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VFF Central Committee gives guidance on introducing candidates for upcoming elections

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee's Standing Board has issued a guiding document on the organisation of negotiations to introduce candidates for election to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026 tenure and election campaigns in localities hit by COVID-19.
VFF Central Committee gives guidance on introducing candidates for upcoming elections ảnh 1Vice President and General Secretary of the VFF Central Committee Hau A Lenh talks about the procedures to introduce candidates from central agencies, organisations, and units (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee's Standing Board has issued a guiding document on the organisationof negotiations to introduce candidates for election to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026tenure and election campaigns in localities hit by COVID-19.

Localities are instructed to hold the elections flexiblyin accordance with the situation on the ground, ensuring the strictimplementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

Along with direct meetings, localities can chooseother formats to collect voters’ opinions, such as online conferences or via email,SMS, mobile apps such as Zalo and Viber, and the post.

Earlier, on February 20 in Hanoi, Vice President and GeneralSecretary of the VFF Central Committee Hau A Lenh and Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Huu Dungco-chaired a meeting on guiding procedures to introduce candidates from centralagencies, organisations, and units.
VFF Central Committee gives guidance on introducing candidates for upcoming elections ảnh 2Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Huu Dung (Photo: VNA)
Dung told the meeting that procedures involve threesteps. In the first, leaders of agencies, organisations, and units will hold ameeting to consider a list of candidates. In the second, a meeting will be heldto collect ideas on the candidates from all staff at the agencies,organisations, and units. If a candidate has more than one workplace, themeeting will be organised in the workplace where he or she works most often.

In the final step, an expanded meeting of leaders of theagency, organisation, or unit will be convened to discuss and make a finaldecision on the candidates to be introduced.

Candidates must complete documents for nomination by 5pmon March 14.

Addressing the meeting, Lenh said that from March 18,the VFF Central Committee Presidium will organise the second round ofnegotiations to discuss and make a list of candidates running for a seat at the15th legislature.

The elections of deputies to the 15th NAand People’s Councils at all levels will take place in May./.
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