What is the process of collecting votes of confidence at People’s Councils in Vietnam? For which positions do the People’s Councils collect votes of confidence in Vietnam?
- What is the process of collecting votes of confidence at People’s Councils in Vietnam?
- For which positions do the People’s Councils collect votes of confidence in Vietnam?
- What are the regulations on ballot papers used in the collection or casting of votes of confidence and confirmation of valid ballot papers?
What is the process of collecting votes of confidence at People’s Councils in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 9 of Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13 stipulating the process of collecting votes of confidence at People’s Councils as follows:
- The person on whom votes of confidence will be collected, who is defined in Clause 3, Article 1 of Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13, makes a report according to the form provided in the Appendix to this Resolution to the People’s Council Standing Body at least 30 days before the opening date of the People’s Council session.
- The People’s Council Standing Body sends the report of the person concerned and a report of the Fatherland Front Committee of the same level summarizing voters’ opinions and petitions (if any) related to the person concerned to People’s Council deputies at least 20 days before the opening date of the People’s Council session.
- In case People’s Council deputies want to clarify issues related to the person on whom votes of confidence will be collected, at least 15 days before the opening date of the session during which votes of confidence will be collected, the deputies may propose the People’s Council Standing Body to request competent agencies to verify and give written replies.
- At least 10 days before the opening date of the People’s Council session, People’s Council deputies may send written requests to the People’s Council Standing Body and the person concerned, for the person concerned to clarify contents serving as the grounds for assessment of confidence. The person on whom votes of confidence will be collected shall send his/her written reply to the People’s Council Standing Body and the requesting deputies before the date of collecting votes of confidence.
- At the session, the People’s Council Standing Body shall submit the list of persons on whom votes of confidence will be collected to the People’s Council for decision.
Before votes of confidence are collected, the People’s Council shall discuss in People’s Council deputies groups issues related to the collection of votes of confidence. The People’s Council Standing Body shall report before the People’s Council on the results of discussions in People’s Council deputies’ groups.
- The People’s Council forms a Vote Counting Board.
- The People’s Council collects votes of confidence through secret ballots. The ballot papers shall be pre-printed with the full name and position of the person concerned, and the levels “high confidence,” “confidence” and “low confidence”.
- The Vote Counting Board announces the vote count results.
- The People’s Council considers and adopts a resolution confirming the results of the collection of votes of confidence at the proposal of the People Council Standing Body.
What is the process of collecting votes of confidence at People’s Councils in Vietnam? For which positions do the People’s Councils collect votes of confidence in Vietnam?
For which positions do the People’s Councils collect votes of confidence in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 1 of Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13, the People’s Councils may collect votes of confidence on persons holding the following positions:
- Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the People’s Council, standing member of the People’s Council, and Head of a Committee of the People’s Council;
- Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the People’s Committee and other members of the People’s Committee.
What are the regulations on ballot papers used in the collection or casting of votes of confidence and confirmation of valid ballot papers?
Pursuant to Article 16 of Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13 as follows:
Ballot papers used in the collection or casting of votes of confidence and confirmation of valid ballot papers
1. Ballot papers used in the collection of votes of confidence, including separate ones for each position and position group, shall be made according to the form provided in the Appendix to this Resolution. The ballot papers shall be pre-printed with the full name and position of the person on whom votes of confidence will be cast by the National Assembly or the People’s Council and boxes corresponding to the levels of “high confidence”, “confidence,” and “low confidence”. In case a person concurrently holding a number of positions defined in Clause 2 or 3, Article 1 of this Resolution, such positions shall be clearly indicated on the ballot papers.
Ballot papers used in the casting of votes of confidence, including separate ones for each person on whom votes of confidence will be cast by the National Assembly or People’s Councils, shall be made according to the form provided in the Appendix to this Resolution. The ballot papers shall be pre-printed with the full name and position of the person concerned and boxes corresponding to the levels of “confidence” and “non-confidence”.
2. Ballot papers are invalid in the following cases:
a/ Ballot papers are not in the prescribed form distributed by the Vote Counting Board;
b/ No level of confidence is indicated or more than one level of confidence are indicated on the ballot paper.
3. In case a ballot paper on which many persons’ names are pre-printed contains an invalid expression of the level of confidence for one person as specified at Point b, Clause 2 of this Article, the result shall only be determined to be invalid for that person while the results of the levels of confidence on remaining persons in the list remain valid.
In case a ballot paper is additionally written with the name of a person outside the list pre-printed on the ballot papers distributed by the Vote Counting Board, such writing shall be invalid while the results of the levels of confidence on other persons in the list remain valid.
Thus, ballot papers used in the collection of votes of confidence, including separate ones for each position and position group, shall be made according to the form provided in the Appendix to Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13.
The ballot papers shall be pre-printed with the full name and position of the person on whom votes of confidence will be cast by the National Assembly or the People’s Council and boxes corresponding to the levels of “high confidence”, “confidence,” and “low confidence”. In case a person concurrently holding a number of positions defined in Clause 2 or 3, Article 1 of Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13, such positions shall be clearly indicated on the ballot papers.
Ballot papers used in the casting of votes of confidence, including separate ones for each person on whom votes of confidence will be cast by the National Assembly or People’s Councils, shall be made according to the form provided in the Appendix to Resolution No. 85/2014/QH13. The ballot papers shall be pre-printed with the full name and position of the person concerned and boxes corresponding to the levels of “confidence” and “non-confidence”.
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