Recently, information about the election of Village Heads and Heads of Residential Groups, especially during the time of streamlining the apparatus of the political system, has received much attention from readers.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the process of electing village heads and heads of the residential group complies with Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Government's Decree No. 59/2023/ND-CP of August 14
Accordingly, the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level is responsible for:
Promulgating the decision to organize the election of the village heads and the head of the residential group; Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the commune, developing plans, professional guidance and organizing the implementation of the plan within 20 days before the meeting of the meeting of the community to elect village heads and heads of the residential group.
issue a decision to establish an Election Team no later than 10 days before the date of holding a community meeting to elect a Village Head or Residential Group Head after reaching an agreement with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the commune level.
The election team includes: Representatives of the Front Working Committee in villages and residential groups as the Team Leader; members are representatives of mass organizations, politics - society and representatives of households in villages and residential groups (not candidates for Village Heads and Residential Group Heads).
Decisions must be notified to the people in the villages, residential quarters, listed at cultural houses, community houses of the village, residential groups and notified on the radio system or in other forms suitable to the local conditions at the latest 7 days before the election.
In the Draft Decree on determining the authority of the internal affairs sector when organizing local government at 2 levels, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that it is expected to transfer 120 contents in 8 fields from district level to commune level, including: State document and archive; emulation and rewards; salary - social insurance; employment, labor safety; cadre organization; youth and gender equality; non-governmental organizations; meritorious people.
Regarding the principle of determining the authority, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the commune level, mainly implementing policies from the central and provincial levels issued, focusing on serving the people, directly solving problems of the community, providing basic and essential public services for people in the area.
The new commune-level government assumes the tasks and powers of the local government at the commune level and the tasks and powers of the current district-level local government.
