Hanoi(VNA) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on May 17 ordered the steppingup of ombudsman work, saying that the NA Standing Committee’s Ombudsman Boardshould improve the quality of its supervision and consultation efforts.
During a workingsession with the Ombudsman Board in Hanoi, the top legislator asked it to focus on implementing the supervision programme in 2021 and to proposesupervision activities for 2022 and the tenure as a whole regarding thesettlement of complaints and denunciations.
He suggested theboard coordinate with media agencies to provide information on thelegislature’s ombudsman work in an accurate and timely manner, and to issue specialpublications on the matter, especially policy dialogue.
Throughsupervising the settlement of complaints and denunciations from voters, theboard will propose amendments to policies and laws, Hue continued.
Ombudsman workhas helped promote accountability among State agencies, especially leaders of agencies,in handling complaints, denunciations, and petitions from voters, thuscontributing to consolidating the public’s trust in the NA, the Party, and theState.
It is a jointtask of the legislature, he said, urging the NA Standing Committee, NA agencies,and delegations of NA deputies to coordinate with other agencies in thepolitical system in performing the task./.