The 9th extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly. (Photo: VNA)
On the afternoon of February 17, under the direction of Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh, the 9th extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly voted to pass the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly.
Voting results showed that 461/461 delegates voted in favor of passing the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly.
Previously, based on the purpose, guiding viewpoints and results of reviewing the Law on Organization of the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee proposed the scope of amendments and supplements to the Law on Organization of the National Assembly focusing on the following contents: Amending and supplementing regulations on the Council of Nationalities and Committees of the National Assembly; Amending and supplementing regulations on the Secretary General of the National Assembly, the Office of the National Assembly, and agencies under the National Assembly Standing Committee.
At the same time, adjust a number of contents related to the division of authority between the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee and the authority of the Government and other state agencies, and at the same time, combine and amend and supplement a number of articles and clauses related to the activities of the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, National Assembly agencies and National Assembly deputies, which, through the summary of practical activities from 2016 to present, have arisen problems and inadequacies.
Explaining further the opinions of the National Assembly deputies, Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung, Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee, said that the majority of the National Assembly deputies agreed with the provisions in Article 5 to define the authority of the National Assembly, the Government and other agencies in the state apparatus. Some opinions, although in agreement, suggested moving the provisions to the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.
According to Mr. Tung, the provision of this content in the Law on Organization of the National Assembly is based on the requirement that the Law on Organization of the National Assembly must clearly and distinctly define the scope, tasks and powers of the agencies in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. This is a law regulating the organization and operation of the National Assembly, so it is necessary to supplement and clarify the authority of the National Assembly in performing the task of "making laws and amending laws" stipulated in Clause 1, Article 70 of the 2013 Constitution; consistent with the current provisions in the draft Law on Organization of the Government (amended) and the draft Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended) which were also considered and approved by the National Assembly at this Session.
Furthermore, the amendment and supplementation of Article 5 aims to specify the requirements for innovation in thinking in law-making work, clearly define the scope of contents that need to be regulated by laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, and provide principles and guidelines on the level of detail that needs to be regulated in the law, as a basis for the implementation of the National Assembly's authority to make and amend laws.
In that spirit, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly proposes that the National Assembly keep this content in the draft Law and revise the provisions in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 5 to ensure consistency with Conclusion No. 119-KL/TW of the Politburo and consistency with the draft Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended).
With 100% of the delegates participating, they voted to pass the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)
Regarding the National Council and the National Assembly Committees (Articles 66, 67 and 68a), the National Assembly Standing Committee has directed the revision of the following contents: Accordingly, it accepts and revises the provisions on the organizational structure of the National Council and the National Assembly Committees in Article 67 in the direction that the National Council and the National Assembly Committees include the Chairman of the National Council/Chairman of the National Assembly Committee, Vice Chairmen/Vice Chairmen, and Members who are National Assembly deputies working full-time at the National Council and the National Assembly Committees.
Regarding comments on the specific tasks and powers of the National Assembly's Council of Nationalities and Committees of the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee will continue to study and absorb them in the process of revising and perfecting the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the specific tasks, powers and organizational structure of the National Assembly's Council of Nationalities and Committees of the National Assembly and will pass it immediately after the National Assembly passes the Resolution on the organization of National Assembly agencies.
Regarding the establishment of Subcommittees of the Ethnic Council and Committees, according to Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly recognizes that the establishment of Subcommittees to operate regularly or for specific tasks and projects is one of the operating methods of the Council and Committees, not a rigid organizational structure of the Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly.
Based on Conclusion No. 111/KL-TW of the Politburo, the draft Law has institutionalized the components of the organizational structure of the Council and Committees; the establishment of Subcommittees will be stipulated in the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the specific tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ethnic Council and the Committees of the National Assembly as a method of organizing the work of these agencies to ensure flexibility and conformity with the way of regulating the agencies of the National Assembly.
Regarding the National Assembly session (Article 90), some opinions of National Assembly deputies proposed to replace the phrase "National Assembly holds extraordinary session" in Clause 2, Article 90 with "National Assembly holds irregular session" or the National Assembly has a thematic session.
Regarding this content, Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung informed that the National Assembly Standing Committee accepted the above opinions to amend and supplement Clause 2, Article 90 and make technical amendments in Clause 1, Clause 3, Article 33, Clause 2, Article 91, Clause 1, Article 92 of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly in the direction of specifying the provisions on "the National Assembly holding extraordinary meetings" in Clause 2, Article 83 of the Constitution.
Accordingly, the National Assembly meets regularly twice a year. Extraordinary sessions of the National Assembly are held when requested by the President, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Prime Minister or at least one-third of the total number of National Assembly deputies to promptly consider and decide on urgent issues under the authority of the National Assembly to meet the requirements of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense, security and foreign affairs. At the same time, we will continue to study the appropriate numbering of regular and extraordinary sessions of the National Assembly for consistent implementation from the next term.
In addition to the above contents, the National Assembly Standing Committee has directed research, review, and maximum absorption of opinions from National Assembly deputies and relevant agencies and organizations to revise both content and legislative techniques.
“After being accepted and revised, the draft Law has amended and supplemented 21 articles (an increase of 04 articles compared to the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly for comments) and abolished 17 articles of the current Law on Organization of the National Assembly; ensuring timely institutionalization of the Party's policy on arranging and streamlining the apparatus and personnel work, ensuring consistency and unity with the amendment and supplementation of the Law on Organization of the Government, the Law on Organization of Local Government and the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents,” said Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung./.
(Vietnam+)
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