The 12th National Assembly Standing Committee approved supplements and
amendments to a number of articles in the Ordinance on the Procurators of the
People’s Procuracies and the Ordinance on Judges and Jurors of the People’s
Courts before closing its 38th session
Saturday in the capital.

Most committee members agreed with the necessity to classify
the ranks and grades of procurators.

Chairwoman of the NA Judiciary Committee Le Thi Thu Ba told
the session that the People’s Procuracies and concerned offices had changed the
titles of provincial and district procurators to middle and lower-ranking
officials in the draft ordinance.

The committee also approved a resolution concerning the implementation
of the ordinance, which will become effective in July.

Regarding supplements and amendments to the Ordinance on
Judges and Jurors of the People’s Courts, the revised version stipulates that
judges in the People’s Courts will comprise judges from the Supreme People’s
Court and Military Court,
along with middle and lower-ranking judges.

The jurors in the People’s Courts will comprise People’s
Jurors and Army’s Jurors.

The NA Standing Committee will decide how many judges will
be in the Supreme People’s Court and the number of middle and lower-ranking
judges according to proposals by the Supreme People’s Court’s Chief Judge.

Speaking at the closing session, Party General Secretary and
NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said officials at the session discussed working
reports during the 12th tenure by the State President, the Government, the
Director of the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the Chief Judge of the Supreme
People’s Court.

Members also discussed draft laws and the Government’s
report on the country’s socio-economic development in 2010, Trong added.

He asked concerned offices to improve the drafts and reports
before submitting to the 9th session of the 12th NA which is scheduled to begin
on March 21.

Source: VNA