In voting results released by the National Assembly (NA) Thursday afternoon, Nha received 140 “high credibility,” 194 “moderate credibility” and 137 “low credibility” votes. He received the highest number of “low credibility” votes among the 48 candidates. The credibility vote serves to “enhance the effectiveness of the NA’s supervisory functions as well as the government’s,” said Tran Van Tuy, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee. This vote has only been held three times so far, the other times in 2013 and 2014. The credibility vote, a secret ballot, has three types: “high credibility,” “moderate credibility” and “low credibility.” The members of parliament can choose one type of vote for each member in a pool that consists mostly of members of the executive branch of the government. This year, the pool contained 50 names in total, but the president and the information minister were not eligible to be voted on, as they took their positions very recently. A candidate has to hold his/her position for at least nine months to be voted on. As such, the NA deputies voted on 48 candidates including the Prime Minister, the NA Chairwoman and the Vice President. The pool was finalized by the NA through an electronic voting system Wednesday. 475 NA delegates in total voted on the pool. If a candidate gets “low credibility” votes from more than 50 percent of the voting delegates, it is recommended that he or she resigns from his/her post. This year, there was no such case. After… [Read full story]
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