National Assembly Chairman: Submit bill documents early to avoid putting the National Assembly in a 'fait accompli' position

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man noted that Government agencies should promptly send draft laws for National Assembly deputies to study, to avoid the situation of sending them one day and then discussing and approving them the next day.

On the afternoon of October 14, continuing the 50th session, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the preparations for the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly.

Permanent Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Manh reports on the expected agenda of the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly.

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All 50 bills passed did not have an impact assessment.

Reporting on the expected content of the session, Permanent Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Manh said that at the 10th session, the National Assembly will consider and decide on 66 contents and groups of contents, including: 50 laws, 3 legislative resolutions; 13 groups of contents on socio -economics, state budget, supervision and decide on other important issues of the country.

There are also 13 groups of contents that agencies send reports to National Assembly deputies to study, as a basis for exercising the right to supervise and review the contents according to regulations.

Regarding the draft law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law, Mr. Manh said that according to the 2025 legislative program, the draft law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law will be submitted to the National Assembly for comments and approval at the 10th session according to shortened procedures.

However, on September 22, the Government Office issued a document notifying the Prime Minister's direction requesting the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to draft a National Assembly resolution to resolve difficulties in organizing the implementation of the Land Law.

Permanent Deputy Head of the People's Aspirations and Supervision Committee Le Thi Nga expressed concern about the quality of draft laws when there is no impact assessment and they are passed through a shortened process.

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Giving her opinion, Permanent Deputy Head of the People's Aspirations and Supervision Committee Le Thi Nga expressed her concerns about the quality of the draft laws presented at this 10th session. According to her, out of 50 draft laws, all 50 were presented and passed at the session in a shortened order.

"That means we do not assess policy impacts when submitting them for approval, so we are very concerned about the quality of the draft laws submitted this time, when time is tight and we are abusing the shortened procedure," Ms. Nga said, suggesting that the leaders of the National Assembly and the Government must strengthen solutions, requiring the Ethnic Council and committees as well as the drafting ministries and branches to have solutions to ensure the quality of the draft laws passed at this session.

Avoid putting Congress in a fait accompli situation

Chairing the session, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasized that it was impossible to assess the impact because the draft laws passed at the session were very urgent and followed instructions on removing current bottlenecks and obstacles.

The National Assembly Chairman noted that at the 10th session, only draft laws will be passed under the simplified procedure at one session, while draft laws under the normal procedure of two sessions will be passed to the 16th National Assembly. In case the law cannot be amended, it must be expressed in a resolution so that localities can implement it as soon as there are documents guiding its implementation.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the meeting

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However, agreeing with Ms. Nga, the National Assembly Chairwoman said that, in the above context, the quality of draft laws must come from the Government, ministries, branches drafting and National Assembly agencies reviewing.

"Currently, if we follow the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents, we cannot do anything. Time is not guaranteed," said the National Assembly Chairman.

Concluding the discussion session, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man asked the Government to determine priorities, which laws should be passed first and which should be passed later for arrangement.

"I said don't try too hard. If something doesn't work, you have to withdraw it immediately. Even the revised Land Law, at first we were very determined, but when we saw that we couldn't handle it, we had to give up," said the National Assembly Chairman.

The National Assembly Chairman also requested the Government to review documents sent to delegates to give them time to study, to avoid situations like in previous sessions, where documents were sent this afternoon and the next day the National Assembly discussed and approved them, which would put the National Assembly in a "fait accompli" situation.

"It takes at least 3 or 5 days. It's not like we can send it this afternoon and then study it tomorrow and press the button, it's impossible to do it," said the National Assembly Chairman, while also reminding the National Assembly and Government agencies to unify the meeting agenda through the preparatory session and limit additions to the agenda.

The 10th session of the 15th National Assembly is scheduled to open on October 20 and close on December 12, with a working period of 41 days.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chu-tich-quoc-hoi-gui-ho-so-du-luat-som-tranh-dat-quoc-hoi-vao-the-da-roi-185251014182213291.htm