Consulting voters on administrative unit arrangement

Clause 3, Article 10 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025 stipulates: “Projects to establish, dissolve, merge, divide administrative units, adjust boundaries and rename administrative units must be consulted with the People in commune-level administrative units directly affected. The Provincial People's Committee is responsible for organizing the consultation with the People on the policy of establishing, dissolving, merging, dividing administrative units, adjusting boundaries and renaming administrative units in appropriate forms according to Government regulations”.

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra (Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the development of a 2-level local government organization model) said that in order to meet the progress of arranging administrative units at the provincial and communal levels in 2025 as required by the Politburo and the Secretariat; There is flexibility and initiative for localities to organize implementation in accordance with reality. In Clause 2, Section II, the Plan issued with Resolution 74/NQ-CP, dated April 7, 2025 of the Government on the Plan for implementing the arrangement of administrative units and building a model of organizing a 2-level local government stipulates: "The provincial People's Committee organizes to collect opinions from voters representing households in the area of ​​the provincial-level administrative unit to be merged (for the policy of arranging provincial-level administrative units), in the commune-level administrative units directly affected (for the policy of arranging commune-level administrative units); decides on the form, order, procedures, and time limit for collecting opinions in accordance with the practical conditions of the locality, ensuring the progress of submitting the dossier of the administrative unit arrangement project according to the requirements in Conclusion 137-KL/TW and this resolution".

Thus, to ensure consistency in content, order and procedures for collecting opinions from local people, the provincial People's Committee can choose the form of distributing opinion ballots or choose another suitable form (such as collecting ballots via electronic information pages, meetings of household representatives at commune, village and residential group administrative units to vote...). In An Giang, the Project on arranging administrative units at commune and provincial levels is organized to collect opinions from all voters representing households with permanent residence in the area, according to each hamlet and residential group. The ballots are in the direction of "agree", "disagree" or "other opinions". According to regulations, by April 16 at the latest, the commune-level People's Committee will decide to establish a Voter Opinion Collection Team according to hamlet and residential group areas. Each team has 5-7 members, including: The team leader is the Party cell secretary or hamlet and residential group head; team members are representatives of socio-political organizations and prestigious citizens in the hamlet and residential group; The secretary is a cadre, civil servant or teacher working in the area.

The People's Committee at the commune level shall make a record summarizing the results of the voter consultation in the locality and send it to the People's Council at the same level; make a summary report and send it to the People's Committee at the district level no later than April 20. On the same day, the People's Committee at the district level shall make a report summarizing the results of the voter consultation in the locality and send it to the People's Council at the same level and the Provincial People's Committee. In the next step, the Standing Committee of the People's Council at the commune, district and provincial levels shall convene a thematic session to consider and pass a resolution approving the policy and content of the project in the locality. The commune level shall complete the implementation on April 21, the district level shall complete the implementation on April 22, and the provincial level shall complete the implementation on April 23.

Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the An Giang Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung proposed to clearly define the implementation time, assign tasks, identify responsibilities, and coordinate between specialized agencies of the Provincial People's Committee, relevant sectors, and authorities at all levels in organizing the collection of voters' opinions. Along with that, correctly determine the scope and subjects of the project; organize locations for collecting voters' opinions in accordance with the characteristics of the population, ensuring safety, savings, efficiency, publicity, democracy, and compliance with the provisions of law. Provide full and timely information and propaganda to voters about the reasons and necessity of implementing the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level; thereby creating high consensus and unity between the Party Committee, the government, and the people in the area.

KA

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