A tour guide from National Assembly help a group of war veterans visiting the NA Building (Photo coutesy of National Assembly Office)Hanoi(VNA) - Public citizens will soon have chance to access National Assemblymeetings, said Nguyen Hanh Phuc, Chairman of National Assembly Office.
“The NA Office is preparing facilities so that normal citizens can observeactivities of National Assembly deputies at the year-end NA session or nextyear,” he told Phap Luat Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh (HCM City Law) newspaper.
Hoang Minh Hieu, head of Information Department of the National AssemblyOffice, said a plan to receive guests had been set up since the head office ofVietnam NA put into operation in October 2014.
Many people have visited the NA Office over the past two years, Hieu said,however, none of the visits were while the NA was in session.
He said that only some groups of visitors have been allowed to observe NAmeetings.
According to Phuc, the public has accessed the NA through different channels ofinformation.
The number of NA session live broadcasts has increased substantially, not onlyat the opening ceremony or closing ceremony but also at Q&A sessions aswell as issues of common concern to voters, he said.
“Public citizens and voters have the right to observe and closely watchactivities of NA or its deputies,” he said, adding that it might be impossibleto occur at the old NA building.
The NA Office is accomplishing a regulation for visiting and observing the NA,he said. Once it is finished, every citizen could register for this purpose.
Under the draft regulation, all visits to the NA Building will be held onweekdays.
When the NA is not in session, the NA headquarters is open to foot traffic.
Anyone who wants to observe NA meetings should have a letter of recommendationfrom a NA deputy or submit an official letter with the Information Departmentof the NA Office.-VNA
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