prosecutors, the rest are primary prosecutors).

The provincial People's Procuracy has arranged 3,732 people, including: 337 senior prosecutors, 2,757 intermediate prosecutors, the rest are primary prosecutors, accounting for 17.1%.

The People's Procuracy of the area has a total of 6,931 prosecutors, including 385 senior prosecutors, 1,786 intermediate prosecutors and 4,760 primary prosecutors.

The arrangement of senior prosecutors down to the regional level, according to the Supreme People's Procuracy, is to meet the requirements of increasing litigation authority at this level when the judicial area is expanded and many new tasks are assigned according to the new organizational model.

The Military Procuracy system, out of a total of 448 inspectors assigned, the Supreme People's Procuracy proposed to adjust the structure in the direction of increasing the ratio of senior and intermediate inspectors, reducing primary inspectors to improve the quality of the team.

Accordingly, the Central Military Procuracy has 42 prosecutors, 34 of whom are senior prosecutors and 8 of whom are intermediate prosecutors.

The Military Procuracy of the Military Region and equivalent has 142 prosecutors, of which 26 are senior and 116 are intermediate. The regional Military Procuracy has 264 prosecutors, mainly primary prosecutors with 204 people, the rest are 60 intermediate prosecutors.

In the review report, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee Hoang Thanh Tung said that the majority of opinions in the Committee basically agreed with the overall plan of the draft resolution, especially the increase of prosecutors for the Supreme People's Procuracy.

According to Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung, this option is to meet the rapidly increasing workload in recent years, as well as receive full authority from the High-level People's Procuracy after this level ends its operation.

After discussion and concluding remarks, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh stated that the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed and assigned the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy to organize the implementation.

The 3-year term must ensure full implementation of regulations on the number, structure and ratio of prosecutor positions.

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