National Assembly to convene third session in next May
The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee on December 19 discussed the preparations for the third session, which is scheduled to last 22 and a half days from May 22, 2017.
Overview of the NA Standing Committee's fifth meeting (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly’s (NA)Standing Committee on December 19 discussed the preparations for the thirdsession, which is scheduled to last 22 and a half days from May 22, 2017.
During the session, the NA deputies will focus on lawbuilding by adopting 13 bills, one draft resolution, while debating eight otherbills.
They will discuss reports by the Government on the socio-economicperformance and State budget situation in 2016 as well as the implementation ofplans in the first months of 2017. The legislators plan to spend one day to performsupervision over the implementation of law and policy on food safety.
Some proposed the lengthening of question-and-answersession, so as deputies have more time for discussion.
According to NA General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc, thedraft law on communal police and the draft revised law on corruption preventionand control, which were been erased from the agenda of the second session, willbe debate at the upcoming third session, together with the amendments andsupplements to a number of articles of the 2015 Penal Code.
Assessing the outcomes of the second session, members of theNA Standing Committee agreed that it was a success and created strongimpression on voters thanks to the straightforward debates and effectiveness ofthe discussion.
The session’s agenda was arranged reasonably with flexibleadjustment, they said, adding that the increase of the plenary discussion onsocio-economic issues to three days from 2.5 days was a proper change.
However, they also pointed out that the progress and qualityof the preparation for a number of bills and resolutions failed to meetexpectations, while the number of questions raised during the session was toohigh thus was not thoroughly answered.-VNA
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Overview of the NA Standing Committee's fifth meeting (Source: VNA)
