Duties and powers of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council in Vietnam

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1. Duties and powers of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council in Vietnam

Duties and powers of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council in Vietnam according to Article 104 of the Law on organizing the local government 2015 are as follows:

- Convene meetings of the People’s Council; cooperate with the People’s Committee in making arrangements for meetings of the People’s Council.

- Expedite, examine the compliance of the People’s Committee and other state organs with resolutions of the People’s Council.

- Supervise the compliance with the Constitution and legislation within their areas.

- Direct, control and coordinate operations of committees of the People’s Council; examine the supervision result of committees of the People’s Council when necessary and report to the People’s Council in the next meeting; keep close contact with delegates of the People’s Council;

Aggregate questions posed by delegates of the People’s Council to report to the People’s Council; request agencies, organizations or individuals to explain issues concerning duties and powers of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council.

- Make necessary arrangements so that delegates of the People’s Council can hold receptions for citizens in accordance with laws; expedite, inspect and assess handling of recommendations, complaints and allegations received from civilians; aggregate opinions and aspirations of the people to report to the People’s Council in the meeting.

- Approve the list of members of committees of the People’s Council in the number of delegates of the People’s Council, and discharge of these members from office upon the request of the Heads of committees of the People’s Council.

- Request the People’s Council to take or cast a vote of confidence for incumbents elected by the People’s Council in accordance with Article 88 and 89 hereof.

- Decide whether the dismissal of delegates of the People’s Council from office will be voted for by the People’s Council or the electorate.

- Report on performance of the People’s Council at the same level to the People’s Council and the People’s Committee at the directly superior level; the Standing Committee of the People’s Council shall report on their performance to the National Assembly Standing Committee and the Government.

- Keep close contact with and cooperate with the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the same level in performing tasks; notify the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the same level of performance of the People's Council twice a year.

2. Duties and powers of members of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council in Vietnam

Duties and powers of members of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council in Vietnam according to Article 105 of the Law on organizing the local government 2015 are as follows:

- The Chairperson of the People’s Council shall lead operations of the Standing Committee of the People's Council at the same level, act on behalf of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council to keep contact with the People’s Committee, state organs, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, member organizations of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the same level, other social organizations and citizens.

- The Vice Chairperson of the People’s Council shall assist the Chairperson of the People’s Council in executing duties and powers as assigned and delegated by the Chairperson of the People’s Council.

- Members of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council shall be collectively responsible for implementing duties and powers of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council; solely responsible to the Standing Committee of the People’s Council for implementing duties and powers assigned and delegated by the Standing Committee of the People’s Council;

Attend meetings held by the Standing Committee of the People’s Council, discuss and decide issues within assigned duties and delegated powers of the Standing Committee of the People’s Council.

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