Outcomes of the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 tenure are scheduled to be publicised at a press conference on June 9.
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the sixth session of the National Election Council.
To prepare for the event, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked delegates to the National Election Council (NEC)’s sixth session which was convened in Hanoi on June 8 to look into several reports.
The documents include a draft report on the election results, the minutes reviewing the election and a resolution on the announcement of the election outcome as well as the list of incoming deputies to the 14th NA.
Ngan, who is also NEC Chairwoman, said the list of deputies to the legislature will be announced by the council while municipal and provincial election committees will release the names of deputies to all-level People’s Councils.
The top legislator noted that the May 22 general election took place in a mode of democracy and equality, and in line with the law with more than 90 percent of voters nationwide going to the polls.
During the working session, the delegates scrutinised a report on the settlement of complaints and denouncements relating to the election work, and discussed the organisation of a national conference reviewing the election.
The new parliament will comprise 500 deputies. Provincial People’s Councils across Vietnam will have 3,918 deputies. Meanwhile, the district and communal levels will have 24,993 and 294,055 members, respectively.
NA Standing Committee to scrutinise lawmaking in 2017
The Standing Committee of the 13th National Assembly (NA) will convene its 49th session in Hanoi on June 13-15, scrutinising the legislature’s 2017 law and ordinance building programme.
The committee will debate preparation for the 14 th NA’s first meeting, and give comments on the enforcement of the Law on Thrift Practice and Wastefulness Prevention in 2015, the State budget balance in 2014, and the allocation of excess budget collection and savings from regular budget spending in 2015.
It will hear a report on the results of the elections of the 14 th NA and all-level People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 tenure, and consider approving the organisational and operational regulations of the jury.
The committee will also discuss issues related to clothes and ID card of judges and jurors, salary and allowance for civil servants working in people’s courts and the Supreme People’s Procuracy, among others.
VNA