The public consultation on the content of the Constitutional amendment will take place within 1 month.

The National Assembly Chairman announced that the public consultation on the content of the amendments and supplements to the Constitution will take place within 1 month. The collection of opinions is expected to take place within 5 days.

On the morning of March 24, at the National Assembly House, Politburo member, Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man chaired the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly Party Committee.

Attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly: Nguyen Khac Dinh, Nguyen Duc Hai, Tran Quang Phuong, Nguyen Thi Thanh, Vu Hong Thanh.

The meeting aims to give opinions on 2 contents: Draft Project to review, amend and supplement the Constitution and laws of the State to serve the arrangement of the apparatus of the political system (according to Conclusion No. 129-KL/TW dated March 10, 2025 on the policy of amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution); Draft Report on the work of perfecting institutions to serve the arrangement of the apparatus of the political system (according to the request in Document No. 13712-CV/VPTW dated March 10, 2025 of the Central Office of the Party).

The National Assembly Chairman clarified the progress, according to the Politburo's request, the deadline for sending to the Central Office for submission to the Politburo for consideration and comments is very urgent; urgently report to the Politburo for direction before submitting to the 11th Conference of the 13th Central Executive Committee (expected in early April 2025).

The nature and content of the work are very important, the volume of work is very large, related to the responsibilities of many agencies and organizations, associated with the policy of streamlining and reorganizing the apparatus of the political system.

“The requirements are to be cautious, objective, democratic, scientific, specific, effective, requiring strict, guaranteed, quality processes and procedures, based on innovation and breakthrough thinking. Regarding the mechanism, ensure the participation of experts, scientists, managers and public opinion," the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks. (Photo: Doan Tan/VNA)

According to the National Assembly Chairman, in the past few days, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly's Committee on Law and Justice has chaired and coordinated to urgently and expeditiously research, absorb, and revise the draft Project and draft Report.

The draft Project focuses on 6 groups of issues; the draft Report has focused on reviewing 58 Party documents, 12 articles of the 2013 Constitution and 421 legal documents. The draft Project is very elaborate, including 9 types of documents. The draft Report clearly states the proposed options and a system of 3 appendices.

The National Assembly Chairman affirmed that up to this point, the drafting of the Project and the draft Report has been very elaborate and methodical; the participation of relevant agencies and organizations has been more responsible, the comments sent back have been sufficient, proactive, and ensured progress.

To date, 16 agencies and organizations have sent their comments and all agree with the basic content of the Project. The reception and explanation have been carried out thoroughly.

The National Assembly Chairman announced that the public consultation on the content of the amendments and supplements to the Constitution will take place within 1 month. The collection of opinions is expected to take place within 5 days.

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