Standards of members of the People’s Inspectorate in a commune, ward or town in Vietnam

Standards of members of the People’s Inspectorate in a commune, ward or town in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Standards of members of the People’s Inspectorate in a commune, ward or town in Vietnam

Specifically, Article 37 of the Law on Implementation of Grassroots-level Democracy 2022 stipulates the standards of members of the People’s Inspectorate in a commune, ward or town as follows:

- Have good moral qualities, earn good credit in residential community, have good health condition to complete their assigned tasks; have knowledge about policies, laws and voluntarily join the People's Inspectorate.

- Obtain registration as local residents, and not concurrently hold multiple positions of commune-level public official, staff member or part-timer at the level of commune, village or residential community.

2. Duties and powers of People's Inspectorates in communes, wards, towns in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 38 of the Law on Implementation of Grassroots-level Democracy 2022, the duties and powers of People's Inspectorates in communes, wards, towns include:

- Check over implementation of decisions that have been made available for public consultation; supervise the implementation of policies, laws, the compliance with laws on implementation of democracy at the grassroots level by local governments of communes, commune-level public officials, staff members and part-timers in communes, villages and residential quarters.

- Give competent agencies or persons recommendations about sanctions or actions to be taken according to regulatory provisions when detecting signs of violation against laws and supervise the implementation of such recommendations.

- Request commune-level local governments, commune-level public officials and staff members to provide relevant information and documents to serve verification, inspection and supervision purposes.

- Consider and verify specific cases at the request of citizens and residential community.

- Appeal to Presidents of commune-level People's Committees, commune-level public officials and staff members; heads of villages and residential quarters to deal with errors and defects discovered through the inspection and supervision process; ensure the lawful and legitimate rights and interests of organizations and citizens; commend units and individuals delivering good performance.

If a person is found to have committed any act of violation against laws, he/she shall recommend a competent agency or organization to examine and handle such case.

- Attend meetings of the People's Councils and the Commune-level People's Committees related to the performance of inspection and supervision tasks of the People's Inspectorates.

- Process complaints and petitions of citizens, residential community and entities or persons relating to the scope of inspection and supervision of People's Inspectorates.

3. Activities of People’s Inspectorates in communes, wards or towns

According to Article 39 of the Law on Implementation of Grassroots-level Democracy 2022, the activities of People’s Inspectorates in communes, wards or towns are regulated as follows:

- People’s Inspectorates in communes, wards, towns shall be instructed and guided by commune-level Fatherland Front Committees.

- According to the action plan and the direction and guidance of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the commune level, the People's Inspectorate shall develop their own guidelines and action plans on a quarterly, six-monthly and annual basis.

- People’s Inspectorates shall be responsible for submitting periodic reports or on-demand reports on their performance to commune-level Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees.

People’s Inspectorates shall be invited to attend meetings of the People's Councils, the commune-level People's Committees or the commune-level Fatherland Front Committees related to the performance of inspection and supervision tasks of the People's Inspectorates.

Ho Quoc Tuan

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