Modifying the Public Security Law, there may be a female Deputy Minister of Public Security

Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai - Secretary of Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee shared this when discussing the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the People's Public Security Law during the working session of the National Assembly at the 5th session, on the morning of June 2.

Proposing a "neutral" plan 

Expressing high agreement with the groups of policies mentioned by the revised bill, delegate Nguyen Thanh Hai said that increasing the service age of police officers, workers, non-commissioned officers, and People's Public Security officers is in line with the Labor Code, which has focused on regulating specific subjects working in hazardous environments.

According to the draft, group 1 immediately increased 2 years old as lieutenant colonel, major, lieutenant and non-commissioned officers. This is a group of subjects whose retirement age right in the 2018 People's Public Security Law is 53 years old, lower than the provisions of the Labor Code 2020 (men 60 and women 55). Therefore, now that the Labor Code amends the general retirement age, this group must also increase the retirement age and the draft law to immediately increase the age of 2 is appropriate.

Regarding the timeline to apply the increase in age according to the roadmap for the remaining group of colonels and colonels, according to Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai, this group has the retirement age for both men and women in agreement with the previous Labor Code.

However, because the Law on People's Public Security has just been revised, it is 3 years later than the Labor Code, so how should the timeline be calculated to ensure consistency in the statutory retirement age?

From the above analysis, Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai proposed the neutralization plan. Specifically, increasing the service age for colonels and colonels in the law into 2 steps. Step one is to increase as soon as the law comes into effect the service of male colonels, colonels to 60 years and 9 months and female colonels to 1 year, similar to the immediate increase of 2 years for lieutenant colonel, major, lieutenant, and non-commissioned officers when the law comes into effect to synchronize with the general retirement age in 2023 of 60 years and 9 months for men and women of 56 years.

The second step is that from the following years onwards, it will increase according to the 3-month schedule for men and 4 months for women.

Referring to gender equality, the Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee shared that with the colonel level, the province currently has 5 men and women, but there are no comrades; Colonel is 105 men and women are 5.

Therefore, increasing the retirement age for female colonels and colonels will create equal opportunities in terms of time for female leaders in the public security sector to have conditions to strive, so that after the law is enacted, the number of female colonels nationwide is not only 67 and the number of female generals is not only 6 as it is today. We can totally think that there will be a female Lieutenant General and Deputy Minister of Public Security in the near future”, bNguyen Thanh Hai expressed and shared that this is also the thought of female officers and soldiers of Thai Nguyen province's police department to the National Assembly.

Need to explain more about the plan to increase the retirement age

Delegate Nguyen Phuong Thuy (Hanoi delegation) - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee suggested that there should be a more convincing explanation on the distinction between different service age increase limits applied to female police workers, female non-commissioned officers and People's Public Security officers, currently 3 levels are 2 years, 3 years and 5 years.

According to the female delegate, if it is determined that female officers and non-commissioned officers are regular, directly performing combat duties, and the environment is heavy and toxic as stated on page 9 of the impact assessment report of the Ministry of Public Security No. 256, the service age limit for this group of subjects should be uniformly defined as 55 years old to ensure similarity with the provisions in Clause 3, Article 169 of the Labor Code regarding the retirement and hazardous jobs for workers and hazardous jobs.

For positions where the working age is required to be extended further, the regulations on age extension shall be applied when the unit has a need and the officer wishes to serve.

Regarding the roadmap to increase the service age, the delegate suggested that it be necessary to make general provisions according to the corresponding roadmap of the Labor Code to ensure the similarity, in accordance with the goals and requirements set forth when amending and supplementing this law.

"If the law stipulates that in these cases, the two-year age limit increase will not be guaranteed," he said. Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy expressed her views.

Also related to this content, delegate Quang Thi Nguyet (Dien Bien delegation) - Member of the National Assembly's Council for Ethnic Minorities asked the examining agency to coordinate with the drafting agency to further explain why the male cases increased by 3 months each year from January 1, 1 according to the Labor Law's age increase roadmap, while other male subjects would be increased as soon as this law took effect from September 2021, 1. Similarly, it is necessary to clearly explain whether such regulations for women are guaranteed to be fair and equal.

"In my opinion, it is only necessary to prescribe a roadmap to increase the maximum service age, which is 3 months for men and 4 months for women every year, and determine the time to increase the age limit from January 1, 1 according to the provisions of the Labor Code. Dien Bien delegation said.

Ngoc Thanh(VOV.VN)