"Secretaries and village chiefs have a lot of work but are not allowed to pay social insurance"

On the morning of May 3, National Assembly deputies Le Quang Huy - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment; Nguyen Huu Cau - Director of the Provincial Police Department, had a meeting with voters of Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Hoai Thu

At the meeting, delegate Le Quang Huy informed voters of Luong Minh commune about the expected agenda of the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly with many important contents. Mr. Le Quang Huy also reported on the contents of resolving the recommendations of Tuong Duong voters at previous meetings of the National Assembly delegates; focusing on the main contents such as the problem of lack of domestic water, overcharging at some educational institutions, damaged road and bridge systems, granting of forestry land use certificates, etc.

Mr. Le Quang Huy announced the expected agenda of the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly to voters of Luong Minh commune (Tuong Duong). Photo: Hoai Thu

At the meeting with voters, there were 13 opinions with 35 recommendations to the National Assembly deputies, departments and branches of Tuong Duong district on the main contents including: Issues related to site clearance, compensation, and relocation of resettled households for hydropower projects in La village and Xop Chao village; the traffic system is too difficult, requesting support for building bridges and roads that have been degraded, especially the La village suspension bridge that has been tilted; issues of paying forest environmental service fees; building a low-voltage station to supply electricity to 4 inner villages of Luong Minh commune; difficulties in paying policies related to people with revolutionary contributions and frontline workers.

Voters in Luong Minh commune also reported that the party secretaries and village chiefs have a lot of work but do not pay social insurance; medical facilities at the commune and district levels have not met the needs of medical examination and treatment for the people; there are shortcomings in supporting cows for poor households; the water pipeline in Coi village broke due to landslides, etc.

After receiving and listening to voters' opinions at the conference, representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors at all levels, local authorities and National Assembly deputies responded to voters' comments related to the authority to resolve.

Voter Lo Van Hien in La village presents recommendations at the voter meeting. Photo: Hoai Thu

Delegate Nguyen Huu Cau requested that the authorities, departments and branches at district and provincial levels immediately resolve urgent issues that people are concerned about, such as correcting incorrect information on health insurance cards; closing the tilted suspension bridge in La village to ensure safety and traffic flow for people to travel safely; and the issue of allocating land for production to people. Regarding opinions under the responsibility of National Assembly deputies such as the social insurance payment regime for secretaries and village chiefs and the construction of low-voltage stations for the national grid... National Assembly deputies will reflect and make recommendations to relevant levels.