"We need to build laws so that officials do not have to risk their political lives to carry out their duties and responsibilities," said delegate Tran Huu Hau (former Secretary of the Tay Ninh City Party Committee, Tay Ninh Province) at the socio-economic discussion session at the National Assembly on the afternoon of November 1.

According to Mr. Hau, the work of law-making must aim at cadres not "dare to think, dare to do" in the sense of "breaking the rules" to overcome the shortcomings of the law. Cadres do not have to find ways to avoid attention on their work, present it so that the authorities sympathize, ignore it or "raise high, hit lightly".

Mr. Hau said that the fundamental solution is to resolutely review hundreds of documents to find out contradictions and overlaps, thereby amending and supplementing them, creating a legal corridor for officials to proactively perform their duties; reducing the disease of not daring to do what needs to be done due to violating current regulations.

Mr. Hau said that the quality of law making is sometimes not good, new shortcomings, overlaps, and conflicts will arise. Therefore, the National Assembly needs to find more appropriate ways to make laws, including some methods that have been implemented such as passing laws in one session or one law amending many laws .

Delegates from Tay Ninh province also proposed that the National Assembly consider and amend the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents in the direction of allowing the submission and approval of a law amending and supplementing many laws with one or several specific contents by the National Assembly, following a concise process and procedure in one session (the process of making a law is usually through two sessions).

Such a provision will meet the need to build laws from practice, promptly respond to practical demands to maximize the country's development potential. The law causes problems, contributes to inertia for the public authority system, and if not promptly corrected, "it is a mistake to the people and the country".

"We have talked a lot about framework laws, pipeline laws, and having to wait for decrees and guiding circulars. If there are short, specific, and timely laws like the ones above, the laws will go straight into life and take effect immediately," said delegate Hau.

At the morning discussion session, delegate Vu Tien Loc (Chairman of the International Arbitration Center) recommended that the National Assembly and the Government address overlapping, inadequate, and opaque legal regulations that pose risks to practitioners; and remove the fear of injustice, mistakes, and inspections of officials, civil servants, and businesses.

"We need to research and set limits on the frequency and scope of inspections and checks so that ministries, branches, localities and businesses can confidently focus on disbursing economic recovery support packages," said Mr. Loc.

In addition, he recommended that appropriate economic sanctions should be immediately added to handle violations and not criminalize economic relations; practical measures should be developed to protect officials and businessmen who dare to think and act for the common good, and regulations on this issue should be legalized.

Vice Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Education Ta Van Ha also pointed out that the implementation of public duties by officials is facing many difficulties, especially in public investment. "Legal policies are issued but the understanding is not really unified, officials understand the law in one way but the inspection and supervision team understands it in another way," said Mr. Ha.

Son Ha