General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the National Assembly run for election in 4 cities

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan are running for election in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, and Can Tho.

Senior leadership is evenly distributed across regions.

At the press conference on the afternoon of April 26, Chief of Office of the National Election Council Nguyen Hanh Phuc announced the Resolution on the list of 870 people officially running for the 14th National Assembly in 184 constituencies nationwide to elect 500 deputies to the 14th National Assembly.

Accordingly, the number of candidates introduced by the Central Government is 197; the number introduced by localities is 673, reaching a ratio of 1.74 candidates per 1 elected representative (including 11 self-nominated candidates).

The list of senior leaders, Politburo members and Ministers is also evenly distributed across regions, especially remote areas.

Mr. Nguyen Hanh Phuc answered the press at the press conference on the afternoon of April 26.

“In every election, there are local authorities who request a certain leader to run for office in their locality, and some leaders are nominated by many localities. However, due to the division of work, the positions are arranged in all regions,” Mr. Phuc added.

According to the announced list of candidates in the units, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is running in Constituency No. 1 of Hanoi, including the districts of Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem, and Tay Ho.

President Tran Dai Quang is a candidate in Constituency No. 1 of Ho Chi Minh City (District 1, District 2, District 4).

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is running for election in constituency No. 1 in Can Tho City (Ninh Kieu and Cai Rang districts and Phong Dien district).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is a candidate in Constituency No. 3 in Hai Phong City (including Kien An, Do Son districts and An Lao, Tien Lang, Vinh Bao districts).

High credit at residence is still eliminated is normal

Responding to a reporter's question about his views on the list of self-nominated candidates, Chief of Office of the National Election Council Nguyen Hanh Phuc expressed his welcome and said that this shows that people are interested and want to participate in the National Assembly forum, contributing to the activities of the National Assembly.

“Recently, many people in many different positions have applied for election, through comparing standards and gaining trust at their place of residence, through previous rounds of consultation to finalize the official list. Both self-nominated candidates and recommended candidates have gone through strict rounds according to legal regulations,” Mr. Phuc emphasized.

Regarding the fact that some self-nominated candidates were highly trusted by voters in their place of residence, even 100%, but were eliminated in the third round of consultation, Mr. Nguyen Hanh Phuc said that this is normal.

“The third round of consultation is very important, the decision to select and make a list is based on the results of the rounds, from the place of residence, the two previous rounds of consultation to make a comprehensive assessment,” said Mr. Nguyen Hanh Phuc, mentioning that in the case of Mr. Tran Dang Tuan, only 13/83 people supported him at the final consultation conference, which is very low.

Regarding concerns about the form of voting by show of hands at the consultation round, Mr. Nguyen Hanh Phuc said that at the conference, the chairman asked voters for permission to use secret ballot or show of hands and that was the right of the voters, no one was forced to vote by secret ballot or show of hands. Moreover, the vote counter was elected by the voters attending the conference, so the result was accurate.

Regarding the rights of detainees, Mr. Nguyen Hanh Phuc knows that these people can still vote because they have not lost their citizenship rights and that voting is organized through many forms to ensure citizenship rights./.

According to VOV