Correcting land-related laws: Overcoming loopholes and potential corruption risks

It is expected to build 21 projects of laws and ordinances

On February 10, Vice President Congress Nguyen Khac Dinh chaired a meeting with agencies on the preparation of the draft Law and Ordinance Development Program in 2024, adjusting the Law and Ordinance Development Program in 2023 and summarizing 10 years of implementation. implementation of the 2013 Constitution.

At the meeting, presenting a report on the situation and progress of preparing the Government’s proposal on the Law and Ordinance Development Program in 2024, and the adjustment of the Law and Ordinance Development Program in 2023, the Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long said that in 2023, the Government plans to include 21 projects in the Law and Ordinance Development Program.

In which, at the 5th Session, 16 projects are expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval. 6 projects are the projects that have been consulted at the 4th Session, the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights (amended). ); Law on Bidding (amended); Law on Prices (amended); Law on Electronic Transactions (amended); Law on Cooperatives (amended); Civil Defense Law. Submitting to the National Assembly for consideration, opinion and approval according to the process of 1 session for 2 projects, namely the Law on Credit Institutions (amended) and the Law on Citizen Identification (amended).

Submit to the National Assembly for comments on 8 projects the Law on Land (amended) (2nd comment); Law on Real Estate Business (amended); Housing Law (amended); Law on Water Resources (amended); Law on Telecommunications (amended); Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones; Law on Citizenship Identification (amended); Law on Credit Institutions (amended).

At the 6th Session, 13 projects are expected, including: Submitting to the National Assembly 8 projects, which were consulted at the 5th Session. Submitting to the National Assembly for comments on 05 projects is the Law. Social insurance (modified); Law on Archives (amended); Law on Industrial Defense, Security and Industrial Mobilization; Capital Law (amended); Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Property Auction.

Regarding the proposal of the Law and Ordinance Development Program in 2024, Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long said that 13 projects are expected to be submitted to the National Assembly, of which 05 projects will be supported from 2023 and 8 new projects. is a draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Pharmacy; Law on Notary (amended); Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations; Law on Cultural Heritage (amended); Law on Urban and Rural Planning; Law on Geology and Minerals; Law on Population (amended); Employment Law (amended).

Avoid rushing to affect the quality of the project

Concluding speech, National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh highly appreciated the agencies in preparing reports on the preparation of the Law and Ordinance Development Program and expected implementation work in the coming time.

On the basis of the contents discussed at the meeting, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly proposed the Ministry of Justice to be the focal agency in this field to advise the Government to urgently finalize the Report on the Law-making Program. , the Ordinance in 2024 and the adjustment of the Program in 2023 to send to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly before March 1 to organize the verification according to regulations.

At the same time, it is necessary to continue to review legislative tasks under Plan 81/KH-UBTVQH15 of the National Assembly Standing Committee, especially tasks to be completed in 2023 and proposed to be included in the program of 2023. and 2024. The Ministry of Justice advises the Government to urge the ministries and branches to urgently complete dossiers for submission to ensure progress.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh noted to balance the number of law and legal projects to include in the annual program to ensure the completion of legislative tasks, including harmonization and coordination, taking into account the nature of the law. reasonable, feasible, overlapping between years to avoid putting too many projects into one agency presiding over the verification in a session of the National Assembly or a year, to avoid overloading agencies or rushing to affect the results. affect project quality.

For specific projects, National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh stated that for projects that have been consulted by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, continue to complete the dossier for re-submission, including the Insurance Law project. medical (revised); Law on management and use of state capital invested in production and business in enterprises (amended); Industrial Development Law.

The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly also suggested that it is necessary to actively pay attention to reviewing the laws related to the amendment of the Land Law, and projects that need to be amended and supplemented to overcome potential loopholes and shortcomings. opportunities leading to corruption and negative consequences under the direction of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption.

Along with that, it is necessary to continue researching to include in the program the law projects that need to be amended and supplemented to implement the Government’s Project 06 on developing the application of population data, identification and electronic authentication for service delivery. national digital transformation service for the period of 2023-2025, with a vision to 2030.

In the morning of the same day, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh chaired and worked with agencies to give opinions on the draft plan summarizing the 10-year implementation of the 2013 Constitution, expected outline of the report, The content needs to be summarized and evaluated.