Election Day in Xiangyang: Safe, legal...
(Baonghean) -Today, millions of hearts across the country beat together, towards the National Festival to elect elected representatives to the highest authority at the central and local levels - the election of deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term.
At 7:00 a.m. today (May 22), the opening ceremony of the election of the 13th National Assembly and People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2011-2016 term took place simultaneously at 85 polling stations with 31,722 voters participating in the voting in 10 communes in Tuong Duong district. Two days earlier (May 20), due to the characteristics of a mountainous district, Tuong Duong was allowed to hold early elections for 20,934 voters in 10 communes. In this election, Tuong Duong district had 52,166 voters elected 2 National Assembly deputies, 3 provincial People's Council deputies, 35 district People's Council deputies and 455 commune People's Council deputies. Attending and directing at the polling station in Tuong Duong district was comrade Luong Quang Kinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Nghe An province.
The weather was favorable, so from early morning, along the roads, many voters were eagerly waiting at the polling place. The faces of the people were filled with joy and excitement on the big day, eagerly waiting for the sacred moment. Although there had been specific propaganda, today people still came early to check the voter list, learn carefully about the candidates before deciding who to vote for. That shows the spirit and sense of responsibility of voters with their votes for the candidates.
People of Thach Duong village, Thach Giam commune eagerly went to vote.
Instructions for voters to vote.
Engineer Dinh Hoai Thanh - voting at the voting team.
After the flag-raising ceremony, checking the ballot box seals, and reading the voting regulations at the polling stations, the officials of the district and commune election committees guided the people on the voting regulations according to the correct procedure. Voters took turns receiving their ballots according to the posted list, so the election took place in an orderly and safe manner.
Voter Lo Thi Mien, who just turned 18 in Dooc Bua village, Tam Thai commune, said: “I am really moved, honored and proud to hold the ballot for the first time in my hand to vote for National Assembly and People's Council deputies at all levels. I hope that those elected this time will listen to the people's opinions, continue to fight against corruption, have policies to create jobs for rural youth in mountainous areas and pay more attention to the material and spiritual life of people in mountainous districts.”
Ms. Vi Thi Man, 77 years old, in Quang Thinh village - Tam Dinh - Tuong Duong, confided: "Having held the ballot many times to vote for elected representatives, I hope that after being elected, candidates must regularly contact voters, especially in border communes, need to be close to the people, clearly understand the aspirations of the people to propose to the Party and State policies that are in line with the Party's will and the people's wishes."
Mong people in Luu Thong village (Luu Kien commune) go to vote.
In this election, Luu Kien commune has 2,100 voters, with 5 voting groups. The commune has people from 2 ethnic minorities, Mong and Thai. Before the election day, the villages organized a general cleaning of the village roads, and agencies and departments sent staff to help ethnic minorities decorate, check the list and voter cards... Mr. Vi Van Vinh - Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Luu Kien commune - Tuong Duong, wished: "Candidates elected as National Assembly and People's Council deputies must pay more attention to the border areas, put forward reasonable policies to help ethnic minorities improve their knowledge, create conditions for them to develop socio-economically, and shorten the gap between the mountainous areas and the lowlands".
However, due to the difficult traffic conditions in Tuong Duong district, among the 85 voting groups, there is one voting group at Ban Ve Hydropower Plant for people who have not yet relocated to the reservoir area, but so far no voters have come out in time to vote.
According to Mr. Nguyen Ho Canh - Chairman of the District People's Committee, Chairman of the Election Committee of Tuong Duong District, according to a quick report from the district's election teams, by 8:30 this morning, at the district's polling stations, 80% of voters had participated in voting. In general, the election day in Tuong Duong took place safely, orderly, and in accordance with the law...
Thanh Le
