Postpone the amendment of the Law on Prevention and Combat of Corruption.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said the Government had proposed postponing the submission of the revised Law on Anti-Corruption to the second session of the 14th National Assembly.

Speaking at the opening of the 4th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the morning of October 3rd, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan stated that the Government had requested that the Law on Prevention and Combat of Corruption not be submitted at the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly.

According to Ms. Ngan, the reason the Government made the proposal was to wait until after the 10-year review of the Central Resolution No. 3 (10th Party Congress) on strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against corruption and waste, so that there would be a full basis when the draft Law is submitted to the National Assembly for "comprehensive, serious, practical, and effective revision."

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan delivers the opening speech at the 4th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee. Photo: Quochoi.vn

Previously, according to the 2016 legislative agenda, at its second session (scheduled to open at the end of October), the National Assembly was to consider the draft revised Law on Prevention and Combat of Corruption.

Based on that, the Chairman of the National Assembly proposed that the Standing Committee of the National Assembly agree to withdraw the draft Law on Prevention and Combat of Corruption (amended) from the agenda of this 4th session.

Furthermore, according to the planned agenda, the 4th session will not include discussions on two draft laws: the Law on Supporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Law amending and supplementing laws on investment and business.

The 4th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will also consider: the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2015 Penal Code; the 2017 audit work of the State Audit Office; the work of resolving complaints and denunciations, and receiving citizens by the Government, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuracy...

According to Zing.vn