(Dan Tri) - In 2023, the People's Councils of provinces and cities will organize up to 357 meetings, with an average of 5,6 meetings per province or city. Meanwhile, the Law on Organization of the People's Council stipulates that there are only 2 regular meetings a year.
On the afternoon of March 25, speaking at the conclusion of the National Conference summarizing the work of the People's Councils of provinces and centrally-run cities in 3 and implementing the work plan for 2023, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized the activities of the People's Council is increasingly effective and authentic, contributing to the task of socio-economic development as well as the general development task of the locality.
The number of People's Council meetings and resolutions issued is a "record"
Referring to the many achievements the country has achieved, the Chairman of the National Assembly cited this morning when receiving and holding talks with the Chairman of the Finnish National Assembly, his country highly appreciated Vietnam's achievements and position.
According to him, the Finnish leader shared that he came to Vietnam this time not only to visit and promote relations, but also to research and study our country's model.
The Chairman of the National Assembly delivered a concluding speech at the Conference (Photo: Hong Phong).
“A country with a population of nearly 6 million people but a total GDP of 260 billion USD, ranked top in human development and innovation index like Finland, still attaches great importance to Vietnam. Finnish leaders said Vietnam was the first country outside of Europe they visited," Mr. Hue said, emphasizing the country's achievements that have been recognized by the world.
In that common achievement, according to Mr. Hue, there were contributions from the National Assembly and local elected bodies.
“Last year we judged that there was a fresh breeze in the activities of local elected bodies, this year we found that statement to be correct. That fresh breeze has a wider scope, more pervasive impact, and better efficiency than last year," according to the Chairman of the National Assembly.
Citing evidence, he said the workload of the People's Council last year was very large. The People's Councils of provinces and cities held 357 meetings, on average each province or city held 5,6 meetings. Meanwhile, the Law on Organization of the People's Council stipulates that there are only 2 regular meetings a year.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the Conference (Photo: Hong Phong).
“Thus, the number of thematic and extraordinary meetings is greater than the prescribed meetings. Each locality has more than the prescribed 3,6 meetings. Among them, there are many thematic meetings and extraordinary meetings", Mr. Hue statistics that there are 130 regular meetings, 154 thematic meetings and 73 extraordinary meetings.
Ninh Binh and Quang Ngai alone have up to 6 unexpected meetings, according to Mr. Hue.
The National Assembly Chairman added that the number of resolutions issued by the People's Council is also at a very record level, with 6.377 resolutions issued by the People's Council, an average of 193 resolutions/province and city. Among them, there are 1.681 legal resolutions, showing that the amount of legislative and regulatory work of the People's Council is very large.
Regarding supervision, Mr. Hue said there are 1.332 supervision teams in 63 provinces and cities; Through monitoring, 13.273 problems and inadequacies were discovered.
In addition, 2023 also has an unexpected volume that is not available in other years, which is the vote of confidence for positions elected and approved by the People's Council, including 1.700 positions at the provincial level and 12.028 positions at the district level.
Overview of the conference (Photo: Hong Phong).
According to the Chairman of the National Assembly, localities with good People's Council activities have good budget revenue and growth, showing the important role of elected bodies.
However, the Chairman of the National Assembly said that there are still some limitations that need to be overcome in the activities of the People's Council.
For example, the resolution of recommendations and resolutions for supreme supervision on thrift practices and anti-wastefulness has not seen much change, as shown by slow progress projects in localities.
Also according to Mr. Hue, the situation of pushing responsibility and avoiding responsibility still exists.
Speed up to complete the mission
Mentioning future directions, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue proposed strengthening the implementation of the functions of local elected bodies to best complete the tasks in 2024.
In particular, he requested to focus on reviewing and perfecting local legal documents, contributing more and taking more responsibility for the development of laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, especially related laws. local economic and social life.
According to Mr. Hue, this year, many resolutions of specific nature are expected to be submitted by the Government to the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly for approval. Many localities are hoping to issue a pilot resolution on free trade economic zones.
The Politburo also recently met to discuss a plan to remove difficulties for projects in some localities after the conclusion of inspection, audit and judgment.
Delegates attending the conference (Photo: Hong Phong).
Agreeing on the policy of promulgating a political decision to remove obstacles related to this matter, the Chairman of the National Assembly emphasized the spirit of strictly punishing violations, not legalizing violations, but must remove obstacles to exploit resources. power of the State and investors.
In addition, this year, the Chairman of the National Assembly, the National Assembly will review administrative procedures, so the People's Council needs to coordinate with the government to review administrative procedure documents created by localities. abolished, accompanied by increased decentralization to localities.
Mr. Hue also noted the task of preparing for public investment right now, otherwise it will be very "difficult".
“It cannot be said that this belongs to the government, whenever he presents it, he will present it. If you have money but don't have a project, you will die. This year we must speed up to complete this term and prepare for the next term," Mr. Hue emphasized.
Referring to the task of establishing new administrative units and arranging commune- and district-level administrative units, resolving redundant labor as well as policies to treat people in the arrangement, the Chairman of the National Assembly made a special request. interested in this work.
In addition, Mr. Hue emphasized the need to comprehensively innovate the activities of the People's Council, enhance the quality of meetings and the quality of People's Council delegates because this is the deciding factor in the quality of the elected body.
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