New Constitution must reflect Party, people’s aspiration
The amended Constitution must reflect the aspiration of the whole Party and people, President Truong Tan Sang said at a conference held by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front on March 27.
As the Constitution is a fundamental law demonstrating the will and interests of the whole nation, gathering opinions on its amendments is very important, Sang told participants, who are intellectuals, lawyers, religious dignitaries and representatives of ethnic minorities nationwide.
He praised the front for having collected 8 million opinions on the draft in recent times and said the work should be hastened in the coming time.
Commenting on the amendments participants proposed overseas Vietnamese should be allowed to take part in votes in Vietnam.
They also proposed that the role of the Fatherland Front should be confirmed and clarified in the new constitution so that the front could bring into full play its role in mobilizing the aggregate strength of the entire nation.
The same day National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung had a working session with the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) on the union’s gathering of opinions on the draft revised 1992 Constitution.
Nguyen Dac Vinh, First Secretary of the HCM CYU Central Committee, said that the campaign has been launched at all branches of the union and more than 1.18 million opinions have been collected.
They all focus on increasing the union’s role in educating Vietnamese young people, teenagers and children.