VietNamNet Bridge – Proposed constitutional amendments need to
expand the concept of direct democracy, said deputy Lu Van Que, as the National
Assembly Nationalities Council convened its 5th plenary session in Ha Noi
yesterday, Feb 21, to provide comments on proposed amendments to the 1992
Constitution.
“Whatever the people can do
directly, just let them do. That’s the best way to express the idea of direct
democracy,” Que, who is chairman of the Fatherland Front’s Advisory Council on
Nationalities, said, referring to the current limitation of direct democracy to
the election of deputies only. ”The people should be given the rights to
dismiss elected representatives who fail to perform their assigned duties.”
The new Constitution should
reiterate the phrase that all powers belong to the people while continuing to
stress the leading role played by the Communist Party of Viet Nam, said former
Nationalities Council chairman Trang A Pao.
“Whatever changes are made to the
Constitution should be built upon the foundations of previous constitutions,
particularly the 1992 Constitution,” Pao said.
Earlier on Wednesday, in its
meeting held to comment on the proposed constitutional amendments, the Viet Nam
Fatherland Front (VFF) wanted its role as a representative popular agency to be
spelled out more specifically in the amendments.
Former VFF Central Committee vice
chairman Pham Xuan Hang said the 1992 Constitution acknowledged the role of the
VFF as “a political foundation of the people’s power.”
In reality, however, the
institutionalisation of some functions of the VFF had failed to reflect its
role, particularly the encouragement of the people to execute their rights of
oversight or to be part of supervisory missions organised by local governments.
“It is imperative to include in
the amendments the role as a popular counterweight played by the VFF, as
written in Party documents,” Hang said.
Tran Dinh Phung, a member of the
VFF Central Committee presidium, supported the idea of having stronger words on
the nature and the leading role of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.
Commenting on Article 20 in the
draft Constitution, Professor Dr Nguyen Duy Quy urged that the phrase “everyone
has the right to live” be amended to state that “everyone has the right to
live, work, study and pursue happiness.”
Source: VNS
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