Prime Minister: Decentralization and delegation of power must go hand in hand with resource allocation

On the afternoon of November 12, the National Assembly questioned Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Delegate Mai Thi Phuong Hoa ( Nam Dinh ) said that the Government set out the task of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the administrative apparatus in a substantial way, which must be associated with reasonable decentralization and delegation of power between levels.

However, the implementation process still has some shortcomings and limitations such as slow review, amendment and supplementation of specialized legal regulations.

Delegates questioned the Prime Minister about solutions to further promote decentralization and delegation of power between the Government and ministries, branches and localities in the coming time.

Delegate Mai Thi Phuong Hoa. Photo: National Assembly

According to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, decentralization and delegation of power are big issues that have been talked about and implemented a lot. To date, the Government has submitted to the National Assembly 14 related laws, 9 resolutions, and 27 decrees to replace them.

However, the Prime Minister said that there are still problems with decentralization and delegation of power. “The problems are mainly concentrated at the central level, to be honest. This is a big bottleneck,” the Prime Minister acknowledged.

Regarding solutions, the Prime Minister stated that it is necessary to review legal regulations; review institutions, functions, tasks, and powers of agencies... to recalculate decentralization and delegation of power; perfect standards and regulations; and strengthen supervision and inspection.

The Prime Minister said that decentralization and delegation of power must go hand in hand with resource allocation and improving the implementation capacity of all levels.

6-7% growth is difficult to achieve the 100-year target

Next, delegate Nguyen Thi Yen (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) stated that the Government and the Prime Minister identified institutional reform as one of the key tasks and have achieved important results to remove barriers, create an environment and driving force for socio-economic development. The delegate asked about the most important highlights in the coming time, what issue did the Prime Minister choose?

Delegate Nguyen Thi Yen. Photo: National Assembly

In response to questions, the Prime Minister said the first priority is decentralization and delegation of power. Regarding the priority for national development, the Prime Minister said that it is necessary to remove institutional bottlenecks - "the bottleneck of bottlenecks" as General Secretary To Lam mentioned, the main priority is growth.

“To prioritize growth, we must have resources. If the current growth rate is 6-7%, it will be very difficult to achieve the two goals when celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the country. To prioritize growth, we must remove institutions to mobilize all resources of the state, the people, society, public-private partnership resources, and direct and indirect foreign investment resources,” the Prime Minister analyzed.

Talking about green transformation, digital transformation, and circular economy, the Prime Minister affirmed that this is a new trend, and the implementation process has many difficulties due to lack of experience and incomplete legal institutions.

Therefore, the Prime Minister believes that it is necessary to perfect institutions, considering them as the goal, driving force and resource for development. “If we want to make a breakthrough, we must make a breakthrough from the institutions,” the Prime Minister emphasized.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh answers questions. Photo: National Assembly

The viewpoint in institution building that the Prime Minister thoroughly understood is to clearly and specifically stipulate what can be done, what can be flexible, and open up development space to help people and businesses feel secure when working.

The Party's consistent policy is to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of people and businesses; not to criminalize economic, civil and administrative relations. "To do so, we must build clear institutions," the Prime Minister affirmed.

Regarding the building of institutions in cyberspace management, the Prime Minister agreed with the opinion of the Minister of Information and Communications that "virtual space is like real space", cyberspace must be managed the same way as real life.

The Prime Minister also cited General Secretary To Lam's direction to abandon the mindset of "if you can't manage it, then ban it."

The Prime Minister noted that institutional building must both serve management and open up creative space to encourage entities. “Innovate to fly high, create to reach far, integrate to move forward,” the Prime Minister said.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy (Da Nang) raised the urgent issue of fighting waste, including handling slow-progressing projects. Voters highly appreciated the determination of the Government and the Prime Minister in handling stuck and pending projects. However, some pending projects and some weak credit institutions have not been handled. Delegate asked the Prime Minister to inform them of the causes, solutions and progress.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy. Photo: National Assembly

The Prime Minister said that there are many long-standing backlog projects. There are 12 long-standing major projects that have basically requested the Politburo's approval, on which basis the Government is implementing them according to its functions, tasks and powers. For any content that exceeds its tasks and powers, the Government will report and ask for the National Assembly's opinion.

The Government will also review similar projects and handle them in the spirit of respecting the status quo, "if there is any loss, whoever violates it will be punished", and must continue to remove legal obstacles.

The Prime Minister said that the handling of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project, O Mon Thermal Power Center, Lot B gas field, Thai Binh 2 Thermal Power Plant...

Regarding weak banks, the Prime Minister emphasized the goal of ensuring system safety, protecting people's rights, strictly controlling assets, and preventing losses. Currently, two banks have been transferred, the remaining two banks and SCB are under consideration.

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