HANOI Jeison Murillo Jersey , Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is discussing a draft law on referendum at a meeting session held in capital Hanoi.
Addressing the meeting, which is to be concluded on Friday, Nguyen Van Quyen, Chairman of Vietnam Lawyers' Association, the agency in charge of drafting the law, said on Wednesday that referendum is a way for people to express their will and power to important issues of a country directly.
However Ivan Perisic Jersey , the work of collecting people's comments or giving the power to people to decide over such issues remains limited in Vietnam, Quyen was quoted by local Thanh Nien (Young People) online newspaper as saying on Thursday.
Though referendum is stated in the country's constitution, there is no legal document yet to give out its details, Quyen said.
Nguyen Kim Khoa, chairman of the NA Committee for National Defense and Security said this is a "sensitive and important" law bill which is already included in the agenda of legal building of the NA.
The website of the Vietnamese government on Thursday cited Khoa 's viewpoint that the issues to be brought to referendum should be considered thoroughly with specific principles and criteria.
Chairman of the NA Social Affairs Committee Truong Thi Mai said the result of referendum should be implemented directly based on the decision of the people.
Meanwhile, Ksor Phuoc Ionut Radu Jersey , chairman of the NA Ethnic Committee gave a different viewpoint, saying the result of referendum should be brought to the NA to consider whether to implement or not.
Regarding who can propose for a referendum, the draft law puts forward two options