Almost all of petitions sent to legislature cleared up: report

Up to 99.5% of petitions raised by voters to the fifth session of the National Assembly (NA) have been cleared up, head of the NA Standing Committee's Ombudsman Commission Duong Thanh Binh reported on October 23.
Almost all of petitions sent to legislature cleared up: report ảnh 1A view of the sixth session of the National Assembly. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Up to 99.5% of petitionsraised by voters to the fifth session of the National Assembly (NA) have beencleared up, head of the NA Standing Committee's Ombudsman Commission DuongThanh Binh reported on October 23.

Speaking at the legislature’s sixth session thatopened in Hanoi the same day, Binh said the petitions are mainly related labour,invalids and social affairs, health care, transport, education-training, andnatural resources and environment, among other social issues.

Voters hailed operational reforms of the legislativebody, including those in law building during which the legal and legitimaterights of people have been put at the centre, according to the legislator.

Binh noted that the legislature’s supervision andquestion-answer activities have also been revamped, adding some issues ofpublic concern have been included in Q&A sessions like how to improve thequality of the legal system and corruption prevention and fight in law building, and toremove obstacles to agricultural exports.

The settlement of petitions has contributed tospurring socio-economic development, ensuring social order and safety, andraising people’s living standards, he continued.

Binh also pointed to limitations, notably legal and legitimaterights of people affected due to slowness of ministries and agencies in buildingand submitting regulations, as well as the handling of a number of petitions.

He suggested NA committees further improve the qualityof supervisions over the issuance of legal documents, saying the Government shouldinstruct ministries and agencies to deal with such shortcomings./.
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