Experience in arranging commune-level administrative units in Hung Nguyen district
Plum Blossom•January 19, 2025 13:04
After 2 phases, Hung Nguyen district reorganized and reduced 8 commune-level administrative units. The lessons learned by the district are to clearly define responsibilities, make great efforts, take drastic actions, and implement methodically. During the implementation process, the district focused on propaganda work, creating high consensus among cadres, party members, and people.
Leaders of Hung Nguyen district discussed and encouraged civil servants of Phuc Loi commune to strive to complete their tasks well after the merger. Photo: Mai Hoa
High consensus
Implementing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, dated October 25, 2017 of the 12th Party Central Committee "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently", in the 2019-2021 period, Hung Nguyen district arranged 10 communes into 5 communes; in the 2023-2025 period, 6 communes into 3 communes. Thus, in both periods, Hung Nguyen district arranged and merged 16 communes into 8 communes. From 23 communes and towns, Hung Nguyen district now has 15 communes and towns (reduced by 8 communes).
Reorganizing administrative units is not an easy “story”, because people are worried about having to change information on documents, or losing their own local cultural identity… Officials and civil servants are worried about “falling” into the “redundant” category, or being transferred to other positions…
Hung Nguyen district organized a conference to disseminate information about the arrangement of commune-level administrative units for officials and people in each unit to be merged. Photo: Mai Hoa
Foreseeing the difficulties, in the process of implementing the merger at the commune level, the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units of Hung Nguyen district focused on propaganda work, clearly affirming: This is a major policy of the Party that must be implemented with high political determination and drastic action in the political system at all levels.
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When cadres and civil servants in the political system have high consensus and unity, the spirit of consensus spreads among all classes of people.
Comrade Hoang Nghia An - Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Hung Nguyen district
Leaders of Hung Nguyen district inspected the propaganda and dissemination of the policy on rearranging commune-level administrative units in Hung Thong commune (old). Photo: Mai Hoa
The development of the plan for the arrangement and merger of communes was closely, systematically and scientifically directed by Hung Nguyen district. In addition to the criteria of natural area and population size, the locality paid attention to studying the similarities in economic conditions, culture and living habits of the people, creating favorable conditions for the people after the merger.
Secretary of Party Cell 4 (Thinh My Commune), comrade Pham Xuan Diet said: "From the methodical planning and good information and propaganda work, the people in the hamlet have high consensus with the voting rate in agreement on the plan to merge the two communes of Hung Thinh and Hung My into Thinh My commune with 95.30%".
When consulting voters on commune mergers in the 2023-2025 period, in 6 merged communes in the district, the lowest percentage of voters agreeing was 83.11% and the highest was 99.36%.
Voters of Nam village, Hung Tan commune (old); voters of My Thanh hamlet, Hung My commune (old) and voters of hamlet 4, Hung Thinh commune (old) participated in voting on the Project on rearranging commune-level administrative units for the period 2023 - 2025. Photo: Mai Hoa
The selection and arrangement of cadres to take on key positions in the district's new commune has created trust among the people in a new, "stronger" apparatus to help the commune develop strongly in the coming time.
Comrade Nguyen Dinh Hung - Secretary of Dong village Party cell, Thong Tan commune
Comrade Le Pham Hung - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen District added: The construction of the personnel project for the new communes follows a systematic process. The district works with each facility, surveys, evaluates the qualifications, capacity, and credibility of each cadre; at the same time, meets and exchanges directly with each cadre, creating consensus right in the process of building the project.
That scientific, impartial and objective way of doing things not only creates consensus among the assigned cadres but also creates trust among cadres, party members and people in the new apparatus. Thereby, the apparatus can be quickly operated more effectively and efficiently, bringing the locality to a higher level of development after the merger.
The Standing Committee of Hung Nguyen District Party Committee presented the Decision to establish the Party Committee of Thinh My commune and introduced the Party Executive Committees of Thinh My commune, Phuc Loi commune and Thong Tan commune. Photo: Mai Hoa, Ha Hue
Follow the roadmap and regulations
Based on Resolution No. 1243, dated October 24, 2024 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the arrangement of district-level and commune-level administrative units for the 2023-2025 period of Nghe An province; along with the directive documents of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee Plan; by December 25, 2024, Hung Nguyen district had completed the announcement of the establishment of 3 new communes, associated with the announcement of the establishment of grassroots party committees, announced the decision to appoint the executive committee, standing committee, secretary, deputy secretary and put the apparatus of 3 new communes into operation, ensuring the maintenance of leadership activities, directing the implementation of local political tasks.
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Thinh My commune, on the basis of merging the entire natural area and population size of Hung My commune and Hung Thinh commune; Thong Tan commune, on the basis of merging the entire natural area and population size of Hung Thong commune and Hung Tan commune; Phuc Loi commune, on the basis of merging the entire natural area and population size of Hung Phuc commune and Hung Loi commune.
From the experience of handling 96 redundant cadres and civil servants due to commune mergers in the period of 2019 - 2021, Hung Nguyen district is resolutely arranging and handling redundant cadres and civil servants due to commune mergers in the period of 2023 - 2025 (54 people).
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The guiding viewpoint of the Standing Committee of Hung Nguyen District Party Committee in arranging and resolving redundant cadres and civil servants must be strict, scientific, methodical, and cautious, ensuring compliance with Party and State regulations and the actual situation of the locality.
Comrade Le Pham Hung - Deputy Secretary of District Party Committee, Chairman of People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district
The overarching goal is to arrange the apparatus to ensure streamlining, effective and efficient operations, and improve the quality of the team. Therefore, the arrangement of cadres and civil servants must be associated with the arrangement of the apparatus to ensure streamlining, effective and efficient operations, and improve the quality of the team.
The district also sets out the responsibility requirements for the Party Committees and authorities of the communes, especially the leaders in propaganda, mobilization, persuasion associated with the accurate annual assessment and classification of cadres and civil servants, creating high unity in the political system and consensus of each individual. Pay attention to ensuring the regimes and policies for cadres and civil servants subject to arrangement and streamlining; arrangement and reorganization must ensure the right roadmap and regulations.
Hung Nguyen district leaders inspect the mobilization of new organizational structure at the merged unit, Phuc Loi commune. Photo: Mai Hoa
In the immediate future, we will focus on mobilizing, propagating, and doing a good job of ideological work to mobilize qualified officials and civil servants to retire early; at the same time, we will review the professional training level of officials and civil servants to arrange them appropriately, transfer them to education officials for those trained in pedagogy, transfer them to district-level officials and civil servants, and rotate them to communes where there is a shortage...
Regarding the arrangement and settlement of surplus facilities; on the basis of the plan that has been developed for implementation, ensuring respect for the needs and aspirations of the people and in accordance with the planning of the arrangement and organization of the political system.
With a methodical, scientific, impartial and objective approach, the arrangement and merger of communes in Hung Nguyen will meet the goal of streamlining the apparatus and operating effectively and efficiently after the merger.
The old Hung Thong commune headquarters was chosen as the working headquarters of Thong Tan commune after merging Hung Thong and Hung Tan communes. Photo: Mai Hoa
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