Vice President of Farmers' Association, Deputy Commune Police Chief in Nghe An resigns because of low allowance

On the morning of May 5, National Assembly delegates including Mr. Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption; Moong Van Tinh - official of Que Phong District Youth Union and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao - Doctor of Tay Bac Nghe An General Hospital met with voters in Chau Loc commune, Quy Hop district before the 7th session of the 14th National Assembly. Photo: Thanh Duy

Concerns about allowances for non-professional commune and hamlet officials

At the meeting with voters, Mr. Vi Van Duyet - Chairman of the Veterans Association of Chau Loc commune pointed out the current reality that the allowances of non-professional cadres at the commune and hamlet levels are low, so they cannot attract people to work.

"In Chau Loc, there is a Vice President of the Farmers' Association and a Deputy Chief of Commune Police who resigned to do other work," Mr. Duyet said and asked National Assembly delegates to make recommendations to increase allowances for non-professional officials to ensure a minimum standard of living.

Mr. Duyet also said that people agree with the policy of merging hamlets, but they are concerned that the area in mountainous areas is large, so it needs to be considered appropriately for each region.

Voters of Chau Loc commune, Quy Hop district express their opinions. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the scoring of poor households, according to voter Vi Van Tam, there is a reality that a family with one buffalo is scored as much as a family with many buffalo, and a cheap motorbike is scored as much as an expensive motorbike. Therefore, the scoring method needs to be based on specific values ​​and quantities to ensure more fairness.

At the conference, voters also raised recommendations related to the construction of traffic infrastructure and dams to serve irrigation and daily life of the commune's people; handing over forestry land to the people for production because in Moi village, about 90% of households do not have land for production; investing in a number of classrooms to ensure teaching and learning;...

There is a reasonable plan to merge hamlets and villages.

On behalf of the delegates, Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac responded to 13 comments on 28 specific issues raised by voters.

Regarding the issue of non-professional cadres asking to quit due to low allowances, Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac said that non-professional workers do not have to work exactly 8 hours/day as prescribed.

But in reality, these officers have more time to work because the closer they are to the people, the more work they need to handle, especially the commune police.

In the near future, for commune police, we will wait for the Law on People's Public Security (amended) to take effect, and for other positions, we will report to the Government for specific consideration to increase appropriate allowance levels.

Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac answers voters' opinions. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the issue of merging hamlets, according to the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the arrangement of district- and commune-level administrative units in the 2019-2021 period, communes and districts that only meet one of the two criteria of population and area have not been merged.

Regarding the issue of merging hamlets and villages, Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac suggested that the district consult with the province to come up with a reasonable merger plan. The National Assembly delegation also took note to report to the Central Committee.

Regarding the scoring method for poor households, the National Assembly delegation of Nghe An province has given opinions and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has made amendments and responded to Nghe An voters.

Chau Loc is a particularly difficult commune of Quy Hop district with complex mountainous terrain. The whole commune has 4,498 people with 1,017 households of Kinh and Tho ethnic groups living in 11 hamlets and villages. The poverty rate of the commune is 26.6%. Photo: Google Maps

Also at the conference, Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac presented 20 gifts to policy households and especially disadvantaged households in the commune.

Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac presented 20 gifts to policy households and especially disadvantaged households in Chau Loc commune, Quy Hop district. Photo: Thanh Duy

On this occasion, the Provincial Delegation called on the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade, Nghe An branch, to support the construction of 2 classrooms and learning equipment for Chau Loc Primary School.