Dien Chau sea area ready for election day
(Baonghean.vn) - With the characteristics of the sea area, fishermen often fish far from shore, and their time at home is unstable. Therefore, in order to achieve the highest quality in the election of deputies to the 4th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 term, Dien Bich and Dien Ngoc communes of Dien Chau district have had many unique ways of doing propaganda work, creating all favorable conditions for voters to access information about the election.
Dien Ngoc is the commune with the largest number of fishermen exploiting seafood at sea, with nearly 2,000 people. According to tradition, people often go to sea in two batches per day. One batch in the late afternoon and return early in the morning, the other batch goes to sea at midnight and arrives at the port in the middle of the afternoon. However, not being subjective to the actual situation, as well as to ensure the rights and obligations of fishermen on the important day of the country, the commune's Election Committee has continuously promoted propaganda work to each fleet of boats.
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| The commune's election committee met with fishermen at the port to exchange information and encourage people to take advantage of the time to vote on May 22. |
Meeting with the propaganda, fisherman Phan Manh of Dien Ngoc commune said: "I have also proactively sought information about the election through newspapers and radio, and reviewed the list of candidates. I will definitely go vote on May 22nd when I return from the sea."
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| Not only mobilizing fishermen, the Dien Ngoc Commune Election Committee also directly met with women in coastal areas to inform their husbands about exercising their rights and obligations to vote. |
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung - Vice Chairman of Dien Ngoc Commune People's Committee said: Due to the characteristics of the coastal area, we proactively propagated very early. At 10 polling stations, the loudspeaker system broadcasts 2 sessions of election Q&A in the early morning and late afternoon. The commune invested in building propaganda clusters, billboards, posters, propaganda leaflets... Through the work of mobilizing, propagating, and grasping the ideology, we see that fishermen are very excited, ready to wait for May 22 to go to vote.
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| Along with promoting propaganda through the radio system, the Propaganda Department of the commune also posted pictures and slogans at Lach Van fishing port so that people can easily grasp the information. |
In the coastal commune of Dien Bich, nearly 200 fishing boats mainly fish offshore for 5-7 days before docking once. The commune's election committee has also directly mobilized each fishing boat to help people understand the Law on Organization of the National Assembly, the Law on Organization of Local Government, the Law on Election of National Assembly Deputies and People's Council Deputies. The boats that have set sail have been called directly by officials of the commune People's Committee. Fisherman Cao Van Ba: Said: Although fishing for a long time at sea, the boat will definitely dock that day so that the crew can go vote.
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| Dien Ngoc Election Committee prepares posters about voters' rights and obligations on election day. |
Mr. Cao Duc Hung - Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Dien Chau district said: According to the current list, Dien Chau has 214,091 voters participating in this election to elect: 3 National Assembly deputies, 7 Provincial People's Council deputies, 43 District People's Council deputies and 1,027 People's Council deputies of 39 communes and towns. How to eliminate proxy voting, so that voters can understand correctly and accurately choose excellent deputies. To do that, the Election Steering Committee, the District Election Committee and the communes have provided full documents to the grassroots level so that voters have more information about the election and the deputies. Especially in the coastal communes of Dien Bich and Dien Ngoc, there are nearly 4,000 fishermen who specialize in fishing at sea, so the propaganda subcommittee from the district to the commune has soon had a specific propaganda plan in many forms, not only through loudspeakers but also taking advantage of the times when fishermen dock to meet and exchange information, and mobilize people to vote. |
Currently, the District Election Committee has provided 80 CDs as propaganda materials; the entire district has hung nearly 300 slogans along the roads; 1,500 slogans written on fences; 50 groups of propaganda bulletin boards; distributed to hamlets and election teams nearly 20,000 types of propaganda materials such as pictures, wall slogans... Currently, in the hamlets and villages of Dien Chau, everyone can feel the atmosphere of readiness for the election day of May 22.
Mai Giang
(Dien Chau Radio)