Seek opinions to amend the Resolution on voting and vote of confidence

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of May 9, in Vinh City, the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An Province held a conference to collect comments on the draft Resolution on taking a vote of confidence and voting for people holding positions elected or approved by the National Assembly and People's Council (amended). Comrade Pham Van Tan - Provincial Party Committee member, Head of the National Assembly Delegation chaired the conference. Also attending were Comrade Nguyen Huu Lam - Standing Committee member, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee, and representatives of departments and branches.

Meeting scene

According to Resolution No. 35/2012/QH13 of the National Assembly on taking a vote of confidence, at the 5th session, the National Assembly took a vote of confidence for 47 positions elected or approved by the National Assembly; similarly, the People's Councils of 63 provinces and cities took a vote of confidence for 907 people, the People's Councils at the district level took a vote of confidence for 6,664 people; the People's Councils at the commune level took a vote of confidence for 58,488 people. With 3 levels of confidence, high confidence and low confidence, in general, the vote of confidence has achieved the set goals and requirements, and is an important step forward in the supervisory activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Lam, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee, spoke.

However, this is the first time a vote of confidence has been organized, without precedent or experience, so there are still limitations and difficulties, and it has not covered all practical situations. Based on the assessment of the difficulties, the National Assembly Standing Committee discussed and agreed to report to the National Assembly to temporarily suspend the vote and take a vote of confidence and proceed to amend and supplement Resolution No. 35 regulating this issue. According to the draft Resolution on taking a vote of confidence, the revised vote of confidence drafted by the Drafting Committee and reviewed by the National Assembly, there are 19 articles, including 4 parts: regulations on the scope and subjects of the vote; time limit and time of taking a vote of confidence; the level of confidence assessment in the vote of confidence and a number of other issues.

At the conference, based on the options proposed in the draft Resolution, delegates gave their opinions on whether or not to expand the subjects for taking and voting on confidence for the Heads of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels while narrowing the subjects and not taking a vote of confidence for those working in elected agencies. Regarding the voting period, some delegates agreed with the plan to take confidence annually or once a term, but there were also opinions that the confidence should be taken twice a term, conducted at the beginning of the third year and the end of the fourth year of the term; the level of voting should be only 2 levels: "confidence" and "no confidence" instead of 3 levels as at present....

In addition, although agreeing with the draft plan, delegates proposed to add the subjects of taking and voting for confidence to the Chief Justice of the People's Court, the Chief Prosecutor of the People's Procuracy, and the Heads of departments and branches as members and members of the People's Committee; clearly and specifically stipulate each subject that must take and vote for confidence; it should not be stipulated that "other positions" are quite general because guidance in this field is still very lacking. The legal consequences for the case where more than half to 2/3 of the total number of delegates vote for "low confidence", they must resign or the Standing Committee of the People's Council requests the Chairman of the People's Committee at the same level to consider, decide and report to the People's Council at the nearest session to carry out the dismissal procedure; it is recommended to take and vote twice per term; the assessment report of the person who is voted for confidence must follow a unified form, ensuring honesty, objectivity and taking legal responsibility for their report...

Representative of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee spoke

At the conference, there was also a proposal that the voting and taking of votes of confidence by the People's Councils at the provincial and district levels should be regulated by the Provincial and District People's Councils; the National Assembly should provide guidance; at the Provincial People's Council, the wider the range of subjects for taking votes of confidence, the better...

Comrade Pham Van Tan concluded, accepting comments and suggestions.

Concluding the meeting, comrade Pham Van Tan said that despite the short time for preparation and collecting opinions, with a serious and responsible working spirit, the delegates contributed quality and focused comments to the draft Resolution. The above opinions of the delegates will be received, compiled and presented to the National Assembly at the upcoming session by the Provincial National Assembly Delegation./.

Nguyen Hai