Mr. Nguyen Ba Thanh's son was elected to the Da Nang People's Council.
Mr. Nguyen Ba Canh, son of the late Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee and Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee, Nguyen Ba Thanh, was elected as a delegate to the Da Nang City People's Council with nearly 82% of the votes.
On the afternoon of May 24, the Danang City Election Committee announced the list of elected delegates to the 9th City People's Council, term 2016-2021. Danang had nearly 696,000 voters going to the polls, reaching a rate of 99.8%.
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| Mr. Nguyen Ba Canh (right cover) received flowers from the Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee at the dialogue with young people in March. Photo: N.D. |
About 50 delegates were elected to the new Da Nang City People's Council. Chairman of the Da Nang City People's Committee Huynh Duc Tho received the highest number of votes with 88.52%. Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Anh received 84.03% of the votes. Mr. Nguyen Ba Canh (son of Mr. Nguyen Ba Thanh) was elected with 81.52% of the voters' trust.
The youngest elected delegate was Ms. Le Thi Minh Thao (29 years old, Deputy Director of Thuan Phuoc Seafood and Trading Joint Stock Company). Among those who were not elected was Mr. Le Cong Phuc, who is known as'Experts' give advice via Facebookwith only 32.4% of the vote.
The Danang Election Committee said that according to regulations, the number of delegates elected to the Danang People's Council for the 2016-2021 term is 50 people. However, in constituency No. 4 including Thac Gian, Chinh Gian, and Vinh Trung wards, there are 5 delegates running to elect 3 people but only 2 delegates were elected. Therefore, the list only has 49 delegates to the City People's Council.
Explaining this, Mr. Tran Tho, Chairman of the People's Council and Chairman of the Election Committee of Da Nang City, said that the number of elected representatives in constituency No. 4 was more than 2/3, according to the law, so the Da Nang Election Committee will not elect more people but keep the original list of 49 people.
Mr. Nguyen Ba Canh is 33 years old this year, from Hoa Tien commune, Hoa Vang district (Da Nang), currently a member of the City Party Committee, Secretary of the Da Nang City Youth Union. Mr. Canh graduated from Danang University of Technology, majoring in Economics; has a Master's degree in International Management, advanced political theory; English IELTS 6.5. |
According to VNE