On February 12, authorized by the Government, Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh presented a summary of the draft Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended).
According to the Minister of Justice, the development and promulgation of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended) is necessary to institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies on building, perfecting and organizing the implementation of laws in Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW of the 6th Central Conference of the 13th tenure on continuing to build and perfect the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's rule of law state in the new period, Regulation No. 178-QD/TW dated June 27, 2024 of the Politburo on controlling power, preventing and combating corruption and negativity in law-making work... At the same time, overcoming shortcomings and limitations in the implementation of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents 2015.
Regarding the scope of regulation, the draft Law provides more general provisions and supplements the content and responsibility for implementation in addition to the content on the development of legal documents, specifically as follows: "This Law provides for the development and promulgation of legal documents; some contents on the organization of implementation of legal documents", at the same time, maintains the current Law's provisions on not providing for the making of the Constitution or amending the Constitution.
Minister Nguyen Hai Ninh emphasized that the draft Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended) focuses on 7 important and breakthrough innovations in the law-making process, including:
1. Continue to simplify the legal system; strengthen power control; clearly define legislative and regulatory authority.
2. Supplement the provision that the Government issues normative resolutions in Article 14.
3. Innovate the development of the National Assembly's legislative program: towards developing the National Assembly's term legislative orientation and annual legislative program with high flexibility.
4. Innovation in the process of developing and promulgating legal documents.
5. The draft Law stipulates that the submitting agency is responsible for presiding over and coordinating with the reviewing agency and relevant agencies in studying and absorbing opinions of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly to revise the draft law.
6. The Draft Law supplements provisions to strengthen the leadership of Party committees at all levels and the responsibility of heads of agencies in the process of developing and promulgating legal documents.
7. The draft Law supplements regulations on cases, principles, criteria, and authority to guide the application of legal documents.
Examining this content, Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung said that the Law Committee agrees with the comprehensive amendment of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Normative Documents (LLD) with the political, legal, practical reasons and bases, and viewpoints as stated in the Government's Submission to promptly institutionalize the Party's policy on innovation and perfecting the law-making process; contributing to speeding up the progress, improving the quality of drafting and promulgating legal normative documents, perfecting institutions to meet the requirements of national construction and development in the new period.
