On April 23, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave its opinion on reporting on a number of issues on the drafting of a Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the National Assembly Session Regulations.
Secretary General of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Tung said that through synthesis, all agencies agreed with the necessity, scope of amendments and supplements and most of the contents of the draft Resolution proposed by the Drafting Committee, including a number of major issues:
No hard regulations in the National Assembly's meeting rules on the presentation of verification reports; Accordingly, the presentation or not presenting the verification report (only sending the verification report to the National Assembly deputies) for each content will comply with the Law on the promulgation of relevant legal documents, laws and resolutions or specified by the National Assembly to ensure savings and efficiency of time.
In addition, regulations related to the responsibility for explanation, acquisition and revision of the draft law and resolutions of law; regulations on decisions on establishment and abolition of agencies; The decision to establish, dissolve, enter and divide the administrative unit, adjust the boundaries and rename the provincial administrative unit, the special administrative - economic unit ... to ensure compliance with the new provisions of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly, the Law on promulgating legal documents, the Law on Organization of local governments ...
According to the report, some other contents that agencies have opinions on are the number of regular sessions and the way to number the sessions.
There are opinions suggesting that the National Assembly should hold at least 2 regular sessions per year; it is not advisable to distinguish between regular sessions and extraordinary sessions/unusual sessions.
The Drafting Committee found that Clause 2, Article 83 of the 2013 Constitution and Clause 2, Article 90 of the current Law on the Organization of the National Assembly stipulate: "The National Assembly will hold a regular meeting every two terms".
Therefore, to ensure consistency, it is recommended to keep the expression of the number of regular sessions as in the draft. However, this is also a reasonable opinion in the innovation process and the trend of organizing many sessions, so the Drafting Committee would like to acknowledge and continue research.
Regarding the discussion at the plenary session of the National Assembly. There are opinions suggesting keeping the time for delegates to give their first speech at no more than 7 minutes, and their second speech at no more than 3 minutes to ensure that delegates have time to fully participate in giving opinions, especially on complex and in-depth topics.
In this regard, the Drafting Board proposed to keep the regulations on the National Assembly to decide to shorten the speech of each delegate at the National Assembly's plenary session to create the initiative and flexibility in the process of managing the session, ensuring economical and effective use at the plenary sessions of the National Assembly.
Regarding the personnel work process at the meeting. There were opinions suggesting shortening the procedures at the session related to the election and approval of State positions; dismissal, removal, approval of proposals for dismissal, removal, removal from duties of National Assembly deputies... to avoid formality.
The Drafting Committee finds that the consideration and decision on personnel issues is an important authority of the National Assembly, which must be ensured with caution, strictness and thoroughness.
Therefore, the Drafting Committee would like to keep the contents related to the personnel work process at the session as in the current National Assembly Session Regulations.
