Vietnam: Processes of selection and nomination of candidates for the National Assembly election by the central agencies, organizations and units

According to Article 41 of the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, according to the first Proposition of Standing Committee of the National Assembly and standards applicable to National Assembly deputies, central agencies, organizations and units shall select and nominate National Assembly candidates as follows:

1. The leading body of each political organization, socio-political or social organization shall propose its people to be candidates for the National Assembly election, gather comments from the first conference of electors held in the working place(s) of such people. On the basis of these comments, the leading body of the organization shall organize a meeting of the expanded Executive Board or the expanded Presidium to discuss and nominate the people to stand for the National Assembly election;

2. The leading board of a State agency shall, in coordination with the Executive Committee of the agency’s Trade Union, propose its people to be National Assembly candidate(s), gather comments from the first conference of electors held in the working place(s) of such people. On the basis of these comments, the leading board of the agency shall organize a conference with the participation of the leading officials of the agency, the Executive Committee of the Trade Union, representatives of the leading officials of the affiliated units to discuss and nominate the agency’s candidate(s) for the National Assembly election;

3. For a unit of the People’s armed forces, its commander shall propose person(s) from the unit to be candidate(s) for the National Assembly election, gather comments from the first conference of electors held in the working place of such person(s). On the basis of these comments, the commander of the unit shall organize a conference with the participation of the leaders or commanders of the unit, the representative of the Executive Committee of the Trade Union (if any), the representatives of the soldiers of the immediate-lower commanding officers to discuss and nominate the person(s) of the unit to stand for the National Assembly election;

4. The first conference of electors mentioned in this Article shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article 45 of this Law;

5. The central agencies, organizations and units that nominate candidates for the National Assembly election shall transfer the minutes of the first conference of electors and the minutes of the leading board conference to the Standing board of the Central committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front before the second consultative conference is organized.

View more details at the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, effective from September 01, 2015.

Ty Na

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE