Public and transparent about all types of funds from policy to implementation process

(Baonghean.vn) - Regarding the collection of fee funds mentioned in the People's Council meetings, voters in localities in the province expressed their opinions on this issue.

Voter Hoang Van Phuong, Hamlet 1, Ngoc Son Commune (Do Luong): We should not mobilize the poor to contribute to the fund for the poor.

Voter Hoang Van Phuong.

In contributing to local fund fees, I am concerned about contributing to the fund for the poor. This is a necessary thing to do, however, the village front committee comes to the house to collect a fee of 10,000 VND/household for all families, regardless of whether the household is poor or well-off, according toI think this is not reasonable. Because the poor households, who are the recipients of the support, must also contribute to the fund. I expressed this opinion to the village front committee, and the front committee reduced the amount for me by half.

I am not concerned about the amount of money, but I just think that the nature of the contribution needs to be considered to collect from which subjects so that it is meaningful and for the right purpose. Moreover, there are many poor households who have to work hard to earn a living, so 5,000 VND or 10,000 VND is an amount of money that they can hardly earn. Therefore, I think: "The Fund for the Poor should not encourage the poor to contribute".

Voter Hoang Van Duc, Nghi Truong commune, Nghi Loc: Need to be public and transparent in collecting and using people's contributions

In addition to the contributions prescribed by the state, many voluntary contributions are also needed.

Voter Hoang Van Duc.

people. That is to mobilize people's resources to build rural traffic, internal irrigation, implement land consolidation according to Directive 08 of the Provincial Party Committee; mobilize people's strength to build cultural houses, campuses, build cultural and sports facilities in residential areas, build concrete roads according to new rural standards. These projects are supported by a very small part of the state budget, the majority is contributed by the people. In 2016 alone, the people of Hamlet 1 agreed to contribute 750,000 VND per person to build the internal village traffic system.

From the local reality, I see that except for households that are still in difficulty, the annual contributions are not too high for the people. What people care about is: what is the money collected from the people used for, how is it done, and what are the results.

Therefore, to have the consensus of the people in collecting voluntary contributions, it is necessary to implement widespread democracy, making people see that contributions are necessary for themselves and their families. It is necessary to be public and transparent from the policy making stage to the implementation process. During the implementation process, it is necessary to collect correctly, collect enough, ensure fairness, use people's contributions for the right purposes, and make public and clear settlements. For households with difficult economic conditions, it is possible to collect slowly, collect many times so that they have the conditions to contribute.

Voter Nguyen Thi Thanh, Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city: Increasing environmental sanitation fees needs to go hand in hand with increasing environmental protection efficiency.

Voter Nguyen Thi Thanh

We live in Nghi Phu commune (Vinh city) and have fully contributed to all local fee funds. In addition, we have a small-scale clothing store in Hung Dung ward, and I find the payment of fees related to the store where I do business is not satisfactory. For example, the Ward People's Committee's collection of environmental sanitation fees from business households is unreasonable and not drastic.

Although they are all business kiosks, many households are still slow to pay sanitation fees, but the authorities still have no decisive measures to deal with them. In addition, this year the environmental sanitation fee has increased too much, causing difficulties for us people. We request that the authorities have a roadmap to increase it in a more reasonable time. And the important thing is that after increasing the environmental sanitation fee, we must show people the effectiveness of maintaining environmental sanitation more clearly, then we will be happy to contribute.

Voter Lo Van Phuc, Bong Khe commune (Con Cuong): Clearly define which funds are mandatory and which funds are voluntary.

Voter Lo Van Phuc

Currently, in our locality, our people have to pay into 8 types of funds. When the government launches these funds,We farmers all comply. However, we hope and recommend that superiors should reduce some unnecessary funds, clearly distinguish which funds are mandatory and which are voluntary, because currently there are too many overlapping funds.

On the other hand, we also wonder whether after collecting funds from the people such as the education promotion fund, the poor fund, and the Agent Orange fund, will they reach the beneficiaries? As for the Red Cross Fund, although it has been launched and our people have participated in contributing, most people still do not understand what this fund is for and who benefits from it?

Therefore, it is necessary to be transparent in the use of funds after collection.

Voter Ho Duc Toan, Thanh Da parish, Quynh Thanh commune (Quynh Luu): People will agree with reasonable fund collection.

Voter Ho Duc Toan.

Basically we people agree with the current types of fund fees.

As innIn 2017, the locality collected 3 types of funds: Children's Protection Fund; Gratitude Fund and Disaster Prevention Fund, all 3 of which are practical.

For the Children's Protection Fund, the Gratitude Fund demonstrates humanity and gratitude; the Disaster Prevention Fund is very authentic because currently due to climate change, natural disasters and floods occur frequently, so the government and the people must join hands to overcome them.

Voter Tran Bach Mai, Nghi Hai ward, Cua Lo town: People still have to contribute a lot of funds

Voter Tran Bach Mai.

As far as I know, there are only two types of funds, the flood and storm prevention fund and the national defense security fund, that are mandatory. However, every year, people have to contribute to many types of voluntary mobilization funds such as: gratitude fund, child protection fund, poverty reduction fund, charity fund, education promotion fund, elderly care fund, fund for the poor, drug prevention fund, etc.

The issue worth mentioning is the voluntary contribution, which is only for mobilization purposes but almost every household has to pay, so we people do not know the difference between compulsory and voluntary contributions. Especially in the process of building new rural areas, people have to contribute a lot of funds and infrastructure investment fees, so they encounter many difficulties.

Furthermore, the funds are in the form of voluntary mobilization, but the locality has regulations on the collection and payment of funds set by the locality, and households that do not comply or do not pay in full are made to have difficulties when requesting confirmation of documents, making people very upset.

In my opinion, fund collection, especially funds for the poor, children, the elderly, etc., is necessary to help people in difficult circumstances. Therefore, if fund collection is done transparently, publicly, and used for the right purposes and the right subjects, it will receive support and "voluntariness" from the people.

Reporter - Contributor Group