At the meeting held on Monday by the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee to consider the draft Law on Reception of Citizens, most of NA deputies stressed the need to issue the bill to form a legal foundation for the settlement of complaints and denunciations.

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Many legislators agreed that the reception of citizens should be hosted on a regular basis and should be considered the responsibility of all organizations and units in the country’s political system. In order to better play host to residents, the draft law will specify tasks that directors of departments will undertake to resolve citizens’ petitions within a fixed duration, Government Deputy Chief Inspector Nguyen Van Thanh proposed. With the same view, Nguyen Duc Hien, head of the NA’s Committee for People’s Aspirations, suggested that the legal status of all-level public reception head offices be clarified in the bill. Meanwhile, head of the NA’s Law Committee Phan Trung Ly said that regulations on agencies’ responsibilities for dealing with public complaints should be included in the bill.

Besides the bill, the NA Standing Committee also discussed the bill on employment and the proposed amendments and supplements to the Law on Emulation and Reward.