Ministry of Home Affairs proposes not to organize People's Councils in districts and wards

(NLDO) - The Ministry of Home Affairs has just submitted a document to the Government regarding the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended).

In the submission, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that the local government organization model has not been designed to suit urban areas, leading to the National Assembly having to issue separate resolutions to regulate the urban government organization of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

At the recent 8th session, the 15th National Assembly continued to consider and issue a resolution on the organization of urban government in Hai Phong, abolishing the People's Councils (PCs) at district and ward levels.

8 districts and 79 wards of Hai Phong city will not organize People's Councils from January 1, 2025. The local government only has People's Committees.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, most administrative units across the country organize urban government levels including People's Councils and People's Committees, leading to the cumbersome and multi-layered organization of local governments at all levels, not ensuring the goal of streamlining.

Therefore, to ensure streamlining and eliminating intermediary organizations, in this amendment of the law, the Ministry of Home Affairs believes that the local government model needs to be organized in many directions. For urban governments, in centrally-run cities, cities under centrally-run cities, towns, and townships, a full local government level will be organized, including the People's Council and the People's Committee.

In districts and provincial cities; wards in districts; wards and communes in provincial cities and centrally run cities, there is no People's Council but only a People's Committee. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the People's Committee in places where there is no People's Council is an administrative agency under the People's Committee at a higher level, operating under the administrative head mechanism. The Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee are directly appointed by the Chairman of the People's Committee at the higher level.

For rural government, according to the draft, at the province, district, commune, and town levels (except communes belonging to provincial cities and communes belonging to cities belonging to centrally-run cities), the organization of local government levels is complete, including the People's Council and the People's Committee.

For administrative units in islands, island districts do not organize subordinate commune-level administrative units, except for large-scale island districts with special national defense and security factors, in which the organization of commune-level administrative units is decided by the National Assembly Standing Committee.

To ensure streamlining of the organizational apparatus and improve the operational efficiency of the People's Council and People's Committee, the draft stipulates the principles for determining the number of People's Council delegates based on population size, regional characteristics and socio-economic conditions of each locality.

The number of People's Council delegates, the number of full-time People's Council delegates, and the number of committees of People's Councils at all levels will be determined by the National Assembly Standing Committee. Based on that, the People's Council will decide to establish committees and decide on the number of full-time People's Council delegates to ensure that they are consistent with local realities.

The Ministry of Home Affairs also stated that the organizational structure and working regime of the People's Committee in places where there is a People's Council will be different from those in places where there is no People's Council. Accordingly, the People's Committee in places where there is a People's Council will have an organizational structure with the positions of Chairman, Vice Chairmen and a number of People's Committee members.

The Government will prescribe the framework for the number of Vice Chairmen and members of the People's Committee; the framework for the number of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels, and assign the authority to People's Councils at all levels to decide on the number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Committees; the number and structure of People's Committee members; the number and names of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels.

The People's Committee in places where there is no People's Council shall have the organizational structure consisting of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee (without the title of People's Committee member). The People's Committee shall operate under the head regime; the Chairman of the People's Committee shall perform the duties and powers of the People's Committee in accordance with the provisions of law.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/bo-noi-vu-de-xuat-khong-to-chuc-hdnd-o-quan-phuong-196250113205426851.htm