Does the village chief have the right to dismiss members of the Security Protection Team at the grassroots level?

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 3, Article 6 of Circular 14/2024/TT-BCA of the Ministry of Public Security stipulates the termination of participation in forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level as follows:

a) For cases specified at Point a, Clause 3, Article 17 of the Law on Forces participating in the security and order protection at the grassroots level: The commune -level police shall assume the prime responsibility for receiving the resignation application for the force and within 05 working days from the date of receipt of the application, the commune police shall coordinate with the village head, the head of the residential group, the head of the Front Task Force in the village, the residential group to consider and take part in the report on the reporting of the security and order for the reporting of the security force to take part in the reporting and the report of the report of the security force to the reporting of the security and order for the report of the security and the report. The basis (Form No. 07 of the Appendix enclosed with this Circular) to report to the President of the commune -level People's Committee for consideration and decision;

b) For cases specified at Points b, c and d, Clause 3, Article 17 of the Law on Forces participating in the security and order protection at the grassroots level: The commune police lead and coordinate with the village head, the head of the residential group, the head of the Front Task Force in the village, the residential group gathering information and documents, with a written request to the proposed report for the participation in the security and order of the presidential system. Commune -level People's Committees consider and decide;

c) Within 05 working days from the date of receiving a document from the commune police, the presidents of the commune -level People's Committee shall consider and decide to stop participating in the forces to participate in the security and order protection at the grassroots level (Form No. 08 of the Appendix attached to this Circular) and assign the commune police to publicize the decision at the headquarters of the People's Council, the People's Committee of the commune, the commune -level police, the communal and the communal communities, the communal police, the communal police, the communal police, the People's Committee

Thus, the Village Chief has no right to dismiss members of the Security Protection Team at the grassroots level. This authority belongs to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level for consideration and decision.