Reduce intermediate staff and "slogan shouting"

On the morning of March 24, the National Assembly discussed in groups the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development tasks in 2015; the results of the implementation of the 5-year period 2011-2015 and the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2016-2020 and the 5-year land use plan for the period 2016-2020.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam (Ho Chi Minh City Delegation) spoke

Where necessary, reduce staff, where not necessary, increase staff.

Discussing at the Ho Chi Minh City group, Deputy Tran Du Lich and many other delegates said: The most outstanding point in the economy over the past 5 years is responding well to the unstable macroeconomic situation.

In implementing three strategic breakthroughs and institutional reform, efforts have been made in legal reform, including many laws related to economic institutional reform.

However, according to Deputy Tran Du Lich, the state apparatus' organizational structure is still cumbersome; functions and tasks are overlapping; staff streamlining has not met requirements. The organization and operation of local governments are slow to innovate.

Through contact with voters, people reflected: “Many districts said they did not need Vice Chairmen of the People's Council, but they increased them, while they needed forestry and fishery extension officers, but they did not have any. Streamlining the payroll, reducing where necessary, increasing where not needed, how should administrative reform be? Investment is still widespread, overlapping, and decentralization is unclear...

Sharing the same view, Deputy Vo Thi Dung (Ho Chi Minh City) said that streamlining the apparatus is a vital task for socio-economic development. A cumbersome apparatus cannot reduce regular expenditures or public debt.

The government has a policy of streamlining the apparatus, but the procedures are very complicated. In particular, it is unreasonable for localities to submit their plans to the Ministry of Home Affairs if they want to streamline the apparatus. "We need to be decisive in streamlining the apparatus, and decentralize strongly so that localities can take the initiative," Deputy Dung proposed.

"In particular, it is necessary to clarify the challenges of fighting to protect sovereignty over seas and islands, thereby having a strategy for developing the sea and island economy associated with protecting sovereignty," Deputy Vo Thi Dung proposed.

According to Delegate Do Van Duong (Ho Chi Minh City): The policy of streamlining the apparatus is correct, but how to implement it is an issue that needs to be considered, because it has to go through many steps of developing the Projects, which takes a long time.

Delegate Duong proposed: "Increasing the apparatus and staffing should be reported to the Ministry of Home Affairs, but reducing it should be decentralized to the locality." Delegate Do Van Duong frankly shared: The Central Government should assign targets; unify a number of positions between the Party and the government; try to reduce movement cadres, intermediaries, and "slogan-shouting" cadres; respect experts and expertise; appointing cadres should be competitive. At the same time, socialize a number of fields, streamline from the smallest stage. "Whatever the people can do, let the people do it, everything is the State, paying salaries from the budget is dead.

Sharing the same view, Deputy Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam (Ho Chi Minh City) emphasized: "The streamlining of the apparatus is just the tip of the iceberg, the root must be reforming the entire system, from central to local levels. The functions and tasks must be decentralized and delegated more strongly before considering staff reduction to have a fundamental, long-term and sustainable solution."

Corruption affects people's trust

Many opinions assessed that during the past term, the work of preventing and fighting corruption, practicing thrift, fighting waste, receiving citizens, and resolving complaints and denunciations was focused on and had changes; violations were strictly handled.

According to Deputy Vo Thi Dung, fighting corruption not only affects socio-economic development but also affects people's trust in the regime. "The government needs to have more specific solutions."

To improve the effectiveness of anti-corruption in the coming time, Deputy Do Van Duong suggested that it is necessary to focus on fighting corruption with a focus, not "petty" corruption; to promote and strictly handle the responsibility of leaders in anti-corruption.

Delegate Truong Trong Nghia (Ho Chi Minh City) also said: We must truly respect the people, promote the people's role of supervision and criticism. People must have the right to replace weak and corrupt officials.

In another aspect, Delegate Dang Thi My Huong (Ninh Thuan) reflected: Through monitoring and contacting voters, the current way of calculating the target of creating jobs for workers still has many shortcomings. Citing the case of people who are lent money within working age being counted in the data of job creation in the year; or workers who leave the locality are considered to have found jobs without knowing where they went, Delegate My Huong expressed concern about the "virtual" number. "The important thing is that the work of creating jobs for people is substantive, we should not chase after quantity", Delegate Huong expressed./.

According to the Communist Party of Vietnam