Minister of Justice: It is necessary to clearly define the authority of provincial and communal levels when abolishing the district level - Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station

The Minister of Justice emphasized that when organizing a two-level local government, it is necessary to clearly define the authority between the provincial and communal levels after abolishing the district level.

According to the Government Electronic Newspaper, on April 1, the Steering Committee for reviewing and organizing the handling of problems in the legal system (Steering Committee) held its 5th meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee.

At the meeting, ministries and branches reported on the progress of drafting legal documents, especially documents serving the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus, arrangement of administrative units, and organization of two-level local governments; implementing Resolution 57 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation...

Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh. (Photo: VGP)

Commenting on the organization of two-level local government, Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh emphasized that the most important thing is to define the authority and power of the district level. After the district level is removed, what will go up to the province and what will go down to the commune level.

The Minister recognized the need to specifically decentralize content from the Government , Prime Minister, ministers, and specialized ministries to the provincial level.

" In the near future, when localities establish new provincial and communal levels, they must know who has the authority of the district level, what the province does, what the commune does, and what the Central Government has delegated to the provincial level ," said Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh, referring to the proposal that each ministry should develop a decree on the division of authority in the areas under its management. For example, the Ministry of Finance, how to delegate State budget management to the provincial and communal levels.

Reporting on the review process, Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tu said that ministries, branches and localities have reviewed 19,224 documents regulating the functions, tasks, powers, organization and operation of local governments, agencies, organizations, units and competent positions at district and commune levels and a number of other issues related to district and commune levels that need to be studied and determined for handling in accordance with the direction of amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution.

To effectively carry out the review and removal of obstacles and shortcomings, the Ministry of Justice has established a working group to receive and handle feedback and recommendations to improve the law.

The Ministry of Justice also built an information system to receive and process feedback and recommendations on legal documents for trial operation.

Deputy Minister of Finance Le Tan Can said that after reviewing documents in the direction of amending the Constitution, the Ministry of Finance needs to amend 195 legal documents.

" The volume is huge. Currently, units of the Ministry of Finance work day and night, including Saturdays and Sundays, " said Mr. Le Tan Can.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long. (Photo: VGP)

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long requested the Government Office to draft a document to submit to the Prime Minister to assign specific tasks to ministries and branches with specific deadlines because "there is no more time to delay".

Noting the principles, viewpoints, and methods of handling legal documents on the arrangement and organization of the apparatus, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Justice to study new proposals as well as some specific mechanisms such as handling planning issues.

For new documents submitted after April 1, the Deputy Prime Minister said that they will be implemented according to the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents 2025 with a simpler process, but the responsibility of ministers and heads of sectors will be heavier and must be followed to the end.

Regarding the documents to be submitted at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly (expected to open in early May) related to the organization and apparatus arrangement, the implementation of Resolution 57 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation, and the handling of difficulties in socio-economic development and ensuring growth targets, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries and branches to submit them to the Government before April 6.

The Deputy Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Science and Technology to focus on completing draft laws to institutionalize Resolution 57 of the Politburo, ensuring completeness, comprehensiveness, and coverage of issues arising in the process of restructuring and organizing the apparatus.

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