Unifying procedures and forms for collecting public opinions on the arrangement of merging provinces and communes

Ward 1 urban area, Cao Lanh city seen from above. (Photo: Nhut An/VNA)

In order to meet the progress of arranging provincial and commune-level administrative units in 2025 as required by the Politburo and the Secretariat in Conclusion No. 137-KL/TW and to have flexibility and initiative for localities to organize implementation in accordance with reality, Resolution No. 74/NQ-CP stipulates: "The People's Committee at the provincial level organizes to collect opinions from voters representing households in the area of ​​the provincial-level administrative unit implementing the merger (for the policy of arranging provincial-level administrative units), in the commune-level administrative units directly affected (for the policy of arranging commune-level administrative units)."

The Provincial People's Committee shall decide on the form, order, procedures, and time limit for collecting opinions in accordance with the practical conditions of the locality, ensuring the progress of submitting the administrative unit arrangement project dossier as required in Conclusion No. 137-KL/TW and Resolution No. 74/NQ-CP.

To ensure consistency in content, order and procedures for collecting opinions from local people, the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a 2-level local government organization model recommends that the Provincial People's Committee can choose the form of distributing opinion ballots (according to the form in Official Dispatch No. 03/CV-BCĐ) or choose other suitable forms such as collecting votes via electronic information pages, meetings of household representatives at commune, village and residential group administrative units to vote...

Organizing to collect public opinions on the policy of arranging commune-level administrative units can be carried out at the same time as collecting opinions on the policy of arranging provincial-level administrative units.

Regarding the agency in charge of developing the Project on rearranging provincial-level administrative units and the agency responsible for organizing the collection of public opinions, the Steering Committee provides the following guidance: The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the City Party Committee (where the political-administrative center is selected) shall preside over and coordinate with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee at the same level to merge and develop the Project on rearranging provincial-level administrative units (the Project).

For the organization of public opinion collection in any locality, the Standing Committee of the provincial or municipal Party Committee of that locality shall direct the organization of public opinion collection.

Form for collecting voters' opinions on the establishment and arrangement of administrative units according to Official Dispatch No. 03/CV-BCĐ:

Clause 3, Article 10 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025 stipulates: "Projects to establish, dissolve, merge, divide administrative units, adjust boundaries and rename administrative units must be consulted with the people in commune-level administrative units directly affected.

The People's Committee at the provincial level is responsible for organizing the collection of public opinions on the policy of establishing, dissolving, merging, dividing administrative units, adjusting boundaries and renaming administrative units in appropriate forms according to Government regulations."

According to VNA

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