National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung made the requirementat the first meeting of the Editorial Board on drafting amendments tothe 1992 Constitution that convened in Hanoi on September 7.
The drafting, which involves a big volume of work and strictrequirements, demands a high sense of responsibility and scientificworking methods of the board and concerned units, Hung noted.
The amendment stick to and inherit the Platform on nationalconstruction in the transition to socialism and other documents of the11 th Party Congress and the results of the 20-year renewal process, hesaid.
The NA Chairman also proposed that theamendment should be based on the review of the implementation of the1946 Constitution and constitutions through periods, while keepingabreast of the national situation in the new revolutionary stage in thespirit of the goal “a strong nation with wealthy people and anequitable, democratic and civilised society.”
According to Dr. Phan Trung Ly, member of the committee on draftingamendments to the 1992 Constitution, Head of the Editorial Board, areport on the implementation of the 1992 Constitution and contents thatneed to be revised will be submitted to the Party Central Committee inApril 2012 and the first draft is expected to be submitted to theNational Assembly for discussion in October 2012.
The draft constitutional amendments will be made public for comments inearly 2013 before being submitted to the National Assembly for approvalin the year’s October or November ./.