Will Nghe An abolish the policy for lowland people working in the highlands?

On the morning of November 27, implementing the assignment of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council held a meeting to review and agree on a number of contents to prepare for the 12th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council. Mr. Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Vinh City Party Committee, Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council: Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Viet Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee; representatives of the Provincial People's Council committees, provincial departments and branches. Photo: Thu Giang

Resolution is no longer relevant

At the meeting, delegates gave their opinions on the draft Resolution to abolish Resolution No. 298/2009/NQ-HDND dated December 23, 2009 of the Provincial People's Council on a number of policies for cadres, civil servants and public employees from the lowlands working in the highlands.

According to the report presented by the Department of Home Affairs, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 08/2010/QD-UBND dated January 20, 2010 on regulations on a number of policies for cadres, civil servants and public employees from the lowlands working in the highlands.

As a result, from 2010 to present, the Provincial People's Committee has awarded Certificates of Merit for long-term work in the highlands to 265 cadres, civil servants and public employees from the lowlands who came to work in the highlands. The Committee for Ethnic Minorities in the Mountainous Areas has awarded 265 Commemorative Medals to cadres, civil servants and public employees from the lowlands who came to work in the highlands. The Provincial People's Committee has provided funding to support the construction and consolidation of houses for 313 people from the lowlands who came to work in the highlands, with a total amount of 4.695 billion VND.

Human resource training in mountainous areas, especially ethnic minorities, at present basically meets the requirements in terms of quantity and quality. Illustrative photo

The policy in Resolution 298/2009/NQ-HDND is considered to be meaningful for a certain period of time, especially before implementing the Ordinance on Cadres and Civil Servants; it is meaningful in encouraging, motivating, and recognizing the contributions of cadres, civil servants, and public employees from the lowlands to work in the highlands during difficult times in terms of economy, society, and human resources in the highlands.

However, the concepts of "lowlands" and "highlands" are currently not regulated by any legal document of the State; the regulations on priority for children of people from lowlands who come to work in highlands in participating in the entrance exam to Ethnic Boarding Schools, and priority in recruiting civil servants and public employees are not consistent with current regulations.

Currently, there are many documents of the Government, ministries, central and provincial branches on priority recruitment and placement of ethnic minorities in state agencies at all levels, especially in areas with large ethnic minority populations, so the policy under Resolution 298/2009/NQ-HDND is contrary to this regulation.

Therefore, on November 19, 2019, the Provincial People's Committee submitted a document requesting the Provincial People's Council to consider abolishing Resolution 298/2009/NQ-HDND at the 12th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council scheduled to take place in December, to ensure that the legal documents issued by the province do not violate the regulations of the Government and circulars of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Clarifying the implementation status of the job position project

Director of the Department of Home Affairs Le Dinh Ly explained and clarified some draft contents that delegates were still concerned about. Photo: Thu Giang

The review meeting also gave opinions on the draft resolution on assigning civil servant positions in state administrative agencies and organizations in 2020 in Nghe An province; the draft resolution on approving the total number of employees and contract workers in public service units and association organizations in 2020 in Nghe An province before submitting it to the upcoming session of the Provincial People's Council.

Plan for 2020:

* In administrative agencies and organizations:

- Total number of civil servants: 3,355;

- Number of contract workers according to Decree No. 68/2000/ND-CP: 261

* In public service units and associations:

- Number of people working with salaries from the budget in public service units that are not self-sufficient in regular expenses: 57,852;

- Number of contract workers according to Decree No. 68/2000/ND-CP in public service units that are not self-sufficient in regular expenses: 229;

- Number of labor contracts according to Decree No. 06/2018/ND-CP: 2,508;

- Number of contracts receiving salary from revenue sources in units that are not self-sufficient in regular expenditure: 540;

- Number of people working in association organizations: 87.

After listening to the opinions of the delegates attending the meeting and concluding these contents, Head of the Provincial People's Council Legal Committee Phan Duc Dong assessed that the contents of the draft resolutions were carefully prepared, generally explaining clearly the concerns of the delegates attending the meeting. Basically agreeing with the plans for assigning staff and approving the total number of employees, the representative of the Legal Committee requested the Department of Home Affairs to absorb the valid opinions of the Standing Committee and the Provincial People's Council committees, representatives of relevant departments and branches to complete the drafts.

Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee Phan Duc Dong concluded the review meeting on the morning of November 27. Photo: Thu Giang

The Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee further noted that the Home Affairs sector needs to re-examine the difference between the current number of positions and the number of positions assigned, review the implementation of the assignment of positions associated with the implementation of the job position project, and rectify the situation where positions are still available but contract workers are not allowed to be on the payroll. Regarding the Education sector, taking into account the opinions of voters, the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee believes that the Provincial People's Committee needs to have a plan to calculate when assigning positions to the sector, to match the time of the new school year opening in September every year.

Regarding the report on administrative reform work presented by the leaders of the Department of Home Affairs, in addition to acknowledging the positive results achieved, the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council suggested that more attention should be paid to some key contents that are still limited in the implementation process, such as the implementation of Ordinance 34 on the Regulations on Democracy at the grassroots level, the quality of implementation of the job position project, enforcement of public ethics, announcement of individuals and units violating the implementation of discipline and administrative discipline...

Thu Giang