Government Inspectorate seeks comments on amendments to several important draft laws

(Chinhphu.vn) - The Government Inspectorate has just organized a consultation to amend and supplement a number of articles of the draft laws, such as: Law on Citizen Reception, Law on Complaints, Law on Denunciation, Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Anti-Corruption.

The Legal Department ( Government Inspectorate ) presided over the organization of collecting comments on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the draft laws: Law on Citizen Reception, Law on Complaints, Law on Denunciations, Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Anti-Corruption - Photo: Thanh Tra Newspaper

The collection of comments on these draft laws is chaired by the Legal Department ( Government Inspectorate) with the participation of leaders of departments, offices and units under the Government Inspectorate.

These contributions are expected to contribute to resolving practical problems, institutionalizing the Party's viewpoints and synchronizing the legal system, contributing to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management.

Contribute to solving practical difficulties and problems

Mr. Tran Dang Vinh, Director of the Legal Department, said that under the direction of the Government Inspectorate's leaders, the Legal Department chaired a meeting to collect opinions from departments, offices and units under the Government Inspectorate on the draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Anti-Corruption, the Law on Complaints, the Law on Denunciations, and the Law on Citizen Reception.

Due to the urgency and need to remove existing problems and limitations in the implementation process, the amendment has been accelerated to serve practical requirements. "This requires the law-making process to be carried out simultaneously with the appraisal and consultation of ministries, branches and localities in a short time," said a representative of the Legal Department.

The main objective of the amendment is to promptly institutionalize the Party's viewpoint, unify with legal documents on the organization of two-level local governments, and at the same time remove practical difficulties.

"This also aims to overcome the limitations and shortcomings of current laws revealed during implementation," Mr. Tran Dang Vinh emphasized.

Need to legalize sanctions for dishonest asset declaration

Regarding the Law on Anti-Corruption, it is expected that there will be 18 amendments and supplements. One of the highlights is the amendment and supplement of Article 30 on the agency controlling assets and income.

Regarding this issue, according to the representative of the Legal Department, the current Article 30 is not close to reality, so it is necessary to absorb the provisions of Decision No. 56 on the coordination regulations between agencies controlling assets and income to build a complete article.

In addition, Article 31 will be adjusted to increase the suspicious transaction threshold from VND300 million to VND400 million to ensure consistency with the Law on Anti-Money Laundering. Article 35 will also add the phrase "home ownership rights" to clarify the assets that must be declared and resolve difficulties in control work.

Giving his opinion on the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Anti-Corruption, Mr. Pham Hung, Chief of the Government Inspectorate Office, emphasized the need to build a national database on asset and income control. At the same time, he proposed to legalize the database and digital transformation into the law to create a legal corridor for asset control through electronic data, minimizing the need for direct verification.

At the meeting, some delegates proposed that there should be a clear division of authority between the Party's inspection committees at all levels and state agencies to avoid overlapping in controlling the same subjects, causing inconvenience to officials. Delegates also noted that the control of assets and income should consider expanding the scope of control.

Notably, delegates also focused on discussing the need to legalize sanctions for dishonest asset declarations and assets whose legal origin cannot be explained.

Reform of citizen reception, complaints and denunciations

Regarding the Law on Citizen Reception, the draft Law has added regulations on the form of online citizen reception to institutionalize Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo , aiming to serve the people according to the principle of "non-administrative boundaries" and limit the situation of mass complaints and cross-level complaints. The draft also amends the regulations on the responsibility of citizen reception of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under the provincial People's Committee and perfects citizen reception at the commune level.

Commenting on these contents, the representative of the Government Inspectorate Office suggested that the drafting committee consider processing applications through the National Public Service Portal. This will help "limit the situation of citizens bypassing levels, while enhancing the responsibility of processing levels" and making monitoring easier.

Regarding the Law on Complaints, many important contributions have been made. Accordingly, the draft law amends the provisions on the subject exercising the right to complain from "citizen" to "individual" to comply with the 2013 Constitution (amended in 2025).

The draft also adds the form of withdrawing complaints by working minutes, adds the right of the complainant to receive documents related to the settlement process and perfects the complaint settlement authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level.

In addition, publicizing complaint settlement decisions on the electronic information portals of localities and competent authorities, as well as announcing the termination of complaint settlement, is considered an important solution to strengthen social supervision and improve decision quality.

Ms. Chu Thi Hong Tam, Deputy Director of the Department of Inspection, handling of complaints and denunciations in the fields of internal affairs, internal affairs, ethnicity and religion (Department V) proposed to supplement regulations on handling complaints against administrative decisions and administrative acts of civil servants and to add legal representatives with the right to complain.

Regarding the Law on Denunciation, delegates suggested considering the issue of protecting State secrets and the confidentiality of whistleblowers' identities during the settlement process. At the same time, it is necessary to consider the form of handling denunciations in the electronic environment to suit the reality and digital transformation trends.

Toan Thang

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