Proposal not to have "rigid" regulations on contacting voters after the People's Council session

On the morning of September 24, continuing the 37th Session, the National Assembly Standing Committee considered the draft of two joint Resolutions between the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front detailing the organization of meetings with voters by National Assembly deputies and People's Councils at all levels.

Scene of the meeting on the morning of September 24. (Photo: DUY LINH)

Presenting the report, Head of the Delegation Work Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai said, regarding the matter voter contact After the People's Council session, to ensure implementation in accordance with legal regulations and in accordance with reality, the draft Resolution does not "rigidly" stipulate contact with voters after the session. The People's Council may diversify its reporting forms to voters. The choice of reporting form is decided by the Standing Committee of the People's Council.

To improve the effectiveness of voter contact, a solution applied by localities is to jointly organize voter contact between People's Council deputies at all levels; similar to the National Assembly deputies jointly meeting voters with People's Council deputies. Based on that reality, the Delegation Work Committee has stipulated that People's Council deputies at higher and lower levels jointly organize voter contact but not more than two levels.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai, the Delegation Working Committee has stipulated the responsibilities of the Front Working Committee in villages and residential groups in coordinating with People's Council delegates and the responsibility of synthesizing voters' opinions and recommendations to competent authorities for consideration and resolution.

Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai reports at the meeting. (Photo: DUY LINH)

The Draft Resolution stipulates the order and procedures for People's Council delegates to conduct online voter contact, direct voter contact combined with online and is carried out when ensuring technical conditions, network information security, and network security.

Regarding the draft Joint Resolution detailing the contact of voters by National Assembly deputies, Head of the People's Petition Committee Duong Thanh Binh said that the draft has added provisions on the concept of "Contact of voters by National Assembly deputies" to clarify the content of voter contact activities of National Assembly deputies.

At the same time, supplement the provisions on the concept of "Voters' petitions" to distinguish them from complaints, denunciations, and citizens' petitions through citizen reception activities and handling of petitions that have been specifically regulated in the Law on Organization of the National Assembly, the Law on Supervision Activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils, the Law on Complaints, the Law on Denunciations, and the Law on Citizen Reception; on the concept of "online voter contact" and supplement specific provisions on the principles of voter contact and forms of voter contact.

Regarding the organization of voter contact, the draft has added regulations on the form of online voter contact; direct voter contact combined with online; voter contact before and after the extraordinary session of the National Assembly; organizing voter contact in the event of natural disasters, epidemics or force majeure; collecting and synthesizing voter petitions before and after the extraordinary session of the National Assembly... to overcome the situation of "electors", "professional voters" or voter contact that is still "formal" and "monotonous".

Discussing at the meeting, the majority of opinions of the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed to integrate and issue a joint Resolution detailing the contact with voters of National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies at all levels.

According to Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong, the two draft Resolutions have many similar provisions and have the same legal basis, which is the Law on the Vietnam Fatherland Front, so the merger helps reduce the number of documents that need to be issued, making it easier to ensure consistency and unity.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks. (Photo: DUY LINH)

Speaking, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front are very interested in meeting voters at four levels: central, provincial, district, and commune levels.

Agreeing with the issuance of the Joint Resolution, the National Assembly Chairman noted that the Resolution should be concise, clear, focused, and key; general content should be provided for in general, and specific content should be provided for separately. At the same time, the Submission should clearly state which content is inherited, which content is amended, supplemented, and which content is new.

The National Assembly Chairman also suggested that it is necessary to focus on innovating the form of organization, content, and locations of voter meetings to ensure requirements; continuing to promote the role of organizing, chairing, and directing voter meetings of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels.

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