The National Assembly delegation of Nghe An province collects comments on the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended)
Preparing for the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly, on the morning of February 10, the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province held a conference to collect comments on the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended); the draft Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended) and the draft Resolution on Regulations on handling a number of issues related to the reorganization of the state apparatus.
Comrade Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired the conference.
Attending the conference were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; National Assembly deputies of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors and district People's Councils.
At the conference, delegates focused on giving opinions on the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended). Many delegates commented on the regulation on collecting opinions from voters in administrative units directly affected when establishing, dissolving, separating, merging, and adjusting administrative boundaries; it is necessary to collect opinions from voters representing households, creating favorable conditions for localities when implementing.
Many delegates proposed to study and regulate a number of positions elected by the People's Council, including the Chairman, Vice Chairman of the People's Council, People's Committee, heads and vice heads of People's Council committees, members of the People's Committee and a number of other positions when transferred by competent authorities to work away from the locality or retire, it is not necessary to carry out the formal dismissal procedures of the People's Council as at present.
Regarding the organizational structure of the People's Council, many delegates were also interested in the proposal to clearly stipulate in the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) that the head or deputy head of the People's Council work full-time.
Some opinions also proposed to stipulate that both the head and deputy head of the People's Council work full-time to properly fulfill their functions and powers and improve the quality and efficiency of the elected body's operations. On the other hand, it is necessary to stipulate the delegations of People's Councils at all levels according to the constituency, ensuring the closeness of the activities of the delegates according to the constituency.
There are concerns about the provisions in the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended), which does not organize People's Councils at ward and commune levels in cities, while People's Councils in rural areas are still maintained; therefore, how the activities of wards and communes are implemented needs to be specifically regulated.
There are also comments and suggestions to review the content of regulations on tasks and powers of the People's Councils of provinces and centrally-run cities in approving and deciding on the total number of employees and payroll for public service units...
Regarding the draft Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended), delegates attending the conference affirmed that, in the context of drastic implementation of the policy of streamlining the organizational apparatus and reducing the number of employees, but requiring high quality work, it is necessary to pay attention to reforming and improving the quality of promulgating legal documents, otherwise the administrative system will be congested. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the responsibility of agencies advising on the drafting and submission of legal documents; at the same time, there are regulations to handle agencies and organizations that are slow in advising.
In addition, some opinions also have suggestions and additions to some specific contents. Such as the proposal to add regulations on competent authorities to regulate the order and procedures for developing and promulgating legal documents of local authorities in special economic administrative units; adding regulations on spatial validity for legal documents of local authorities in special economic administrative units.
There are suggestions that the drafting agency should consider expanding the authority to issue legal documents of local authorities at the district level in special cases according to prescribed procedures to ensure the initiative of the district level in issuing policies for local economic and social development. Some opinions are also concerned that the draft removes the authority of the Provincial People's Council in issuing special mechanisms...
Regarding the draft Resolution regulating the handling of a number of issues related to the reorganization of the state apparatus; in addition to basically agreeing with the draft, a number of opinions also made specific contributions to a number of contents.
Speaking at the conference, comrade Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation thanked the delegates for their responsible research and profound opinions derived from practice.
The Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation affirmed: The opinions and suggestions of the delegates will be compiled by the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and used as documents to give opinions at the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly, scheduled to open on the morning of February 12.
