Nghe An guides the organization of People's Council meetings to perfect the government apparatus after administrative unit rearrangement.

The document was just signed and issued by Nguyen Nam Dinh, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province. Previously, in the regular meeting in November, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council discussed and agreed on the relevant contents of the guidelines.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council requests: Administrative units to proactively develop a meeting organization plan to ensure the progress of completing the arrangement and consolidation of the local government apparatus according to regulations and the time to organize the regular meeting at the end of 2024 (after completing the organization of the local government apparatus) to ensure the deadline for deciding on the local budget estimate and allocating the next year's budget of their level according to the provisions of the State Budget Law and the general plan of the province. The deadline for completing the meeting organization is before December 25, 2024.

Regarding the organization of local government and the activities of the People's Council at the new administrative unit after the arrangement, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council guides:

New administrative units are established on the basis of merging one or more administrative units of the same level and adjusting part of the territory and population of some other administrative units of the same level (including Vinh city; Cau Giat town and Binh Son commune of Quynh Luu district, Tra Lan town of Con Cuong district), then the People's Council delegates of the old administrative units and the People's Council delegates in the adjusted territory will be merged into the People's Council of the new administrative unit and continue to operate until the end of the term.

The remaining administrative units are established on the basis of merging many administrative units at the same level, then the People's Council delegates of the old administrative units will be merged into the People's Council of the new administrative unit and continue to operate until the end of their term.

Based on the proposal of the Standing Committee of the Vinh City People's Council, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council will issue a document appointing a convener among the City People's Council delegates to convene and chair the City People's Council session until the People's Council elects a (new) Chairman of the City People's Council according to the provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government.

On appointing a convener to convene and chair the meeting:

Based on the proposal of the Standing Committee of the People's Council of the previously arranged administrative unit, the Standing Committee of the People's Council of the districts: Nghi Loc, Do Luong, Tan Ky, Nghia Dan, Quynh Luu, Con Cuong, Thanh Chuong, Dien Chau, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan, Yen Thanh, Anh Son and Vinh city issued a document appointing a convener among the People's Council delegates of the new commune-level administrative unit to convene and chair the meeting until the People's Council elects the Chairman of the People's Council of the new administrative unit according to regulations.

The document appointing the convener shall be issued no later than December 9, 2024.

Based on the expected time of the Session, the designated convener shall issue a document convening the Session to complete the organization of the local government apparatus after the arrangement.

The order of sessions and terms of the People's Council in the newly formed administrative unit after the rearrangement is determined as follows:

The administrative units are formed on the basis of merging and adjusting the boundaries of administrative units of the same level and keeping the name and type of one of the merged administrative units (including Vinh city; wards: Vinh Tan, Quang Trung of Vinh city; communes: Nghia Tho, Nghia Hung of Nghia Dan district; town Cau Giat of Quynh Luu district; communes: Minh Thanh, Lien Thanh, Phu Thanh, Hau Thanh of Yen Thanh district), then the term of the People's Council in the administrative unit after merging and adjusting continues to be calculated according to the term of the People's Council in the administrative unit with the same name. Therefore, the order of the Session is the next session of the People's Council in the administrative unit with the same name.

The administrative units formed on the basis of merging administrative units of the same level and having a different name from the name of the merged administrative unit (including the remaining commune-level administrative units), the term of the People's Council of the newly rearranged administrative unit shall be recalculated from the beginning (term I) from the time of establishment. Therefore, the session is the first session, term I, term 2021-2026.

Regarding the completion of the positions of the People's Council and People's Committee of the new administrative unit after the arrangement:

At the Session, the People's Council elects the Chairman of the People's Council from among the People's Council delegates as introduced by the session chair (convenor); elects the Vice Chairman of the People's Council, Head, and Vice Head of the People's Council's Committee; elects the Chairman of the People's Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee, and member of the People's Committee. The elected Chairman of the People's Committee does not necessarily have to be a People's Council delegate of the new administrative unit (including the units organizing the first session of the first term).

The election of positions of People's Council and People's Committee is conducted by secret ballot.

The positions of the People's Council and People's Committee of the new administrative unit shall be arranged to perform their duties and powers immediately after being elected by the People's Council according to the provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government.

In case the People's Council cannot elect the positions of the People's Council and People's Committee at the meeting, the following shall be done:

In case the Chairman of the People's Council for the 2021-2026 term cannot be elected, the meeting chair is responsible for reporting to the competent authority to carry out the necessary personnel procedures to submit to the People's Council to continue electing the position of Chairman of the People's Council right at the meeting.

In case the Chairman of the People's Committee cannot be elected, the Chairman of the People's Council for the 2021 - 2026 term is responsible for reporting to the competent authority to carry out the necessary personnel procedures to submit to the People's Council to continue electing the position of Chairman of the People's Committee right at the Session.

The People's Council decides to suspend the Session at the request of the session chair or the Chairman of the People's Council to carry out personnel work to elect the Chairman of the People's Council and Chairman of the People's Committee. The suspension period of the Session shall not exceed 2 working days. The introduction of personnel shall be considered and decided by the competent authority.

In case the People's Council cannot elect all the remaining positions of the People's Council and People's Committee, the person with the authority to recommend the People's Council to elect this position is responsible for reporting to the competent authority to carry out the necessary personnel procedures to submit to the People's Council to continue electing that position right at the Session or at the next session of the People's Council.

The election results of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the People's Council of Vinh City and the commune-level administrative units must be sent to the Standing Committee of the People's Council at a higher level for approval; the election results of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Vinh City and the commune-level administrative units must be sent to the Chairman of the People's Committee at a higher level for approval.

No later than 1 working day after the date of the Session, the Standing Committee of the People's Council must submit to the competent authority/person for approval the results of the election of the Chairman of the People's Council, Vice Chairman of the People's Council, Chairman of the People's Committee, and Vice Chairman of the People's Committee.

After receiving the approval dossier, the competent authority or person must review and approve within 3 working days; in case of disapproval, a written response must be given, stating the reasons and requesting the People's Council to re-elect the unapproved position according to the provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government.

Regarding the election of the People's Court of Vinh City at the Vinh City People's Council meeting, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council provides the following guidance:

The Standing Committee of the Vinh City Fatherland Front Committee (new) coordinated with the Vinh City People's Court to submit to the City People's Council to elect the People's Court Jury at the Session as prescribed.

In case the Standing Committee of the Vinh City Fatherland Front Committee has not completed the arrangement and consolidation before the City People's Council Session, the submission to the City People's Council for the election of People's Court Jurors will be carried out at the nearest City People's Council Session.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council assigns the Provincial People's Council Legal Committee to preside over and coordinate with the Committees of the Provincial People's Council, the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council and relevant agencies and organizations to help the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council monitor the implementation of contents related to the organization of People's Council sessions according toThis guide.

During the implementation process, if any difficulties or problems arise, the Standing Committee of the District People's Council is requested to discuss and report to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council (through the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council).