What is collection of votes of confidence? On what position shall the National Assembly of Vietnam collect votes of confidence?

What is collection of votes of confidence? On what position shall the National Assembly of Vietnam collect votes of confidence? (Internet image)

With which positions does the National Assembly get a vote of confidence? (Image from the internet)

Regarding this issue, LawNet responded as follows:

1. What is collection of votes of confidence?

According to Clause 1, Article 2 of Resolution 85/2014/QH13, collection of votes of confidence means the exercise of the oversight power and assessment of the level of confidence by the National Assembly or People’s Councils on persons holding positions elected or approved by the National Assembly or People’s Councils, which serves as a basis for consideration and assessment of officials.

2. On what position shall the National Assembly of Vietnam collect votes of confidence?

The National Assembly may collect votes of confidence on persons holding the following positions:

- President, Vice President;

- Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly, members of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairperson of the Ethnic Council, and Chairperson of a Committee of the National Assembly;

- Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, minister and other members of the Government;

- Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor General.

(Clause 2, Article 1 of Resolution 85/2014/QH13)

3. Principles of collection and casting of votes of confidence in Vietnam

+ To guarantee the right of and heighten the responsibility of National Assembly and People’s Council deputies in the collection and casting of votes of confidence; to respect the rights to report and explain of persons on whom votes of confidence are collected or cast.

+ To ensure publicity, fairness, democracy and objectiveness; to ensure the truthful assessment of the performance of tasks and exercise of powers by, and the political quality, virtue and lifestyle of persons on whom votes of confidence are collected or cast.

+ To ensure the stability and effectiveness of operation of the state apparatus and the leadership of the Party in personnel work.

(Article 4 of Resolution 85/2014/QH13)

4. Process of collecting votes of confidence at People’s Councils

- The person on whom votes of confidence will be collected, who is defined in Clause 3, Article 1 of this Resolution, 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.

(Article 9 of Resolution 85/2014/QH13)

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