Review and handle problems in legal documents

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the first meeting of the Steering Committee to review and handle difficulties in the system of legal documents.

Implementing resolutions and conclusions of the Party, National Assembly, and Government, on the morning of July 8, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the first meeting of the Steering Committee to review and handle problems in the system of legal documents. The Steering Committee is headed by the Prime Minister.

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Concluding the meeting, the Prime Minister stated that the meeting aimed to deploy the work of the Steering Committee, assess the situation, determine requirements and objectives, unify viewpoints, principles and scope, and content of review and handling of problems in the system of legal documents.

The Prime Minister emphasized the requirements for the Steering Committee's activities to be "clear about people, clear about work, clear about responsibilities, clear about time, clear about products, clear about results"; a specialized support team with members of sufficient capacity, qualifications, and enthusiasm, including department-level officials, experts, and researchers, headed by the Deputy Minister of Justice.

According to the Prime Minister, the scope and subjects of the review include a number of laws that need to be amended most urgently to remove bottlenecks; laws that are drafted by a ministry or sector will be assigned to that ministry or sector to monitor, review, and propose. The review and handling of problems must have a full political, legal, and practical basis.

The Prime Minister clearly stated the goal of contributing to overcoming the situation of avoidance, fear of mistakes, fear of responsibility, not daring to think, not daring to do, and procrastination; improving the investment and business environment, contributing to stabilizing the macro economy, controlling inflation, promoting growth, ensuring major balances of the economy and implementing the goals according to the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

The review focuses on decentralization and authorization, ministries and branches focus on performing State management tasks, avoiding specific tasks; cutting down and simplifying administrative procedures, removing overlaps and obstacles; unblocking resources, mobilizing both domestic and foreign resources; eliminating requests, fighting harassment, building a socialist rule-of-law state...

The Prime Minister suggested that after reviewing, a law amending many laws should be drafted following a shortened procedure and submitted to the National Assembly as soon as possible.

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