Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra
Reduce 87 commune-level administrative units
At the meeting, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the Government proposed to rearrange 5 district-level administrative units and 186 commune-level administrative units to form 5 new district-level and 99 commune-level levels in 13 provinces and cities. After the rearrangement, the number of district-level administrative units in 13 provinces and cities will remain unchanged; 87 commune-level administrative units will be reduced.
There are 7 provinces and cities that proposed not to arrange for 3 district-level administrative units (Co To island district of Quang Ninh province, Tan Phu Dong district of Tien Giang province and Dac Po district of Gia Lai province) and 67 commune-level administrative units due to special factors.
The Government agrees with the proposals of the localities and reports to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision.
Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the administrative units of the provinces and cities after the rearrangement basically meet the standards of the corresponding administrative unit type.
The total number of surplus cadres, civil servants, health officials and non-professional workers at the commune level in 13 provinces and cities is 1,935 people.
The People's Committees of 13 provinces and cities have developed detailed plans to resolve the above surplus number of cadres, civil servants, public employees and part-time workers at the commune level in accordance with regulations.
Meanwhile, the total number of surplus headquarters of 13 provinces and cities is 148. The People's Committees of 13 provinces and cities have had plans to deal with the surplus number of headquarters and public assets.
Local review and criticism is not strong enough
Chairman of the Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung said that the Committee basically agrees with the content of the Project on rearranging district and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2025 period of 13 provinces and cities as submitted by the Government.
The Law Committee proposed to determine the effective date of the Resolutions of 12 provinces and cities as November 1, 2024; the Resolution of Bac Giang province will take effect from January 1, 2025 to create conditions for localities to prepare, perfect the organizational apparatus and other necessary conditions.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man at the meeting
At the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that the National Assembly Resolution requires administrative units to be rearranged by September 2024, but so far only 16/53 have been implemented, reaching 30.1%, not meeting the requirements of the Resolution.
“Why are the Party’s policies and the National Assembly’s Resolutions slow to be implemented? Is it because localities are not determined and resolute in arranging and fully implementing the Party’s policies and the National Assembly’s Resolutions? Why are there localities that have had great difficulties but have been able to do it?”, Mr. Tran Thanh Man raised the issue.
The National Assembly Chairman suggested that the cause must be found to resolve the problem, what difficulties those localities have, and how difficult they are. The Minister of Home Affairs must continue to urgently review and strive to complete the arrangement of administrative units in October 2024.
For localities with incomplete, ongoing, or uncompleted procedural documents, they must be seriously criticized and reviewed.
The National Assembly Chairman also raised three issues that need attention regarding redundant agency headquarters, apparatus, and staffing, with the requirement to do it carefully, not to let a part of the staff worry; pay attention to practicing thrift, fighting waste, not to let people complain about wasting state assets and money; and ensure convenient travel for people in handling administrative procedures.
The National Assembly Chairman requested to speed up the submission process to the National Assembly Standing Committee. He also noted that the submission must be resolute, determined, and that if the conditions are met, it must be resolutely shelved.
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