Expected amendment and supplement of 8/120 articles of the 2013 Constitution

The National Assembly Standing Committee has submitted a report on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution to National Assembly deputies. Photo: Quochoi.vn

The 9th session of the 15th National Assembly will open on the morning of May 5. According to the scheduled agenda, on the first working day, the National Assembly will listen to reports and discuss in groups the proposal to amend and supplement a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution.

To prepare this content, the National Assembly Standing Committee has submitted a report on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution to National Assembly deputies.

Accordingly, the scope of this amendment and supplement to the Constitution is limited, expected to only involve 8/120 articles of the 2013 Constitution, with a focus on 2 groups of content.

That is, the provisions of the 2013 Constitution related to the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio -political organizations to meet the requirements of streamlining the organizational apparatus, promoting the role, responsibility, and proactiveness of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the role of gathering classes and strata in society, ensuring a strong orientation towards the grassroots and close adherence to the locality.

Provisions in Chapter IX of the 2013 Constitution to implement the two-level local government organization model.

At the same time, there are transitional regulations to ensure that local authorities operate smoothly and without interruption, in accordance with the planned roadmap for arrangement and merger.

The National Assembly Standing Committee said that it is necessary to amend and supplement the 2013 Constitution in the context of building a modern national and local governance, applying digital technology , and international integration.

The goal is to streamline, focus on key points, reduce intermediary levels, improve the efficiency of administrative procedures, gather the masses, and reduce overlap. Innovation must go hand in hand with improving the quality of staff, applying technology, and combating waste.

The amendment also aims to thoroughly grasp the spirit of the Party's resolutions on innovation of the political system's apparatus and building a socialist rule-of-law state.

Regarding the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, the National Assembly Standing Committee proposed to amend and supplement the articles of the 2013 Constitution in the direction of amending and supplementing Article 9 to provide more comprehensive and general provisions on the position, role, functions, tasks and powers of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations according to the new organizational model after the arrangement.

At the same time, it affirms that the Vietnam Fatherland Front is part of the political system led by the Party, the political foundation of the people's government, representing and protecting the legitimate and legal rights and interests of the people.

Article 9 of the 2013 Constitution is expected to be amended and supplemented in the direction of generalizing socio-political organizations (Trade Unions, Farmers' Associations, Youth Unions, Women's Associations, Veterans' Associations) as socio-political organizations under the Vietnam Fatherland Front, operating uniformly within the Vietnam Fatherland Front but still maintaining relative independence.

The National Assembly Standing Committee plans to amend and supplement Article 10 to ensure the inheritance of the position and role of the Trade Union organization, consistent with Article 9 after amendment and supplementation, regulating the role of representing workers at the national level in labor and international relations.

At the same time, amend and supplement Article 84 in the direction of no longer stipulating that the Central agencies of member organizations of the Front have the right to submit draft laws and ordinances.

The National Assembly Standing Committee also proposed not to amend or supplement regulations related to the working relationship and coordination between the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations with the Government and local authorities in Articles 96, 101, 116...

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