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HCM City holds 2nd consultative conference for nominations of NA candidates

Ho Chi Minh City’s Fatherland Front organised a second consultative conference on March 18 on the list of candidates for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) for the 2021-2026 tenure, where consensus was reached.
HCM City holds 2nd consultative conference for nominations of NA candidates ảnh 1President of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee To Thi Bich Chau (R) chairs the second consultative conference. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s Fatherland Front organised a secondconsultative conference on March 18 on the list of candidates for the upcomingelections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) for the2021-2026 tenure, where consensus was reached.

Standing Vice President of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee, Nguyen Thanh Trung,said that as of March 16, it had received 51 applications to run for theelection of deputies to the 15th National Assembly, including from 15 self-nominatedcandidates.

Sixteen candidates are female (accounting for 31 percent of the total), 16 are non-Partymembers (31 percent), eight are under 40 years old (16 percent), eight are fromethnic minorities (15 percent), and 15 are seeking re-election (29 percent). Ofthe total, 98 percent have completed graduate or post-graduate studies, Trungadded.

Participants voted in favour of the list.
HCM City holds 2nd consultative conference for nominations of NA candidates ảnh 2Participants at the conference vote in favour of the list. (Photo: VNA)
They were also unanimous in voting in favour of the list of deputies to themunicipal People’s Council for the 2021-2026 tenure, with 172 nominations, including23 non-Party members, 58 women, 29 under 40, 15 ethnic minorities, 51 seeking re-election,and 13 self-nominated. Some 99 percent of candidates have completed graduate orpost-graduate studies.

Chairing the conference, President of the city’s Fatherland Front To Thi BichChau said that from March 21 to April 13, the front’s standing committee willorganise a conference to determine whether NA candidates have the confidence ofvoters in their residential area and whether People’s Council candidates havethe confidence of voters in their places of work.

A third consultative conference is scheduled for April 17.

According to the allocation from the NA Standing Committee, HCM City is toelect 30 deputies to the 15th NA and 95 deputies to the municpalPeople’s Council.

The elections are set to take placeon May 23./.
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