VietNamNet Bridge - Discussion on the draft amendments to
Constitution 1992, full-time National Assembly deputies disagreed with the way
that some agencies responded to the proposal of removing Article 4 on the role
of the Communist Party. They said that that attitude may make people skeptical
that the State does not believe in them.
The Chief of the NA delegation of
Thai Binh province, Mr. Pham Xuan Thuong, said that in his meetings with local
people, not many people suggested to abolish Article 4 of the Constitution. But
there is a paradox that the mainstream news agencies have done “too much” in
propagandizing of the need to keep Article 4, which by chance has created an
abnormal recognition.
According to Thuong, it is
unnecessary to launch a propaganda campaign to confirm the viewpoint of
maintaining Article 4 just because of some people’s proposal of removing that
article.
"The people may think that
we do not trust them. They will be skeptical about this," he analyzed.
Thuong said that it is the best
way to maintain the contents of Article as the current Constitution because if
that article is not amended, the role and position of it will still exist as it
has been. Meanwhile, the addition of some new contents causes unnecessary
controversy and makes things "problematic."
He cited an example: the draft
amendment is supplemented with the new content “the Party is under the
supervision of the people" but it does not specify how the monitoring, so
in most of the discussions, people are focused on this issue.
The addition of the content
"party members must comply with the Constitution and the law," also
make a distinction between party members and other citizens, Thuong added.
"So I suggest keeping the
article as it is at present," he said.
Deputy Nguyen Ba Thuyen (Lam
Dong) said that it is necessary to learn from experience of receiving comments
of the people on the draft amendment to the Constitution because recently, many
news agencies have focused on the need of Article 4 of the Constitution, which
makes people anxious while a majority of opinions confirmed the maintenance of
Article 4.
Full-time deputies said that it
is important not to abolish or keep Article 4 but the discussion to clarify
innovation in the way of leadership of the Party in the new situation.
Deputy Pham Duc Chau of Quang Tri
province said that the difference in opinion is normal. "The people who we
met did not care about different viewpoints on Article 4. They are only
interested in the issues related to themselves," Chau said.
Constitution Council
Most of deputies showed their
worry over the practical effect of the model of the Constitution Council,
although the editorial board insisted on the rationality of this model.
Mr. Pham Xuan Thuong said that
this model is unnecessary because with its function of making recommendations,
this agency will not play any important role. He suggested giving this function
to the procuracy sector instead of creating a new advisory council and then the
council’s assistant agencies.
Mr. Pham Duc Chau agreed, adding
that with the advisory function only, such a council is unnecessary.
Deputy Chief of the NA delegation
of Ho Chi Minh City - Huynh Thanh Lap – was afraid that this agency would
conflict with the existing advisory institutions of the NA.
Some deputies said that if that
council is still established, its name should be changed into the Council for
Protection of Constitution and its head must be the President.
Le Nhung
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