Discussing at the meeting, participants asked that the subjects of application  defined in Article 2 of the draft need to be clearer and more specific; the disputes among organizations, or between officials, public servants and people were very difficult to be resolved through conciliation as relating to the competence and functions prescribed by law...

The participants also gave comments on other issues such as: establishing community conciliation centers; the principle of conciliation; allowances for conciliators; the term of a conciliator; issues of gender equality in conciliation; conciliation procedures; state management in the operation of conciliation...

On behalf of the compiliation committee, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thuy Hien gave thanks for valuable comments of participants required that the assisting group to collect, study and revise all the comments and report to the compilation committee in the coming time. She emphasized that the Draft Law must not administrate the conciliation organizations and grassroot-level conciliators; it shall  clearly reflect the socialization of conciliation activities and show the position of conciliation organizations as the self-governing organisations of the people./.-ITD