In the afternoon of 5.5, continuing the 9th session program, the National Assembly discussed in the hall on the proposal to amend and supplement a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution; The establishment of the draft committee amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution.
After giving his opinions, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee Hoang Thanh Tung explained and clarified a number of issues raised by National Assembly deputies.
According to Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung, in the first step, the National Assembly only decided to allow the implementation of amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution, but has not yet conducted the content.
On May 7, the Draft Committee for amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution will submit a draft Resolution of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution. That is when the contents and things that need to be revised are mentioned.
According to Chairman Hoang Thanh Tung, the participation of the draft committee revised and supplemented a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution, which had a very careful consideration. Which includes representatives of agencies and organizations at the central level related to the scope of the content will amend and supplement the Constitution; representatives of ministries, branches, leaders of the Party, National Assembly and Government.
"There are opinions from National Assembly deputies suggesting clarifying why there are representatives of the Ministry of Public Security's leaders participating without representatives of the Ministry of National Defense's leaders. Here, as expected, in this public consultation, a very new method of collecting opinions will be applied, through the VNeID application of the Ministry of Public Security", Chairman Hoang Thanh Tung informed.
According to the Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, this method helps to collect public opinions as quickly and fully as possible to absorb explanations. Therefore, this is the reason why the composition of the draft Committee amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution includes representatives of the Ministry of Public Security.
At the same time, the content of this amendment to the Constitution does not have content related to the fields of national defense, security, social order and safety. Therefore, the representative of the Ministry of National Defense's leadership did not participate in the drafting Committee.

Also according to Chairman Hoang Thanh Tung, this afternoon, the Draft Committee will hold a meeting to discuss and approve the plan to collect public opinions, sectors and levels on the draft Resolution of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution.
This plan will specify the roadmap, necessary work to be implemented, the responsibilities of relevant agencies and the work to be carried out. The Government is expected to be responsible for organizing the collection of public opinions in localities, ministries and branches and organizing seminars and seminars to collect opinions.