Delegate Tran Van Mao: Should not handle complaints via email or phone

(Baonghean.vn) - Participating in the discussion at the hall about the Law on Denunciation (amended), the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province, including delegates Nguyen Huu Cau and Tran Van Mao, had notable opinions.

Delegate Nguyen Huu Cau (Director of Nghe An Police, Nghe An National Assembly Delegation) said that there were many contents that delegates had expressed their opinions in the group, but after 16 days, they had not been accepted.

Delegate Nguyen Huu Cau said that in order for the Law on Denunciation (amended) to be completed, it is necessary to seriously study, select and absorb the contents of the National Assembly deputies' comments. Regarding the writing style and legal regulations of the draft, there are still many shortcomings; there is also the phenomenon of using spoken language, making it difficult for deputies to participate in giving opinions; it is necessary to use the correct writing style according to legal regulations.

Regarding the content, delegate Nguyen Huu Cau said: the draft's whistleblower protection regulations are not complete and need to be clarified; regarding the content of handling anonymous petitions, the delegate said that the draft is inconsistent with the debate and exchange process at the session. Delegate Nguyen Huu Cau said that it is necessary to expand the form of denunciation, allowing the use of email and telephone to denounce, so that denunciation will be more convenient and more widespread.

Participating in the discussion on the Law on Denunciation (amended), delegate Tran Van Mao (Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An) highly agreed with the regulations on the form of petition and direct denunciation stipulated in Article 20 of the draft Law. However, delegate Tran Van Mao agreed with the non-regulation of denunciation via email, mobile phone and other forms of denunciation. Because in the age of information development, in practice there may be situations where other people's emails and mobile phones are used to make denunciations, with the aim of defaming those being denounced.

Delegate Tran Van Mao - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An said that in reality, there may be a phenomenon of using other people's emails or phones to make denunciations, so denunciations from emails or phones should not be handled. Photo: Huyen Thuong

Regarding anonymous denunciations, delegate Tran Van Mao said that anonymous denunciations should not be handled. In fact, most anonymous denunciations have untrue content. According to the Government's report, State agencies have only handled 87.4% of the total number of anonymous denunciations, of which 59.5% were false denunciations, and 28.3% were mixed.

Therefore, if the Law stipulates that anonymous complaints must be resolved, it will cause difficulties for state agencies in the process of consideration and resolution. Therefore, it is appropriate to only consider handling complaints in cases where the complainant clearly states his/her full name and address as stipulated in Point a, Clause 1, Article 22 of the draft Law. Because individuals who have the right to make complaints must also be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the complaint content and be responsible before the law. Delegate Tran Van Mao also commented on the statute of limitations for complaints, on the protection of the complainant, on the issue of gender discrimination in the handling of complaints, and on the authority to handle complaints.

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