Lawmakers discussed amendments to the Civil Procedure Code in theirplenary session in the morning of June 15 during the National Assembly’songoing ninth sitting.
A majority of deputies agreed thatrevisions were needed to cement the Party's guidelines for legal reform.Areas addressed include the organisation of court trials, the rightsand responsibilities of people involved in court proceedings and thequality of proceedings.
Vu Xuan Truong of Nam Dinh province andDang Dinh Luyen of Khanh Hoa province asked the drafting committee tocarefully review the law, explaining each change they made.
ViThi Huong of Dien Bien province and Pham Van Ha of Nghe An province saidthe Supreme People's Procuracy's role in proceedings must jibe with the2013 Constitution. According to the Constitution, the procuracycontrols and supervises trial proceedings.
Giang Thi Binh of LaoCai province, Nguyen Minh Lam of Long An province, Nguyen Xuan Thuy ofPhu Tho province and others asked the drafting committee not to changeArticle 21, which mandates the Supreme People's Procuracy's presenceduring court proceedings.
Deputies also asked the committee toadhere to the Constitution's protection of legal rights, and theinterests of the Vietnamese State and its citizens.
Other topics included adjournment rights and applying legal precedents during trial.
Inthe afternoon, NA members discussed the amended Code of CriminalProcedure. Talk mostly focused on Article 2, which stipulates that thecourt cannot reject a civil case even if there are no related lawarticles to apply.
Nguyen Cong Hong, NA member from Ha Tinh, saidthe new amendment was in accordance with the Constitution 2013. He saidthe regulation was also in line with Government efforts to build agovernance system that focused on protecting citizens' rights.Therefore, he said, it was not right for the court to reject a civilcase because there "there are no laws to apply".
Hong said therejection could lead to citizens using personal ways to deal withconflict, adding that this could be very dangerous.
Nguyen ThaiHoc, an NA member from Phu Yen province, said the new regulation wouldhelp citizens to increase their trust in courts. However, NA member VoThi Hong Thoai said it would not help the court if there was no legalbasis to solve the case.
Speaking at the discussion, Chief Judgeof the People's Supreme Court Truong Hoa Binh, said the basis for thenew article was that the Government wanted to protect people's rights.
Headded that Vietnam also participated in the International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights, which stipulated the legal rights ofcitizens and ensured the law to recognise the civil rights of thepeople.
Binh acknowledged that there should be further research on the shortcomings of the regulation.
However,he noted that the court would protect justice, the rights of the peopleand organisations, but would ensure it would strictly refuse cases thatviolated the law and affected the political system.-VNA
A majority of deputies agreed thatrevisions were needed to cement the Party's guidelines for legal reform.Areas addressed include the organisation of court trials, the rightsand responsibilities of people involved in court proceedings and thequality of proceedings.
Vu Xuan Truong of Nam Dinh province andDang Dinh Luyen of Khanh Hoa province asked the drafting committee tocarefully review the law, explaining each change they made.
ViThi Huong of Dien Bien province and Pham Van Ha of Nghe An province saidthe Supreme People's Procuracy's role in proceedings must jibe with the2013 Constitution. According to the Constitution, the procuracycontrols and supervises trial proceedings.
Giang Thi Binh of LaoCai province, Nguyen Minh Lam of Long An province, Nguyen Xuan Thuy ofPhu Tho province and others asked the drafting committee not to changeArticle 21, which mandates the Supreme People's Procuracy's presenceduring court proceedings.
Deputies also asked the committee toadhere to the Constitution's protection of legal rights, and theinterests of the Vietnamese State and its citizens.
Other topics included adjournment rights and applying legal precedents during trial.
Inthe afternoon, NA members discussed the amended Code of CriminalProcedure. Talk mostly focused on Article 2, which stipulates that thecourt cannot reject a civil case even if there are no related lawarticles to apply.
Nguyen Cong Hong, NA member from Ha Tinh, saidthe new amendment was in accordance with the Constitution 2013. He saidthe regulation was also in line with Government efforts to build agovernance system that focused on protecting citizens' rights.Therefore, he said, it was not right for the court to reject a civilcase because there "there are no laws to apply".
Hong said therejection could lead to citizens using personal ways to deal withconflict, adding that this could be very dangerous.
Nguyen ThaiHoc, an NA member from Phu Yen province, said the new regulation wouldhelp citizens to increase their trust in courts. However, NA member VoThi Hong Thoai said it would not help the court if there was no legalbasis to solve the case.
Speaking at the discussion, Chief Judgeof the People's Supreme Court Truong Hoa Binh, said the basis for thenew article was that the Government wanted to protect people's rights.
Headded that Vietnam also participated in the International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights, which stipulated the legal rights ofcitizens and ensured the law to recognise the civil rights of thepeople.
Binh acknowledged that there should be further research on the shortcomings of the regulation.
However,he noted that the court would protect justice, the rights of the peopleand organisations, but would ensure it would strictly refuse cases thatviolated the law and affected the political system.-VNA
