Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee have urged forbetter quality draft laws to match the revised Constitution before theyare presented to the National Assembly (NA).
At the session onApril 23 discussing the law and ordinance building programme for 2015and revising the 2014 programme, the members asked the Government, theSupreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy and otheragencies to explain their mission in compiling legal documents andensuring the progress and quality of laws and ordinances.
Areport by the NA Law Committee in charge of examining and verifying theNA's law and ordinance building programme said there were shortcomingsin the implementation of the programme.
Some draft laws were notpresented in accordance with the schedule; while some were encounteringsubstantial delays. Others lacked the necessary guidance documents andsome did not address the problems at hand, the report said.
Areport presented by the Government at the session proposed the 2014 lawand ordinance building programme should be supplemented with draft lawson the organisational structure and competence of relevant Stateagencies, in order to implement the revised Constitution which wasapproved at the last NA meeting in late November last year.
TheGovernment's report also said the 2015 programme would focus on draftlaws and ordinances which ratify elements of the Constitutions,especially those regarding the economy, human rights, and the rights andbasic duties of citizens.
Also in its report, the Governmentproposed an additional NA session on law building to take place over10-15 days by late July of 2015, so that up to 38 drafts could bepresented and discussed. It argued that with only two NA meetings a yearcurrently, which are normally held in May and November, only 34 draftswould be presented and discussed next year.
However, most NAStanding Committee members rejected the proposal, saying it would wastetime and financial resources to hold the additional meeting. Otherssuggested holding two meetings as usual but extending them toaccommodate discussions on the draft laws.
At the meeting, theGovernment asked to delay presentations for the draft revised law on theorganisation of the Government and the draft law on local authority toafford relevant agencies more time to research and conduct feasibilitystudies on their alignment with the new Constitution.
Some NAStanding Committee members have said the two should be discussed soongiven their close relationship with other draft laws that needadjustments.
Later the same day, NA deputies discussed a draft resolution on the treatment, supervision and handling of citizens' complaints.
Theresolution would affect all levels of administration, from the NationalAssembly to its offshoot bodies, Standing Committee, deputies anddelegations.
Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc saidstrict supervision was necessary to see if authorised agencies abided byregulations in dealing with complaints.
Deputy Head of the NAPeople's Aspiration Committee, Bui Nguyen Suy, proposed connectingcitizens' complaints with its supervisory work to ensure agreementbetween agencies.
To make sure there was a legal foundation forthe treatment of citizens' complaints, the draft resolution wouldrequire NA agencies, the NA Standing Committee, deputies and delegationsto check on how they were handled, said Chairman of the NA LawCommittee Phan Trung Ly.-VNA
At the session onApril 23 discussing the law and ordinance building programme for 2015and revising the 2014 programme, the members asked the Government, theSupreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy and otheragencies to explain their mission in compiling legal documents andensuring the progress and quality of laws and ordinances.
Areport by the NA Law Committee in charge of examining and verifying theNA's law and ordinance building programme said there were shortcomingsin the implementation of the programme.
Some draft laws were notpresented in accordance with the schedule; while some were encounteringsubstantial delays. Others lacked the necessary guidance documents andsome did not address the problems at hand, the report said.
Areport presented by the Government at the session proposed the 2014 lawand ordinance building programme should be supplemented with draft lawson the organisational structure and competence of relevant Stateagencies, in order to implement the revised Constitution which wasapproved at the last NA meeting in late November last year.
TheGovernment's report also said the 2015 programme would focus on draftlaws and ordinances which ratify elements of the Constitutions,especially those regarding the economy, human rights, and the rights andbasic duties of citizens.
Also in its report, the Governmentproposed an additional NA session on law building to take place over10-15 days by late July of 2015, so that up to 38 drafts could bepresented and discussed. It argued that with only two NA meetings a yearcurrently, which are normally held in May and November, only 34 draftswould be presented and discussed next year.
However, most NAStanding Committee members rejected the proposal, saying it would wastetime and financial resources to hold the additional meeting. Otherssuggested holding two meetings as usual but extending them toaccommodate discussions on the draft laws.
At the meeting, theGovernment asked to delay presentations for the draft revised law on theorganisation of the Government and the draft law on local authority toafford relevant agencies more time to research and conduct feasibilitystudies on their alignment with the new Constitution.
Some NAStanding Committee members have said the two should be discussed soongiven their close relationship with other draft laws that needadjustments.
Later the same day, NA deputies discussed a draft resolution on the treatment, supervision and handling of citizens' complaints.
Theresolution would affect all levels of administration, from the NationalAssembly to its offshoot bodies, Standing Committee, deputies anddelegations.
Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc saidstrict supervision was necessary to see if authorised agencies abided byregulations in dealing with complaints.
Deputy Head of the NAPeople's Aspiration Committee, Bui Nguyen Suy, proposed connectingcitizens' complaints with its supervisory work to ensure agreementbetween agencies.
To make sure there was a legal foundation forthe treatment of citizens' complaints, the draft resolution wouldrequire NA agencies, the NA Standing Committee, deputies and delegationsto check on how they were handled, said Chairman of the NA LawCommittee Phan Trung Ly.-VNA
