Deputy Head of the Bac Giang National Assembly Delegation, Tran Van Tuan, proposed legalizing the fund to support the establishment of security and order teams at the grassroots level, which communes can mobilize, manage and use themselves.
On the morning of June 24, the National Assembly discussed the draft Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level. According to the Government's submission, there are currently about 300,000 people nationwide working in the grassroots security force, including 66,700 civil defense guards, 70,800 part-time commune police officers, and more than 161,000 civil defense team leaders and deputy leaders.
When the bill is passed, the current positions will remain the same and be consolidated into a Security and Order Protection Team. To ensure the operation of this force, each locality needs 2-2.5 billion VND per month, equivalent to 20-30 billion VND per year, without increasing state budget expenditures.
The bill does not specify how many members each group has and assigns the People's Committee at the commune level to decide and the People's Council at the provincial level to decide on the appropriate spending level based on local conditions.
Delegate Tran Van Tuan (Deputy of Bac Giang delegation) at the parliament. Photo: National Assembly Media
Delegate Tran Van Tuan (Deputy Head of Bac Giang Delegation) said that this content is not really feasible, especially for localities that have not yet balanced their budgets. He suggested that the drafting agency study the direction that the operating costs and equipment of the force are partly guaranteed by the state budget.
Regarding other legally mobilized financial sources, Mr. Tuan proposed to specify which sources are included, how they are managed and used, and to legalize the fund to support the establishment of security and order teams at the grassroots level, which communes themselves mobilize, manage and use.
The allowances for members will be taken from this source, helping to promote socialization in mobilizing resources to ensure security and order at the grassroots level. "This regulation will help security team members raise their sense of responsibility when they know that the policies they enjoy are contributed by organizations and individuals in the community," he said.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa, Vice President of Dong Thap Province Lawyers Association. Photo: National Assembly Media
Disagreeing with this content, delegate Pham Van Hoa (Vice President of the Dong Thap Province Lawyers Association) analyzed that the whole country has nearly 103,600 villages, hamlets, quarters, residential groups, corresponding to more than 103,600 grassroots security groups. "This will be very difficult to calculate the total payroll and operating costs," said Mr. Hoa.
He gave an example of each team having 5 members, the total number would be 518,000 people participating in protecting the security of the base. The compensation for each member is equal to the coefficient of one basic salary, together with other support, each person receives about 2 million VND per month. Thus, the total expenditure for this force nationwide is 1,000 billion VND per month.
In addition, Mr. Hoa also pointed out the inadequacy when only the semi-professional commune police received a coefficient one allowance and other allowances totaling about 3 million VND per month, while the deputy team leader and team members did not receive such an amount. Some disadvantaged localities may only receive a few hundred thousand VND. "The team leader and deputy team leader only receive an allowance when on duty, not a regular allowance, but the allowance level is very low, enough to eat during the day on duty," Mr. Hoa reflected.
He suggested that the National Assembly and the drafting agency carefully study and consider whether to pass this Law or not if it "increases budget expenditures, increases staffing and organizational structure, and is unfair to other forces participating in protecting national security."
Vice Chairwoman of the Social Committee Do Thi Lan. Photo: National Assembly Media
Vice Chairwoman of the Social Committee Do Thi Lan also wondered whether the reorganization of this force would increase the payroll and increase state budget expenditures. The draft law stipulates many specific policies and regimes, which require relatively large resources to implement, and a specific financial mechanism to ensure feasibility, while the assessment of resources is not complete.
Article 16 of the draft also states that the funding for ensuring operations and providing facilities for forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level is guaranteed by the local budget according to current budget decentralization and other legally mobilized financial sources.
"We are comparing with the existing force, but when arranging a new force, there are many policies and regimes that arise," Ms. Lan said and suggested a comprehensive assessment of the impact on implementation resources, clearer regulations on budget expenditure levels, and a detailed estimate of expenditure levels after restructuring.
It is expected that the draft Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level will be considered and approved by the National Assembly at the 6th session, at the end of 2023.
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