The 2nd Discussion Meeting: The List of 136 candidates Standing as delegates to Dong Nai People’s Council

The list of 134 candidates nominated by 80 agencies and organizations and the list of two self-nominated candidates as delegates to the People’s Council were approved by the meeting and made known for voters’ opinions.

Meeting participants are voting for the preliminary list of candidates standing as delegates to Dong Nai People’s Council in 2011-2016 period by a show of hands

Accordingly, there have been five candidates from Party organs standing as delegates to Dong Nai People’s Council.

- 11 candidates from the Standing Committee at Dong Nai People’s Council and other committees.

- 2 candidates from Dong Nai People’s Committee Secretariat.

- 12 candidates from the Front and unions.

- 6 candidates from professional and social associations and organizations.

- 12 candidates from businesses and cooperatives.

- 2 candidates from the Armed Forces.

- 25 candidates from departments, committees and sectors.

- 18 candidates from administrative agencies.

- 5 candidates from ethnic minority and religion communities.

- 36 candidates from districts, Long Khanh town and Bien Hoa city and 2 self-nominated candidates.

136 candidates are classified as follows: non-Party candidates: 22 (16.2%).

- Female candidates: 49 (36.03%).

- Intellectual candidates: 135 (99%).

- Ethnic minority and religion candidates: 5 (3.7%).

- Young candidates: 21 (15.4%).

- Re-elected candidates: 23 (17%).

Among 134 candidates nominated by agencies, units and organizations there are:

- 130 candidates showing people’s 100-percent faith in them at workplace.

- One candidate showing people’s 99-percent faith in him or her at workplace.

- One candidate showing people’s 98.75-percent faith in him or her at workplace.  
 
- One candidate showing people’s 95.78-percent faith in him or her at workplace.

- One candidate showing people’s 89.3-percent faith in him or her at workplace.

6,409 out of 7,206 voters are summoned to attend the meeting, accounting for 88.94 percent.

Dong Nai Department of Science and Technology has the biggest number of voters – 200 participants.

Dong Nai Union of Scientific and Technological Associations has the smallest number of voters – 4 participants.

Voters’ opinions are aimed at nominated candidates’ own strengths and weaknesses, analyzing and clarifying the qualities of People’s Council’s delegates. These opinions ask candidates to make more efforts to fulfill Dong Nai People’s Council’s delegates’ tasks if they are elected.
 

Vice Chairman of Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Cong Ngon said that a campaign to collect voters’ opinions and to survey their faith in the candidates nominated for delegates to Dong Nai People’s Council according to Article 37 of People’s Council Election Law would be launched as planned.

Dong Nai Fatherland Front Committee is expected to convene its 3rd discussion meeting on April 15.

Thus, Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Fatherland Front Committee asked that in the process of collecting neighborhood voters’ opinions, concerned agencies take collected opinions and complaints regarding election candidates into consideration and return replies before April 12, 2011.

Reported by Thu Dung, Translated by Duy Minh