Voters of Cua Lo town propose to withdraw suspended project

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of December 1, National Assembly deputies: Nguyen Van Chi - Standing member of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee and Nguyen Thanh Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province had a meeting with voters in Nghi Huong ward, Cua Lo town.

Also attending the conference were Mr. Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the Town People's Council; representatives of leaders of departments and branches of Cua Lo town, Nghi Huong ward and a large number of voters in the ward.

On behalf of the National Assembly delegation of Nghe An province, delegate Nguyen Thanh Hien reported to voters of constituency No. 5 the results of the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly and the activities of the National Assembly delegation of Nghe An province.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province reported to voters of constituency No. 5 on the results of the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly and the participation and contributions of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province.

At the conference, voter Hoang Van Vinh in block 2, Nghi Huong ward said that the second session was transparent, the question and answer sessions were lively, and Nghe An delegates expressed many profound and important opinions. In addition, voters made recommendations on the issue of land use tax collection.

"Tax authorities must coordinate with local authorities to notify land users in writing when tax payment deadlines come, to avoid the situation of not notifying land users when tax payment deadlines come, but when fines are imposed, they are heavily fined," Vinh voter suggested.

Voter Hoang Van Vinh also added: "I request that relevant agencies pay attention to solving the problem of suspended planning, because the current situation causes many difficulties for the people. They cannot do business, change land use rights or separate land titles for their children because of planning problems."

Voters in Block 2 are also upset about the suspended projects in the Town, which are "shelved" or ineffective, causing waste of land funds. Voters said: "For example, the Van Xuan University Project has a scale of 50 hectares but now only employs 9 local workers, the remaining 40 hectares of land are wasted, I propose to quickly reclaim this land area..."

Voter Hoang Van Vinh, block 2, Nghi Huong ward, said that the second session was transparent, the question and answer sessions were lively, and Nghe An delegates expressed many profound and focused opinions.

The Hotel and Motel Project of Hanoi Tourism Joint Stock Company in Cua Lo area has stopped construction for many years. Photo courtesy.

Meanwhile, voter Hoang Hong Son expressed his concern about the widespread production and sale of fake and poor quality goods, and the many shortcomings in food hygiene and safety. Voter Son shared: “Nowadays, when I go to the market, I don’t know what to buy to eat. I’m afraid of meat being made lean by banned substances, and I’m afraid of vegetables being made of stimulants and pesticides… the problem is very painful.”

From there, voter Son recommended that all levels need to step up propaganda and campaign to say no to dirty food, resolutely, strengthen close supervision, and have strong enough sanctions to deter violations.

In addition, opinions expressed at the conference also mentioned other issues such as paying attention to the regime for people with meritorious services and the elderly; the regime for local retired officials, the regime for Party cell secretaries, block leaders, and deputy heads of mass organizations; strengthening state management of medical and pharmaceutical issues; monitoring and publicly posting drug prices; building ward police headquarters, etc.

Delegate Nguyen Van Chi explained some opinions of voters related to macro policies.

Receiving 12 opinions of voters raised at the conference, delegate Nguyen Van Chi also explained some macro issues to clarify the voters' recommendations. Regarding the issue of collecting tax on non-agricultural land use, Ms. Chi said that the lack of tax payment deadline notice to the people partly belongs to the Town Tax Department.

Regarding the proposal related to the construction of agency headquarters, the delegate emphasized: “The viewpoint of the Party and the State is to prioritize important projects with great influence, giving more priority to remote areas. In addition, the State budget is still limited, focusing on paying public debt, new rural debt... I hope that voters will share the current difficult situation.”

Acknowledging voters' recommendations related to salaries for commune officials and policies for local officials, Ms. Chi said that this is a nationwide problem, not just a local one, re-emphasizing the difficulties of budget sources and the National Assembly has approved an increase in the basic salary to 1.3 million VND/month from January 1, 2017.

Delegate Nguyen Van Chi requested local authorities to fully summarize voters' pressing issues, pay attention to explaining and accepting legitimate suggestions. The National Assembly delegation will monitor to grasp the situation, closely supervise the issues raised by voters within the scope of local responsibility.

Representative of the Fatherland Front of Nghi Huong ward received gifts from the National Assembly delegation of the province to give to 10 poor households in the area.

On this occasion, the National Assembly delegation also presented 10 gifts to poor households in Nghi Huong ward.

Thu Giang