Bungled
legal documents and errors from incapable authorities account for 70 per cent
of land-related complaints and denunciations nationwide, according to members
of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.
Nguyen Sinh Hung, chairman of NA
said yesterday that it's imperative to limit the causes of land-related
disputes or complaints as they directly affect society and people's daily
lives.
He said the responsibilities of
relevant authorities at any level should be clearly defined.
Statistics from the Government
Inspectorate showed nearly 700,000 complaints and denunciations on land issues
have been filed in the past three years.
About 70 per cent of them have
been resulted from administration decisions on land revoke, compensation and
resettlement mechanism, while 20 per cent pertained to land lease and land use
purpose transfer.
The rest stemmed from issuance
and the withdrawal of land-use certificates.
Nguyen Van Giau, chairman of the
NA's Economic Committee said there is too much inconsistency, instability and
infeasiblity in Land Laws and in more than 20 other legal documents relating to
land regulations.
In past cases, inappropriate
legal regulations on land planning and usage have led to deserted land lots,
while farmers whose agricultural land is revoked have no means of income.
In others, compensation and
support mechanisms in many localities are not set up and applied according to
market value, he said.
Nguyen Hanh Phuc, head of NA
Office said many regulations are too inflexible to fit real situations.
Giau said complaints mainly stem
incapable authorities making wrong decisions on issues such as land revoking,
compensation, support, resettlement or land use purpose transfers.
Many also fail to follow legal
procedures for land inspection, planning and usage.
According to the Government
Inspectorate, more than 19,000 ha of land are being used without legal planning
and over 21,000 ha are being used for the wrong purpose, while more than 22,000
ha are encroaching other properties.
Phuc agreed with Giau's
assessment and said: "Many localities set their own procedures, mechanisms
of land revoke, clearance, resettlement and compensation. This possibly causes
inequality and disputes between people."
Chairman of the NA National
Defence and Security Nguyen Kim Khoa said many do not obey any legal procedures
when making decisions to revoke land or pay compensation.
Nguyen Van Hien, chairman of the
NA Law Committee added that chairmen of some provinicial and district-level people's
committees, responsible for settling the petitions and complaints of local
people on land issues, have failed to accomplish their tasks when shifting
these to other agencies.
Khoa said this ineffectiveness in
settling people's petitions relating to land disputes has worsened the
situation.
Members of the NA Standing
Committee agreed that this has increased the seriousness of people's land issue
complaints.
Huynh Ngoc Son, deputy chairman
of NA suggested it is necessary to define who takes legal responsbilities for
wrong decisions on land-related issues and how these affect people's lives, to
establish consequences and punishments for violators.
Chairman of NA Law Committee Phan
Trung Ly and other lawmakers shared Son's suggestion.
Deputy chairman of NA Uong Chu
Luu said dialogues between plaintiffs and authorities responsible for settling
their complaints should be held.
Besides, relevant agencies should
improve their co-ordination in settling the disputes or denunciations on land
issues to avoid overlapped or contradictory solutions, he said.
Anti-corruption legislation
In the afternoon session, the
Standing Committee discussed the draft for the amended law on Anti-Corruption.
Most members of the NA Standing
Committee expressed scepticism over the feasibility of the draft because State
agencies have found no way to supervise or control the incomes and assets of
their officers.
Chairman of NA Law Committee Hien
said enumerating assets of state officers and members of the communist party
has shown its ineffectiveness in preventing and detecting corruption, although
it has been considered a key measure in combatting it.
Deputy chairman of NA Son said
when enumeration of officers' assets is voluntary, the feasibility of the draft
remains a big question.
Lawmakers also agreed that the
failure of the draft to regulate detailed punishment methods for violators or
the leaders of agencies detected with corruption cases has decreased its
feasibility and effectiveness.
Son said the draft does not define
any punishment except for the regulation that corrupt officers will be removed
from their positions or sacked from office.
President of the NA's Ethnic
Council Ksor Phuoc said leaders will also be subject to take responsibility for
corruption cases happening in their offices but he wondered who leaders are:
the direct supervisor to the corrupt officers or the general leader of the
department.
Not to mention that leaders have
to make regular inspections to detect corruption activities, but it is them who
will be punished if there are any corruption cases. This regulation sounds
unreasonable, he said.
Hien suggested the draft should
give more specific regulations on subjects, their responsibilities, mechanisms
of asset enumeration, verification, publicity and punishment methods. Lists of
officers' assests should be publicised regularly so that they can be better
scrutinised by their leaders.
Head of NA Office Phuc called for
a comprehensive review of the current law on Anti-corruption since 2006 to
detail its shortcomings.
Members of the NA Standing
Committee agreed the need for amendments to the current law on Anti-Corruption,
but said the drafting board should get more opinions from experts and the
public.
The draft of the amended law with
8 chapters and 110 articles plans to be submitted to the next NA session.
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