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On June 2, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front organized a social criticism conference on the draft Law on Dissemination and Education of Law (amended). Many opinions at the conference focused on clarifying the role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations in law dissemination and education. Download Overview of the Conference - Photo: VGP/Toan ThangAccording to representatives of the Ministry of Justice, after 13 years of implementing the Law on Dissemination, legal education, dissemination and legal education work has received the attention and leadership of the Party Committee, authorities, branches and levels from the Central to the grassroots. The organization and implementation of law dissemination and education is gradually getting into order, mobilizing the participation of the entire society, thereby bringing policies and laws into life. However, the summary shows that, in addition to the achieved results, the implementation of the Law on Popularization and Legal Education still has some limitations and inadequacies. Therefore, the construction of the Law on Popularization and Legal Education (amended) is implemented according to a comprehensive amendment process, based on the summary of law implementation in 2012, review of relevant legal documents and international treaties. The draft Law includes 5 chapters with 49 articles, an increase of 8 articles compared to the Law on Dissemination and Legal Education in 2012. The revised content focuses on completing regulations on the scope of regulation, rights and obligations of citizens in accessing the law; socialize the work of law dissemination and education; innovate forms of law dissemination suitable to the digital environment and current implementation practices. Download Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Duong, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Democracy and Law of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, spoke at the Conference - Photo: VGP/Toan Thang It is necessary to clearly stipulate the rights of citizens in disseminating and educating the law Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Duong, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Democracy and Law of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, said that the Partys new policy and orientation on innovating the thinking of law making is to move from thinking. management thinking to management thinking, creating development, taking people and businesses as the center. Reality shows that people currently lack the skills to apply the law to life. Meanwhile, Article 11 of the draft Law regulates the content of legal dissemination and education, which still mainly lists types of documents. Therefore, it is necessary to amend and supplement Article 11 so that the content of legal education also includes education on skills to apply the law to life. According to Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Duong, in order for the people to truly become subjects of law dissemination and education, rather than passive recipients of legal information, the Law project needs to change the thinking of The State propagates for the people to listen to the thinking of The State creates for the people to participate, accompany and take ownership. The draft Law needs to stipulate the rights of citizens in disseminating legal education, the right to access full, timely, and easy-to-understand legal information; the right to request legal explanations and instructions; the right to contribute comments on the content and form of disseminating legal education... Thus, people can not only disseminate, but also participate and interact in the process of disseminating legal education, proposed Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Duong. Clarifying the role of Fatherland Front and its member organizations in disseminating and educating the law. Nguyen Van Pha, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, said that the provisions in the Draft have created a better basic legal framework than the old law, but have not fully and comprehensively promoted the role of the Fatherland Front and its member organizations in the new situation. The regulations are still more about passive encouragement and coordination than empowering and establishing a proactive position for the Front. To effectively bring the law into life, it is necessary to shift from the mindset of state management of law dissemination and education to the mindset of social mobilization, in which the Front is the core with support from the State. Download Dr. Nguyen Van Pha, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, emphasized the role of the Fatherland Front and its member organizations in disseminating and educating the law - Photo: VGP/Toan ThangAccording to Dr. Nguyen Van Pha, to meet the requirements of the new situation, the Draft Amended Law needs to specifically stipulate members of the Legal Council at all three levels; At the same time, it is necessary to legislate the Independent Budget Focal Point and Service Order mechanisms. Clearly stipulate that the allocation of state budget for legal dissemination and education must have a separate line of expenditure directly for the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations at the same level, based on the approved annual law dissemination and education plan. It is necessary to apply the State method of ordering, assigning tasks or bidding for legal dissemination and education services for the Front and its member organizations such as: The State orders the Trade Union to propagate the Labor Law for industrial park workers; order the Vietnamese Womens Association to propagate the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control. Funds will go directly to assigned tasks, Dr. Nguyen Van Pha proposed.Dr. Nguyen Van Pha also believes that it is necessary to regulate special access to information: Regulations that the Fatherland Front and member organizations have the right to request law-drafting agencies
