National Assembly Chairman: A good law must be solid from policy, clear when implemented

On September 28th, the 1st Plenary Session of the 16th National Assembly took place in Hanoi.

Speaking at the opening, Politburo Member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that this Conference will discuss and give opinions on 17 important draft laws expected to be submitted to the National Assembly at the 2nd Session.

Large volume, urgent time, but quality is not allowed to be reduced. The faster it is done, the more solid it must be; the more laws are amended, the more systemic it must be ensured; the stronger the decentralization and delegation of power, the clearer the responsibility and better the control of power" - the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.

At the conference, the National Assembly Chairman also suggested a number of issues for delegates to focus on discussing.

In which, it must start from the quality of policies, not from the number of clauses.

Each draft law must answer fundamental questions such as what practical issues are being addressed; why the law must be amended; what value new policies create; who it affects; how much compliance costs; where the resources are implemented; who is responsible to the end.

Delegates need to focus on policies that still have different opinions, issues that have a major impact on people and businesses, new mechanisms that are unprecedented or not fully tested.

The law needs to focus on issues under the National Assembly's authority, which are principled and stable; issues that are frequently fluctuating should be assigned the right authority to ensure flexibility in management.

Issues related to human rights, citizens' rights, business conditions, resource allocation, organization of power and responsibilities of state agencies must be clearly stipulated in the law.

Conversely, too many technical and nghiệp vụ procedures, and frequently changing contents should not be included in the law.

According to the National Assembly Chairwoman, the spirit is that the law is shorter but not thin in policy; regulations are fewer but responsibilities must be clearer; more stable but still capable of adapting to reality.

The law must keep up with life, but keeping up does not mean running after life by constantly amending the law.

Another issue according to the National Assembly Chairwoman is to make laws in systematic thinking. In a session considering many projects that are closely related to each other, if only completing each individual law is not enough.

It is proposed to thoroughly review the unity of concepts, authority, order, procedures, decentralization, delegation of power, land, finance, data and effective date.

Not to remove a bottleneck in this law and create another bottleneck in another law; not to let the same issue but each law stipulates a different way; and even less to let people and businesses have to find out which regulations are prioritized for application themselves.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated clearly that the Conference agreed on a consistent viewpoint for the legislative work of this term: The National Assembly does not make laws to complete the Legislative Program.

The National Assembly makes laws to solve practical problems, protect the legitimate rights and interests of the People, remove bottlenecks, unlock resources and pave the way for development.

The final measure is not how many laws are passed, but whether the apparatus operates better after the law is promulgated; whether people and businesses are more convenient.

A good law must be solid from policy; strict in regulations; unified in the system; smooth in implementation.

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