National Assembly deputies of Quang Ninh province analyzed and clarified the issue of decentralization and delegation of power in the draft Law on Government Organization (amended)

On February 13, continuing the program of the 9th Extraordinary Session, the National Assembly discussed in groups the draft Law on Government Organization (amended), the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended), and the draft Resolution of the National Assembly regulating the handling of a number of issues related to the arrangement of the state apparatus.

Speaking at the discussion, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, National Assembly Delegate of Quang Ninh province Nguyen Xuan Thang said that it is necessary to clarify the concepts in the draft laws; such as the concepts of decentralization, delegation of power and authorization in the draft Law on Government Organization (amended) must be made very clear, avoiding the general situation of unclear responsibilities. Regarding the content of not organizing a People's Council, there must be specific regulations on tasks; clearly assess the relationship between the leading Party and the government to have a reasonable arrangement and arrangement to implement the tasks.

Delegate Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, National Assembly Delegate of Quang Ninh province spoke at the discussion.

In addition, regarding changes in the law, although some roles have been transferred to ministries and branches, specific decisions related to key national issues must have the Prime Minister's opinion within the country's overall planning, plans, and development orientations, and cannot be decided by the ministry alone; they must remain intact and strictly maintained under the overall leadership and direction of the Government.

Delegate Vu Hong Thanh, Chairman of the Economic Committee of the National Assembly, National Assembly Delegate of Quang Ninh province, spoke at the discussion.

Sharing the same view on the content of decentralization, Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee, National Assembly Delegate of Quang Ninh Province Vu Hong Thanh said that decentralization must ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility in the implementation process. The delegate also said that in Clause 4, Article 26, it is stipulated that the Government's activities and flexibility and efficiency are associated with promoting administrative reform and building e-Government. According to the delegate, this provision must be clear about the content of digital Government and what e-Government is like. For example, what form does e-Government and digital Government take so that during the operation process, it can flexibly ask for opinions from Government members to meet the requirements of quickly resolving work but still have to follow the correct process and procedures.

Delegate Vu Dai Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, National Assembly delegate of Quang Ninh province spoke at the discussion.

Supplementing the content of decentralization and delegation of power in the draft Law on Government Organization (amended), Central Party Committee member, Provincial Party Secretary, National Assembly Delegate of Quang Ninh province Vu Dai Thang said that in practice, decentralization and delegation of power are not really clear. The content of decentralization needs to be consistent, this is very important. The delegate emphasized that the principle of decentralization is to decentralize methods, decentralize overall, comprehensively, and synchronously, avoiding the situation where even though an issue has been decentralized to the locality, in the implementation process related to other issues, it is necessary to ask for opinions from ministries and branches to implement. For example, in the implementation of a project of a house over 20 floors, although the locality is authorized to decide on the investment policy, it still has to go to the Ministry of Construction for opinions, and then the approval of the fire prevention and fighting plan must also go to the Fire Prevention and Fighting Department (Ministry of Public Security), because the Provincial Police do not have the authority to decide... The delegate also suggested that the law needs to be reviewed and explained clearly, making it easy to understand and easy to implement, avoiding generalities.

At the discussion, the National Assembly deputies of Quang Ninh province: Pham Duc An, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Do Thi Lan, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs; Tran Thi Kim Nhung, Standing Member of the National Assembly's Committee on Law, focused on giving opinions on the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) and the draft Resolution of the National Assembly regulating the handling of a number of issues related to the arrangement of the state apparatus.

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