The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council noted the questions at the regular mid-year meeting in 2023.

Scene of the regular meeting in May 2023 of the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee. Photo: MH

Review and unify the list of resolutions issued by the Provincial People's Council in 2023

On the morning of May 26, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial People's Council held a regular meeting in May 2023 to review and agree on the list of resolutions to be drafted by the Provincial People's Council in 2023.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting.

Attending the meeting were comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of the Provincial People's Council and a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Comrade Bui Duy Son - Chief of Office of the National Assembly Delegation and Provincial People's Council reported on the list of resolutions proposed by the Provincial People's Committee to be issued in 2023. Photo: MH

Based on the direction of provincial departments, branches, and sectors and districts, cities, and towns to review, the Provincial People's Committee proposed that the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council unify the list of proposals to draft resolutions to submit to the Provincial People's Council in 2023 with a total of 53 resolutions (including 21 legal resolutions and 32 individual resolutions).

At the meeting, the provincial departments, branches and sectors discussed and analyzed the legal basis and practical implementation of a number of resolutions. Specifically, the resolution stipulates the content and norms of support for production development according to the value chain; support for production development, livelihood diversification under the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period of 2021 - 2025 in the province. Although it is necessary in practice, the legal basis is not guaranteed.

Comrade Le Tien Tri - Head of the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board gave his opinion at the meeting. Photo: MH

Comrade Cao Tien Trung - Standing Member of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Economic and Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council gave his opinion at the meeting. Photo: MH

Or the resolution on collecting entrance fees to Nghe An Museum and Nghe An Soviet Museum, there is enough legal basis to regulate fee collection, however, considering the guaranteed conditions and positive impacts at this time, it is not suitable to build.

The meeting also discussed and agreed not to amend or supplement Resolution No. 05 of the Provincial People's Council, issued on August 13, 2021, in 2023.

Comrade Que Thi Tram Ngoc - Deputy Head of the Ethnic Committee, Provincial People's Council discussed the legal basis for issuing a resolution regulating support for production development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Photo: MH

Some members attending the meeting also discussed a number of resolutions promulgating the list of public career services using the state budget in the field of labor, war invalids and social affairs; amending Resolution No. 31 of the Provincial People's Council, issued on December 13, 2020, regulating service revenues in public educational institutions and enrollment at all levels in the province; resolutions on supporting the poor to buy voluntary social insurance...

Based on the discussion opinions of the members participating in the meeting, concluding this content, Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and sectors to review the list of resolutions that need to be issued in 2023 and reach an agreement before sending the document to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee received opinions at the meeting and clarified a number of issues related to a number of resolutions. Photo: MH

Many "hot" issues are expected to be questioned.

Along with discussing the list of resolutions issued by the Provincial People's Council in 2023, the meeting also discussed the content of the questioning at the regular mid-year session of 2023 of the 18th Provincial People's Council and the supervision content of the Provincial People's Council in 2024.

Regarding the content of the questioning, based on the synthesis of proposed opinions of the Committees, Groups and delegates of the Provincial People's Council, the Office of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council presented 21 contents related to "hot" issues arising in social life.

Comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: MH

At the meeting, participants focused on the group of contents related to children with a series of issues such as school violence, child abuse, drowning, child trafficking, children in violation of the law, early marriage; the group related to agricultural production in the face of climate change and the development and dissemination of OCOP Nghe An products.

However, some opinions raised concerns that choosing these two contents would create pressure for some sectors due to the continuous monitoring, surveying, questioning and explaining activities of the Provincial People's Council in the past.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council concluded at the meeting. Photo: MH

Concluding this content, comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Council committees to continue researching to have opinions, and at the same time emphasized the viewpoints and principles of selecting questioning content must be based on proposals of Provincial People's Council delegates and practices that are of interest to voters and public opinion, not on choosing subjects of questioning.

The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also assigned the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council to preside over and coordinate with the committees to study the documents of the National Assembly to develop criteria for selecting the content of questioning, supervision, survey, and explanation of the People's Council; avoid selecting the content of re-questioning and supervision based on emotions.

Regarding the supervision content of the Provincial People's Council in 2024, comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh also requested the Provincial People's Council committees to continue to study and propose for the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee to agree before submitting to the Provincial People's Council at the session.