Affirming the role and responsibility of elected representatives

Participate in discussions on important national issues

During the term, the National Assembly deputies of the province contributed many opinions to the draft laws, reports of the Government, reports of the National Assembly agencies, demonstrating the sense of responsibility of the deputies to the voters and the National Assembly. The delegation hasparticipate in deciding on amendments and new issuancesimportant laws. Since the beginning of the term, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation has organized 85 workshops to collect opinions on draft laws submitted to the National Assembly for approval and comments at sessions; there have been 146 comments expressed in the hall, 306 comments expressed in groups on draft laws at National Assembly sessions.

Delegates speak at the National Assembly session hall. Photo: Archive

Based on the thematic supreme supervision contents at the National Assembly sessions, the National Assembly deputies focused on discussing pressing and urgent issues of life such as: "Implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction (2010-2015 period) associated with restructuring the agricultural sector", "Implementation of policies and laws on management and use of State capital and assets in enterprises and equitization of State-owned enterprises 2011-2016", "Implementation of food safety policies 2011-2016"...

The opinions of the National Assembly Deputies in the Delegation were accepted by the National Assembly to issue a resolution on the results of supervision, thereby clearly stating the specific requirements and tasks that the Government and relevant agencies must focus on implementing.

At the questioning sessions with the Prime Minister and Ministers, promote the spirit of frank and constructive work,National Assembly delegates in the Delegationdemonstrated enthusiasm and serious working spirit, kept questions brief, closely followed the content, participated in debates not only with Government members but also with each other to clarify issues.

Through the questioning activities, it was shown that the issues chosen by the National Assembly Deputies in the Delegation were urgent issues, of particular concern to voters in the province, such as the issue of bringing the national power grid to villages and hamlets without electricity; the work of preventing and combating corruption and waste; the issue of public debt, debt in new rural construction; scattered and ineffective public investment, many loss-making business projects, causing large losses of state assets; inadequacies in education and training programs; regimes and policies for teachers in disadvantaged areas, management staff in the education sector; policies for people with meritorious services to the revolution...

The monitoring delegation of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation visited the facilities of the Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital. Photo: Le Thanh

Maintain close contact with voters

Implementing the supervision program of the National Assembly and the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, based on the actual situation of the province, the Delegation has had a specific program and plan, clearly assigned responsibilities, carefully prepared content and thoughtful service conditions, coordinated smoothly, so in the past time, it has well organized thematic supervision sessions: "Implementation of policies and laws on management and use of foreign loans in the period of 2011-2016 in Nghe An province"; "Implementation of policies and laws on management and use of State financial funds outside the State budget in the period of 2013-2018"; "Implementation of policies and laws on labor safety and hygiene" according to the Resolution of the National Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs; "Implementation of laws on receiving citizens and handling complaints and denunciations of citizens related to land recovery, compensation and site clearance of investment projects"; “Implementation of housing support policy for people with revolutionary contributions”...

Notably, in the voter contact activities during the term of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, attention has been paid to coordinating with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and relevant agencies at all levels to organizecontact with votersVillages and hamlets in communes and commune clusters in mountainous, remote, and particularly difficult areas with large ethnic minority populations.

During the term, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation coordinated with the People's Council and the Fatherland Front Committee of districts, cities and towns to organize 312 meetings with voters, including 278 meetings with voters at the constituency (in communes, wards and towns), 12 meetings with voters by topic (industry, field); 1 meeting with voters outside the constituency with voters from Nghe An living and working in Dak Lak province.

National Assembly delegates give gifts to disadvantaged policy families in Nghi Loc district. Photo: Le Thanh

For thematic voter meetings, the leaders of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, based on the opinions and recommendations of voters, select issues of special interest to voters to conduct voter meetings by target groups such as conducting voter meetings with voters in areas affected by hydropower projects, voters who are youth unions in the content of finding jobs for students after graduation... Through voter meetings, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation has compiled 1,368 groups of voters' recommendations to send to the National Assembly, the Government, central ministries and branches, the Provincial People's Committee, and provincial departments and branches.

In recent times, the work of handling citizens' complaints and denunciations has received special attention from the Provincial National Assembly Delegation. In addition, the Delegation has also arranged time to actively participate in the National Assembly's foreign affairs activities; participated in training programs on professional delegation work; participated in social work in the province...

With the efforts of each delegate, the activities of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation during the past term have had many innovations; the close relationship between delegates and voters has contributed significantly to the National Assembly Delegation reflecting the thoughts, aspirations and recommendations of voters, sectors and levels in the province to the National Assembly forum. That is also the motivation for each National Assembly Delegate to successfully fulfill the responsibilities assigned by voters and people during the 2016 - 2021 term.