Vietnam: People’s inspection board members shall be elected by a show of hands or secret ballot

Specifically, according to Articles 8 and 9 of the Decree No. 159/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the election of commune/ward/township people’s inspection board members is as follows:

- Based on the number of members of the commune/ward/township people’s inspection board, the Standing Body of the commune/ward/township Fatherland Front Committee shall determine the number of people’s inspection board members to be elected by villages, hamlets and/or street quarters.

- The Front’s Working Board head shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with village chiefs or street quarter heads in organizing people’s conferences or people’s representatives’ conferences in villages, hamlets and/or street quarters to elect members to the people’s inspection board.

- People’s inspection board members shall be elected at the recommendation of the Front’s Working Board and the nomination of the conference’s participants. They shall be elected by a show of hands or secret ballot as decided by the conference.

- A people’s conference or people’s representatives’ conference may proceed when more than 50% of the invited participants are present. An elected people’s inspection board member is a person who is voted for by more than 50% of the participants and selected in the descending order of number of votes for. The Front’s Working Board head shall report the election results to the Standing Body of the commune/ward/township Fatherland Front Committee.

- Within five days after the complete election of people’s inspection board members, the Standing Body of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of a commune, ward or township shall meet with the people’s inspection board members to elect the people’s inspection board head and deputy-head for submission to the conference of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the same level, which shall issue a resolution to recognize the people’s inspection board and notify the People’s Council and People’s Committee of the same level thereof at their coming session, post up the recognition of the people’s inspection boards at its head office and notify such to local people.

View more details at the Decree No. 159/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 01, 2017.

Ty Na

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