Hanoi (VNA) – The Governmentand Government agencies have settled 2,290 out of 2,293 petitions that voterssubmitted to the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), theNA Standing Committee’s ombudsman board reported at the opening session of the7th sitting of the 14th NA on May 20.

The report, delivered by head ofthe ombudsman board Nguyen Thanh Hai, said the board collected 2,293 petitionsfrom voters during 1,408 meetings with voters held before and after the NA’s 6th session and sent them to relevant agencies to consider and settle. Accordingly,the rate of settlement reached 99.87 percent.

The report said voters ingeneral praised the efficiency of the operation of the NA, NA agencies anddeputies, especially those who hold high positions in the Party and State. Duringmeetings with voters, Party and State leaders personally listened to and gaveexplanations to voters’ questions, winning trust from the public.

Voters appreciated the qualityof debates and verification reports of the NA regarding law making work, aswell as the recent reform of NA activities.

Voters valued the efforts of theGovernment and the Prime Minister in their leadership and management workacross all fields, particularly in promoting administrative reform, removingdifficulties and obstacles to facilitate production and business as well asdaily life.

The report said 2,172 out of 2,174 petitionssent to the Government, the PM, ministries and agencies had been settled, arate of 99.9 percent.

Meanwhile, the Supreme People’sCourt and the Supreme People’s Procuracy have handled all 56 petitions theyreceived from voters.

The ombudsman board remarked thatmost ministries and agencies had handled the petitions with a high sense ofresponsibility, and made clear, easy-to-understand and concise replies to thepetition senders.

The improvements aside, theombudsman board pointed to problems in the summing up and processing voters’petitions by agencies of the NA and NA Standing Committee as well as delegationsof NA deputies. For example, they continued to forward to ministries andagencies many petitions that have been settled during NA sessions or beenclearly regulated by law. Some NA deputies’ delegations collected petitionsthat asked for the revision of legal documents which had already expired, or sentpetitions that were within the power of local authorities to the centralgovernment. There were also mistakes in the collection and classification ofpetitions due to the large number of them.

In addition, voters complainedabout the poor enforcement of legal documents, and the slow implementation ofmeasures designed in response to petitions.

Voters urged the Government, ministriesand agencies to take stronger actions to disseminate policies and laws,especially those relating to new issues under debate. They called for solutionsto help the public access legal information online, and the publicization ofthe outcomes of petition settlement work to prevent the repetition ofpetitions, thus reducing the number of petitions and requests for information.-VNA