Nghe An "relaxes" handling of violations of having a third child
(Baonghean.vn) - This is one of the changes recently approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 11/2018/QD - UBND on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Regulation issued together with Decision No. 43/2015/QD - UBND dated August 21, 2015 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province regulating a number of population policies - family planning in Nghe An province.
Decision 11/QD – UBND was issued on February 13, focusing on amending 4 articles compared to the old Decision issued in 2015. Of which, there are 3 notable adjustments including: amending Clause 1, Article 3 from "Each couple should only have one or two children" to "Each couple should have 2 children".
The new regulation also adjusts Clause 2, Article 4 on signing a commitment to implement the population and family planning policy. Specifically, if previously, couples of childbearing age were required to sign a commitment to implement the population and family planning policy regulations with the local authorities where they reside and the agency or unit where they are working.
Now, the new regulation on signing commitments is implemented in the spirit of "propaganda and mobilization".
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Propaganda about population policy for people in Dien Hai commune - Dien Chau district. Photo - My Ha |
In particular, the new regulation has many changes in handling cases of giving birth to a third child or more and does not clearly state the forms of punishment.
Specifically, according to Decision 11 (2018): Violators in the case of having a third child (except in cases where the law provides otherwise) will be handled according to: current regulations, commitments, rules, regulations of agencies, units, regulations of village conventions, conventions of the place of residence, and will not be considered for the title of Cultural Family.
According to Decision 43 (2015): Cadres, civil servants, and public employees who give birth to a third or more children will be disciplined by reprimand, applying to withdraw from leadership positions, transferring work positions or transferring work areas, not being considered for planning to appoint leadership positions within 5 years, not being considered for promotion exams, transferring ranks, extending the time for considering salary increases for a period of 3-6 months; other cases will be handled according to the commitment, regulations, and internal rules of the agency or unit; regulations of the village convention, convention of the place of residence, and not being considered for the title of Cultural Family.
As for collectives and individual heads of agencies and units whose subordinates commit violations, they will not be considered for emulation titles and will not be considered for the title of cultural unit.
Thus, with this new regulation, the handling of violations of population and family planning policies has been somewhat “relaxed”. However, this is a difficulty for those working in population work in the coming period and requires higher awareness, self-awareness and sense of responsibility from individuals, units and related departments and branches.
This decision officially takes effect from February 25, 2018.