President To Lam: Building a safe society

Continuing the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly , on the afternoon of May 24, the National Assembly discussed in groups: Draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Security Guards; Draft Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools (amended).

Creating a legal corridor for security forces

Discussing in groups, President To Lam said that security work was formed right after the Party was founded to protect key cadres before it gained power. Most clearly, when Uncle Ho returned to the country in 1941, the forces carried out security work to protect him as well as key leaders and core members of the Party.

Up to now, the forces have grown a lot, always ensuring the safety of leaders during the working process. The provisions in the law aim to create a legal corridor for functional forces to deploy, agencies to coordinate implementation and dissemination to the people. The security work is determined, no one protects better than the people. They are the best and most stable protectors.

The President stated that the security force must ensure many requirements, first of all the security and safety of the leaders. In addition, security work also has the meaning of protocol, protocol, and national prestige in terms of foreign affairs and international cooperation, especially when Party and State leaders work abroad or vice versa.

National Assembly delegations from Lang Son, Bac Ninh, Dak Lak and Hau Giang provinces discuss in groups. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

“In recent times, the guard force has performed very well, with almost no incidents, overcoming many difficulties and challenges and growing a lot. In particular, leaders of countries have highly appreciated, expressed their affection and admiration for our guard force. The amendment and supplementation of a number of articles of the law aims to improve and meet practical requirements,” said the President.

The President requested the Drafting Agency to continue to complete and ensure all conditions are met, so that the report can be approved by the National Assembly soon.

Regarding the draft Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools (amended), the President said that unlike other countries, we have a safe society, without guns, weapons or tools that threaten the safety and security of any citizen. “This is a great progress of society. Foreign visitors to Vietnam all feel very safe,” the President emphasized.

However, in reality, there are still places where gangs threaten each other by using knives or unregulated tools. According to reports, stabbings are mainly caused by knives but have not been institutionalized by law, making it very difficult to handle.

“There are opinions that knives are used to serve people's daily lives, this is correct and normal, but avoid taking advantage of and using knives for the wrong purposes. There are cases where dozens of people have knives and machetes in their car trunks - it cannot be said that they are used for production. These are acts that must be strictly prohibited, even keeping them is not allowed. This issue has boundaries but needs to be managed to build a safe society, so that all people are not threatened,” the President affirmed.

Clearly define "necessary cases" for applying security measures

Discussing in the group, delegate Nguyen Dai Thang (Hung Yen) said that the amendment and supplementation of a number of articles of the Law on Guards aims to promptly and fully institutionalize the Party's policies and viewpoints on the organization and operation of the people's police force in general and the guard force in particular, especially Resolution No. 12-NQ/TW of the Politburo on "promoting the building of a truly clean, strong, disciplined, elite, modern people's police force to meet the requirements and tasks in the new situation".

Considering that the draft law has many contents related to the Law on People's Public Security; Law on Mobile Police; Law on Management and Use of Public Assets..., delegate Nguyen Dai Thang suggested that the drafting agency and the reviewing agency continue to review the provisions in the draft, especially the amended contents, to ensure consistency and consistency with related laws.

Sharing the same view, delegate Tran Thi Hong Thanh (Ninh Binh) stated: “To amend this law, it is necessary to review 31 related legal documents. I request the Drafting Committee to continue reviewing to ensure consistency in the system of legal documents when amending and supplementing the draft law.”

Delegate Tran Thi Hong Thanh said that, according to the draft law, the addition of authority to the Minister of Public Security to decide to apply security measures in necessary cases for subjects not covered by the regulations is "still general"; it is necessary to study to determine specifically which cases are necessary, strictly regulate in the law, clearly define in the law to ensure constitutional requirements.

It is necessary to regulate high-damage knives as primitive weapons.

Giving comments at the group on the draft Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools (amended), delegate Le Nhat Thanh (Hanoi) proposed to classify knives with high lethality as primitive weapons, when used for the purpose of infringing on human life and health; thereby having a basis for handling criminals using this type of knife to commit crimes.

The delegate said that according to the report of the Ministry of Public Security, in the past 5 years, the whole country has discovered and arrested over 16,000 cases with about 26,000 subjects using knives and tools and means similar to knives to commit crimes. "Thus, crimes using knives and means capable of causing similar damage to knives to commit crimes account for a very high rate, in which many cases are gangs and groups of organized subjects committing crimes with a very reckless nature. Many cases have caused public outrage, confusion and anxiety among the people," said delegate Le Nhat Thanh.

However, these cases can only be prosecuted criminally when there is sufficient basis to conclude that the subject has committed other crimes. The subject cannot be prosecuted for illegal possession or use of weapons because current law does not stipulate that knives or knife-like devices are weapons.

"Therefore, it is necessary to regulate highly lethal knives as primitive weapons to promptly prevent dangerous behavior of subjects right from the stage of preparing to commit a crime or orienting the subject's behavior," delegate Le Nhat Thanh suggested.

Considering that adding high-damage knives to the group of primitive weapons is necessary, delegate Nguyen Van Thuan (Can Tho) explained that high-damage, dangerous knives produced, traded, and bought by businesses and people have not been strictly managed by authorities. Meanwhile, a person can easily buy or make high-damage knives for use, causing harm to human life and health, and causing insecurity and disorder.

Regarding this issue, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security Nguyen Minh Duc said that further research is needed when developing the concept of weapons so that the Drafting Agency and the Reviewing Agency can calculate and develop the most standard concept that can cover all types of weapons that are dangerous and violate human life and health.

Source: VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper

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