Kim Son Be cautious and flexible in arranging commune-level administrative units

Careful and thorough in arrangement

Comrade Nguyen Van Dien, Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Kim Son district, said: In the period of 2019-2021, Kim Son district is the only unit among 8 districts and cities of the province to carry out the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, with 3 units subject to arrangement and 2 adjacent units affected. After the arrangement, 2 commune-level administrative units were reduced (from 27 units to 25 commune-level administrative units). After the arrangement, the commune-level administrative units quickly stabilized their organizational structure, implemented political tasks in the locality, contributing to the overall development of the district.

However, through reviewing the current status of commune-level administrative units under Kim Son district in the period of 2023-2025, the whole district has 7 administrative units that have not met 70% of the standards on natural area and population size; 1 administrative unit has not met 20% of the standards on natural area and 300% of the standards on population size. The small scale of some administrative units leads to limited development space, dispersed resources, causing difficulties in planning, planning, and long-term socio -economic development orientation. On the other hand, due to the large number of organizational structures and staffing levels for agencies, organizations, and units in the grassroots political system, while the majority of commune-level administrative units have budget revenues that are not enough to balance regular expenditures.

Based on the practical situation, implementing the policy of merging commune-level administrative units, Kim Son district sets the goal that by 2025, it will complete the arrangement of commune-level administrative units with both standards of natural area and population size below 70% of the regulations; commune-level administrative units with both standards of natural area below 20% and population size below 300% of the regulations.

Based on the Party's regulations, the State's legal policies, instructions from competent authorities and the characteristics of each locality, the District People's Committee has developed a Project to arrange commune-level administrative units in Kim Son district, period 2023-2025. Accordingly, the entire natural area and population of Luu Phuong commune will be merged into Phat Diem town. At the same time, the entire natural area and population of Kim Hai commune and the area of Unit 1080 (under the former Army Corps 1) will be merged into Binh Minh town. Thus, after the arrangement, Kim Son district will have 23 communes and towns (reducing 2 commune administrative units). With this arrangement, Kim Son district hopes to open up new space for development, contributing to the construction of advanced, exemplary new rural areas and the construction of civilized, modern, and unique urban areas.

Also according to the Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Kim Son district: In the process of directing the development of the plan for the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level in the district, the District Party Committee and the District People's Committee have directed that it is necessary to conduct special research on specific factors, historical traditions, culture, religion and beliefs, customs and practices and natural conditions to come up with the most optimal arrangement plans; calculating the implementation of the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level must be associated with the planning of the urban and rural systems. At the same time, the district also directed that the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level in the area must be carefully prepared, ensuring synchronization, comprehensiveness, coverage, implementation with a roadmap, resource allocation, ensuring no disruption of political security, social order and safety, the ultimate goal is to create room for development, improve people's lives.

Create high consensus and unity

Like many other localities in the province, Kim Son district has encountered many difficulties in implementing the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level. In particular, the specific factors of historical traditions, culture, religion and beliefs, customs and practices, and natural conditions are challenges to the requirements of ensuring national defense, security, order, social safety, socio-economic development, and religious security for the new locality after the arrangement.

In addition, the arrangement of administrative units will lead to a surplus of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and non-professional workers, while the cadres, civil servants, and public employees in localities implementing the arrangement are generally young (basically recruited since 2007), so the arrangement of the organizational apparatus and the resolution of staff reduction will be difficult, if there is no breakthrough and satisfactory solution. In addition, there are requirements for the arrangement of headquarters, surplus public assets, and certain disruptions in people's lives due to changes in paperwork related to personal identity...

With the motto of strictly and effectively implementing the arrangement of administrative units, along with the timely issuance of directives and instructions, Kim Son district focuses on information and propaganda work to create high unity of awareness and consensus among all classes of people and especially the subjects related to the arrangement of administrative units.

Comrade Ha Tien Dung, Chairman of Binh Minh Town People's Committee, said: Implementing the district's direction on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, in the period of 2023-2025, Binh Minh Town will merge with Kim Hai Commune and the area of Unit 1080 (under the former Army Corps 1). Based on the preliminary assessment results, Binh Minh Town formed after the arrangement meets the conditions to meet the standards of a type V urban area. This is a favorable condition for the town to expand its socio-economic development space. However, the arrangement more or less affects the thinking of cadres, civil servants, and public employees; causing disruption to production, business, and people's lives due to changes in documents, procedures, addresses, etc.

However, with high political determination, the Party Executive Committee of the town has focused on leading and directing the implementation of the plan and roadmap for the implementation of the rearrangement project with the motto: Upholding the spirit of solidarity, promoting collective intelligence, sense of responsibility, setting an example for each cadre and party member; doing a good job of propaganda and mobilization to handle well issues related to ideological work, in order to create high consensus among cadres, civil servants, public employees, party members and people, not letting the merger affect the lives and activities of the people. Therefore, up to this point, the implementation of the Project for rearranging administrative units in Binh Minh town has been carried out according to the roadmap, receiving the consensus and support of cadres, party members and people.

Mr. Le Ngoc Loi in Block 4, Binh Minh Town shared: Receiving information about the arrangement of administrative units, I could not help but be concerned and worried. However, after being informed and explained by the town officials, I realized that this was the right policy of the Party and the State, so I agreed and was excited about the arrangement plan proposed by the Party Committees and authorities at all levels. As a grocery business household, I believe that the merger with Kim Hai Commune and Unit 1080 will create more conditions for my family to expand the business area and increase family income.

With a spirit of urgency and seriousness, Kim Son district is currently focusing on directing localities that must arrange to collect voters' opinions on the Project on arranging communal-level administrative units, period 2023-2025, ensuring democracy, promoting the mastery of voters and people. At the same time, directing the development of specific plans for rearranging the staff, civil servants and non-professional workers after implementing the Project on arrangement, ensuring stability of the situation; developing plans to arrange headquarters and public assets after arranging administrative units in accordance with regulations, appropriately, avoiding waste...

Article and photos: Mai Lan

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