Vibrant and extensive political activities

(Baonghean) -Up to this point, all levels, sectors and localities have completed two-thirds of the journey of collecting public opinions on the Draft Amendment to the Constitution. Although the implementation only lasted for 3 months, it has created a widespread political movement, attracting the attention of many people as well as all levels and sectors...

Deployed from mid-January, the time before the Lunar New Year and the time when farmers start the new crop, but the atmosphere of discussion about collecting opinions on the draft at the farmers' associations in Do Luong district is still very lively at 33 associations in 33 communes and towns. Many issues are of interest to people in the contents of this draft amended constitution, in which the most focused are issues about land, about people's rights in using medical services, and about association organization. Through discussions in groups, 1,136 most enthusiastic opinions representing the interests of nearly 60,000 farmers in Do Luong district were sent by delegates to the district Farmers' Association. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khuong, Chairman of the District Farmers' Association, was very surprised by this result and said: "People today are very interested in political and current issues of the country and they believe that opinions originating from the grassroots, carrying the breath of life, of the people will have practical significance in the process of amending the constitution."

A consultation session at the Provincial People's Council.

At Nghe An Newspaper, since the plan to collect opinions on the draft amendments to the new constitution was announced on the media, many opinions from readers have been sent. The columns on "Collecting public opinions on the amendments to the 1992 Constitution", "Weekend Forum", "Forum Events" have continuously published articles related to this important political activity. The Provincial People's Procuracy has deployed the collection of opinions to disseminate to each department and each facility, assigning specific tasks to each unit. Therefore, although the collection of opinions on the draft coincided with the Tet holiday, the units still worked hard to research, consult documents, analyze, evaluate, and enthusiastically discuss the contents of the amendments. The collection of opinions is even more meaningful, because the new constitution has many important provisions related to the functions, tasks, and organizational system of the People's Procuracy. At the City Military Command, Lieutenant Colonel Vuong Kim Hai, Political Commissar, said: After receiving the city's dispatch, the unit promptly established a working group and organized a conference to disseminate the content of the Draft Amendment with the participation of a large number of officers and soldiers. The conference only lasted for one session, but dozens of opinions were expressed, focusing on issues related to the fields of Military, National Defense, and Homeland Protection.

Currently, 100% of provincial departments, branches, sectors, and organizations, 20 urban districts in the province have organized and implemented the collection of opinions on the draft amendment to the Constitution with many contents, many effective methods, and the participation of many experts and managers. In the province, there have not been any deviant trends, contradictory developments, or extreme views and opinions.

Preliminary assessment shows that many of the comments are of good quality. Most of the comments agree that amending the 1992 Constitution is extremely necessary, especially in the context of international integration and the process of national development. Compared to the 1992 Constitution, the draft has a more reasonable structure, many contents have been amended and supplemented to be consistent with the Platform for national construction in the transitional period to socialism (supplemented and developed in 2011) and the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress. Many basic issues such as human rights, citizens' rights, political regime, especially people's power, state apparatus organization, power control regime, etc. have been comprehensively mentioned. However, many opinions also say that the content and constitutional techniques of the draft have not yet overcome some limitations of the 1992 Constitution, have not yet approached many constitutions of countries around the world, some opinions say that it is not as progressive as the 1946 Constitution. The structure of some chapters and articles is not reasonable; the style presented in the draft is still lengthy, not concise and succinct; some articles are still heavy on the style of resolutions, general slogans...

With nearly 1,000 conferences, 340 seminars, more than 5,000 activities, meetings of Party cells, villages and nearly 7,000 opinions... it can be seen that no opinion-gathering session has attracted the attention of the masses like this session to collect opinions on the Draft Amendment to the 1992 Constitution. This also shows the people's desire and expectation for the innovation of the country's legislative activities. Assessing the implementation of collecting opinions on the draft amendments to the constitution this time, Ms. Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the Legal Department, member of the Steering Committee for collecting public opinions on the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution of the province, head of the support team affirmed: We have ensured progress, although the implementation only took place in a short time and encountered many difficulties due to the large area, the provision of documents to localities, especially remote areas, the intellectual level of some areas is still limited... All of the above opinions will continue to be considered and collected to send to the Central Steering Committee before the upcoming National Assembly session.

Article and photos: Song Hoang