In the latest revised draft Law on Public Investment, it continues to stipulate decentralization to People's Committees at all levels to decide on investment policies for groups B and C managed by localities.
Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee Le Quang Manh - Photo: GIA HAN
On the afternoon of November 14, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on explaining, accepting and revising the draft Law on Public Investment (amended).
Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee Le Quang Manh presented a report on several major issues regarding explanation, acceptance and revision of the bill.
Ensure consistency
According to Mr. Manh, many opinions say that decentralizing the authority to decide on investment policies for group B and group C projects from the People's Council to the People's Committee is a big change, and it is necessary to study and assess the impact thoroughly and comprehensively, and propose to keep it as the current regulations.
Some opinions agree with the proposal to decentralize to People's Committees at all levels as in the draft law and believe that this provision will reduce many administrative procedures, narrow down the number of decision-making and responsibility points.
Regarding this content, Mr. Manh said exactly as the delegate's opinion stated, decentralizing the authority to People's Committees at all levels to decide on investment policies for groups B and C managed by localities is a major change from the authority of People's Councils at all levels to People's Committees at all levels.
However, according to the Government report, the change in authority was carefully considered for many reasons.
Specifically, in reality, the assignment of the People's Committee to decide on project investment policies has been stipulated in the 2019 Law on Public Investment.
According to the Government's report, in the 2021-2025 period, 43 provincial People's Councils have decentralized the decision on investment policies for group B and C projects to the People's Committees at the same level.
In essence, this regulation only changes the level of decision on project investment policy from the People's Council to the People's Committees at all levels.
The contents on investment approval and project implementation remain the same as current regulations.
Accordingly, the Chairman of the People's Committee at all levels still decides on project investment and the People's Committee at all levels is still the governing body, responsible for organizing project implementation; the People's Council at all levels supervises the implementation process.
Therefore, in terms of organizational capacity, the project is still guaranteed by these agencies as it is now.
Along with that, to ensure strictness, the bill has stipulated binding conditions for deciding on investment policies for public investment projects.
Accordingly, if a project wants to be decided on in principle, it must ensure compliance with relevant planning, local socio-economic development plans, and ensure capital sources and capital balancing capabilities as notified by competent authorities (for local budget capital approved by People's Councils at all levels), and these contents are all decided by the People's Council.
For the above reasons, along with the spirit of promoting decentralization and delegation of power in innovating thinking in law-making, we would like to report to the National Assembly to allow regulations on decentralization for People's Committees at all levels to decide on investment policies for groups B and C managed by localities.
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai - Photo: GIA HAN
Unify the scope of law amendments
Giving his opinion on the discussion, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh said that after initial review, compared to the new Capital Law, some provisions of the revised Public Investment Law are more "flexible". Therefore, he suggested that there be regulatory solutions to be consistent and consistent between the two laws.
Explaining later, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long accepted and requested the drafting agency to coordinate with the reviewing agency to review which provisions in the revised Public Investment Law are more "flexible" than the Capital Law to regulate implementation according to that provision.
Concluding this content, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai basically agreed with the scope of the law amendment and with the major revised contents as proposed by the review agency.
At the same time, the opinions of the Standing Committee and National Assembly deputies were recorded to continue perfecting the draft law, ensuring high unity and consensus of the deputies when submitting it for consideration and approval at the 8th session...
Detailed regulations on decentralization of investment policy decisions
The draft law stipulates that the provincial People's Committee decides on investment policies for group B and group C projects using local budget capital.
Including targeted additional capital from the higher-level budget, legal capital sources of localities under their management, group B and group C projects implemented in the area of 2 provincial-level administrative units with the provincial People's Committee as the governing body according to the Prime Minister's decision.
District People's Committee decides on investment policy for group B and group C projects using local budget capital.
Including targeted additional capital from the higher-level budget, legal capital sources of localities under their management, group B and group C projects implemented in the area from 2 district-level administrative units assigned by the provincial People's Committee as the governing body.
Group B and Group C projects are implemented in two or more commune-level administrative units; projects at the request of the People's Committee at the commune level.
The People's Committee at the commune level decides on investment policies for group B and group C projects using local budget capital, including targeted additional capital from the higher-level budget and legal capital sources of the locality under its management.
In case of insufficient professional capacity in project management and implementation, the People's Committee at the commune level shall report to the People's Committee at the district level to decide on investment policies for group B and group C projects under its management.
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