The National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Election Council inspect election preparations in Nghe An.

On the morning of March 18, the supervision and inspection delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Election Council led by General Do Ba Ty - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, member of the National Election Council, worked with leaders of Nghe An province on the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term.

The delegation included Party Central Committee members: Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To - Deputy Minister of Public Security; Le Quang Huy - Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment; and representatives of the National Assembly's Committees.

Receiving and working with the delegation, on the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Election Steering Committee; Nguyen Xuan Son - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Election Committee and comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee, members of the Steering Committee, and the Provincial Election Committee.

Overview of the working session between the monitoring and inspection delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Election Council and leaders of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Take each step carefully

Implementing the directives and resolutions of the Politburo, the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, the National Assembly Standing Committee, and the National Election Council guiding the implementation of the election of deputies to the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province have focused on timely leadership and direction, in accordance with the law, in accordance with the direction of the Central Government.

Based on the orientation of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; the expected structure, composition, and number of candidates for National Assembly deputies of the National Assembly Standing Committee; the expected structure, composition, and number of candidates for People's Council deputies of the Standing Committees of People's Councils at all levels, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels have proactively organized the Consultation Conference in accordance with the order and provisions of the law.

ComradeNguyen Xuan Son - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Election Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The number of National Assembly deputies elected in Nghe An is 13, of which 7 are residing and working in Nghe An; 6 are nominated by the Central Government. Currently, the number of candidates nominated to reside and work in Nghe An province is 32 and 32 candidate profiles have been fully received.

The number of elected provincial People's Council delegates is 83; the total number of candidates nominated is 251; the number of received applications is 243 (as of 5:00 p.m. on March 14, 2021).

The number of elected district-level People's Council delegates is 737 people; the total number of candidates recommended is 1,930 people; the number of received applications is 1,923 (as of 5:00 p.m. on March 14, 2021).

The number of elected People's Council delegates at the commune level is 10,998 people; the total number of candidates recommended is 23,750 people; the total number of received applications is 23,473 (as of 5:00 p.m. on March 14, 2021); the number of self-nominated candidates for the People's Council at the commune level is 31 people.

Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To - Deputy Minister of Public Securityspeaking at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The working delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee listened to reports on the province's election implementation; health care, security and safety; and discussed a number of issues with the province regarding election preparation and organization.

Speaking at the meeting, Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To - Deputy Minister of Public Security noted that the province needs to continue to pay attention to resolving complaints and anticipating potential risks to ensure good security and order for the election.

The provincial police force also needs to review and grasp citizens who work abroad and in other provinces but have not yet cut off their household registration, workers working in industrial parks but have not registered for temporary residence in the locality where the industrial park is located... to create a complete and accurate voter list.

Comrade Le Quang Huy - Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environmentspeaking at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Believing that Nghe An will do well in the election, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy also reminded the province of some contents in the organization and direction process such as: Covid-19 prevention and control work; combining the making of citizen identification cards with reviewing the voter list to avoid duplication;...

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Election Steering Committee emphasized: Regarding the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term, Nghe An identified this as one of the key and most important tasks in 2021.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Election Steering Committeespeaking at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Preparations for the election are being carried out in a proactive and responsible manner, promoting solidarity, unity, flexibility, clearly assigning responsibilities, not avoiding, not pushing, not being rigid, doing each step with certainty; at the same time, focusing on covering and measuring all situations and tasks that may take place from now until the election in order to achieve the goal of effectively and efficiently implementing this political event of special significance.

The Provincial Party Secretary also discussed with the working delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Election Council a number of issues raised by the delegation in areas such as healthcare, ensuring security and order, handling complaints and petitions; reviewing voters who are workers in industrial parks and students; the structure of the proportion of re-elected delegates and delegates who are non-Party members.

CREATE THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO BE MASTERS

Concluding the meeting, General Do Ba Ty - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly assessed that the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province and relevant agencies had very close coordination in directing and operating the contents of the election; basically following the set plan and procedures.

General Do Ba Ty - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Member of the National Election Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Emphasizing that Nghe An is a locality with a large area, a large number of units, polling stations and teams, and a large amount of work to prepare for the election, therefore, from now until the election day, General Do Ba Ty suggested that the province needs to continue to fully grasp the directives and resolutions, especially closely following the provisions of the Election Law and guidelines to implement the election to ensure democracy, equality, legality, safety, and economy, truly a festival for all people.

Thereby, creating the most favorable conditions for people to fully exercise their mastery in selecting, introducing, and electing people with sufficient virtue and talent, worthy of representing the people of the whole country in the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels.

Nghe An also needs to focus on implementing well the work of leadership, direction, and coordination in implementing the stages after receiving candidacy dossiers, ensuring the correct procedures and timetable of the National Election Council; especially paying attention to ensuring the maximum, correct structure and composition of candidates, especially the proportion of women, young people, and re-election...

Provincial leaders attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly requested that local Party committees and authorities at all levels of Nghe An province closely direct the development of plans to ensure political security, social order and safety, and build solidarity; resolutely fight against distortions and plots to sabotage the election by hostile forces; ensure absolute safety for the election; at the same time, do a good job of handling complaints and denunciations; ensure prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic; focus on propaganda right from the grassroots level so that people can vote correctly and sufficiently.